the archives

Category: dispatches from the loony bin

  • Mundane Monday: on being optimistic

    On Saturday, I spent perhaps an hour and a half crying — no, sobbing, raging with tears in my eyes, lamenting my situation to the heavens above. They didn’t listen very well, but I don’t expect them to. Then on Sunday I did things. I was generally productive. My boyfriend came to visit me and…

  • On celebrity and doing good deeds

    A lot of celebrities tend to choose particular issues to ‘crusade’ after, and the commentary on that ranges from rapt adoration to complaining about their ‘phony’ ‘goody-two-shoes’ attitudes. Fact is, most of these things that are marked as either phony or absolutely incredible are just standards of being a decent human being. It’s true that…

  • Scratch my last

    I don’t hope the CT scan shows something. Because if it does that means there’s something worse than muscle strain going on; there’s longer recovery; there’s me being weaker for a long time. Too damn bad. I made my wish and I have to deal with the consequences. Got my CT scan results back today.…

  • An Update on the Back Situ

    Well, last night we went to a different emergency room — one here on the mainland — so I could get an x-ray. About 30 seconds before my x-ray was to happen — wheeled into the room, everything — the power went out. We ended up waiting around another few hours while they worked on…

  • [hardly] Mundane Monday: Mildly Concussed [TMI health issues; bodily functions]

    I have a mild concussion.  It should be the least of my worries; what with the possibly herniated disc. On Thursday I had really bad back pain and tried to sleep it off; by Friday it was worse. My mom came for a visit on Friday evening. I was incapacitated so we called the nursing…

  • Musings on First Person POV

    I just finished The Hunger Games Trilogy. I’d read The Hunger Games a few months back, and between Sunday and Tuesday I read Catching Fire and Mockingjay (thanks to mom’s Kindle, which I will blog about later). I really enjoyed both books. I think they’re well-written, have a compelling plot and characters, and make several…

  • Rape Culture and Fatphobia

    [TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE, FATPHOBIA] “Fat girls should be happy for any attention.” “Oh, come on, she’s too fat to be raped!” How many times have you heard or seen the above sentiments, or ones similar to them? How many times have you uttered them, either because you truly believe they’re true or because you’ve internalized…

  • Friday Five

    Five random things I need to mention: Bellica‘s distribution is going to be wider than I thought. Not only am I doing a Kindle ebook for 9.99, but I am also going to be using CreateSpace to make a paperback to sell on Amazon. More news on that as it develops. I am traveling this…

  • 2012 Writing Goals

    I completed some of my 2011 Writing Goals, but not all of them. That’s okay. I’m not going to beat myself up about it. I’m just going to do better this year. Finish Dead Transgressions. Finish The Jade Star of Athering. Make some headway on the Clio table for parthenon. Blogging: 3 entries a week.…

  • Finally Friday!

    Hello friends. I’m not sure about you, but I’ve had a pretty good few days. One final down, another to go; good news in the theatre department; today ending at home with hangouts with my best friend. End of semester stress relief: on. I have to work tomorrow and Sunday and Monday and everyday between…