Wow! It has been a long, long, long time since I've updated. It isn't a life hasn't been interesting, I just haven't made myself sit here and write. So for all of the users who been bugging me about it, here goes ( Read more... )

You Were Nice This Year!


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I've been thinking a lot today about things inside my own head. I guess being in pain from the damn wisdom tooth is responsible for that. I've been angry with myself that this journal is the closest of gotten to writing in a long time. I need to change that. Writing changes my perspective, especially poetry. I'm thinking it would be even ( Read more... )

As I've said, I really don't mind disability. I do mind Port Authority though, and today was a day of rare form. I suppose I was lucky because all of the lifts worked properly but I could have do with a few less freaks and weirdos -- why are they all attracted to me ( Read more... )

If anyone had told me how hard long-distance would have been five years ago, I wouldn't be doing this. Oh but wait, I wouldn't have listened to them because no one listens about love. It is the 4 foot pool so inviting you have to dive in, even though you know you'll probably break your neck. Even if you do and your life changes forever, in the ( Read more... )

I know no one believes this, but I really like being a gimp. My disability grants the experiences and perspectives most people would pay money to have. When the support of others is important year existence, you develop a keener judge of character than those around you. At this point I wouldn't trade my brain or body for anyone else's. My ( Read more... )

Every day should be like this one. I put in a few hours at the office this morning for appearances sake. After that, it was off to the rally for mental-health parity downtown. I like hanging out with the crazy people, they understand me. Seriously though, it's time people with disabilities started presenting a more unified front. After all, ( Read more... )

Recovering from yesterday's trip to Harrisburg. There were even more cows there than the last time. I hate one-day trips because they're so exhausting. It was seven hours on the road for two hours in the meeting. Hanging out with Kate was cool. I realized this was the first day in weeks that I have worked and not felt stressed to the point of ( Read more... )

So, it's a wedding. Not just any wedding, really... the wedding of one of my very best friends in the world. To the average attendee, it was a standard happy occasion with all of the traditional formal aspects. Being a Catholic wedding, there were all the standard somber references to God and guilt. Talk of love being a duty -- a vocation. In ( Read more... )