Category: Personal
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She’s (not) all that
Junior year (2000/2001), after alternative school I was released back into ‘gen pop’ aka the full run of the school, after my first semester. I started trying to be less angry, less reactive. Despite the lack of consistent therapy, I tried to practice the bits and pieces I had. Upon…
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Alt Grrl goes to Alt school
From the time I was in 6th grade, to the time I graduated I was in love with my best friend. He knew it, I wasn’t subtle and I followed him around like a puppy because he was affectionate to me when he wasn’t being an ass. As things were,…
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Hot for Teacher
TW: CSA, Grooming When I was 16 years old, I was befriended, groomed and molested by my teacher in training. A 24 year old college student assigned to my class to shadow my English teacher, whom I still adore to this day. The teacher, not the groomer. He actually came…
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I’m not ignoring you…
Dear readers, I will attempt to keep this a regular thing as I have many adventures to detail, and lots of trauma to dump! However, in the last few weeks I have not been my best self, due to a combination of pain, exhaustion and processing years of childhood trauma.…
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Mean Girls: The Prequel
Often I will relate a story from my youth to a friend or my husband that takes them aback, this story is about a group of “friends” I had in high school that created an entire burn book dedicated to lil ol’ me. TW: Emotional Abuse, self harm
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Debutante backseat of Jackie’s car…
I re-watched the 1993 Nutcracker movie with my husband on Saturday, and it unlocked some core memories. I was not always the neon goth peacock you know and love (or at least tolerate), for a time growing up there was an attempt (that I fought at every conceivable event) to…
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The funny thing about chronic illness…
Is that over and over again you mourn your healthier body. Last night after speaking with one of my doctors I’ve been told they’re reasonably assured I have another chronic condition. Another. Chronic. FUCKING. Condition. It can be incredibly isolating, and scary and confusing. I’m thankful and lucky to have…
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Possibly the longest 4 months of my life…
Memento mori is either a blessing or a curse. Some of the dates might be slightly incorrect, you’ll have to forgive me as the construct of time is starting to lose all meaning.
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Sure, YOU will probably be fine.
Since the break of all the Covid news, back when it started in Wuhan, it wasn’t cause for concern around here. It’s another country, it’s nowhere near us. Then it was Italy, and even when they said that the world needed to take notice and do better than they did,…
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New Year, who dis?
There’s a line from a Black Sabbath song where Ozzy laments being ‘Sick and tired of being sick and tired’. I know how the prince of darkness feels honey. As many of my friends and loved ones know, my health has been a struggle for years. None of which was…
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Hello World…
So, what happened? Where have I been? Where is PhillyGeekGirl? Let me ‘splain… no, take too long. Let me sum up. I lost my entire website due to having no back up and a lapsed hosting account that I just wassn’t paying attention to. Eventually I vowed to re-do all…
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Summer Rundown
I guess I’ll kick off the new-new with a rundown of my summer events. Buckle up your pants, we did a lot this summer. I’ll recap our events, but the biggest thing that has happened this summer is quitting my job at a corrupt insurance office to go back to…
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Hospital Blues
So guess who’s got two thumbs and spent a week the hospital? This gal! I’m okay, but it turns out, I got the beetus. The most hilarious part of this whole thing was doctor after doctor walking into the hospital room, seeing my fat ass in the bed and going…
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ADVENTURES IN FANGIRLING: NOEL FIELDING EDITION
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boosh. I was introduced to the Mighty Boosh in late 2008, about a year after my grandfather’s passing. In an attempt to cheer me up, a good friend showed me their work thinking I would love it. Turns out I…
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I'm like social Taffy.
Let’s ignore the stain on this photo that makes it look like I’ve peed myself, shall we? L to R: Alex Mac, Liza, Me, Adrienne. This weekend has been interesting, and full of people I haven’t seen in a long time and don’t see often enough, as I’ve said before,…
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