Sometimes you get up and bake a cake or something sometimes you stay in bed sometimes you go la di da di da di da da til your eyes roll back into your head —The National, Racing Like a Pro The depressive episodes were unnoteworthy—she would sit outside on the back porch with her cup … Continue reading
Reblogged from Laments and Lullabies: Sometimes, folks, the cure is as bad as the condition. I’m taking a buttload of Lamictal (often used to treat Bipolar II) which has considerably evened me out. No more super-productive, spastic, soaring highs (which I miss terribly – I only ever experienced hypomania, which is not as destructive or unbearable as mania. … Continue reading
Reblogged from Laments and Lullabies: I’m done. They let me loose. Graduated Stigma cum Loud. Now I have to DO SOMETHING. Get work, or apply for financial assistance, or start a counterfeit operation. Gotta find a hobby. Gotta leave the house more. Gotta start reintegrating. Emphasis on “grating”. Gotta make and keep my therapy appointments. Gotta stay on … Continue reading
While watching The Awakening this week, my wife told me it was ok to have a crush on Rebecca Hall. I don’t know where she got that idea, really… I mean, I know I have exquisite taste in wom[e]an, and I might did breath heavy one time or two during the movie when Rebecca Hall … Continue reading
Reblogged from Laments and Lullabies: I’m on drugs, and not the fun ones. My goal is to kick the habit one day, but unlike addiction to illegal drugs, my dependence is strongly encouraged, enabled, and even compounded by polite society. Yup, get a daily fix from the pharmacist, with blessings from a gaggle of psychiatrists. I’m … Continue reading
Reblogged from Laments and Lullabies: I am the wife in the post, “On fatherhood”*. I thought that kids probably weren’t for me, since I suspected I would not fare well with snot, barf, tantrums, crying, whining, sleeplessness, financial strain, and general responsibility of caring for a completely dependent human. But I’m also A) MOODY and … Continue reading