"The Haida call their island home Haida Gwaii, which means, literally, "Place (Islands) of the People," but there is an older name, and it translates, roughly, to "Islands Coming Out of (Supernatural) Concealment."
---John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce
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Many of the people who will start off reading this blog are likely followers from my twitter account and my other blogs.
Hello!! Thanks for coming.
(that's what she said)
I've decided to do a little meet & greet, naked style, to avoid filling out those depressing facebook style boxes with my interests and favorite movies, etc.
I don't fit into my shirts very well...I can't imagine trying to fill out a box.
Where was I now? Oh yes. A bit about me. Narcissism 101: how much is too much information, and what qualifies?
Lol.
My name is not nakedlaughing. However, since the majority of the world knows me by this handle, that's what I'll be referred to in this blog (and likely elsewhere).
My personal privacy and that of those I interact with is very important to me, and I will acknowledge specifically when someone is being referred to by their real name (with exceptions like R. Dawkins, N. deGrasse Tyson, Mike Tyson, or for quote attributes etc)...if there is no acknowledgement outside the obvious exceptions, the name/s have been changed, including my own.
I am a natural linguist; I enjoy words, debate, grammar, punctuation, etc...and I enjoy manipulating the way they are used and/or written.
For this blog, I'm writing in a fairly recognizable style, but due to the wide range of influences and my own personal preferences, I will likely write in all lowercase sometimes. I will also likely caption things using enigmatic language, and write in a non-structured format (as seen above). I was taught in school to go by the two finger rule (filthy! wait, not that one...) and usually have an extra space somewhere or other in my work. Deal with it, I had to reduce Pluto to a spheroid.
I read at least 5 books a week, sometimes more if I have the time. I try to mix up fiction & non-fiction and will from time to time post lists of recommended reading.
I have very eclectic reading tastes, and can't really define a preferred genre (nor author--there are simply too many amazing writers in too many genres to try!) but I'm generally interested in anything...interesting...so please feel free to recommend reading to me as well--there are many, many things I would love to know more about!
Outside of that, I'm a complicated person. Here's some random me:
-I enjoy using commas and ellipses, often with irritating frequency.
-I hate the cold but never wear shoes...I own about 80 pairs of flip flops/sandals/sandals with 6" heels. Because of this, I always have impeccably pedicured toes.
-I am militantly feminist. I'm also mostly friends with males, and I'm a tomboy with a pinup body. Irony.
-I am militantly atheist. I do not believe god/s exist in any way, shape, or form. I am superstitious. Irony.
(These two topics in particular will be expounded upon in future posts!)
-I am bipolar, suffering through relapsed PTSD. I'm actually very sensitive to and averse to medication from a lab, so this has been a fun ride (sarcasm). More will be discussed in this area as well.
-I've been a vegetarian since I was 11 years old, nearly 20 years now. My vegetarianism came about naturally, meaning I didn't have a taste for meat from a very young age. I have not eaten meat in a very long time, including bacon. Someone always asks about bacon. ;-P
-I am part Lakota. Fuck Thanksgiving.
-My name, nakedlaughing, comes from a line in a Bjork song. Bjork is my favorite female musician by far, and should you know what song it is from, I'll send you some gold stars.
-My cat is named Afro Samurai. He is an evil genius.
-I am an adept artist in many ways, between writing, drawing/painting, and singing. I refuse to post any original poetry or writing on this site or any other because of the T&C's, which I highly suggest you read.
That's enough for now, I think, although I'll leave you with this little tidbit:
These days, with a majority of people spending a majority of time indoors connected to electronics (in a non-porn shop way), many of us have forgotten how to actually connect. We forget how to talk when hashtags aren't available, how to be polite in conversation because there's no "wall" to write on, and how to rationally accept the ups and downs of life because there's no faceless way to bully someone in real life. This knowledge of how to connect on a fundamental level can be important when you meet someone--especially because having a radar for "crazy" is not born into all of us.
Unfortunately, I don't have the radar, so I've had to learn the hard way how to suss out crazy in people. One of the best ways to do this is to interact with them in real life, to see how they treat themselves, their pets, their homes, their children, and their friends. Talk to them, listen when they speak, and learn the way they think, the way they use logic, and their excuses and faults...knowing these things help us understand each other.
However, this can also lead to them bringing their crazy to your doorstep and setting up camp there. After having dealt with a level of insidious nuttery recently myself, here are my recommendations:
1. Make sure to clearly tell them you want nothing to do with them, to leave you alone, and then do not in any way react to anything they do to provoke you.
2. Keep records of what they do, who they're with when they do it, where, and how. This includes things that may seem innocuous, like them coming up to you in a parking lot with their 8 year old child after 4 months of being ignored and blocked and saying "hey! why can't you talk to me? my son wants to say hi, can't you be nice?" in a very "friendly" way (In this case, I smiled at the son, refused to acknowledge the father, and went inside).
3. Report them to the cops. There are very limited options in these cases, and the cops will recommend a restraining order/order of protection, but they are usually open to having a chat with the offender as well--often this is enough to get them to stop.
4. Carry police grade and/or bear mace, know how to use it, and don't be afraid. Turn the tables.
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