30 November 2012

Calyx

I'm pretty sure I've posted about this before.

My calyx is hurting.  The point of origin for my hair growth.  It's itchy and achy and I feel like cutting all of my hair off.  :((

Maybe I have a fungus.  This, despite the coconut oil and tea tree oil I massage into my sad, itchy scalp.  I must just be a prime host for fungus.

-____-

12 November 2012

Maps

Looking at a map of Orlando makes me homesick. I spent so much time plotting/scheming/wishing I was somewhere else.  And when I finally am, I forget about it, except to compare this sad city to the humid vibrancy of Home.

Looking at a map of Orlando, and I'm revisiting my childhood. Remembering the streets I use to walk, the places I used to know, would ride the bus to and from.

Looking at a map or Orlando, I can point out where my relatives and loved ones live. It's amazing how much I haven't forgotten.

Looking at a map or Orlando, it was over five minutes of reminiscing before I remembered my mother doesn't live on Thalia Dr anymore....  Eleven years and I don't have her current address, so I can't find her on the map.

Looking at a map or Orlando, and wondering if I will ever find Home again....

01 November 2012

A Change of Pace

I want to blog about how happy I am right now.  Because too often I let these moments pass by without documenting them.

I went to the chiropractor and my back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, and headaches have slipped off the radar. I think I went from a constant 6+/10 at rest to a 3/10 during activity.  So fucken excited about being able to focus and to also have energy. I feel so productive.

One of the folks I met at the QPOCC 2012 has this badass idea of a mobile hair salon to promote self-esteem and self-expression for queer youth.  I'm still in awe at how badass Madin is and so fucken grateful we ran into each other in LA and actually clicked.  It was kind of like the conference was getting int he way of hanging out with them.  And now I'm planning a trip to LA in the near-ish future.  I'm so stoked to see them again!!

I'm also feeling really happy and recharged after spending the evening with Parks and Muffin.  They're both so great and being around them is going to happen more.  I also like their Noodle, esp now that he's stopped attacking me every time I move.

I'm in the process of writing a much needed letter.  It's one of the scariest things I've partaken in lately, and it's also the most needed for my mental, emotional, and spiritual healing.

Yeah, happy day.  And I have another chiropractor appt in the morning. Never been this excited to go to the Drs.

:D