October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and today (10/4/20) is the 10th anniversary of meeting my abuser for the first time. I was with him from 2010-2016 and i share some of the non-physical abuse that i was subjected to over the course of our relationship. I also detail how not all domestic violence is physical and the other forms of ( Read more... )

(NOTE for non-regular readers or readers outside of Livejournal: this week's topic for the writing contest I'm in is "hair shirt". A hair shirt is a shirt made of very rough cloth that some religious people wore in the past to punish themselves for things that they had done wrong.)You would think I would know what a hair shirt was. After all, I ( Read more... )

(NOTE for non-regular readers or readers outside of Livejournal: this week's topic for the writing contest I'm in is "intersubectivity" and it's a intersection meaning that I had a partner/companion piece this week as well written by yachiru )It started with a conversation ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: This is a massively long post, so if you read it all. I commend you.The subject is a quote within a quote from the introduction of my former acting coach, Scott Sedita's book "Scott Sedita's Guide to Making It In Hollywood". In the intro, he tells the tale of running into a former student. This student got distracted and off his path ( Read more... )

What is it with guys who just won't take the hint that you are NOT interested in them because YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND? Especially when they know you're not just dating this guy, you are in a long-term relationship and live with said boyfriend ( Read more... )

Jersey made me dinner last night for valentine's day since we both worked on Monday. he put me in a culinary coma with his surf & turf dinner. it was supposed to be 3 courses but I never made it to dessert cuz I was stuffed.

appetizer
jambalaya soup with clams, mussels, shrimp, scallops & sausage. the seafood was cooked in butter & beer.
drink: sam ( Read more... )

I'm actually not the Scrooge of Valentine's Day anymore. Yes, I looked back at my blog for the past 10 years (wow, crazy that I've had it that long) & every VDay post is the same. Me bitching about being lonely, me usually drinking way too much & me being angry & bitter ( Read more... )

speaking of the hotness that is Jersey....a picture from when he took me to Vegas a couple weeks ago (no, we didn't have a quickie wedding)


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I have an announcement.....besides the fact that I have the greatest, most awesomest boyfriend in the world ( Read more... )

It's been over a year since I've been on a date. Over two years since I've been on a date that actually materialized into something more ( Read more... )