I admit - with the advent/popularity of FB and Twitter, I’m on there a whole lot more than I am here. It’s like my quick updates that I used to do here, are more suited for there. But in the process, I’ve lost touch with too many people that I met over my now 13+ year LJ/Blog experience, and I don’t really care for that.

It’s not just that though ( Read more... )

Honestly this has been the most challenging, oddest year of my life. I’ve learned a lot about who I am, who I’m not, and most importantly - who I want to be.

My kids are a constant wonder; even when they’re frustrating and make me want to scream, they’re amazing little things that make my  heart warm and my face smile. They’re the light of my life.
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There is a long story that was the breaking point for this decision, but if I must be honest - my heart was never as into work as it was before having children. My goals changed, my focus shifted, and my direction was more clear. I recalled my own youth, where my mother was the mom who was on every field trip, was at every school event, and made me ( Read more... )

So I’m not a big fan of people accusing the media of being elitist. I think it’s subjective, and difficult to prove - not only on an article by article basis, but it’s just an easy straw man to raise when you are not in general agreement with the premise of the current tone of the country.

All that being said, someone is wrong on the internet.

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you’d think that after over a decade (really, i started my first online blog before they were known as such as sort of a running commentary/online diary in 1998) i’d keep it up on a semi-regular basis. hell, i even have a stack of paper journals that i kept during college that were sometimes the stuff of legends. everyone knew about them, and ( Read more... )

i don’t blog a whole lot as of late. it’s hardly that i have nothing to say (when have i ever had that problem), but it’s that i’ve got a never ending dearth of things going on. this is both a good thing and a bad thing. i am most sane when i am most engaged. but the level of stress i’m having in some parts of my life (which i don’t blog about, i’m ( Read more... )

It’s actually been a while, but then again it’s been a while since I’ve posted as well.

In April a league formed literally in my backyard. Like, there’s not a closer place to skate than the place we had our first meetup, and I used to practice there all the time. It was fate. I’d looked into other leagues (DCRG moved their practices into the ( Read more... )

to a specific place, or time, or even emotion.

today it was tied, a song by a band named Tribe (not A Tribe Called Quest which is a common question when i mention them) - they were a boston band that was wonderful and awesome, and i saw them live often in college.  there’s even a tribe track in rock band - outside - because some of the former band ( Read more... )

i maybe in love with a doctor. but he’s not that kind of doctor.

i’ve been watching entirely too much doctor who these days. i haven’t liked a show like this since BSG, and it’s a delight to have a nice serial to go home to and watch when i have the time to do so. i was enamored of eccleston, but i’ve fast found the same affection for tennant. ( Read more... )

but i really have been depressed for a while now. my focus is gone, my energy level is nil. i’m even getting weepy - not like myself at all, honestly. i’ve given a lot of thought about writing all of this down, because let’s be truthful - who knows who really reads this. is it someone i work with, would it get back to people who might treat me or ( Read more... )