‘personal’ Archives
I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate being alone
I have written this sentiment down somewhere a billion times over the years. I am not sure if I have recorded it in here, however. Even if I have, it bears repeating. Or maybe it doesn’t. I’m saying it anyway. I hate being alone… [Read More]
How do you exorcise ghosts?
Serious question. I’m talking about the ghosts in our heads, the ones that prevent us from moving forward. And I don’t necessarily mean specific people…I mean events and mistakes you’d rather forget. I’ve got lots of these. Lots. Right now, [Read More]
Toastie Plays The Blog Tag Game III
Except this time, the tagging was done on Facebook. I was asked to list 25 random things about me. I had already done the same exercise twice in this blog in the past year. So I just copied ten items from March 24, 2008 and six from November 30, 2008. That left me with nine [Read More]
Sleep problems…and a blunt assessment of stuff
I snapped this photo of Aremid with the mobile around 6AM. I’ve been up all night. This is partially a result of having slept throughout much of the day over the last few days as I deal with post-surgery fatigue, pain, and nausea. This is also the result of having [Read More]
20090113
I’m gonna jump the shark tonight and confess that I’m pretty friggin down about this surgery I’ll be having in a couple of hours. It’s not that I’m scared. I’m not scared one bit, to the extreme of just about not caring if something does [Read More]
2233
It’s been awhile since I wrote for the sake of writing. I mean, I feel as if every post has to accentuate some eccentricity or flavor of wit or burning outrage, but I’ve been shying away from just writing off the top of my head. I have felt the need to give [Read More]
Real-time Non-historical Journaling on The Contagiousnes of Happiness
I’m reading an awful lot about the recent research into the contagiousness of happiness. I have two thoughts on the matter. 1. I must have been inoculated from this effect, and it does not appear this inoculation can be reversed. (Okay, so, I have three thoughts). 2. [Read More]
Kidney Stones, Moles, and Kittens, Oh, My!
Flashback to last February’s Adventures With Kidney Stones… So I was basically in bed with this horrible pain, because I had this massive kidney stone stuck in me that wasn’t going to pass, and it was shutting down one of my kidneys completely. Out of the [Read More]
Absence Of Joy
Here’s the exercise: I take a personal journal writing written sometime in the past…let’s say the past eight years…and I publish it here. I blur out a few specifics so as to avoid any potential awkwardness. The “fun” in this little [Read More]
ramblings on the journey to nowhere from 30,000 feet (part 1)
Written from the air, returning home last Thursday evening (7/31/08) (Part 1 of 2) I entered a Tweet before flying out of Dallas that I felt like the lifeforce was draining from me. It is typical when I travel to muster more optimism about my life than I am capable of doing [Read More]
