Today has been a day of relaxing, spending time with my girlfriend and her kids, reading a story to my boyfriend and having… View More

So I haven't updated for a couple of weeks, in part because I've been really busy planning for upcoming… View More

Greta Christina posted an invitation for sex worker voices to be… View More

“When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is… View More

This is all still a little raw for me, but a few days ago, my girlfriend and I split up. It was mutual, in a way- we both felt like things were stagnating in a place we didn't want to be in. Neither of us was enjoying the sex. We both felt taken advantage of, in different ways. I know she lied to me for months (she called it "managing" me)- she says I lied to her, though I'm still not clear what about. I felt like she was selfish, and… View More

(title from the Violent Femmes) Breakups, while painful, are also an excuse for me to delve whole-heartedly into my favourite breakup songs. I have so many, particularly as I… View More

So, I went to Burning Man. Learned some things about myself. -I don't actually need to see the Man burn. More important to come early to help out, and then leave without a massive line. Also, I really like having a stop to rest rather than driving straight home. -I'm a lot more fit than I expect. Biking did not provide any issues for me except for that the seat hurt my tailbone. -I am not in fact frigid, like I sometimes… View More

wegotism (no 'u' in moving on... but there is in 'future'...) (2003) you say i mirror your interior, the things you hide behind your eyes you tell me that you want to reach in the looking glass it's hard to piece back together a past when it's been smashed stained colors and made beautiful, worshiped like a church and i think you're still… View More

"Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having a better past" - Lily Tomlin   I masturbated for the first time since you left me.   just letting my mind wash over thoughts of letting… View More

Trigger warning: Abuse, mention of roots of Thanksgiving I tend to be fairly good at finding things to be grateful for every day, so in some… View More