Some Definitions

Mercurial: (adj) having qualities of eloquence, ingenuity, or thievishness...; characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood

Scribe: (n) a writer; specifically: journalist

Welcome to Mentally Interesting...

This is my little self-improvement experiment. Here I discuss mental health, weight loss, debt elimination, parenthood, pop culture and generally whatever gets me thinking. Be forewarned, we go for brutal honesty here; however, I do play well with others and so should you.

Archive: June 2007

Apologies

I know I have promised a couple posts, which are still to come, but will have to wait another *gulp* two weeks.

This week is because I’m way behind on packing (did I mention we’re moving to a neighboring city this weekend?) and I’m fighting some serious brain buzzing. What is brain buzzing, you ask? It is when a certain woman (me) goes without her medication (bad) and results in what feels like the equivalent of a head rush coupled with a double D-cell battery powered vibrator strapped to one’s head. These brain buzzes may happen for a second or longer… like today’s record breaking hour and a half.

And next week’s excuse? (more…)

Breaking Those Bad Habits - part 1

Each January 1st, nearly everyone I know has created a list of things they are going to change about themselves: their weight, their debt-to-income ratio, their savings account, their job. Yet by April, those gyms are empty of their first quarter rush and those credit cards? Hello credit limit.

It was for this reason I stopped doing New Year’s Resolutions back when I was a teenager. It didn’t work. It wasn’t personal. And I HATE failing which, inevitably, I always did.

Screw breaking up, it’s changing that’s so hard to do!

But why?
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Quick Update

I finally filled out the Bipolar main page. Check it out when you have a chance…

Darkest of Days

Warning: This is a serious post. It may/may not include discussing sex, batshit insanity, psychotic episodes, rants and pitch-black emotions that most people don’t want to talk about. So if you want happy and fun, ditch this post and go HERE.

I’ve been sans medications for about a week now due to the financial difficulties we are facing thanks to the torturous system of California’s Worker’s Compensation bureaucracy. Things are not progressing well.

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AND THE STANLEY CUP GOES TO…

THE DUCKS!!!


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