Everydaystranger

So Sunday is my birthday.
No, that’s not a joke.
I have NEVER enjoyed having a birthday located squarely on April Fool’s Day, and apparently there was no chance of me even saying I cut it close-if I remember correctly from my baby album, I was born at about 2:00 in the afternoon, so I am indeed [...]

OK, I often get emails or comments from people who stop by this site with products or services that I should try. So I thought I’d return the favor and let you know some things I’ve been trying that I do or don’t recommend. You know…in case you care.
And no-I’m not getting paid [...]

Dear Gorby*,
Saturday was a special day. You probably don’t remember a year ago, seeing as how I’m not sure you remember what yesterday was, but a year ago on Saturday, you came to live with us.
It was a a big day-we got the keys to the house that you have known as your home [...]

Yesterday I was at home, laid up with a very bad back. Angus was back from Stockholm, complete with goodies for us (sour wine gums! And cheese! And cottage cheese! Laugh if you want, but I don’t like the cottage cheese you can get in the UK, so we bring it [...]

…plays Sims and eats Mexican breakfast burritos.
Angus is off to Stockholm today to go to his kids’ Parent-Teacher conferences. As I’m not a parent, I hate his ex-wife with the burning fire of white hot molten lava (and the feeling is mutual, actually) and it’s important for Angus to have alone time with his [...]

So with all the swimming I’ve been doing, I’ve noticed that occasionally my gym has Aqua aerobics classes. I’d be doing my laps and watch the folk in the classes. The classes are about 90% female, and about 99% senior citizen. I’ve seen the occasional young person in the class (always female), [...]

But getting there.

-H.
PS-not a great picture, it’s a bit fuzzy, but I did warn you about the apathy.

After coming home from holiday in January, Angus and I both joined a local gym. We’d had a winer of indulgence really, and both of us had gained weight. Between the incredible food, the alcohol, and the sheer fact that the Holiday Season is inclined to add inches to your waist no matter [...]

I fumbled through the dark and found a match.
The match led me to a candle.
The candle burned as I found a flashlight.
And then I kept walking and finally saw the end of the road, and at the end of the road, there was light.
I’m almost there.
-H.

Sometimes, the world goes dark and all you can think is Oh my God. How am I going to get through this?
The light goes out with the flash of an exploding bulb. You look for hope, but there’s no one with hope with you. You dread these days, for when they come [...]

Sidestepping my real life for a minute, there’s something on my mind and I’d really like to get it out, not least because I simply don’t want it in there, but also because I’m a little busy dealing with a few other things and would like to reserve my resources with those issues.
Over at Ilyka’s [...]

Angus and I are, in some ways, similar in the way we think and behave. We’re both fiery Aries, we’re both stubborn, and we both can turn on the charm if the situation is right. It’s fair to say that we are both completely mad about each other. But just like if [...]

This morning will be spent piecing together travel websites. It’s that time of year again, you see-because of various commitments, we couldn’t go with his kids on the Super Major Blow Out Holiday in February that we usually take, so we decided to take a Mini Blow Out Holiday at Easter time, followed by [...]

Yesterday was a London day, and this afternoon is a London afternoon.
This morning we woke early. I walked Gorby in the misty morning. He has a new toy and a new routine, so by the time we get back from the walk he’s exhausted but still bouncy, the way a dog should be.
I [...]

I think of myself as a very, very tolerant person of all religions and ethnicities. This isn’t because I like to think of myself as a beatnik hippy singing Kumbaya at every chance or because I was brought up in an uber-tolerant household, because neither of those are true-I fucking hate the song Kumbaya [...]

So I’ve started watching this new TV show that just debuted over here called Heroes. I’m sure in the States you’re already on Season 15 of Heroes, where they battle the Superfriends (who have gone contract and, since getting unionized, are a little less on the “friends” side of the Superfriends). Here, we [...]

30 March 2007
Top 5 Things You Never Think You’ll Hear at the Fertility Clinic and OH MY GOD
So I’ve been thinking about the things I’ve heard that I never expected to hear at the fertility clinic:
1) Yup. It’s twins.
2) Your uterus is perfect! It’s so fat!
3) If it’s ok with you, I’m afraid [...]

I’ve been blogging for going on four years now, and I’ve seen a lot in those four years, both in my own life and in the blog world. Blogs enable people to find jobs. Blogs also cause people to lose jobs. Blogs allow people to heal thyselves in the midst of troubled [...]