My writing warmup for tonight was standing up against a stuffy male Dom on FetLife and ripping him to ribbons. Engaging in an online fight like that is something I rarely indulge in, but it was very relaxing. I won't play much longer, things'll get ugly soon ( Read more... )

One of my few regrets of my holiday season is that I did not get an adorable portrait of my kitten in one of his three new sweaters.  In fact, I took very few pictures at all- I brought my awesome camera to the Underwater Canoe Party, got buzzed perhaps a bit too early in the evening and forgot it in my bag.  Christmas itself, so much work, and yet ( Read more... )

There is so much good in my life, there is so much happy, there is so much going well and so much promise for new friendships and continuing closeness with old.

But my heart got kicked in this morning, and I have to write about that.

Friday night, I went to a seder at Amanda's house.  It's the same Amanda I spoke of about a year ago here, where I ( Read more... )

Some posts flow so quickly from my fingers, and others are stuck behind a whirlwind of pain, shame, and blame. But if I don't write this out, then I can't warn my friends. This same thing will happen to lots of people I love. If you can spot it quicker, maybe it'll be a smaller hurt. So here goes, my cautionary tale ( Read more... )

It's my fourth morning in Berkeley, CA. 3 down, 16 to go ( Read more... )

Hine ma tovu manahim,
Shevet acheem gamyachad.I woke up with that old Jewish round in my head, and it hasn't stopped. Guess that's a cue to write about the Shabbos dinner ( Read more... )

I had one of those very busy Thanksgivings this year that seems to be the norm for polyamorous people who live near their families. It had three basic sections, and they were each different and all very fun ( Read more... )

It seems like almost every queer person I've met has a totally cute story about how "they always knew". These are stories that adults will tell again and again about one moment in their childhood where they did something conventionally girly, or stereotyped for the culture they'll join when they're older, or just flat-out kisses or romance or ( Read more... )

I am a bisexual polyamorous kinky feminist genderless person who is Pagan, Jewish, and Episcopalian ( Read more... )

I've gotten some feedback that's encouraging me to dwell on polyamory. I'd considered a post about crashing and burning, all about the end of my polyamorous relationships. But I think I'll go back a little further to the canary in the coal mine ( Read more... )