what is romantic friendship?

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Lara just had us do introductions for Girlpocalypse. :) Mine, in case it's useful to me elsewhere in the future:

Okay, Aleta here. Some of you know me as JOKR. I'm a pretty old school dance gamer who started on DDR Extreme back in 2003 but switched to ITG shortly after it came out and never looked back. I'm a west coast chick from California but I' ( Read more... )

A friend recently asked for help with depression. Well, I'm not scholastically educated on the matter nor am I a journalist but I did feel my firsthand experience provided me with something to offer in response. Here's roughly what I said to her:

"I used to be VERY depressed and suicidal. I came close to death from it a few times when I OD'd on ( Read more... )

After 7 years of marriage, Sean and I have finally merged our Stepmania similes. I think it's safe to say that things are getting pretty serious.

Sean did a little running and cycling tonight. I did a half hour of walking and intervals on the treadmill while Sean got some fast miles in. Then, he introduced me to the cycling app Zwift he just started a trial on and I tried cycling with him on it for half an hour! Unfortunately, my bike is REALLY crappy and I also DON'T cycle but I had a great ( Read more... )

I just spent the last 2.5 hours awake in bed with a husband wrapped around me.

Me just now: "Are you ever gonna wake up?"

Sean Gr , debatably conscious: "No" *cuddles harder*

Fair enough. 😆💘🤗😘

It's been raining a lot in Vegas recently and now it's snowing?! Not insanely heavy snow, at least not in my area, but enough to coat the ground and vehicles with a thin blanket. Very rare sight!

I know we've been doing tons of stuff I've forgotten to write about lately but one noteworthy things this past month was Sean going out to run the entire Lake Mead loop (technically the River Mountains Trail Loop)! I stayed home and played ITG and jogged on the treadmill. Lonnnng exercise day - about 7.5 hours of exercise in total! We've been doing ( Read more... )

Sean and I finally received our awards in the mail from the Route 66 5k we did the day before their marathon during our Route 66 (technically cross country, NJ to CA) road trip last fall! I got 3rd place in my age group and he got 1st in his. I wouldn't say we ran great paces but the course was somewhat challenging, freezing cold, and the day prior ( Read more... )

I received an email from one of the newsletters I'm subscribed to in my inbox earlier. Lately, they've been hit with some harsh criticism over facts they've shared with subscribers such as myself in relation to marijuana legalization and the effects it may have on the economy. They've shared indispensable content and successfully touched on key ( Read more... )