Sick. Dizzy. Feel kind of drugged, even though all I've been doing is taking melatonin to help me sleep, and the occasional night-time non-drowsy allergy pill, on top of the regular drugs and shots ( Read more... )

Dear Mormon family,

Yes, my engagement is real, even though I was the one who proposed and we notified out-of-province friends and family via Facebook.

So, fuck you.

Sincerely,

the black sheep.

How did I propose to Calvin? It is both a very long, and very short story ( Read more... )

I met Calvin in college, a little over seven years ago. At the time, I'd just been dumped for the third time by the same person, and we were talking about relationships. He, being serially celibate, had some interesting ideas about the whole thing ( Read more... )

I kind of want to cry right now. A few weeks ago I got an email about my (step)sister's wedding shower. It turns out that the wedding shower is this weekend, but I'll be in Edmonton. Honestly, I was a bit relieved. I've been to a few bridal/wedding/bachelorette parties, and they all feel really awkward to me. I don't fit in, because I don't value ( Read more... )

I simply MUST describe how lovely this weekend was ( Read more... )

So nobody has replied to the lj community post about the fashion exchange, or the one on facebook, and I'm afraid to start personally inviting people to the facebook event, lest they not be as cool with their fatness as I, and not want other people to know they're participating in something like that ( Read more... )

So I went out on a limb and am doing something scary - meeting strangers, sharing the jewellery I make, and divulging the secrets of my fashion sense. I'd love it if any of you would be interested in participating (as I am nervous about the strangers on my lj forum bailing at the last second, leaving me with a rented facility and no clothing to ( Read more... )

Some days I am a bad teacher. Some days I get too caught up in how nobody listens, or how so many students take advantage of my (waning) good nature, or I just get mad that nobody cares about the outcome of their education as much as I do (it seems) - administration and parents, included ( Read more... )

So another surprise from the daily bump and grind of English language learners ( Read more... )