Category Archives: Mary

My dreams have become disillusioned with my reality

This week I had a remarkable dream. It was 1992 and I was standing in front of my girlfriend, and we were arguing. …there were several times while we dated where I could barely scrape together the $1.50 in bus … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday To Me Happy Birthday To Me 13,879 And A Half Days Old But I Don’t Look A Minute Over 10,953

“I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”; Tom Waits Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . . At some point today I will have been outside my mothers womb for exactly thirty-eight years. I’ve always had a weird relationship … Continue reading →

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Women Are From Venus Men Are From Mars And Dating An Untreated Manic Depressive Will Suck Both Into A Black Hole

One of the first things I did after I was diagnosed with manic depression, when I finally had a name to put on the destructive set of behaviours I had been living with, was admit myself into a hospital the … Continue reading →

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Salted Lithium Year Two First Post Coda: Feeling Sucks

“Edmund Fitzgerald”; Gordon Lightfoot Try singing this right through without choking up… Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . I was responding to comments left on a post I wrote called “Feeling Sucks” when it turned into … Continue reading →

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