Quantcast
Channel: introducing the characters – Pick Your Own Adventure
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 18 View Live

Mirrors

Whenever a woman tells me, “I don’t really have chick friends” I turn my head and blink funny.  I don’t know where I would be without the women in my life.  They provide a very different mirror from...

View Article



Trying to steel myself for a let down

I think that the okcupid boy is going to decide I’m not worth the fuss.  Which is fair, I don’t think I am either.  Uhm, yay for confirmation?  I am asking for a ridiculously specific thing that isn’t...

View Article

The outliers

I was asked about those people who came into my life outside of the groups and communities I loudly claim.  Oh, I wasn’t directly asked.  But it was mentioned. I have been through a lot of different...

View Article

The Daddies

In my adult life I have picked up a lot of men who love me and call me Princess.  It’s a special breed of man.  I have had sexual contact with all of them though I haven’t ever actually had PiV with...

View Article

One of the problems with polyamory

I don’t know if other people sit around in their off-time listening to songs and trying to place them onto various relationships.  Particularly, today I am listening to Adele’s Someone Like You.  The...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Part of the road to Noah

This fine morning a friend asked me about a link on Facebook about Mansplaining.  It lead to an interesting conversation about whether men or women (sexist language abounds.  I’m going to do an aside...

View Article

family roles

When I was in middle school we moved up to Redwood Estates.  My aunt and uncle bought a new house and left some of the family behind at the old house and took some of the family with them to the new...

View Article

Working is fun.

I don’t know what I was thinking. How did I think I would get through over-night without Noah and the kids yesterday? Ha. I came home for bed-time. I called and told Noah to let the kids stay up a bit...

View Article


Busy weekend

I went up to work at Wicked Grounds this weekend. On Saturday I went up after running thirteen miles. I was tired but ebullient. BART was really full so at one point I gave up my seat so that an...

View Article


In praise

I don’t know how other people find self-worth. For me part of it involves being liked by people I admire. People I feel are particularly good at _________. So I have this friend. I met her when I was...

View Article

Not proud.

In my continual efforts to not have secrets about which I feel shame, yesterday we had kind of an incident. I had to dismantle the slide. An adult friend who was far above the weight limit decided to...

View Article

Distraction

If you do much research on mental illness, or really any undesirable behavior you want to eliminate, distraction is key. This week in therapy my shrink spent a lot of time harping on the idea that I...

View Article

Knock, knock knock

I was asked what doors I’m knocking on. I think that being as transparent as a piece of glass will save a whole lot of trouble down the line about misunderstood motives or impulses. Realistically, I...

View Article


Feeling more complete

At the conclusion of Cranky Day I went up to Wicked Grounds and had dinner with two wonderful women. We had a great conversation. I felt seen. I felt like I had friends. I felt like I know these...

View Article

First date: the deity.

How do I even begin this review? Uhm… it was good. Fantastic. Incredible. Four years of hype paid off. Someone fell out of the Top 5 last night. They were replaced. Not telling you who because I’m...

View Article


Punching is so awesome.

Last night was a punching heavy night. I was punching a lot and then I got punched a lot. Life is fair sometimes. I played with the Professor. He plays with a lot of new people and he is good at...

View Article

Busy busy

I woke up at 3:30 this morning and started painting. I did it by candle light because the breaker in the kitchen is turned off. I need to finish the ceiling today so we can turn the light on and put...

View Article


Love and thank you

Yesterday I started off being passive aggressive. Then I got direct and everything kinda fell into place like magic. Wow. I sent an email to folks Noah and I are seeing and said “If you are just a...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 18 View Live




Latest Images