Category Archives: me

the pittsburgh sketches #2 (self portrait)

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productive

O Mah Gawdduss, Fabulous! An extra hour. Waking at seven (ok, seven-ish) felt like 8! So I have been in exemplary OCD cleaning mode- seriously, I fanned the sleeves of my shirts and spaced the hangers evenly. It’s an illness: utter chaos or hyper-organized, I recognize no gray areas. There are labeled boxes. (The Birdy [...]

part two: the G word

Or, “In Which Heidi Rants Aimlessly about Embracing the Real Feminine.”
Gender, girls, girliness. Pink shit, prissy princesses, Disney hyperfeminization, Barbie & Bratz, dolls & dresses, Gardisil & sex education. I’ve been swirling my thoughts about gender around in my brain for a couple of days in preperation for Blog for Gender Liberation Day.
I’m coming [...]

Happiness = belly full of cookies. Happiness = bab…

Happiness = belly full of cookies.Happiness = baby with cookies smeared on her face, nursing herself to sleep. Me, licking my finger to clean her face and feeling like a mama cat and swooning with quiet weekend lazy mama bliss.
I’m so overjoyed that my oatmeal cookies are medicinal. Added flaxseed meal for healthy fiber and [...]

on sunshine & hormones

Ask anyone to describe me in one word? “Moody.” (Actually, ask my supervisor and she’d probably say “flaky,” but that’s another post with this headline: “Woman with reasonably high IQ and mad computer skillz finds she can’t function at job retarded monkey could do.” ;) My husband would definitely say “moody.” I’m infamous for my hair-trigger tears. [...]