I don't know why I looked for my final grades that semester- I had a good idea of how they'd shake out. I suppose I wanted to know how much my GPA was going to tank, manufacture some semblance of normal. In the stead of a grade was an incomplete and with it, no updated GPA. I wasn't prepared for the professor telling me the incomplete would remain until I took the written part of the final. I hadn't taken any of my finals and this class was the only one without a final grade for the … [Read more...]
The Instant
I was in a car accident on March 21 2015. I walked away from it. I don't know if it was luck, a watchful eye, a bit of both, destiny, fate, or what-have-you. I just know if I had been hit instants earlier, the outcome could have been very different. Before heading home, my previous stop was a Chinese Restaurant, picking up dinner. Prior to that, I picked up the car from the shop - it was due for some maintenance. I met Trex that morning to drop off the car then drive us home. We left a … [Read more...]
Cognition, Interrupted
I've been writing a follow-up? a check-in? of sorts to No Man is An Island (NMIAI); part of the commitment I made to myself about my well-being were the honest responses, the ventures into territory that frightened me (gentle ventures, or rather ardent attempts with the kindness that it's OK to back away as long as I test it out again), the maintenance of boundaries, etc. Part of that is a daily inventory of my headspace. At least twice- when I get it together to start the day and when I'm … [Read more...]
What Shame Is There, If It’s You: A GISHWHES Story
I'll start with something that's an important reference - No Man is An Island. I say this because there's a chance there are new readers here. A quick summary of that series is that I stepped forward and talked about that last six years wrestling with Clinical Depression, getting out of its grip and essentially fighting everyday to never be back there again. It's work. It's frustrating and fatiguing- the constant inventory taking, the timeouts to talk myself down if I start to panic...but … [Read more...]
Teams, Your Bounty of Words Status
Home Stretch Gishers! Checking for the latest? Clicky click here. Since GISHWHES is in its final hours, I'll try my best to get as many requests as I possibly can. The numbers below are to help me keep track and make sure I send em out as I receive them. ONE STORY FOR THE CLAIMING! Taking requests until my typos taekovre. Please use the Contact form so I can keep track of them and respond! FINAL NOTES AT THE CLOSE: The end is nigh for #GISHWHES -sadface- I had fun writing, I … [Read more...]
Ahoy GISHERS!
If you are in need of a 140 word whippet, I can help! While not exclusively a Sci-Fi author, I have delved into it and published (if it please the court)*. Please let me know what you would be needing for your image. I have the 140 words, I just need the teams that have a mighty need. I'm on the Tweety, Tumblr, and my Contact Form is at the ready. Much luck GISHERS. *Reading old work....headdesking so much. Even if it was 2004. … [Read more...]
Protected: That’s Not What It Means
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Can’t Rain All the Time
I knew I had to get out of the work environ I was in. Easier said than done. I felt trapped. As I looked at internal openings, I sunk- 'I'm not qualified for that.' On top of that, it wasn't just me and Trex at the time. If I lose my income, I'm not the only one that's homeless. We'd be able to deal, Trex and I. Life's dealt us far more painful and trying experiences. But we weren't alone in the house. I felt the weight of that too, when in reality, I couldn't be faulted for telling the … [Read more...]
Listless In An Ocean of Nothing
It came to a head, as runaway things tend to do. My epiphany came when it dawned on me that I had no enthusiasm for a yearly event I always looked forward to. When the joy and happiness I usually have was replaced with nothing I knew something was terribly wrong. Much more wrong than I had initially concluded. This was a far cry of being in a funk and even further from the first time I 'broke.' At least then, I was still feeling things and ironically enough I had so badly wanted to not feel … [Read more...]
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