I'm an anxious person. I consider it a quirky personality trait, and one that hasn't really seemed to scare anyone that matters away, yet. Anxiety manifests itself in weird ways. Sometimes it is over nothing, sometimes it is over the idea of nothing. Usually, it is my own personal emotional trigger that creeps up [...]
I'm fresh back from a three day holiday up north(ish.) Eight of us piled our snow gear into two trucks and drove three hours north to intentionally fall down for a few hours. Humans are weird. It was a great trip, no drama, everyone got along, and no one broke anything. The cabin was a [...]
For the record, the photo above is definitely not my home. If it were I would be rocking to and fro in a fetal position in the darkest corner I could find. I merely used this photo to paint an image. Of a slightly less cluttered, but item filled > 1400 square foot home, inhabited [...]
My memory is fading. Which is sort of concerning, since I'm only thirty. I like to tell myself that it's not failing and that my brain is just occupied with more important information like precise movie quotes and the perfect comeback to something someone said to me a week ago. While my medial temporal lobe [...]
I'm having the best night ever. It's Saturday night, its raining in San Diego, we have a fire roaring in our wood burning stove, we're drinking a local brewery's porter, eating mint chocolate chip ice cream in pajamas all while watching the Wizard of Oz. The only thing that could make it better would be [...]
We've discussed in the past the necessary evil of some labels. I don't feel that being either an introvert or an extrovert is in any way a hindrance. I've debated with some folks that feel that being an introvert has held them back, or deterred them from living, but I don't believe that labeling yourself [...]
I rarely felt a part of anything except my immediate family. Of course I compared myself to them, my larger than life parents, who each accomplished the impossible and were able to talk to anyone. My younger sister was much more outgoing than I was: confident and secure in her huge circle of friends. Usually [...]
