Category Archives: No Post Day

Music Friday: “Pull Your Head Up Off The Floor, Come Up Screaming…”

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Gabriel...

I was thirteen when I first heard Stuart Adamson and Big Country on the radio. At that point the only music I had been exposed to were the folk songs and anti-government protest songs we had sung in the Cult … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Entertainment, Health, Memories, Mental Health, No Post Day, Photography, YouTube | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

No Post Day | Driving Songs

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Gabriel...

For a lot of reasons, I’ve been listening and collecting a lot of electronica and house music lately — actually, it’s pretty much mostly due to the fact they’re my wife’s favourite songs to listen to in the car. Until … Continue reading →

Posted in crazy people with no pants, Electronica Music, Health, Industrial Music, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day, Photography | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Monday Mental Movie Night: Mary & Max

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Gabriel...

“[Mary & Max] deals with themes including childhood neglect, friendship, the obscurity of life, teasing, loneliness, autism (Asperger syndrome in particular), obesity, depression and anxiety.” — Wikipedia A very odd, very unlikely animated film from Australia that manages to be … Continue reading →

Posted in crazy people with no pants, Entertainment, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, Mental Movie Night, Movies, No Post Day | Tagged | 8 Comments

Grandfather update plus another death in the family and it’s really hot (Updated 11pm)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Gabriel...

My grandfather’s youngest brother died Friday morning. It wasn’t a surprise. My granduncle had a stroke last week, which led to the heart attack on Friday. But he had been… ‘damaged’ for a couple of years. He lost most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bud, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day | Tagged | 2 Comments

I waited forty-two years for someone to take this photo

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Gabriel...

I could stare at this photo for days. Maybe longer. Last week my girlfriend and I got tired of being stuck in our little village. So, while her oldest son was with his father on their court-mandated visit, the two … Continue reading →

Posted in crazy people with no pants, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day, Photography | Tagged , , | 11 Comments

The time my grandfather taught me how to build a dam

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Gabriel...

When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house was in a small valley, near the top of one … Continue reading →

Posted in Bud, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Father, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, No Post Day | Tagged | 5 Comments