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Coming soon: more work from someone creative, ambitious, and determined - often called a variant of insane/crazy. Notes: Genderfluid. Preferred pronouns (they/them) [& denotes married couples] Immediate Family: soon-to-be-ex-Dilbert, Tempest, Dogbert My Extended Family: (s)Dad, cousins (K, D, G, J, F, N) I guess it's good to be on speaking terms with someone. Voluntarily. AuntS Dilbert's Extended Family: SIL (+5 kids)& BIL, FIL's gf (only for holidays, mostly) Important People I Don't See Enough: Owl + Partner, Paradise ICON crew (which owl is a part of) People I've Known a Long Time/Long Distance: Doc & [husband], Sheer & DocSheer, Mrs. Light & [husband], Trillium & Diego (not married but close enough), Steph Local People: MotherDroid, Owl&Partner ... There are about to be new people on this list, because, well, I'm evolving. And it hurts. DnD: used letters, S (DM), D(doctor), Y(because I like him!), K(old RPGer friend who also attends church), P(church guy who does game night and is local and our families are also friends), A (went to church but moved back to Chicago, moved back locally then i moved) Tempest's friends: I don't know very many of her local friends. She's got an internet buddy who also talks to CousinK's younger daughter. the younger daughter is DRAMA. Dogbert's friends: Has a new group of friends based on a Pokemon thing and they have a DnD club at school and outside of school. Lucky kid! |
If you know me, you know I don't choose to watch TV much. Today I chose Dead Poet's Society. Honestly, tricky choice bc while they said it was on Disney+, I couldn't find it there. Lucky vimeo allowed it. Dilb said he didn't like it. I said that's one reason I'm watching it in here, to not inflict it on anyone else. It's the only really depressing movie I like. I dunno, maybe, there are probably others. It's also the one I really, really understand. Supposedly it's set in 1959, and those boys in prep school are off to the ivy leagues to be bigwigs. And I felt that pressure so much - I had to go to engineering, I had to do things (especially step-dad thought was good for me) rather than what made me happy. I understood Neil too well, perhaps, since I wanted to be a writer despite all the other stuff I did. He also wanted me to marry a white, anglo-saxon Protestant -caveat, had to be methodist, lutheran, or presbyterian- (man) who made as much money as i did (as an engineer). It took me too many years to realize that list had nothing to do with happiness or fun or love. It was much more about security and control and protection. I tell my kids differently. I let them explore stuff they enjoy. (not EVERYTHING because you can't do it all at once, but yeah, try it, do it, learn it.) Tempest struggles with depression already, and anxiety is awful, but she says it isn't home that's the problem. I can understand that, middle school sucks. Next year she's in high school and Dogbert has to navigate it. Ugh the headache is returning. Back to resting and no screens. |