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So, I've decided to try making a blog. About me, basically.A place to ramble, to talk things through (even if it ends up being only to myself) to try get them straight in my head, to share my thoughts....
View ArticleWorries in the Night
Night is not a good time for me. The time when I've finished reading all my feeds, and all my online friends in other time zones were in bed hours ago, and finding something to occupy my mind becomes...
View ArticleAnyone got an Ark?
So, for the past few months or so, the North Island of our fair New Zealand has been in varying levels of drought. I'm not sure entirely how bad or how long; I know Napier was on water restriction, but...
View ArticleI probably shouldn't be allowed these things...
So today, in the midst of all the town stuff, my darling husband and my metamour clearly went to a second-hand store of some kind. I stayed home, so I'm not entirely sure where. One thing they got was...
View ArticleWhy must there always be a 'them'?
Nothing so much happened to prompt this particular post today, it's just something I had on my mind.Intolerance bothers me. When I see people particularly indulging themselves in it, I like to try get...
View ArticleNot sure how I never heard of this one before
Sensory Processing Disorder.Autism interests me. I have, in fact, long taken a small bit of amusement out of an aspie whose monomania... is Asperger's. This just strikes me as chuckle-worthy.So, I've...
View ArticleNot the best way to build trust
I won't go into too many details here, but I would note if any medical professionals ever end up reading this, reporting prospective parents to child services - even if they never work out it was you -...
View ArticleA powerful message, and an interesting video
Recently, this was posted on Ballastexistenz. An interesting enough post in its own right, or I wouldn't have been prompted to comment on it with my own thoughts. However, the one I actually want to...
View ArticleTo be oneself...
The best paths in this life are never easy.Choosing to be who you are, no matter what anyone else might say, is a difficult path to walk. I wish it weren't so, but it is. The easy path is to conform....
View ArticleQuiet, but hopeful
This isn't much of a post, because there's not an awful lot to post about right now, but at least things are looking hopeful.More baby stuff has been gotten together, and a camera should be on its way...
View ArticleUpdates, a little nonsense, and things I found online
So, I should probably approach this with some kind of coherent order. Even if it will likely inevitably break down in a few paragraphs' time.I find it a little amusing that I scraped together something...
View ArticleA video that should be watched by many
This video touched me deeply.It's right, too. Those of us who go on, at least a part of us knows they're wrong... or sets out to make them wrong, at any rate. We manage to hold on to the belief that we...
View ArticleJust when I thought the weather was back to normal...
I could hear a veritable wall of rain overnight last night. It was truly impressive.Here's hoping it's just a one-off.
View ArticleGod, but I wish I had a camera. Right. This. Second
Today is a great testament to the power pregnant-woman-pheromones hold over cats.Our cat Ginger does not like other cats. Not one bit. She's gone totally ballistic over the proximity of a small kitten...
View ArticleMighty hunter, my ass
We're out of cat biscuits today. We'll be able to get more soon enough but, in the meantime, we finally broke out the fish we'd been given for the cats that has been in the freezer. Turns out they're...
View ArticleBand Back Together
Band back together is an organisation dedicated to sharing stories to destigmatise various things like mental illness, rape and abuse. This year, Thoughts From Paris is hosting a blogathon to fundraise...
View ArticleI made my mum fangirl today
My mum is not typically the fan-girly sort, but she's the one who first introduced me to the Bloggess. And today I got to tell her that the Bloggess is following me on twitter. Jenny Lawson thinks my...
View ArticleCamera's here! And so is baby stuff
The digital camera finally arrived in the mail recently (big thanks to @RyanStoler), so I can finally share pictures with you. The timing on this is pretty good, as it arrived only a couple days after...
View ArticleMy husband misses the point sometimes, which makes the Bloggess the best...
Firstly, the internet being down for the better part of a week really sucks. Fortunately, the torture is over and I get to spend the next few days catching up on my feeds while trying to ignore the...
View ArticleRadio Silence
Things are likely going to be dead on this blog for a time... I doubt I could manage a post right now except about what's forefront on my mind right now, and I'm not in a position where it's likely to...
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