PinnedPart IPart I The scenes are often frozen. This one was no different. Our ship cut through the ice like a knife. It wasn’t as thick as I expected. This only added to the dangers that were to follow. The cabin was where we were to stay. Our new home was…Dreams3 min read
Mar 12Picking, EDS and the Backup Lip BalmI pick my lips. I’ve had cold sores since I was little, and picking at them became a habit before I knew what they were. That probably lasted until college, honestly. Like most children of the 80’s, I got them directly from my my mom, who kissed me on the…Lip Balm4 min read
Mar 10The Neurologist I haven’t even seen yet.This story is going to be kinda long. It’s probably going to make you angry. I wobble between being exceptionally angry and just laughing the whole thing off like it’s just a part of my life experience. Short backstory [no pun intended]: I have something called familial hemiplegic migraines. They are…Hemiplegic Migraine8 min read
Feb 8My Brain, the Memory Mangling Torture Device.My Brain, the Memory Mangling Torture Device. CW: death, horror Had one of the worst nightmares today. I should preface all this by telling you that I have a pretty horrific memory, and my trauma prevents me from absorbing a lot. I write these things because any time I recover…Horror4 min read
Feb 1When ‘mean’ kids grow up?A lot of people have been following the CS art drama, and if you don’t know about it, you are probably better off, and I don’t want to give it any more attention here, or draw her ire, but I do want to discuss situations in real life and in…Parasocial Relationships6 min read
Aug 6, 2021A poly Journal EntryI’m poly. I’ve been in various poly relationships for the last 25+ years. I make it a rule to always try to be as honest and open as I can and I try to be honest with myself and do hard work to get to know people before I start…Polyamory7 min read
Jul 10, 2021American Kids TodayAmerican Kids Today I keep seeing this narrative that kids are ‘weaker’ than my generation (X) and that we are somehow tougher because of how we were raised. Many of us were neglected and abused, and see that as some kind of positive thing? Our Boomer and Silent Generation parents…Gen Z5 min read
Mar 27, 2021XIIThe End? It had been two days or so since my partner disappeared. I stopped paying attention to time, it was dark, always. The lamps were black, the Island, dark. It seemed to be suffocating us. I can’t remember when I had seen a star. Nothing felt like it mattered. The…Horror4 min read
Mar 16, 2021Part XIXII We gathered up our equipment, laptops and documents, and began to review what we’d filmed. My own footage seemed to be mostly missing. Again. Folders upon folders completely gone. Journal entries were also non-existent. We were back to what happened before. Nothing after the first day. Back to the day…2 min read
Mar 15, 2021XIXI Watch them. Watch them. These words reverberated now, consistently. It was like being inside a MRI machine and I could feel the sound through my body. It was in my sleep, my waking, coming through movies and music. It didn’t stop. I was sure I was going crazy. The…2 min read
