Archive for February 7th, 2008
Keeping company with the empty internets
I love the fact that Google Talk allows for photos of chat friends. Most of the time. Other times I hate it and block people, such as Asperger Boy, so I won’t have to see their faces. But tonight, though he’s not online, FS’s face is still there. Maybe it’s the modern translation of the [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2008 under dating, the men.
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When you lose something you can’t replace
In my more maudlin moments lately, I listen to music that seems sad but hopeful. “Fix You,” for example. I’m the person who thinks it couldn’t be worse, but I’m also working to fix that person. And it will be ok.
I’ve been seeing a lot of my therapist. Kind of talking myself through the abortion [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2008 under the abortion.
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Medical abortion: my story
Since I was not even four weeks pregnant when I found out, I had the option of a medical abortion instead of a surgical procedure. For some reason, I imagined it would be easier and feel more natural, “natural” being equated with good in some way. Of course I can handle cramping and bleeding! It [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2008 under choice, posts hijacked by anti-choicers, the abortion.
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Beginning in the middle
The idea of a new place on the web has appealed to me for a while, a place where I could begin with no explanation of the multitude of things that have come before and proceed simultaneously in the past, present, and future. Every day, I begin in the middle of things. The past whispers, [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2008 under living.
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