Been reading through this article and the comments about it here about emotional labor (there are a lot of them. Seriously, be prepared for it to eat at least two days’ worth of your free time.) and - well. It gave me a new vocabulary for talking about myself, so here we go.

( It is long. And self-indulgent. And depressing. And there is not much point to it really. )

TL:DR - I'm an agnostic. Sort of.

( Just some things I've been sorting out in my head. )

...it doesn't upset me as much as turning 28 did. Maybe I'm accepting my mortality at last. ;P Or maybe my Not-Giving-A-Shit-Fu is getting stronger.

I have to say, though, I think pushing 30 would feel a lot better if I actually had my shit together. As it is pushing 30 just feels like pushing 16 with an added rent payment.*

*Actually, I've been ( Read more... )

Cut for sexuality-related stuff, which may be TMI.

( Coming out. Or something. )

I'm ready. I exercised today and I'm full of energy and I'm being productive and yes. I'm gonna do it this time. I'm finally gonna do all the things I said I was gonna do and I'm finally going to remake myself into something I don't hate so much. I'm ready....I think the onset of spring is getting to me. Don't worry, it'll pass. Here, have a lol ( Read more... )

So today I was driving to work and I saw a guy walking a dog which I had taken care of just yesterday at work. I had the craziest urge to stop and say hello, but I only knew the dog, not his owner, and I don't think said two-legged thing would be too impressed with a stranger accosting him ( Read more... )

I've been giving myself headaches reading some blog posts.

Start here: Schrodinger's Rapist: or a guy's guide to approaching strange women without being maced. On how women navigate the risk of being raped/assaulted every day of their lives, and what men may do to alleviate that risk a little, all presented in the form of a primer on approaching ( Read more... )

One of the interesting things about having a low emotional intelligence is I keep discovering new things about myself ( Read more... )

( Everybody had an unhappy childhood. )

Day 4: Today I made a new friend - an absolutely beautiful cat named Zen. She's smaller and more finely-built than most cats, with beautiful dark brown stripes on pale tan fur. I'd let Mom borrow my camera, otherwise I would've tried to sneak a picture of her... anyway, she's a total and utter sweetheart and I was upstairs loving on her every ( Read more... )