There is fuzz in my brain. No, not the police, just cotton. Thick lumps of it, blocking any attempt at coherent thought. Do you know how many “drafts” I have saved in this blog? Unpublished drafts of things I started and then never got around to finishing because I either could not figure out what [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Cottonhead
Posted in Personal, Pointless Rambling, life, tagged life, Personal, Pregnancy, Random Thoughts on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beached Whale
Posted in Children, Family, Health, Personal, Relationships, life, tagged babies, Depression, Family, Health, life, Mental health, Motherhood, Parenthood, Perinatal depression, Personal, Postpartum depression, Pregnancy, Psychiatry, Women on June 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m just stuck, energetically, physically, mentally. I think it’s pregnancy, but I’m not totally sure. There have been so many changes in the last six months that could be attributable to this logjam. However, I have experienced major changes before and not felt so inept and unable. It’s weird having been a person with a [...]
Library Thieves
Posted in Personal, computers, life, tagged Adobe Photoshop, Books, computers, Library, life, Personal, Software on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When I signed on to edit books for this small publishing company, the owner convinced me to buy Adobe Indesign. Because the bundled software with 3 programs gave me way more bang for my buck, I bought that rather than just the individual program. As part of this bundle, I got Photoshop C4, a program [...]
In Som Ni A
Posted in Personal, life, tagged Insomnia, life, Personal, sleep on June 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I hate not being able to sleep. For most of my adult life, I have manifested stress as insomnia. It’s worse when I have something pending the following day, like an early appointment, or even work. Sometimes though, when there is really no reason to have to get up early (or at all for that [...]
Where is the Damn Sun?
Posted in Loneliness, Personal, Relationships, life, tagged life, Loneliness, Moods, Personal, Relationships, weather on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Would I feel any differently this morning if it were sunny and nice instead of rainy and crappy? Oregon was rainy and shitty the entire time we were there until the last day. It had been sunny until the day before we arrived. Now it is sunny again since we have left. It was pouring [...]
Traveling is Exhausting
Posted in Personal, Travel, life on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Traveling is exhausting. I find it difficult to adjust quickly to time changes and whatnot, especially when I’m not sure how much of an adjustment I want to make. Lately I have been awakening at east coast time (5 am where I’m at) and going to bed at west coast time (11 pm to midnight). [...]
Good Ideas
Posted in Politics, Race, Society, tagged economy, Jesse Jackson, Jobs, Outsourcing, Politics, Society on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t always agree with Jesse Jackson, but on some things, I absolutely do. The article he wrote for Huffington Post May 30th makes some pretty salient points. To read it, go here.



