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Tag Archives: grey
Pausing under the clouds: A how-to guide for getting out of the grey
Hungry, angry, lonely, tired: some of the things to be mindful about when life starts looking like shit. Again.
My story of 2009
Not quite ALL about my 2009, because that would take a year to write. This only took several hours.
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-12-10: Semi-grey
RT @redrummy: Why do politicians make me want to stab myself? Why? DBag+ Cline: http://bit.ly/5Sbzh6 DBag++ Sullivan: http://bit.ly/4rBU1y #
Status today: not crazy, just semi-grey. #
My profile finally got hit by the rollout of Facebook’s new privacy settings. About time! #
Testing Selective Twitter Status Facebook app. Shd keep some tweets off FB, so my FB contacts [...]
The Daily Tweets, 2009-12-08: In bad headspace
In bad headspace. Trying to head off the grey. #
The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-09: Partly cloudy
Coming out of the grey. #
Well, I _thought_ I was coming out of the grey. Maybe not. #
Yet another example of GOP family values hypocrisy. CA lawmaker open-mic’d his affairs w/ lobbyists. http://tinyurl.com/lumho5 #
Twitter app on Facebook finally updating FB status about 3 hours behind the times. #
How much data cited re: homeless in Anchorage [...]
Night of the butcher knife
An excerpt from "Dream," the fifth chapter of Mistress of Woodland, based on two actual experiences — including a depiction of that state of depression I call the pit.
Posted in Depression, Mistress of Woodland Also tagged Depression, Night of the Butcher Knife, the pit, writing Leave a comment
Waking from the grey
The grey is a term I have for one of my modes of experiencing depression. I wrote about it three years ago:
The grey is like a great grey landscape of bleakness, just dust & stones. Emotionally dead: I can’t rouse me, nor can anyone else, to laughter or fun, certainly not joy; but nor can [...]
Baseline: cardio & strength
History. When I made my permanent dietary changes two years ago, I also began exercising pretty consistently. I started with dancing, because I enjoy it. I would simply stick the earbuds of my iPod in my ear, put on a playlist of music I like, & dance — often working up a sweat. [...]
Posted in Fat loss, Fitness, Nutrition Also tagged cardio, Concept 2, dancing, Melz history, reset, rowing, strength training, Turbulence Training Leave a comment
Actually, I kinda like clouds…