chicating

really did help me spot some trouble spots so the virtual group is worth it, two sessions in, even if they start late all the time and aren't, like, The Answer or anything like that. (Not that I really thought that would happen, and I'm only aware I have the hope, down deep, because of that little deflation when it doesn't happen. Again.) It would be so *easy* if I could find something that would make me WANT to crank away in this little corner again and I'm trying my hardest to pretend this is true, but, meh.

and the country queen's daughter is spun out that her dad's not her dad--probably wrong that I'm thinking I'm not the only one for whom that would make my life make more sense.

(in my next life, I'm signing up with the hedonists, I swear--a writing exercise)
Theme: a forbidden object.( Read more... )

when I chose my wheelchairs as an Object to write about.(There was a time when I'd never do that, btw.)( Read more... )

Or, well, she seems like a nice person, I'm a few degrees from Anne Lamott, probably.But we haven't met.
But, my god, could she get over her hair and its texture already...it's *HAIR*--part of me wants to write her back and say "Get a detangler and a life,"Although, okay, I went to state college, not...terribly successfully, but I still think(hope at this point, really) that it's a physical manifestation of ways that she felt/feels like a weirdo. But, like, what would she say if she were broken for real? But then, I've probably done the same thing with my wheelchair. other disabled people tend not to like me.

but sort of decided not to revisit Friday. Like, at all.(my digestive system made my life tough for days last week, I'll just say that. A certain amount of...frankly, freaking out in other direction is not fully unusual, but since the thyroid thing, it's been more extreme. Not loving it.
-people are finding my MTM fanfic that I wrote years ago, for some reason. Nice compliment.
Had an editorial consultation today...had some good thoughts about my coronavirus story.
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his week's questions were suggested by [livejournal.com profile] bindyree.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . .

5. Name five favorite movies. Say Anything, Grosse Pointe Blank, Goodfellas(Yes, love contemplating murder-for-hire) The Ref...maybe "The Devil Wears Prada.

4. Name four areas of interest you became interested in after you were done with your formal education.
politics, labor organizing. politics of poverty, maybe a little economics

3. Name three things you would change about this world. more wheelchair access, more joy and fun, less climate crisis.

2. Name two of your favorite childhood toys.My stuffed unicorns and my etch-a-sketch

1. Name one person you could be handcuffed to for a full day.karlht

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This week's questions were suggested by [livejournal.com profile] silent_r_infork.

1. What was the most sick that you've ever been? When I was eleven, I had roseola, which is usually a disease for very small children(Not sure how I got it) that comes with spots and high fever. When I was twelve, I got chickenpox, which was exceedingly itchy and long-lasting at about two weeks. I was stupid and once ate a whole package of Oreos(Which I didn't even really want, as such...just wanted to throw caution to the wind or something, and it bit me on my bony disabled ass, like, instantly.) never have felt the same about oreos, but I feel worse that I ruined them for my mother, who cleaned up.

2. What disease are you afraid of getting?COVID, esp. long-form, dementia

3. Are you a big baby when it comes to taking medicine/shots for your illnesses? kind of. really don't like.

4. Is going to the doctor really THAT bad? Mostly, I don't like them. I had one in high school, though, that I got a crush on and was really glad I saw him for muscle pain, instead of something gross.

5. Would you have the flu twice a month if you were paid $1,000 for having it? Nothing with puking or diarrhea. I guess I'd be stuffed-up if someone paid, somehow, but I'd want some money up-front--time is, like, the one thing you can't replace.

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. If you were a fruit, which would you be and why? When I'm sad about my life, which is often these days, I think I might be the one leftover banana that everyone has and doesn't eat.At my best, maybe a tangerine, because they are balanced between sweet and tart like me. I also eat them all the time.

2. If you wake up and smell smoke, and you have to get everybody (pets included) out of the house safely, but you have time to grab one item, what would you grab? I have an autographed copy of "The Corner" that I used to touch for writer's inspiration until I met David Simon virtually and felt like that might be odd.(I would have hated for a superstition to get back to him, for instance.)

3. If you were stuck on an island, who would be the one person you would want with you and why? I'm disabled...I think I need two. To that end, I nominate my mama and karlht

4. If you could change one thing about your physical appearance, what would it be? Hate to play into a cliche, and I wish I could be one of those proud, defiant "wouldn't change a THING!1" crips, but I think I've gotten all I can out of The Wheelchair Experience. Proud tradition or not, sometimes I wanna drop it like a hot rock and have all the cheap sex I should have had in my twenties. But I've always been such a Grindstone Gal, I bet I'd make a million dollars and be like "But this is supposed to be the *fun* version!"

5. If you could spend the day with one famous person, dead or alive, who would you choose?Maybe I'd like to hang out with Matthew Perry and make *him* laugh for once. Maybe I'd invite zmayhem too. We were both fans and she died about the same time...it's a Thing. Like gum, it would be perfection!

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