http://minnahong.com The world through a different lens Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:43:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ed. Note: It's bothering me that in my tag cloud, Taiwan is as big as Alan Rickman.   So, I am going to tag every post with 'Alan Rickman' until this is no longer true.  Fun Alan Rickman fact:  he's been with his partner, Rima Horton, for 45 years. ... http://minnahong.com/2010/03/11/at-a-loss/ I have a few conflicting ideas running through my brain that I haven't thought out completely, so I'm just going to dump them here. By the way, Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar?  Bring it.  I love Tim Burton's work, even when I hate the result (Big Fish, par exemple, even though ... http://minnahong.com/2010/03/09/friend-or-foe/ I had taiji today.  Wait, let me back up a second.  In my last therapy session, I talked with my therapist about not wanting to let the flashbacks distract me.   I have no desire to have any kind of real relationship with my father, so there is no reason ... http://minnahong.com/2010/03/07/detaching-from-my-brain/ So, I have been thinking about this job thing.  I thought about my strengths.  People like to talk to me; I have a psych background; I am a writer and a performer with a very creative imagination.  I have a husky, sexy voice.  I LOVE sex, and I am not ... http://minnahong.com/2010/03/05/going-off-half-cocked/ I had therapy yesterday this week instead of tomorrow as usual.  It was an unusually productive session.  I will talk about it more in a minute, but first, I am going to bitch a second about how unfair it is that I can't get drunk without feeling immediate physical side-effects--and ... http://minnahong.com/2010/03/02/unacknowledged-desires/ I have OCD issues with one interesting outlier:  I tend to be easily sidetracked.  When I am having a conversation, I will follow a different thought until its logical conclusion, and then I will return to the main discussion.  Or, I will use the tangent to launch a completely different ... http://minnahong.com/2010/02/28/shiny-pretty-distractions/ Many years ago, I performed a piece called Shedding Skins.  It was about how as we mature, we change our beliefs.  I had on different personae outfits that I shed as I did the piece.  At the end, I recited a poem I wrote and stripped down to my panties. ... http://minnahong.com/2010/02/19/growing-pains/ i have a twin in spirit her name is Kel i haven't met her in person yet but one day soon, i will. she knows i am struggling so she sent me a Sekrit Weapon i can wrap it around me when i sleep so the demons cannot get in. she poured her heart and love into every colorful ... http://minnahong.com/2010/02/13/a-tangible-expression-of-love/ I had a tough session today.  My therapist told me things I did not want to hear, but they needed to be said.  Let me be clear that my therapist cares very deeply about me.  She also won't put up with my shit.  Which is good because I am very ... http://minnahong.com/2010/02/11/one-foot-after-the-other/ All right.  Today, I am going to start by doing something I rarely do:  I am going to pat myself on the back.  I have a difficult time congratulating myself when I do something good, so I have decided to do that now.  Here.  In the first paragraph of this ... http://minnahong.com/2010/02/10/the-slow-reveal/