i have recently gotten back in touch with my longest term friend. we've known each other for 17 years...which is totally weird, because i am personally not old enough to have known someone 17 years. the last time we talked (a couple of years ago) he wasn't in a good place and i was helpless to do any thing for him. sadly, i think i let him down ( Read more... )

i love kimya_dawson_. She is the nicest person I have not met in person in the world! She sent my kids art and a t shirts. I want to be like her when I grow up. She has been able to remind me to keep working on being a better person. And better than that...she is helping my kids to learn it too.

sigh. Thanks kimya.

I dreamt last night that I was beautiful. I had long slender legs and long slender arms. My legs carried me with confidence down the street. I had thin hips that carried no burdens. My arms swayed with carefree abandon and calculated purpose. I was able to move down the street without fear or embarrassment. I was beautiful ( Read more... )

I've been thinking lately about my politics. Not the kind that got a shrub put into office, first with a non-military coup and then by scaring lots of people who seem incapable of thinking for themselves...not those politics. I mean the politics of my life. I want to be able to look in the mirror and know that I live my politics.

Do I? I don't

why the freakshow? so many reasons, but the main one is that i am part of a 2 mom, transracial, hairy legged, politically liberal, extended nursing, co-sleeping, hippie-ish family. whenever i go out i get that "freakshow" look...those who get 'the look' know what i'm talking about... and so rather than be concerned or upset or worried about it, i ( Read more... )