January 2011
7 posts
The View From My Brain: Analogy time! →
jemimaaslana:
Warning: Sarcastic medical analogy. If you don’t like to read about hospitals and malpractice - don’t read.
Say you were born with a heart condition. You do not know you have this heart condition, because it has not caused you trouble yet, and you’ve never had any cause to suspect anything and…
First: that sucks, I am so sorry.
Second: as bizarre as it might seem, as someone...
On Exercise
I want to talk about lack of access to exercise as a mental health issue.
To be clear, I don’t think that exercise is necessary for “good” mental health, nor do I think it should be used in place of other, more suitable treatments. I also completely understand that there are people who lack the mental or physical energy to handle going to the gym (myself among them, sometimes)...
It’s hard to describe the feeling I get in my chest when I haven’t moved a lot, when I am tired, when I am frustrated, when I have too many expectations on me, and when I am overwhelmed. It feels like my whole chest is going to explode from holding it all in. If I don’t scream, if I don’t move, I might actually burst open right in front of you. It’s the worst feeling...
What I am these days is tired. Not in the “tired of this bullshit” way, though I certainly mean that, but just physically exhausted. I’m sure the two are connected.
I have, to put it the best way I know how, attention and focus issues. Which means, when I an overloaded with work as I am now, I end up pushing it back later and later into my day until I have to do it at home, late...
Snow Night
Tuesday night was beautiful. Snow was falling on the city in big fat chunks, sticking to you hair and gloves and eyelashes. It was windy and a pain to walk anywhere, but during a storm is one of the few times you get some quiet here in the city. It’s a cliche, but there really is a sense of stillness that my midwest roots crave. I appreciate the chance to breathe in the cold and just be.
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Radical Hott Off Notes: ZOMG IT'S 1-11-11! →
aerithria:
adorianmode:
radicallyhottoff:
SCREEEEAM!!!!!
(why isn’t everybody freaking SCREAMING!!!!>???)
I am looking forward to 1-11-111, personally. But that won’t be for a hundred years, so…yeah. Today will do in the interim.
I’m personally looking forward to 11-02-2011…
4 such days, because 11-11-11!
It’s the time of year for resolutions and for poo-pooing of the very idea for resolutions. And while I am usually in the latter camp (ok, always) I am beginning to dislike the inherent cynicism. Yes, New Years is a somewhat cliched and arbitrary time to decide to do new things, but then, does that make it better? Is it better to decide to do new things in February?
Yes, resolutions are...
