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Blogging To Compensate For Poor Social Skills Since 2003.
No really, I'm not kidding.
Created on 2003-05-25 04:58:32 (#1077683), last updated 2009-07-11
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Basic Info| Name: | Affordable Beans |
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| Location: | Australia |
BioExecutive Summary.
I talk a lot, I swear a lot*, I'm not feeling well so I whine a lot.
Main points.
It's all about fabulous, fabulous me.
I think lj-cut is kind of stupid when there's a perfectly good pagedown key. I generally only use lj-cut when I post multiple photos or when I'm discussing squicky medical stuff.
If you think I need a *hug*, try offering me *chocolate* instead. A number of my other preferred alternatives may be found here.
Don't be frightened by the preliminary blather, I'm really a bit of a kitten. I'm just saving you from embarrassing moments later on.
~~~
I'm a left leaning feminist and I can't be bothered proving that I'm not one of those man-hating evil ones that everyone's heard of but never actually met who totally ruined your career in musical theatre (and I forget who I'm quoting there, sorry). Best not stick around if that makes you see red.
I'm also one of those whining sickly types - I have severe ME/CFS/CFIDS. If you want to know more about how this effects me, go here. As it happens, I also have Crohn's Disease and a couple of other health problems (they travel in packs, dontchaknow) but the thing that cripples me appears to be ME/CFS. At least, that's the best theory anyone's got right now.
While I prefer not to get maudlin(more for my sake than yours), to avoid talking about this stuff would involve a level of denial that would send me insane, so don't stick around if reading about the vagaries of life with a severe chronic illness is going to wig you out.
The severity of my illness is such that I've been bedridden to the point of needing personal care in the past, I'm now housebound and rarely get past the front gate more thanthree timesonce or twice in a week fortnight, and if I do go out that many times in a weekfortnight, chances are I'll be hit for six. I don't get out much, I don't move around much, I can only do things in very short bursts and my goals in life are - by necessity - very modest.
If reading this brings on a cloying desire to rescue me, please go away and get yourself some therapy. Life is unfair and bad shit happens. I am happy with the way I handle the situation.
That's not to say that there aren't some people round here that have been absolutely brilliant with thoughts, advice and research over the years, but only on request and only with a clear sense of mutual respect.
~~~
If you're wondering why I'm reading your stuff it's bound to be for a nice reason, I don't add people in order to watch train wrecks or anything (that's what the 'random' option is for). I do not expect you to add me back. I do not expect you to expect me to add you back. I do not expect you to expect me to expect you to add me back. Nor do I expect you to expect me to expect you to expect me to add you back. Which is not to say we won't get on famously and become the bestest, bestest friends ever, just that you can't assume much about me based on my reading list and the unspoken rules of LJ engagement confuse the hell out of me so I try and ignore them.
I trust that's all clear.
~~~
Occasionally, posts have adult themes but my preferred method of corrupting young minds is the use of foul language in ordinary conversation where inoffensive words would suffice. "Cunt" is a particularly underused word that I'd like to see more of.
* Yeah okay, not really but it didn't scan. I only swear a lot by US standards which isn't exactly a challenge.
I talk a lot, I swear a lot*, I'm not feeling well so I whine a lot.
Main points.
It's all about fabulous, fabulous me.
I think lj-cut is kind of stupid when there's a perfectly good pagedown key. I generally only use lj-cut when I post multiple photos or when I'm discussing squicky medical stuff.
If you think I need a *hug*, try offering me *chocolate* instead. A number of my other preferred alternatives may be found here.
Don't be frightened by the preliminary blather, I'm really a bit of a kitten. I'm just saving you from embarrassing moments later on.
~~~
I'm a left leaning feminist and I can't be bothered proving that I'm not one of those man-hating evil ones that everyone's heard of but never actually met who totally ruined your career in musical theatre (and I forget who I'm quoting there, sorry). Best not stick around if that makes you see red.
I'm also one of those whining sickly types - I have severe ME/CFS/CFIDS. If you want to know more about how this effects me, go here. As it happens, I also have Crohn's Disease and a couple of other health problems (they travel in packs, dontchaknow) but the thing that cripples me appears to be ME/CFS. At least, that's the best theory anyone's got right now.
While I prefer not to get maudlin(more for my sake than yours), to avoid talking about this stuff would involve a level of denial that would send me insane, so don't stick around if reading about the vagaries of life with a severe chronic illness is going to wig you out.
The severity of my illness is such that I've been bedridden to the point of needing personal care in the past, I'm now housebound and rarely get past the front gate more than
If reading this brings on a cloying desire to rescue me, please go away and get yourself some therapy. Life is unfair and bad shit happens. I am happy with the way I handle the situation.
That's not to say that there aren't some people round here that have been absolutely brilliant with thoughts, advice and research over the years, but only on request and only with a clear sense of mutual respect.
~~~
If you're wondering why I'm reading your stuff it's bound to be for a nice reason, I don't add people in order to watch train wrecks or anything (that's what the 'random' option is for). I do not expect you to add me back. I do not expect you to expect me to add you back. I do not expect you to expect me to expect you to add me back. Nor do I expect you to expect me to expect you to expect me to add you back. Which is not to say we won't get on famously and become the bestest, bestest friends ever, just that you can't assume much about me based on my reading list and the unspoken rules of LJ engagement confuse the hell out of me so I try and ignore them.
I trust that's all clear.
~~~
Occasionally, posts have adult themes but my preferred method of corrupting young minds is the use of foul language in ordinary conversation where inoffensive words would suffice. "Cunt" is a particularly underused word that I'd like to see more of.
* Yeah okay, not really but it didn't scan. I only swear a lot by US standards which isn't exactly a challenge.
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