[The story connected with this came up a couple of times in conversation recently. Going to link to it, I realized I’d never ported it over to this site. It was originally written December 5, 2005 in another journal of mine.] Long ago (back in the late 80s and early 90s), I kept paper journals.… Continue reading Blind Before Digital
Year: 2010
Dealing With It
Whether you’re falling into crush after crush or getting yourself involved in a series of real relationships, there are going to be all sorts of things you’re going to have to deal with. While crushing, you have to deal with all those random imagined qualities of the person you’re crushing on. You’re going to have… Continue reading Dealing With It
New Month, New Topic, You Decide
Of course, I have no idea what that topic should be! My pile of not-quite-finished posts and musings taunts me regularly. I check the clock every night and realize that, just as my brain is spinning up to writing mode, I need to be spinning it down into that holding pattern known as “sleep” (to… Continue reading New Month, New Topic, You Decide
Consistency
Consistency is one of the most palpable stabilizers of a relationship. If someone we’re involved with–be it romantically or not–is changing plans and direction a dozen or more times a day, we’re left spinning in circles trying to keep up (at best) or so frustrated we’re ready to just give up and go on our… Continue reading Consistency
Talk About Sex?
Mid-week question for all y’all: Where did you get most of your sex education? Perhaps more importantly, where do you think people should get sex ed from? Should there be more or less talk about it? It’s always a hotly debated topic at school boards and among religious and secular folks. I’m curious what my… Continue reading Talk About Sex?
The Sex Monster
Sex complicates things. Back at the beginning of the month, I said I’d be talking about sex a bit. That hasn’t happened. There are a number of reasons for that, but the primary one is that sex complicates things. For a while, as we pass through puberty, sex is one of the most all-consuming things… Continue reading The Sex Monster
Choices and Consequences
One of the hazards of taking action is having to deal with the consequences. Of course, there are also consequences for not taking any action. That’s something many often forget–there’s no avoiding consequences. Things are going to go on in the world around you whether or not you actively take part and, without fail, some… Continue reading Choices and Consequences