I live in the top two stories of a house in Watertown, MA, having recently escaped the event horizon of the Deep South. I love my houselet very much. :) It is open and sunny and me-sized, and I have a supernifty office. I live here with my fabulous husband Adam (
I have epilepsy and fibromyalgia. I spent the last few years struggling with various medications that short-circuited my brain and fucked with my body hardcore, dropping me down to 85 pounds, costing me my job, and doing various other horrible things. I'm writing a book about this. I was dropped off all my meds in September for a weeklong video EEG monitoring session, and refused to go back on the hell drugs; I'm only on Lyrica now, and am seizure-free and mostly side-effect free. (I get muscle twitches. I can live with that.) The fibro is easy to live with by comparison. I'm just trying to learn to pace myself, which is difficult; I'm very much a full speed ahead and damn the torpedos sort of person.
I write a comic called Shayara with
Yes, I'm a survivor of rape and other sexual assault. Yes, I'm okay now. I made the hard journey from terrified victim to fully functional sexual and sensual person - ask me how! No, seriously. I believe it's the responsibility of those who're farther down the road to recovery to help those who have just begun. I believe that talking about it is the first step, and maybe the most important; it breaks the implicit lock of silence the act of sexual violation forces on a person. And I'm still talking because people need to know they're not alone.
I have a button that says "Bi, Poly, Switch: I'm not indecisive, I'm greedy!" I have another button that says "Bisexual, Polyamorous, Involved (Not Looking)". That pretty well covers me for the time being. :) I have a lovely girlfriend (
I am really, really, happy these days. :) I live near most of the people I love now, I don't have to work a day job, I'm getting paid to write whatever I want, whenever I want, I'm finally off the hell drugs and I have my brain back, and I love Boston! This is what I've been working toward for years, and I finally have it all. And now I have the time and space to plan what's next. :)
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