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Writing (sticky post)
If you're here to read my stories, here are the links to the sections/chapter for both ongoing works. This post is unlocked, but the entries themselves are friends locked, in case I want to publish these some day. If you're not on my friend's list, but want to read the stories, either friend me and let me know, or email me and I'll send you an ( Read more... ) -
Car Saga (LONG)
Ok, so here is the saga of my car
I took it in to Chevy because it wouldn't turn on and the key got locked in the ignition, which I took, in my ignorance, to mean I was having the problem with the ignition that sparked the massive GM recall. It now looks like maybe that wasn't the problem in the first place, but we'll get back to that.
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I have been recognising more and more lately just how deeply I have internalised the idea of mental health issues as being a weakness. This frustrates the hell out of me because intellectually I don't believe that. When I have friends who are dealing with mental health issues, I don't think of them as weak, or lazy, or somehow failures at life - ( Read more... ) -
Boston, and what I have to say about it
It’s a common scene in fiction. The hero wakes up and for one peaceful moment everything is fine. And then comes the moment of realisation. Yes, that really happened ( Read more... ) -
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FYI -- I'm fine. Boston friends - if you see this, leave a comment to let me know you're ok (unless I've already talked to you). -
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Wow, it's been a long while since I've updated. Anyway, just wanted to say that I'm back at work after having yesterday off due to Sandy. The irony of having my first weather-related day off work after moving to Boston from Louisiana be due to a *hurricane* rather than a blizzard is not lost on me. Meira was in heaven, sitting in the window sill ( Read more... ) -
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Please keep the folks of South Louisiana in your thoughts as Isaac pounds New Orleans on this the 7th anniversary of Katrina. -
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Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt ( Read more... ) -
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Gone, I say and walk from church,
refusing the stiff procession to the grave,
letting the dead ride alone in the hearse.
It is June. I am tired of being brave.
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Had nerve pain bad enough to keep me awake most of last night. And it's pretty bad today too. It's probably just a flare-up and the pain won't be constant at this level yet but even so, it's progressing a lot faster than the last tumor I had. If it keeps progressing at this rate I'll probably be back on the cane in 6 mo to a year. Not cool ( Read more... )