Monthly Archives: December 2009

In the Dead of the Night

I don’t want to go. I don’t want to go. I don’t want to go. I really don’t want to fucking go. I did something this year that I’ve not done in the past.  I may not do it in the future, but I had to do it this year.  I bailed on Christmas.  Normally,… Continue Reading

Assuming Almost Made an Ass out of Me

I almost made a colossal fuckup of a mistake today.  Had I done it, I would have cheerfully slit my throat.   Here’s the deal.  As you know, I have been working on a massive book project for my mother.  The publisher is in England, and they requested two hard copies and two disk copies… Continue Reading

The Final Countdown

Less than a week.   Four more days.  Then, I am leaving on a jet plane, and I don’t know when I’ll be back again.  Oh, wait.  Yes, I do. I want to die.  I want to slit my wrists so I don’t have to go.  I want to crash my car into an embankment… Continue Reading

A Blessing and a Curse

Ever since I was little, I was taught to hide my emotions–especially the negative ones.  Or rather, the ones perceived as negative.  Anger.  Sadness.  Pain.  Hurt.  Disappointment.  Not allowed in my family.  Except, as I have said, by my father.  I was told I didn’t feel anger.  I was yelled at if I ever did… Continue Reading

It Was the Worst of Times

Everything is falling apart, and I don’t know what to do.  My old defenses are gone, and I have none to replace them.  So, I have been resorting to old ones that I thought I had long abandoned, and I am not very happy that I am indulging in them again.  I am not going… Continue Reading

The Best I Can Do–And a Request

I don’t want to go to Taiwan.  My faithful readers know that.  I am dreading it, and I feel like a jackass for dreading it.  I mean, it’s the trip of a lifetime, right?  I haven’t been back in 17 years, and it’s the country of my ancestry.  Much has change since I was last… Continue Reading

Monsters in My Head

There are monsters in my head.  I call them my demons, but they are more like monsters.  Longtime readers are well-acquainted with my demons because I talk about them quite often.  They have taken several guises over the years, but their constant goal is the obliteration of me.  I had one I called the Dictator… Continue Reading

Learning Some Hard Truths

I had a really hard therapy session today.  My therapist told me some things I didn’t want to hear, but in the end, they were exactly what I needed to hear. To make a short story long, I have to give some background.  Here it is.  I am lazy.  Ok, I hear people protesting.  ”Minna,”… Continue Reading

Blowin’ and Throwin’

I’m mad.  I’m mad that I have to be dealing with this eating bullshit again, especially now.  I’m mad that as a highly-intelligent woman, I can’t stop equating my worth to a number on the scale.  I mean, my blood pressure is a steady 120/80, and my cholesterol is low.  My pulse is good, and… Continue Reading

It’s Not Just Food

Ok.  I had my therapist appointment today, and we discovered that I am fucked up when it comes to food.  No, really!  I know, amazing, but true.  I have had ED issues since I was eighteen.  Twenty years.  To recap, I went on a strict diet right before going to college because I decided that… Continue Reading