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The Evolution of The Yetis
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Death Match Dance Off
Dr. Terror, or as his friends knew him, Bob, stood on the outskirts of the party crowd surveying the lay of the land. He was summoned to tonight’s soirée by his foe, Captain Champion. The invitation promised a death match, but from the look of things, it was to be the dreaded dance off ( Read more... ) -
Carry On
Invisible chronic illnesses are exactly what they sound like, conditions which last a life time and aren't immediately obvious to others. The percentage of people afflicted with these conditions is great enough, likely everyone knows someone affected by an invisible disability to some degree. I am one of those people. I live every day with several ( Read more... ) -
Oblivious
Trigger warning: contains sexual abuse
Everyone, at some point in their life, faces an ugly truth. Secrets are revealed through self-examination.
Maturity brings a better understanding of the facts. My moment of reckoning happened when I was in my late thirties.
I was sexually molested as a child.
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Eye of the Beholder
Laugh in the face of the absurd and painful has been my motto for years. It is not a reflex defense mechanism, but rather a testament to the unique sense of humor gifted to me by my parents. My father can pass gas on command and my mother's aptitude for one line zingers is impressive. The affection I have for bad jokes was inevitable ( Read more... ) -
Don't You Know Who I Think I Am
When I was sixteen, I made an oath to never forget what it felt like to be a teenager. I was going to "hold on sixteen as long as I can." I felt like my parents didn't remember or understand what it was like to be young and I wasn't going to become like them and forget. Today I feel like a teenager trapped in a middle aged woman's body. At 46, I'm ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol
I'm signing up for LJ Idol!
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Grown Up Blog
I have a "grown up" blog that I use mostly for writing posts. You can find it at http://shay-writes.blogspot.com/
This is just mostly FYI since I do cross-post my entries there to this journal and my DW journal. I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you wondered where I was outside of LJ.
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Transparent
Two or three years ago, I stopped looking in the mirror. I'm not sure if this was a conscious decision or something that just happened. When I first noticed my avoidance of reflective surfaces, I decided not to rectify the situation ( Read more... ) -
The One Where I Dig Up Old Bones
While my brain is processing a potential new story idea, I'm re-hashing the novels of writing days passed. Novel number one is a complete mess, so it shall not ever see the light of day. (except maybe an excerpt in one of those funny writing memes so you can poke fun at it) Novel number two might be resurrected with the appropriate amount of mouth ( Read more... )