It has been a hectic few weeks around this place, to say the least. I'm no longer moving to the GTA (old news for most of you), which means slowly unpacking our stuff as well as fixing all the stupid little things around here we weren't going to bother with when we thought we were leaving (things like painting over those dreadful prison grey-blue ( Read more... )

It has been said by more than a few philosophers that friendship, like love, is unconditional. It places no limits or qualifications on anyone. In essence, true friendship is not based on whether or not you are doing everything your friend expects of you, or even what you do at all. It is based on how much care and concern you have for one another' ( Read more... )

Your Brain is 73% Female, 27% Male
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You Are 77% Feminine, 23% Masculine
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Over the past few days, I have been put through a living nightmare. Someone I have held as a dear friend decided I was the enemy, and tossed me aside like so much garbage. She said a final goodbye, to which my partner then responded (via my LJ account) by calling her on it. Something akin to "If it's goodbye now it's goodbye forever". From that ( Read more... )

Well, I made it through Monday without too much of a funk hitting me. For many, the 9/11 anniversary was about remembering the deaths and the losses, particularly the loss of innocence. For me, it has a very different connection. It was on that day 5 years ago that I had an epiphany, brought on by the loss of so many lives. I began to ask myself if ( Read more... )

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Last night a song came into my head. It was by Bruce Cockburn about the destruction of the rainforests. If A Tree Falls. The chorus is "If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?". It sprang to mind because, in my depressed state, I wondered if anybody would notice if one of our T community fell. "If a T falls into depression, does anybody ( Read more... )