Snark, self deprecation, and self esteem
I’ve reached a place where I’ve started calling out my friends and loved ones when I hear them use self-deprecating humor. When someone goes for the easy laugh with some… Read more »
I’ve reached a place where I’ve started calling out my friends and loved ones when I hear them use self-deprecating humor. When someone goes for the easy laugh with some… Read more »
On the first day of the Canadian Roadtrip Part Une this year, Melody looked over at me with a big grin and said, “We’re going on an Adventure! Are you… Read more »
A cold visited me on Thursday, simultaneous with the arrival of a solid week of house guests, my out-laws. For the first few days, I tried to power through and… Read more »
Yesterday was a hard day, the sort of day where I was haunted by mags at every turn. It seems like I can put together a string of days where… Read more »
Maybe everyone saw this coming except me, but mags and I finally ended our relationship in December. We had been having a rough time for some months, but were making… Read more »
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately, thinking about deceit in relationships. If you’ve read my previous post, you know why. Lying was a significant part of my parent’s… Read more »
My name is browse. (Hi, browse!) And I am struggling with my relationship with an alcoholic. For a long time, it never would have occurred to me that this person… Read more »
With no particular planning, we now have an array of three stringed instruments hanging in the living room. It started with me. I took a few guitar lessons two… Read more »
Last night, S and B and I were up at Last Thursday, a monthly street fair in NE Portland. We ran into an acquaintance of S. The acquaintance introduced us… Read more »
I was chatting with a friend this morning, and we drifted into talking about our very early, formative sexual education and experiences (like ya do). And as the conversation unfolded,… Read more »