TheRain.Dev

Category: Warrior

  • Put On Your Own Mask First

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy] As told at Short Stack Conference this morning! Trigger Warning: This talk contains information about sexual assault and violence which may be triggering to survivors.  I’d like to pretend that you’ll never need to know how to help a friend because we all live in a world without…

  • Somewhere Over The Rainbow

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty Two] By the beautiful Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole Someday I’ll wish upon a starWake up where the clouds are far behind meWhere trouble melts like lemon dropsHigh above the chimney tops that’s whereYou’ll find me, oh

  • That’s What Friends Are For

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Fifty One] By the phenomenal Dionne Warwick ft. Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder – yes, you CAN become obsessed with this masterpiece in 2021. Well, you came in loving meAnd now there’s so much more I seeAnd so by the wayI thank you

  • Sucked

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Forty Four] I was recovering from the Janssen shot, P was sick with #NotCOVID and the kids were energetic, joyful, and a bit aggressive. And we started packing. #ThisIsFine

  • This Weekend

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  • Let’s Add Another Ball, Shall We?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Forty Two] So we’re doing all these things and juggling all these balls and while it doesn’t seem that hard, it certainly doesn’t look like NOW is the time to add to it, so you’ll excuse me if I completely didn’t think about what it would be like to…

  • Moving Back to the States: Packing The Things

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Forty One] I’ll probably be putting that “Moving Back to the States” in a lot more titles over the coming months. Because … we’re moving back to the States. Right now it’s all about sorting the hell out of stuff No pressure. But first the news: Coronavirus vaccines available…

  • All Hail Fluoxetine

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Thirty Nine] I ate. I took fluoxetine. I went on a Very Long Walk ™. And the next day when I woke up, I felt a million times better. This is what depression looks like…. You’re fine. You’re juggling balls. Then you forget meds. Or one too many balls…

  • I Crashed

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Thirty Eight] This morning I full on crashed. Lashed out at my partner. Screamed. Howled. And then slept for hours. In the midst of it, though, I reached out to the doctor’s office and told them I was Not Good ™. Then, because I was asleep and didn’t answer…

  • Posts

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Thirty Five] A friend reached out the other day, “Hey, you still managing? Haven’t seen a blog post in a bit. Not that I cyber stalk you or anything.” And they’re right. I’m not okay. This whole OMG WE’RE MOVING TO AMERICA IN AUGUST thing is really running me…

  • Still Feeling Rough

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred One] But on the mend. I’m reading a Sci Fi series, The Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia E. Butler, and there’s an alien species that basically goes to sleep during puberty. Except it’s called metamorphosis. And today my brain said, after yet another nap, maybe I’m going through a metamorphosis.…

  • Not COVID, But

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred] Sure, I got tested yesterday and it’s not Covid, but Hot Damn, I’m still feeling ROUGH. #ugh But first the news: MPs back plan to lift the curfew despite experts’ objections Parliamentarians in favor of first lockdown relaxations Concerns for crowds on public transport as restrictions are relaxed I…