- @sarahdopp I like your life. Can I borrow it someday? #
- @sarahdopp <feels loved>Doppelganger</feels loved> #
- Just took a peek in my box-of-things-that-need-filing. I am now terrified. How did the pile get so big?! #
- @Snoil Consider it done. The Doom Box is waiting… in reply to Snoil #
- Seriously tempted to wear my corset for reasons of posture. In fact, so tempted I'm gonna do it. #
- It's… not even funny how much more comfortable sitting just became. Guess I'll be rockin' the Victorian look for a while. #
- Reading articles & prepping for @KinkOnTap. We'll be by the brilliant @audaciaray & @reidaboutsex. Star struck? @maymaym & I? Never! (a bit) #
- OK! @KinkOnTap 58 shownotes are ready to go! http://kinkontap.wikia.com/wiki/Kink_On_Tap_58 Y'all can head on over & strut your #wiki stuff! #
- What's that, @KinkOnTap listener? Not ready to strut your wikistuff? We gotcha: http://kinkontap.wikia.com/wiki/How_To_Help_With_Show_Notes #
- A conversation in De Saint Exupery: He – Right now I feel like the boy. Me – I am not the flower, but I might be the fox. #
- Every morning not born out of perfect happiness fills me with frustration. Growth is so slow. And realizing what I lost is slower still. #
- I left the last picture you sent open. Now whenever I toggle to between windows I see your smile and your skin. So that's nice. #
- Also: Signs point to getting sick. That's no fun. At least I'm good at taking care of myself. #
- @flwrpwr_vampyre Welcome to Fallen London! It's a long way down, but perhaps I'll see you around… #
- You can't win, you can't break even and you can't get out of the game. #
- @SaraEileen I remember that poem! #
- Tonight I am making potato-leek-cheese soup. My sense of thrift is pleased to have put the old parmesan rinds into my soup base. #
- Unreasonably late start today due to complete inability to get to sleep last night. But I've got a swingy skirt & the Fab Four. #Joy #
- @vlad43210 Good morning! How are you this lovely September day? in reply to vlad43210 #
Still Crazy After All These Years
As my family and a few people who’ve known me for a very very long time know, I have been writing, largely poetry or poetical prose, since I was about 11 years old. And I still have almost everything I’ve written in that time. There’s books of the crap; and every once in a while when I need a reality check, or very occasionally when there’s someone who seems like they might be an interesting party with an embarrassing lyric history of their own to share, I pull it out.
And most of it is stuff that you couldn’t pay me to reprint here. But every once in a while I go back and I find something that still rings true; and I am amazed at myself.
This, from a decade ago, when I was 14 years old; I doubt I’d write anything like it now, but I’m surprised how well it still seems to fit.
***
I am smaller than I look
And older than my years
I am more careless than my sense of organization,
More carefree than my common sense
I am stupider than my intelligence
And far more understanding than my experience
I am more forgiving than my anger,
Sweeter than my cynicism
And more beautiful than I look
I am kinder than my impulses
I am more reserved than my actions
More resilient than my moods
And more silent than my noise
I am more world-weary than I have a right to be
And more red-head than brunette
I am stronger than my muscle
And weaker than my mind
I am more open than a parachute
And more extroverted than chili peppers or summer rain
I am sadder than a mourning dove
But
I am more joyful than anything
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05
- Twitter, you are not entertaining me today. Say something funny. #
- Today I feel cared for in unexpected ways. Which just makes my face leaky once again. Pull yourself together, self. There's work to be done! #
- Reading this awesome post from the Discover Magazine Blog, online domain of tonight's #KinkOnTap guest, @kmunkittrick! http://bit.ly/aqPc7J #
- Pre @KinkOnTap dinner – 2 small plums, almonds, water, granola bar. Perhaps there should be post @KinkOnTap dinner, too… #
- @vlad43210 Woulda been if I'd succeeded in eating more than a single plum and handful of almonds. More food soon. Boozenow. in reply to vlad43210 #
- Stupid browsers kicked me out of the @kinkontap chatroom. Sad! I wish I knew what they were saying about this conversation … #
- @HiOhMegan Eek? Why Eek?! in reply to HiOhMegan #
- @vlad43210 And just what clear liquid would that be, comrade? in reply to vlad43210 #
- Post @kinkontap dinner is quesadilla with shredded grilled chicken and some scallions. Which is good, cuz pre-kinkontap dinner didn't work. #
- @vlad43210 Ah well. There's always next weekend. in reply to vlad43210 #
- @vlad43210 No? Maybe I'll have to rethink my plans… in reply to vlad43210 #
- Awoke this morning with what is either a very odd zit or some sort of insect bite on my face. Really hoping for zit. Bites on face are bad. #
- Oh #Burning #Man. You steal my clients and leave me wondering what to do with my days. But hey, at least I know I've got a #rockin #039; #flock #
- @mgod I always wondered how one managed to become Finnish. Glad to know! "Finland, Finland, Finland! The country where I long to be!" in reply to mgod #
- New plan for defeating the aches of desk-living; happy music and dancing where I sit. More movement is good movement! #
- Man, I wish I could join @maymaym at: http://ur1.ca/1e7te on Thursday! You all have to go in my place! It's a whole @KinkOnTap part-taaaay! in reply to maymaym #
- Hear hear! We're a lucky bunch, those in his life. RT @sarahdopp: @maymaym is a beautiful and inspiring friend to have. #
- Man, skipping dinner makes me a cheap drunk. #
- Get your open ended thought bubbles away from Star Friend! #
- It's frustrating to feel like you don't want anybody close to you & yet feel lonely. I'm not one for lose-lose situations, but it's tricky. #
- Dreamt of monsters and terrible things and stealing kisses on the edge of the storm. Also, overslept. #
- @vlad43210 Yeah; kind of which I was still there. It was wild and scary and strange, but it made for some nice variety. in reply to vlad43210 #
- Oooohhh, Frankie, my sweet transvestite. You make every day a little better. #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29
- Seems men who are financially dependent on their female partners are more likely to cheat. Threatened much? http://bit.ly/bCwaay #kinkontap #
- @Gnosisseeker Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that! Best wishes to your grandmother! I hope all is well. in reply to Gnosisseeker #
- RT @eddieizzard: Sen. Al Franken: We Have a Free Speech Problem http://t.co/3yY68kA via @huffingtonpost #KinkOnTap (He's right, you know…) #
- I miss you, #Teddy #Roosevelt. If you were here to #bust up some #trusts we wouldn't have to fear for the future of #Net #Neutrality. #
- Gearing up once again for @KinkOnTap, this time with the supercool @S___elliot and @avflox, as well as @maymaym and myself. Rockin' the net! #
- @sarahdopp @avflox @mollyren This is my favorite conversation! in reply to sarahdopp #
- @maymaym You were certainly complimented too! #kinkontap in reply to maymaym #
- @maymaym It was an honor to be part of the conversation this @kinkontap. in reply to maymaym #
- @maymaym @Ropecast Hear-hear! in reply to maymaym #
- @vlad43210 Good morning. It was fun to have you listening! in reply to vlad43210 #
- @katiesalt All my fondest thoughts are with you, Lady. in reply to katiesalt #
- @tylerthepup Clearly you're just too sexy for it. in reply to tylerthepup #
- RT @Akelaa: Always two there are: A master, and the guy who feeds him cookies cc @sarahdopp #
- So chilly today I had to put on a warm cardigan and switch out my knee socks for thick tights. Plus side, I can change clothes mid-workday! #
- It turns out that writing is really exhausting work. Who would have thought it to be so?! #
- @SaraEileen Sending you and @zacmakes so, so much love & luck. This is just dumb, this happening to you guys right now. Cut it out Universe. in reply to SaraEileen #
- New post over at Follows The Sun: http://bit.ly/bvHPaG. (Thank You). #
- @astralknowledge this is more fun than the fallen london ones! in reply to astralknowledge #
- @cunningminx FLYING. In a heartbeat. Get me over my fear of heights, and the coolest way to travel (if the gubment doesn't shoot me down). in reply to cunningminx #
- @00Syd 10:00 am. You're golden. in reply to 00Syd #
- How many drinks can you make out of @KinkOnTap episode titles? Quite a lot, really, when you put your mind to it… #
- @maymaym And where is that, pray tell? in reply to maymaym #
- What's cool in late summer would be warm in mid-spring. Regardless, I'm wrapping my scarf around my feet to keep them warm. C'est la vie. #
- @Ropecast To whom, sir, are you referring with this most titillating of revelations? #
- @Ropecast Ahh. Ruffians. I see. in reply to Ropecast #
- @Ropecast Clearly. in reply to Ropecast #
- @johntunger Take care of yourself, Mister! Do art supply stores sell some sort of … welding… block? Like sun block? maybe? in reply to johntunger #
- @sarahdopp Remarkably so, really! in reply to sarahdopp #
- Tonight is one of those nights when I just can't stop crying. And there are people around, and they notice if I leave, I wish I was well. #
- @maymaym Thank you for this tweet. It's a good thing to see after a very trying day. Everything is hard and painful, but my family loves me. in reply to maymaym #
- New post at Follows the Sun (in case you were foolish enough to believe the last one): https://followsthesun.com/as-it-turns-out/ #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22
- Once again, a reminder that since kids are gonna have sex, we should educate, not chastise them. http://bigthink.com/ideas/21789 #kinkontap #
- It's time for @KinkOnTap again! This time, with friend of the show @pledgemistress and the return of the fabulous @rabbitwhite! #
- Hey, @vlad43210, we're talking about Russia on @KinkOnTap! Come tell laugh at our cruddy pronunciation! #
- @katiesalt I'm gonna need a whoooole lotta notice to make it to that party! (But y'know, I can help you give good notice) in reply to katiesalt #
- @Adisson89 I have thoughts thereon, if you want some input. DM me or whatever. in reply to Adisson89 #
- @bluegal I might know one … 😉 in reply to bluegal #
- Quoth @sarahdopp: "The baby didn't get any breastmilk last week.
Just a squirt of milk in the face while I was running past it." # - @maymaym You live on the coast, silly boy. Go to the ocean yourself; walk; think; be. in reply to maymaym #
- @sarahdopp No, friend. You are not a plush pony or a troll doll. You are a real girl, and your hair keeps growing and growing! in reply to sarahdopp #
- What with? #
- @maymaym OH PLEASE MAKE THAT PLUGIN!!! I want to slap these all over everything! in reply to maymaym #
- @jamesbcarp You know I'd be there in a trice, but the commute is just so very, very long. in reply to jamesbcarp #
- @bewareleopard Srsly you guys are the most adorable that there is. in reply to bewareleopard #
- I know that my breasts are not, on the scale of all breasts, "too small," but I still frequently wonder if they're too small for my body. #
- RT @johntunger: Been getting some totally amazing photos back from hotels and restaurants with firebowls thanks to my VA Emma (@helio_girl). #
- @johntunger Thanks! Cold calling with a warm heart, that's me! in reply to johntunger #
- In my dreams there were caves and villagers, and @reidaboutsex on an auditorium stage, bringing down the house. Not a bad place to be. #
- I often forget that I'm not who I was. Keep thinking I'll be jealous or upset at #tfw2010 tweets, but I'm mostly just #glad for those there. #
- @sarahdopp Mostly Data, I would guess… in reply to sarahdopp #
- @ReidAboutSex I was not on stage. I was watching from the audience & feeling proud. More like #RobbinWilliams meets #SexEd (you, basically) in reply to ReidAboutSex #
- @ReidAboutSex Definitely not the Bat-Cave, though I like your implications… in reply to ReidAboutSex #
- @ReidAboutSex Can I be #catwoman She's more fun, and she gets to hold the whip (cc @vlad43210) in reply to ReidAboutSex #
- @ReidAboutSex I was so proud I made a mental note to go find you and give you a kiss after. But the dream never made it to after … in reply to ReidAboutSex #
- @Ropecast Can I just say thank you? What fun to look at all these pretties and know they'll be put to good use. in reply to Ropecast #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15
- Gearing up for @kinkontap! You should come join us, we've got @viviane212 and @xmech as guests, plus the ever-fab @maymaym (and me!) #
- Morning. Half on vacation, half not. Confused and overwhelmed by work and family. Missing many things. #
- @pledgemistress Please stop hurting, Aida's tummy! in reply to pledgemistress #
- Hey guys, is google search down or something? When I try to go to google, road runner search comes up. Which is very, very odd. #
- … and that has now stopped happening. What an odd little Internet blip. #
- @Rikakulon Unquestionably it is so! in reply to Rikakulon #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08
- Gearing up for @KinkOnTap with the very cool (deep-voiced) @Mr_Electrico – and the always brilliant @maymaym, of course. I'm psyched!! #
- @snarshad I'd just like you to know that that was an unacceptable build-up to pun. Please make a note. in reply to snarshad #
- @maymaym You frequently stay up super late to do work. Why not enjoy the moment while it's here, then stay up super late for a reason? in reply to maymaym #
- Y'know what I hate? People #pressuring me to skip out on my #responsibilities because they aren't priorities for them, only me. That sucks. #
- Bloody HECK. My options are 1) so hot and muggy my glasses steam up or 2) so AC frizzed I need a hoodie and some thick socks. #summerisdumb #
- Dear skies over Providence: If you do not rain tonight I will go up there and punch a hole in you myself. Fix this humidity, darn it! #
- @mgod Zomygosh adorable. in reply to mgod #
- Further proof that breast milk is the coolest liquid ever: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/science/03milk.html?_r=2&ref=science #kinkontap #
- RT @maymaym: New blog post: You know I'm angry; let me tell you why http://maybemaimed.com/?p=1943 #beautiful #true #YouCanNeverSilenceLove #
- #Google stop it. You're not speeding up the Internet, you're creating a #caste #system. Sex will go first. http://nyti.ms/aWZaxf #kinkontap #
- Following in the path of Japan, small town Minnesota now has its own giant #genitals this time, on #beavers http://bit.ly/9SwMwM #kinkontap #
- Feeling seriously cruddy. Looks like I dehydrated myself. blech. #
- @maymaym Thanks. I'm on the mend, but off to bed. Was a long, rough day for me. in reply to maymaym #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-01
- We already know that Chimps use leaves as sexual accoutrements, but do #dildos date back to the #stone #age? Could be. http://bit.ly/cj8gGC #
- Getting ready for @KinkOnTap with @SyzygyMagazine's Brad Hannon and Susan Beaver. We're gonna talk #sex #lies and #capitalism this week! #
- Hey, #Whovians We're talkin' Doctor in the @KinkOnTap chatroom! Drop in! #
- Why yes, I am taking a lunch break today. Didn't eat breakfast, you say? 4:30 in the afternoon, you say? Pah. I reject your silly food norms #
- I gotta admit, Netflix. Now is not the best time for you to have scheduled maintenance. We could have timed this better. #
- Here's hoping! RT @diabola: China to end public shaming of sex workers. (Seriously. Pigs are flying today.) http://nyti.ms/9MZnNF #kinkontap #
- @HiOhMegan oh boo! That is a hard place to be. in reply to HiOhMegan #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25
- Shout out to everybody listening to @maymaym and myself talking live right now on http://FCCFreeRadio.com! We're having a blast, tune in! #
- Prepping for @KinkOnTap. It's a rare treat be in the same spot as @maymaym! This week @saraeileen, @pledgemistress& @sexgenderbody join in! #
- Via @diabola: Mother of 25 y/o Polish Woman killed by "Conscience Clause" fights to save others from same. http://bit.ly/9yCe59 #kinkontap #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18
- As girls hit puberty ever-younger, #sex #ed needs to start earlier, or we fail to help our children #adapt http://bit.ly/dlIxKs #kinkontap #
- @pledgemistress zo my gosh so awesome!! in reply to pledgemistress #
- @johntunger I don't know, but try asking #lazyweb – that hashtag is great for getting answers! in reply to johntunger #
- @johntunger Implied and searchable are not the same, my friend. in reply to johntunger #
- Nose-stuck-in-a-database. Pulled nose out for improved breathing. Deep breath, going back in. #
- I totally fail at eating. #
- @sarahdopp And fairly so, I'd say. 🙂 in reply to sarahdopp #
- Dear head: Stop aching. What's that? You'll stop when I eat something? Fine, ok. In a minute. #
- Full report, summary, and implementation for National HIV/AIDS Strategy http://bit.ly/asMf3U Hope this works … via @audaciaray #kinkontap #
- Sought seat in the sun. Obtained seat in the sun. Now finding the sun too hot. #heliotrope #fail #
- Sun dips beneath building, am immediately cold. @helio_girl, sort yourself out! #
- @FierceKitty What does it say that I know EXACTLY what those lyrics come from? Oh, Mr. Wonderful… in reply to FierceKitty #
- @pledgemistress Try a library, silly girl. I know Smith Hill got 'em every week. in reply to pledgemistress #
- @SaraEileen Library's exist for a reason, m'dear. Go read! in reply to SaraEileen #
- Oh, hello. I seem to have found myself at #OWC2 Hello #webdevelopers Hello #programers Do you need help any help getting #organized #
- Am here w/ @maymaym (why else?), who's promised to #translate for me when my #webspeak breaks down, & I've @sarahdopp for solidarity. #owc2 #
- Oh, @oldspiceguy, you liven up every event, from #ladies #nights to #web #camps. How would we ever get by without you? cc @mollydotcom #owc2 #
- I feel my place at #owc2 is to #represent the #users whom I'm sure will be referred to many times over the course of the day. I use the web! #
- Speaker @mollydotcom asks the telling question "Why would there be a #web #standards #movement if there were web standards?" Good point. Hmm #
- Query: as a #user do #web #standards make MY life easier? How much do they filter down to those who use (rather than build) the web? #owc2 #
- .@XuguMadison #Drag and #drop uploads most certainly do appeal! Honest question re: #web #standards. Thanks for the info! #owc2 in reply to XuguMadison #
- Learning that on the #web as #everywhere doing it correctly & keeping it #open is #hard On the web, as everywhere, do it anyway. #owc2 #
- Oh, poor #flash You get a #bum #rap. #owc2 #
- @maymaym Oh, that makes sense! I like #light #bulbs. I suppose I like #web #standards, too! #owc2 in reply to maymaym #
- Beginning to get #lost in the #religious #analogies. Vendor agnostic? Unsure if vendors really exist? #confused #owc2 #
- "#Backward #Compatible quot;-we must accept what came before. All I seem to do here is draw connections to the #world beyond the #web #owc2 #
- Fearing the day they take me away to install a #screen in my #belly I don't want to be a #teletubby #owc2 #
- Listening to @johnallsopp convince me that #web #apps are better than #native #apps. Just click a link?! I'm sold. #owc2 #
- Dude, that is one pretty turtle. Pretty, pretty turtle. #AmIright #Iamright #
- Next to me, @maymaym quietly cheers when #SVG comes up in @johnallsopp's talk. Yes, dear. We know. #owc2 #
- Learning how to use #canvas to make a #colored #rectangle! Thanks @johnallsopp. I would not have known that. At all. #owc2 #
- Wait, I think I missed something. Is @johnallsopp teaching us how to use #W3C #Geop #Api to spy on people? Cuz that would be cool… #owc2 #
- Wait, I think I missed something. Is @johnallsopp teaching us to use #W3C #Geo #API to spy on people? That would be cool. #owc2 (fixed tags) #
- RT @9park: So IE is crap #owc2 (Someone was bound to say it) #
- Not only do I love what @johnallsopp is teaching me about #caching web info #locally I love how he says the word "cache." #owc2 #
- "We store things with name/value keypairs, right? So we all know that sort of stuff." Yes, of course, @johnallsopp. #foolish #user #owc2 #
- RT @sarahdopp: O hay! Queer Open Mic is NEXT FRIDAY, July 23rd!! http://queeropenmic.com You should totally come! #
- "Future proof your work" – excellent advice from @johnallsopp, a parallel to "accept what came before." #World beyond #Web #owc2 #
- Thanks, @stubornella, for putting your slides online! Way to keep it #accessible for #everbody #owc2 #
- Thanks, @stubornnella, for putting your slides online! Way to keep it #accessible for #everbody #owc2 (fixed handle) #
- "How many people know about #kudzu " asks @stubbornella. My hand shoots up. Better at #plants than #web (It's a great analogy!) #owc2 #
- I love all presenters at #owc2 that begin with "for those who #don #039;t #know " Oh man, is that ever me! #CSS3 #
- Wow, @stubbornella is rocking the analogies! #kudzu vine and #legos make #CSS comprehensible for the poor #foolishuser Thank you!! #owc2 #
- To #refine your site, step back & look for the #patterns Cut out what's not needed. To refine your life … #World beyond #Web #owc2 #
- @HiOhMegan That's pretty, lady! I like it! in reply to HiOhMegan #
- In #CSS (as #everywhere don't call things !Important unless they actually are, @stubbornella tells us. #World beyond #Web #owc2 #
- RT @maymaym: "It's important to define what you know" @stubbornella says at #OWC2 Also world beyond Web, @helio_girl? 🙂 (Totally!!) #
- I just learned the most interesting thing from @sarahdopp. #
- In response to a challenge from @stubbornella, @maymaym proves he knows #CSS and can type faster than you. #owc2 #
- THANK YOU @stubbornella, for your #clear & #concise presentation on avoiding #CSS bloat. I am flat out amazed @ how easily I followed. #owc2 #
- Dear everybody who follows me who is not at Open Web Camp II today – feel free to ignore it all. Just tweetin' a conference over here… #
- "Not everyone is using a #mouse & not everyone is looking at the #screen and if they are, they aren't looking at it the way you do." #owc2 #
- This is the first time I've been asked to #listen to the #Internet @vick08 teaches us #accessibility first hand. #owc2 #
- Discovering that the same #craftsmanship I value in #objects can exist on the #Web – may your code be concise & your site accessible. #owc2 #
- @nikolasco Shoes are important for warmth and dryness of feet. Along with luck in shoe quest I send smiles and warmth for the rest of you. in reply to nikolasco #
- @sarahdopp Durn right I'm an experience! in reply to sarahdopp #
- Just had @maymaym explain the term "#A11y" to me. Eleven letters, you say? I will never understand your abbreviations, #webfolk #owc2 #
- @musingvirtual Thanks! I thought they might … (I did not know that). #owc2 in reply to musingvirtual #
- Experiencing the 2:30 con-slump. I wonder if there's any more #coffee #owc2 #
- @maymaym He doesn't seem to need much morale support. You go, @sanbeiji! #owc2 in reply to maymaym #
- @sarahdopp I thought something might that might-a happened. I was nearly there myself, but opted to stick close to @maymaym. in reply to sarahdopp #
- Ooh! @mgod just taught me a new word: "#numeronym"! This is how we linguisticize #a11y #i18n Thanks, friend! #owc2 #
- Heh. @maymaym connects w/ gorgeous girl sitting on his other side over #VIM I see a #gorgeous #girl. He sees a #fellow VIM user. #owc2 #
- As #owc2 winds down, I take stock. I think I did pretty well for a #foolishuser at a #techcon Not a bad day, all told. Thanks everybody! #
- Man, #pretty #CSS is so, so pretty. I could play with these #cubes all day. http://bit.ly/9O0nl0 http://bit.ly/cPMu23 #owc2 #
- Another #CSS #pretty: http://www.romancortes.com/ficheros/css-coke.html #owc2 #