Well, been a while since I've done one of these, and so much has been going on in background this summer, this one's bound to be disjointed.

How am I, you may ask?
Still figuring that one out myself, to be honest.
The most looming response would be ( Read more... )

Well, this year has already been pretty interesting. And oddly, none of the interesting really has anything to do with new events, so much as closure on incredibly old ones. The following quote has been ever present in my mind ( Read more... )

Well, I'm pulling an insomniac night tonight and decided it was time to do some form of brain dump. I'm not sure I've thoroughly wrapped my head around this topic, but I've definitely been thinking about it for some time now.

2014 was a helluva year. Been a while since I had my ( ass kicked that hard. )

I've been thinking about posting on this topic for quite some time now. Only there's been sufficient life chaos to distract, delay, and overload my ability to create concrete thoughts out of the random stimulus ( Read more... )

The last few weeks have really gotten me into the mindset of settling in for the winter. Starting the winter season off with a big storm, followed immediately by a week of below zero temps and wind chill, plus that whole "dark by 5:30" routine we've got going on, and I'm extra happy to sit by my Christmas tree with a blanket and a book for an ( Read more... )

Well, I got my panties in a bunch this week, and I said something. I struggle with that whole "is it worth it?" question and am of two minds. First is the "beat a dead horse/feed a troll" perspective. But bigger in my backbrain and much more looming is the "stop silencing me/I'm not afraid of you/I have a right to an opinion" perspective ( Read more... )

It's no shock to most people who know me that I have strong opinions on both language and gender identities. To the extent that I was intimidated as all hell to have a baby girl. It was a complicated reaction, based strongly in my own historical failures at living up to the culturally established feminine identity. I mean, what if my daughter ( Read more... )

I said goodbye to Jhansi yesterday.

She was diagnosed with kidney disease in late May and was quickly approaching 16 years old. We had been watching her appetite all summer, and Tuesday night it became apparent that she had gotten too weak to move around much. I stayed up with her most of the night and took her into the vet the next morning.

( She was a lovely and absolutely ridiculous cat. )

It's Pride Weekend here in the Twin Cities. And I gotta admit, I'm pretty damn proud of my state this year. Starting August, our LGBTQ friends and family have a right to marriage equality. Marriage is about to get ( fabulous up in these parts. )

Well, the little lady just crossed the eight month threshold and I'm slowly but surely picking up some projects that were nothing but random flickers at the back of my muddled mind for the first few surreal months of the tether-baby stage of having a kid ( Read more... )