Blog Feed: Just Call Me Frank: One Womans Endeavour at Being Frank

A Petri Dish

Published on 2013-05-20 23:21:00

While it might make him (James) sad/angry/upset, most of us have decided

Shopping

Published on 2013-05-19 11:18:00

We have a lot of shopping to do today...alone. A lot, like four stores, which is about two more than we are generally comfortable with (except

Mental Health Month 2013

Published on 2013-05-16 20:58:00

It's mental health month.We totally dropped the ball this year.But the last two years...we didn't...Mental Health Awareness Month: Our Introduction (2011)http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2011/05/mental-health-awareness-month-our.htmlandMental H

"Free Man"

Published on 2013-05-15 19:16:00

James' interview (and ours) with Immigration was yesterday in Minneapolis.They

Butcher And The Boar...A Restaurant Review of Meaty Proportion

Published on 2013-05-13 23:30:00

We're in Minneapolis until tomorrow (for reasons we'll write about tomorrow), in the meantime James secured a good deal on a one hour massage at a place called Keep in Touch Massage (http://www.keepintouchmassage.net/) with a great

Shit We Wrote

Published on 2013-05-11 00:16:00

Nothing better to blog about tonight than crap we write on Facebook...In response to the status posted by a FB Friend Named Peter:

Worst Blog Post

Published on 2013-05-09 21:38:00

Did we ever mention our massage therapist skipped the state a couple of months ago?This week we're really missing her. Well, not HER (she was a weak minded GOP birther, and deeply religious, and beyond that we had even less in common with her)...but

First Day At A New Job

Published on 2013-05-07 01:11:00

Our first day at the new job was good. It's enjoyable

Randomness...

Published on 2013-05-03 23:35:00

We left the house today, and walked to the post office.For an hour before we left, at least, and for the first 5 minutes out the door, we felt like we wanted to curl into a ball, cry and scream. Our chest felt heavy, an uncomfortable

Autopilot

Published on 2013-05-01 16:02:00

We're having so many conflicting issues lately, and they're hard to put into words.James asked us the other day if we were depressed. The only answer we had was that we weren't sure, and sometimes we can't even tell if whatever malaise we've been fee

Hired!

Published on 2013-04-29 10:28:00

So, we got the job.We knew we would.The only interview we've had that didn't produce a job in the last year and a half was for a temp agency, and we're sure we were just a required number on their books.We start next Monday, after the background chec

State of Mind

Published on 2013-04-25 19:01:00

So, it's Friday.Oh, it's Thursday?Never mind then.What month is it?And the year is?That's pretty much our state of mind this week.It'll get better.P.S. we really felt we rocked our job interview today, but we won't know more for a few days. *fingers

A Little Bitty Irrelevant Update

Published on 2013-04-22 11:52:00

Last Friday night we registered for our Fall courses for University*.We're pretty excited to be going back and finishing this specific degree (Communications); and a bit nervous, but only because of the balancing of a Full Time class schedule (plus h

Dear Mainstream Media

Published on 2013-04-19 19:02:00

You know what's more

Brains

Published on 2013-04-18 18:36:00

Our brain works best when it's not around other brains.Beautiful in it's solitude.That is all.

Low-Carb Hell

Published on 2013-04-15 20:51:00

We're attempting a variation of a low-card diet.We're cutting our gluten as much as we can. We always feel unwell (lots of gas, burping,

Random Movie Recommendation: 'Aaah! Zombies!!'

Published on 2013-04-14 13:31:00

Who doesn't love cheesy zombie movies?Okay, probably a lot of people...but not you, because you're cool.'Aaah! Zombies!!' is interesting in plot and premise, and a good waste of 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon. The acting isn't as horrible as you

Distraction

Published on 2013-04-09 09:41:00

Of course it's going to rain every single day we're here in Minneapolis, and then it's supposed to snow the day we head home;

Perhaps, Ugly

Published on 2013-04-08 02:14:00

We checked into the hotel this evening, and was only in the room a brief time before heading out to meet Baby Brother at a local Thai restaurant in downtown Minneapolis (Ginger Hop). We only had time to run a brush through our hair to fix our ponytai

And Other Random Things

Published on 2013-04-04 17:06:00

Some days are better than others, some days are the same.Rather than always writing about every little emotional and/or messed up experience we have, we just don't. You can sift through over two years of our writing to get a good idea of what life is

Immigration Stand Still

Published on 2013-04-02 12:48:00

We haven't written about it yet, mostly because we've been trying to ignore it, push it away, so we're not anxious about it...but it's just hanging there, waiting.Saturday we went and picked up the mail from The Mother's house, we haven't changed the

Straight-up Food Porn

Published on 2013-04-01 17:34:00

Yesterday we celebrated Easter with our friend Wild Man's family. A very large and loud gathering of people. It was mostly okay. We'll see how we feel about attending future events, which we have already been invited to.We brought a cheesecake, mostl

Big Fat Hypocritical Protest

Published on 2013-03-28 16:30:00

What with Same-Sex Marriage/Marriage Equality/DOMA on the floor of the Supreme Court this week we thought this might be an interesting little blurb to throw into a blog entry, since the opportunity and inspiration presented itself. Kismet. (

Feels Like Lately | And An Archive Post

Published on 2013-03-26 12:06:00

...there just isn't enough time to have morning coffee, do our daily workout (75 minutes daily on the elliptical), straighten up the house, plan dinner, write, and get into to the studio to paint before James gets home form work these days. Plus, you

Back In The Social Saddle, Again

Published on 2013-03-23 11:08:00

James' new buddy is super active and social. He would be described as a Wild Man by many.During dinner Thursday night he invited us to a barn dance the following night. Of course there was no way we could pass it up, we'd never been to a barn dance,

It Was Just Begging For It...

Published on 2013-03-21 20:45:00

...to be drizzled in caramel sauce, that is. How could we resist.We had company tonight, and since it was James' "best buddy" we told him he could pick the dessert, and of course he picked cheesecake. We've only made about two from scratch, ever. Pre

The Face of the GOP Cliff: A Short Rant

Published on 2013-03-18 12:06:00

Just as the GOP attempts to reface their party to be more modern, and makes plans to "target" youth who are not old enough to have voted for Reagan; they are attempting to continue their stance against equal same-sex marriage rights, they are moving

Untitled Friday

Published on 2013-03-15 16:18:00

Stupid headache and a bad mood.One of THOSE kinds of headaches, (no, not PMS-type) and a feeling of...being scrambled.Simple as that.The weekend is upon us. More painting walls, as we decided to paint the dining room after all.Soon we will have pictu

Our Face Phenomenon

Published on 2013-03-13 21:48:00

We've taken to randomly posting pictures of our face on Twitter, usually for no more than 10 minutes.It makes us paranoid sometimes, but we remove them within a certain time period because we're still looking for work; and honestly, would you hire us

Cooking With Frank: Egyptian Spice Sauce

Published on 2013-03-11 11:49:00

This is a recipe we created yesterday for Sunday dinner, it's so easy to make, and tasty, it's hard to say it was a creation.

Run: A Poem

Published on 2013-03-08 15:45:00

With a slight change from the

Zip Lock

Published on 2013-03-06 23:45:00

Knowing EXACTLY where the zip-lock bags are (under the sink, on the left-hand side) is our job.And that's why we were okay with being responsible for

Settling In

Published on 2013-03-05 15:02:00

It's official, we're moved in.It's taking some getting used to, the bathroom needs to be updated, needs a mirror, needs a shower we can turn around in, needs better water pressure and temperature controls; but it's lovely, being on our own again. Men

'Twas The Night Before Moving Day...

Published on 2013-02-27 17:40:00

Tomorrow is moving day!We won't have reliable internet access until Tuesday morning, though we'll have a bit from our smartphone data plan to get by...it doesn't much matter anyway...Went to a home building store today to look at back-splash tiles an

This Has Been An Upbeat Entry

Published on 2013-02-25 11:09:00

We went shopping yesterday and bought a new sofa for the house (which closes Thursday), had lunch (buffalo

The Last Saturday Gin Test

Published on 2013-02-23 13:22:00

It's the last Saturday in The Mother's house. James works until close, and so, to celebrate we will be enjoying some cocktails for the first time in many weeks, on a Saturday.Okay, by cocktails we mean Gin.Instead of a movie or music review, or a foo

Breaking Everything

Published on 2013-02-22 00:01:00

We were going to do a blog post, but we just wanted to break

Under Pressure

Published on 2013-02-20 20:54:00

The upcoming move is causing...stress. Or maybe it's just the

You're Right...

Published on 2013-02-19 23:32:00

...we've really got nothing to blog about tonight.We did get a call for a pre-qualification meeting for a job (it's security work, "pre-qualification" is normal)...but it's at the same time we have a walk-through scheduled for the new house (on Monda

A Brief Personal History of Drinking

Published on 2013-02-18 16:06:00

[*Dear Dad - while this entry is not at all as...shocking...as others here, you still may not want to read it and find out what we were up to in your care...and after]This is

The Weekend Upon Us

Published on 2013-02-15 22:08:00

We spend a lot of the week on the internet. Most people

Happy Valentine's Day...From a Valetine's Day Semi-cynic

Published on 2013-02-14 11:44:00

Corporations put a lot of pressure on people for holiday's. And Valentine's Day is no different.Sure Holidays can be fun, (Probably? We're not too into Holiday celebrations...we hear there are people who really get into them) but when it comes to Val

Maybe...We Babble

Published on 2013-02-13 11:26:00

We've been feeling pretty woozy the last two days. Mentally foggy. We've been powering through.Some sort of achy pressure in our head. Maybe we've been overdoing the cardio workouts...maybe we need more carbs. Maybe we're eating too many.Maybe Spring

Two Sentences

Published on 2013-02-11 18:08:00

Two and a half weeks until moving day.It. Cannot. Come. Fast. Enough.Okay, that was kind of more than two sentences.That's it for tonight.Want more?Recommended reading:

Untitled...Again.

Published on 2013-02-08 19:10:00

After a year and 4 months (minus the roughly 4 months last winter when we lived in the UK with James)...we can

Random Thoughts With Frankie

Published on 2013-02-07 17:52:00

If we could go back and do things differently in our life, we would do things the exact same way we did them.It would be nice if other people in our life had done some things

Semicolons

Published on 2013-02-07 01:35:00

You're right, we didn't do a blog post tonight.We're collectively becoming

Bloody Devil Mistress: A Poem

Published on 2013-02-05 19:56:00

It's been awhile, a poem in full from us. Bits and pieces, 140

Back To A Life Unplanned

Published on 2013-02-04 11:12:00

Saturday we got our official acceptance letter from the University we applied for. They have all our

Triggered: A Short Story of Anxiety

Published on 2013-02-01 17:26:00

We bought a new-used Toyota 4Runner a couple of weeks ago. It was the make and model of the vehicle we were in during our car accident in '04 (just a few years newer, it's a '96). Despite the vehicle not having air-bags at the time of the accident, w

Mentally Unwell...

Published on 2013-01-31 23:47:00

Feeling it.The unwell.It feels like it's been so long.We're...so...um...No Words.Sobbing.

Tweets of Life Poetic

Published on 2013-01-30 18:29:00

Just something light, and

Closing The Deal!

Published on 2013-01-29 19:02:00

The seller ink is dry on the purchase agreement, and we have a closing date of February 28th (or sooner, if the tenants vacate before then). Eight long months of looking, two failed bid attempts (one a "tragic" loss). This is the third property - thr

"Anti-Medication" Explained

Published on 2013-01-28 19:55:00

We got a message on Tumblr

Oh, What A Relief It Is: Deep Tissue Massage

Published on 2013-01-25 19:55:00

After a year and a half we were finally able to get it together enough to find a massage therapist. Luckily the connection came through James' new job. She does house-calls too. And the price is beyond

Offer Accepted

Published on 2013-01-24 15:18:00

The final offer we submitted on the house was accepted last night, we have e-mail confirmation of the acceptance from the seller's agent, with a minor contingency (we may have to move the close date, which was originally for the 11th of February, bac

Real Estate Hell

Published on 2013-01-22 18:50:00

Two weeks ago we put an offer on a property outside the city. Finally we had found something local in our price range, after months of seeking in a state over, and getting screwed on a deal there. And then offering on one in town, and being outbid.Th

Gun Violence In The Movies, For Dad

Published on 2013-01-21 12:21:00

SourceViolence in movies, just like that of video games, has been beaten to death as being the catalyst of violence in society,

Messy Head

Published on 2013-01-17 20:45:00

Today wasn't good. We went to the gym and had a nice 50 minute cardio-workout, but only because we felt the need for a new bottle of Gin (we hate to run out), and the gym is right next door to the

Burning Pain...

Published on 2013-01-15 23:52:00

Since mid-day the pain has burned, in the left shoulder, spread over the shoulder, up into the neck; but so much in the shoulder. There's one spot, it's probably the size of a stamp, but it feels like a giant hot stinging bonfire.We've whimpered, hel

An Afternoon Ditty On Gun Control

Published on 2013-01-14 13:18:00

There was a time anybody who wanted to could drive a car, no age limit - then you had to get a license, and they imposed speed limits, rules and regulation to make driving safe for everyone.There was a time anybody could smoke cigarettes, no matter t

Not An Exciting Entry

Published on 2013-01-14 00:11:00

It felt like a long weekend.James worked a bit on Saturday, then we put in counter offer to the house we're trying to buy.Then it was a lot of...nothingness.It feels like it took a long time to get to today.Tonight we're going to test drive a "new" v

Late Night...

Published on 2013-01-12 00:26:00

If anything, the best thing about moving out will be not feeling like we're an imposition.We can't sit in the basement all night. When we do it on the weekends it makes our back hurt, which makes us not able to sleep, which makes the weekend even wor

Eating Habits...

Published on 2013-01-11 19:52:00

This will just make you angry, James. So don't read it.Smurfs.No, seriously...don't.If you are reading THIS sentence, then just know, if you get upset, and we have a fight...you will push many buttons. If you sulk, because you didn't take our advice,

Think We're Alone Now...

Published on 2013-01-10 10:33:00

James started his new job today.So, now we have time to ourselves for the first time in about a year.Daytime alone time is good, it will be better when we get the house though, and move out of here (The Mother's house). We've written about our desire

Three Times A Charm?

Published on 2013-01-08 22:43:00

It's the third property we've put an offer on since June. After spending six months holding our for the Weeping Willow property.It wasn't even the house we went to the small nearby town to see, but driving in we saw the sign, and the agent had too, a

Late Night Edition

Published on 2013-01-07 23:15:00

Yeah, we already wrote tonight. So this is the "Late Night" edition.We haven't slept well since Friday night; which is the last time, before tonight, that we

Change Afoot...and a Brief Film Review

Published on 2013-01-07 18:08:00

Tomorrow we'll be looking at a promising house with a nice big yard 35 miles from the city.Really promising. Plus, we're growing desperate...The biggest news is that James starts work on Wednesday (!) which means changes. Changes in our online time,

Roshambo

Published on 2013-01-05 00:49:00

Rock beats scissors; Scissors cut paper; Paper defeats rock.Neck and shoulder pain fucks them all.

Whining

Published on 2013-01-03 22:43:00

Trying to find a house to buy has become...so exhausting.It's been months now, of looking...offers...more looking. Fingers crossed so much they cramp.The market where we live is tight, and grows tighter by the day. It's one of the only places in the

Once Upon A Time...

Published on 2013-01-03 00:36:00

...we were single.We could do what we wanted to do. When we wanted to. How we wanted to.Sure, it usually meant drinking, and sometimes passing out in various places in our apartment after a night of

Oh, The Places We'll Go

Published on 2012-12-31 11:56:00

Well, here is it...New Years Eve.2013. Remember as a kid the year 2013 felt like forever away, and surely there would be flying cars, and robot servants (followed by a

Crossing Over...

Published on 2012-12-27 22:22:00

We've made an "extended-family safe" Facebook account.It's full of people who, if they knew this blog, if they knew...well...anything about us, really...We'd never agree to see them again.Dad, Mom, and both brothers (and their wives), know their way

So Different

Published on 2012-12-26 22:01:00

It's getting close to the end...of 2012.We don't have regrets; but personal choices over the years...we don't forget. We've learned. Of course. Some people have regrets forever, other's learn, and move on.Sometimes we miss people from our past, even

Something

Published on 2012-12-24 18:01:00

Backache that is making our eyes burn, cold and hollow in

Testing...Testing...One...Two...

Published on 2012-12-21 21:54:00

James got a job today.A pretty good paying one too.Meaning if we can't find a house to buy within a month, we'll still be moving out of here (The Mothers house)...only into an apartment instead, for a bit.Our last day of work is Monday. It was tempor

A Mental Illness Rant

Published on 2012-12-19 19:50:00

This ranted started out as this:"Let's just make people scared of the mentally ill.Thanks media, fucking thank you for erasing years and years of work to erase the stigma."We posted it to Twitter.Then to Facebook.And then we started a comment, and as

Alone, To Be Desired

Published on 2012-12-17 17:59:00

One week of work left, then hopefully we'll have some time to devote to writing while we look for another job - which we have been doing for weeks now with no luck. There are only about three new part-time postings in this city a week, and for right

Gun Debates...

Published on 2012-12-14 21:28:00

We're growing weary of the gun debates...We're also becoming desensitized to all the

Deflated

Published on 2012-12-11 17:33:00

We put an offer on a house last week.It was a lovely house that needed a lot of TLC...more than a lot, really.Like the last property, this one was on the market for months with no movement, no bites; and like the other property (the one we lost the s

Edgar Allan Poe, and Other Things We Don't Know

Published on 2012-12-09 11:00:00

It would probably come to a

Mere Bright Spot

Published on 2012-12-05 21:09:00

Today wasn't the greatest day, though it did have a few bright spots. Well, one or two. Well, one (unless we count going out for wings (we hardly ever get to go out and eat). Work is exhausting, though we like it. The weather is cold, which makes som

Pain

Published on 2012-12-05 00:07:00

Somewhere between the second drink, and the last, is the sweet spot of no pain.Like a never ending search, but nary found. No pain pill has ever helped, over the counter, in any case.Worked only three and a half hours today. Two in, the burning...sea

Waiting

Published on 2012-12-03 20:27:00

Still employed (19 days left because it's seasonal).Still

He Deserves Better

Published on 2012-12-01 13:14:00

SourceLast night one of us told James (The Boyfriend) that she (I think it was she it could have very well been Sam) doesn't think she likes him anymore, and told him that two of us don`t like him at all. There were also other things said about our r

The Kerry Stott Show Interviews Just Call Me Frank

Published on 2012-11-29 18:33:00

Those

Pain Like Fire

Published on 2012-11-28 21:15:00

Tonight we can feel every part of our body, throbbing from pain.We tried to push it away...From our toes to our ankles...calves and thighs. Lower back and everything from there, to the left shoulder blade. All across our shoulders, into the top of ou

Day Two...

Published on 2012-11-27 19:18:00

The second day of work went well. Thank goodness we had been going to the gym and doing cardio/weight lifting the last month, otherwise we'd probably be

Life, And Other Plans

Published on 2012-11-25 17:27:00

Well, I had intended writing something worthwhile this weekend. So far that hasn't been able to happen, for various reasons.After a couple weeks of trying to get over the heartbreak of losing the purchase of the house and property (Weeping Willow) we

It's Archive Kind of Night

Published on 2012-11-23 21:24:00

Starting work Monday, it will be temporary, but it will be good. It will be interesting to work again, it's been just over a year. We're looking forward to making some spare cash, for Gin, for socks, and for Christmas gifts.There's an idea on the bur

Random Update

Published on 2012-11-22 11:10:00

We got the job we wrote about it the previous post. Not sure when we start. It's very temporary, and very part time. But the pay is good.We've been having some relationship issues. We're not going to write about it yet.That's it. That's all.

What We Read - A Week in Review: November 12-19th, 2012

Published on 2012-11-20 19:55:00

Highlights from our week of internet reading. A new entry theme we'll try to do twice a month, of the things that influence us, in one way or another, and in many cases inspire further research and reading into the matter. Let's call it resources for

Job Interview

Published on 2012-11-19 19:26:00

We have a job

'Ghost in His Shells' - A Guest Blogger Writes

Published on 2012-11-18 23:00:00

Usually we write "better" intros to the Guest Blogger posts.This one is no less deserving of one, however, we haven't much to say at the time of writing; other than to acknowledge many people have ways of escape, as adults, everybody creates versions

Robot Orgasms Extending Human Life

Published on 2012-11-17 13:35:00

*warning* this post is semi-satiricalSometimes for what I lack in content, I make up for in

Cooking With Frank: Venison Heart Ragout

Published on 2012-11-14 17:31:00

A deer heart gifted from Dad,before we cleaned itTo start this is a recipe utilizing venison heart, but can be substituted with beef heart. If meats of the offal family (organ meats) turn your stomach, retreat now...Like the rest of the animal, venis

Grieving and Death

Published on 2012-11-12 11:27:00

It was sad, of course. Funerals are sad.We cried, not for our own sorrow and pain. Watching her sisters stand over her open casket; watching her sons and daughters (our aunts and uncles) huddle near the simple pine box, looking over her; our cousin,

Dealing With Death

Published on 2012-11-09 18:15:00

I don't deal with death well.But who does.I just shove it off to someone else, ignore it, go on like nothing is

Carrying on a Legacy

Published on 2012-11-08 14:05:00

Image SourceShe may not have been a legend to the world, she was a legend to us. So was her husband.Words that come to mind when we think of her are

"Bad Words" like "Mainstream Media"

Published on 2012-11-05 16:43:00

Image SourceMainstream Media is not the Devil.Though parts of it obviously work for him.We kid...we kid...

I’m A “Libtard”, Apparently - A Guest Blogger

Published on 2012-11-02 18:00:00

Because we're feeling lazy as hell, and

Biding More Time...

Published on 2012-10-31 14:16:00

Well, the 20 acre property we were hoping would come through and stay on the market went off today. The Dream Property (Weeping Willow) remains sitting there.We've been looking at the housing market for weeks, and heavily the last couple of days, and

What We Read - A Week in Review: October 22-29th, 2012

Published on 2012-10-30 15:38:00

Highlights from our week of internet reading. A new entry theme we'll try to do twice a month, of the things that influence us, in one way or another, and in many cases inspire further research and reading into the matter. Let's call it resources for learning.------------------------Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Colin Powell Aide, Blasts Sununu, GOP, As 'Full Of Racists'Peter Finocchiaro, Huffington Post,

Dueling Depression

Published on 2012-10-29 14:59:00

Like a "virus" it gets under the skin, can't locate the source, or even, many times, how it even happens. All of a sudden enjoyable things,

Let's Do The Limbo

Published on 2012-10-26 22:26:00

So...the 20 acre property that was our backup plan has offers on it...the agent (who was the very first agent in the area where we are searching) said he'd keep up updated, because offers, and purchase agreements fall through all the time. We're a perfect example of that.So far? So far a counter offer is in play, and we'll be informed if the deal goes through. If it doesn't we are poised to scoop up the property. It was the first property we viewed in the area five months ago, and at this point [..]

It All Comes Tumbling Down...

Published on 2012-10-24 14:19:00

After struggles with the property seller agent, who told

Accidental Optimism

Published on 2012-10-20 12:11:00

Collectively we're not the most negative people in the world. Which might be

It's In The Mail

Published on 2012-10-18 11:15:00

Today we sent our

What We Read - A Week in Review: October 8-15th, 2012

Published on 2012-10-16 14:00:00

Highlights from our week of internet reading.

Hot Water Bath Canning

Published on 2012-10-15 12:19:00

One of our regular readers, @Streetlights94,

Options Finite

Published on 2012-10-13 17:58:00

The house closes in 8 days.The inspection was far worse than we expected.We'll write about it soon, once we have the official report.Meanwhile...we feel

Headed Towards An Off The Grid Life

Published on 2012-10-11 21:00:00

Tomorrow we're having most of the inspections on the house done.

Why Watching the Vice-Presidential Debate is Important

Published on 2012-10-10 18:28:00

The Vice Presidential Debate is tomorrow night.The debates are important, even if you are already a decided voter (if you're not a voter at all, well, we have nothing to say to you today). The debates are an important way to get the information from "the horses mouth", so to speak. Remembering of course that you have to check out even what you hear from the trusted horse. It's common knowledge a week later that Romney's side of the debate from last week was packed with lies or "fibs", if you pre [..]

Trying Not To Be Nervous...

Published on 2012-10-08 13:09:00

Fall/Winter weather

Just A General How Do You Do

Published on 2012-10-06 13:20:00

The weather roller coater is really doing a number on our joints and back, and yesterday we slept in so long we decided to skip the coffee, which resulted in a day of being

Big Bird On The Brink of Extinction...and Other Debate Foibles

Published on 2012-10-04 18:59:00

What a debate, hey?In an attempt to lower the deficite Mitt came up with

Drinking In The Presidential Debate

Published on 2012-10-03 12:37:00

That's right, a drinking game based on the first Presidential debate of 2012.It's tonight, by the way.You should know that, if you are American.The debate starts tonight, October 3rd, 2012, at 9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on your local channels. (Click for

Let's Talk About Policy Framework, Baby

Published on 2012-09-30 14:59:00

Just a short blip for today, as we're going to work on a little packing for our upcoming move...no worries, soon we won't be writing about politics as much, we'll be back to writing about...whatever it is we usually write about.Paul Ryan Falls Apart When Asked How Romney Will Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich

Talking With A Teenager...

Published on 2012-09-27 19:49:00

*may contain swear words*Watched the news tonight with our teenage step-nephew and talked about politics.Man, can kids fucking talk...We were watching CNN, so he was "forced" to watch it with us. Granted, we know CNN might not be the greatest,

From Lab To Field, And On Your Knees

Published on 2012-09-23 15:35:00

We don't write about food safety, security, policy, or the

We Buy The Farm

Published on 2012-09-21 16:01:00

Finally! Finally the property seller has met us with an offer we can accept.A tennis game of

Us, on Facebook

Published on 2012-09-20 18:00:00

And you thought sticking with us on Twitter was tough.With an unlimited amount of character spaces to work with we sometimes go on diatribes on Facebook.In addition we share beautiful images, and memes; keep up on art and photography; read and comment on the news; make strange jokes; share and talk with people who are our friends; go irate over food security; roll our eyes and take deep breaths over the staunch patriotism of people to the point of being blind to the anti-freedom spew they unknow [..]

Panic At The Disco: Anxiety

Published on 2012-09-18 16:08:00

Until today it had been awhile since I remember us having an anxiety, or panic, attack.It's worse when it's provoked by something unidentifiable.Blood rushing in our ears, heart feels like it's racing, can barely breath, feeling panicky. Like we we're running. But we were just standing/sitting in one place.And all we were doing was opening the refrigerator.Obviously we can pinpoint some potential

225 Years Later...Get To Know Your Fathers

Published on 2012-09-17 16:52:00

Happy Birthday to the

Cooking With Frank: Green Tomato Chutney

Published on 2012-09-16 14:20:00

That's right, back out now...it's another food-cooking related entry.We've been in a lot of pain the last couple of days. Despite the pain the work must go on, the garden doesn't stop needing attention just because we hurt. Yesterday we added 13 more quarts of canned stewed tomatoes to our long list of summer accomplishments, while resting our elbows on the sink to ease the back pain, as we peeled the skins off of them. The day before we made a 1/2 gallon of sauce, but too achy to

A Pain Entry

Published on 2012-09-12 20:32:00

Feels like the body is being crushed by gravity.So much pain.Even the head feels like it's being squished and is bulging at the temples.We've got nothing clever to write...so visit our archive page, if you feel like it:

Revisiting A 9/11 Blog Post

Published on 2012-09-11 12:50:00

We'll take the day off, for no particular reason other than we can. We drove nearly 12 hours yesterday, getting home at 12:30am, so we're just looking to decompress today.If you want to read what we wrote last year, in honour of 9/11:Doing Freedom Right, Our 9/11 Posthttp://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2011/09/doing-freedom-right-our-911-post.html Try not to spread intolerance and hate, and have a thankful day. Remember every day, by making a change.Patriot Day and National Day of Service and [..]

A Dream, Step, and Leap

Published on 2012-09-09 14:34:00

Tomorrow is a big day. This coming week is a big week. Big changes are on the horizon for us.A final offer on our dream property, Weeping Willow, is to be made. We're close to moving out time, and so despite the recent drop in price being less than we had hoped, it is somewhat manageable. Hopefully the bank who owns it takes into account that we have been the only one making an offer on it.Tomorrow we drive the over five hours to look at the

On A Platform Of Understanding

Published on 2012-09-06 13:09:00

We obviously had to watch some of the DNC (Democratic National Convention) this week, figuring it would only be fair after watching some of the RNC (Republican National Convention) last week - an entire evening of it, plus part of the next.The only reason we were planning on not watching it is that we know the Democratic platform. We research and read about their platform all the time. We understand and agree with their platform. We had faith, and still do, that the claims they make will be base [..]

Acceptance and Social Media

Published on 2012-09-05 00:47:00

Acceptance goes a long way.A couple hundred of our followers have been following us for what we figure in nearly two years now (coming up in October, though our activity/interaction didn't become plethoras until months into the "game", our early days were

Imagination Rant

Published on 2012-09-03 21:41:00

You stand up for what you believe in, and we'll stand up for what we believe in.We understand. You think we're wrong.We don't think you are wrong.We think you are scared.You are scared of things that you do not understand. You are scared of things you don't see. You are scared of the unknown.

Whelmed

Published on 2012-09-02 17:43:00

Feeling awkward and anti-social.Overwhelmed

Random "Fun" Facts

Published on 2012-09-01 22:34:00

Little known fact about DID/MPD, and we agree it makes no sense, but among our alters is a varied alcohol tolerance. And just like the tolerance, if there is

The "Crazy" Guy In The Garage...Part II

Published on 2012-08-31 23:41:00

We wrote about him months ago, before our trip to England with James.Right before we left this person, this "crazy

In Response...

Published on 2012-08-30 23:34:00

We are pretty active on Facebook. Despite family member following us there, just like they do on Twitter, we see no reason to hide who we are, how we feel, what we think...In an open comment (we make some of our stuff private,

Political Debate: The Sins of Another

Published on 2012-08-29 13:22:00

We made the mistake of watching the Republican National Convention last night, like a train wreck we couldn't turn away.One doesn't really need to watch it to know the flavour of Kool-Aid they are touting, but one does have to have the ability of critical thinking and an open mind to see through their misleading propaganda.The biggest problem we personally have with the GOP (Republicans) is the basic principles they say they stand for, versus the principles they express is reality. The misleadin [..]

Untitled Day

Published on 2012-08-27 20:07:00

Image sourceWith "love"...

Want: A Poem

Published on 2012-08-26 20:30:00

Do you want lyrical music,Maybe paintings and art,or pornographic

Busy Body

Published on 2012-08-25 11:25:00

The good news is the house remains on the market.The bad news is we still have at least two weeks to wait until we can put an offer on.In the meantime, amidst a giant community garage sale, we will be canning MORE tomatoes...in case you wondered about our general lack of blog entries, and sanity.Canning has been taxing on our back, but it's been a good test of our ability to withstand it next year, with our own garden and farm.We could use a injection of some sort of foam between our

Slipping Away

Published on 2012-08-23 17:38:00

Slipping from our grasp is our dream property (Weeping Willow).Disappointment is hard to mask, it's been coming in waves as we try to discuss with James the positive sides to the property in second running.We won't get into too much detail, but we have news today about it...and we wait to hear more, but it is not promising.Once we tried to explain to The Mother what it was like, why we keep waiting for this particular property, because there is another property we could be fairly happy with, not [..]

Our Weekend

Published on 2012-08-21 20:26:00

We had an amazing weekend. Saturday we drove to Baby Brother's place, five hours away, where we spent two nights.During our visit we were amazed, over and over, about the man he has become. He is a rational mix of everything that we hoped he would become. He is amazing to us. Concious,

Core Suppression In DID

Published on 2012-08-20 16:18:00

Note: This entry is specifically for a reader who e-mailed us this weekend seeking advice, (we'll call her "M") but is, of course, for anybody to read. Whenever we get e-mailed questions (about religion, DID, other mental health issues,

Pain Locus

Published on 2012-08-17 21:06:00

A busy and happy productive day.But now.The Pain.It ebbs and flows in most of our days (some of us have higher pain thresholds and don't feel it as much), but when it finds it's mark, it strikes and sinks it's teeth in.It becomes a locus of misery stretching from skull to

Busy Times and Backaches

Published on 2012-08-16 18:30:00

Warning: this post contains a swear word *feigns

Yesterdays

Published on 2012-08-14 12:25:00

All that is needed to know about yesterday (we had a tough relationship day yesterday) is the stress of our living conditions sometimes has an effect on James. Not that he dislikes living with The Mother - but he's a 36 year old adult man, and is living in the United States because he loves us, and wants to be with us, not because he desired at any point to move to the United States. Quite the contrary, actually. Plus all the other factors, like he's not allowed to work (yet). He's so far away f [..]

Weekend Recap

Published on 2012-08-13 11:16:00

After messing up our toe running through the yard late-afternoon Saturday, we didn't feel very computer friendly for the entirety of yesterday. More achy, tired and upset than being social or creative.We were trying to go help The Stepdad, The Mother, Angry Brother and James lift a framed wall on the shed being built in the yard, we rammed our middle toe into a concrete foundation screw trying to rush, and ripped it up. We weren't wearing shoes, so obviously it was our dumb fault. It could have [..]

Productive Day

Published on 2012-08-10 19:21:00

It's Friday. Have a drink. Listen to some music. It's summer...kick back.We've been canning yummy food all day, pickled banana peppers, garden fresh tomato sauce, green tomato mincemeat. Green tomato mincemeat is a great use for tomatoes from a plant inflicted by blight, which is a fungal infection that

Extended Sentence

Published on 2012-08-09 16:46:00

The sentence of living with The Mother has been extended a month more, at least (calling it a sentence is not nice).The property price was decreased this week, but it needs to decrease one more time, by roughly the same

Lyrical Honey To Our Ears

Published on 2012-08-07 14:40:00

Image SourceWhile trying to come up with something to post today, we

Zucchini Coming Out Our Ears

Published on 2012-08-06 16:46:00

The Mother's garden is

We Get Graphic II

Published on 2012-08-04 17:58:00

Oh, us?We've been working on t-shirt designs the last few days, it's a good distraction from drinking and stressing out, and

Letting Go

Published on 2012-08-02 10:01:00

Sometimes you have to let go of people, not because they have wronged you, or because they have died, not because you don't care about them, but because they refuse to acknowledge the present, and keep a hold onto the past, a past you feel is unhealthy to hang on to, because they cannot deal with a "variation" of you, that do not include the person they once knew you to be.Our birthday (though not acknowledged by the majority of us) was Tuesday. We got a Facebook message from an old friend wishi [..]

Our Guest Blogger Writes About Anger

Published on 2012-08-01 10:23:00

We are

An Untitled Two Days

Published on 2012-07-30 10:18:00

We took a couple of days off from the social media outlets.Sometimes one just needs to disconnect from the computer.It felt good, for the most part, but there were times it didn't.We'll get back at it now, and return to the other feeling of normal

The Mirror

Published on 2012-07-27 21:23:00

Can't even look in the mirror tonight without crying. I hate our face.Somewhere today, which started out amazing, it went so-so-SO wrong.He's right.We shouldn't have started drinking when we felt it all going awry...hours ago.Damn it, I hate when he's right.~C & C and et al

Down With Twitter...What The Effi

Published on 2012-07-26 12:26:00

Twitter is down, it's ours and James' anniversary...so obviously we're taking advantage of it...by listening to music and playing on the internet. (we're celebrating later)We found this pretty cool band called Effi, and we wanted to share it with music lovers who visit our blog now and then. How did we find it? We have our ways, we listen to some of the most

Does That Bitch Tweet...

Published on 2012-07-25 10:59:00

Us. We're that bitch.Or are we? (*whispers* we are...)No "awesome" blog post about politics, guns, religion, mental health,

Worshipping At The Flagpole of a False Idol

Published on 2012-07-24 13:36:00

Amidst the outrage over the Aurora Colorado shooting by James Holmes this past week, there has been much speculation as to "why" this has happened. Pointing fingers, people blame guns/gun law, they blame movies and television, they blame, blame, blame...anything but themselves.However, the most interesting (if you can call it that) blame we have come across is that of religion, or more specifically the lack of it; and while the people doing it are touting the responsibilities of humans, specific [..]

That's All We Have To Say About That...

Published on 2012-07-22 20:58:00

Stress, tears,

Guns, Guns, Guns...and Freedom

Published on 2012-07-20 18:07:00

Now we just need to ignore all reports about the James Holmes, mass shooting in a Colorado

Imaginary

Published on 2012-07-18 21:55:00

The only thing worse than real bugs, are imaginary ones.I can feel them, we catch them out of the corner of our eye...but they are not really there. Those ticks, those we're real. These bugs...we can watch them, though invisible, crawling on our skin, we can see them flint off into nothingness when we cannot feel them.Real is easier to deal with than imaginary, we don't know how to get rid of imaginary bugs.Imaginary bug spray?Pretending it's not a problem only lasts so long, but maybe just long [..]

Lullaby

Published on 2012-07-18 00:23:00

We struggled to sleep last night, tossing and turning, kicking the sheet away. One of us has a high

Normal Life

Published on 2012-07-16 19:38:00

Stress.We just want to start our "normal life".We appreciate The Mother allowing us to live in her basement, with James, for the three months we have been here over the past 9 months...but we really feel like we've overstayed our welcome. We've taken to spending more time in the basement, in our bedroom, and we've gotten a "request to be out" date of October...which, while not intentional we are sure, has added to our stress.We can't rent, as we have no income/credit history in the United States [..]

From River to Plate in Under Four Hours

Published on 2012-07-14 20:11:00

After a hot sweaty muddy four hours at a river, resulting in being browned to the color of a baked turkey, we managed to catch four catfish to keep (James 1: Frankies 3)!Finally, keepers. One got tossed back because it was too small, so after we gingerly removed the hook from his mouth, being thankful he hadn't gulped it up like the previous two, he was released into the muddy wild.James got to catch his first catfish ever, finally, after we convinced him toa) use a worm instead of luncheon meat [..]

Dear Everybody...

Published on 2012-07-12 20:03:00

We just need some alone time.As alone as we can get, anyway.We're fine, we just need to remove some distractions, try to find some focus...breathe.A Beautiful picture:©

Because Love

Published on 2012-07-11 18:37:00

We're A Seedless Watermelon

Published on 2012-07-10 19:35:00

Tonight is a drinking night.Ugg, I hate drinking.It feels so different than regular.But so good.We know better too.We're feeling so creative today...but with nowhere to put it.We'll drink until we sleep, to prevent the crying.We just put a watermelon sticker (made in the USA, may contain seeds!) on our head.He told us to take it off. We're not a fruit.We're a nut.We're keeping the sticker on our forehead.~Ivy et al

Sad Clown Pile Up

Published on 2012-07-09 19:55:00

Sad clown pileup. For

Fishing and Other Things

Published on 2012-07-08 20:24:00

Not our actual fish, but that's a walleye face!Went fishing yesterday, it was awesome to get back on the water. It'd been about 5 years since we were able to do that. We caught seven walleye, five to keep, two to release. James didn't get his fishing license until today when we went fishing for channel catfish - which is our favourite type of fish to catch. We didn't catch anything but for three goldeyes (James caught nothing) which are crap fish, unless you smoke them, which we were not prepare [..]

A Busy Life

Published on 2012-07-05 20:47:00

It's there, we promise.Only about two of all people who read our blog will care when it's written. That's a generous non-scientific estimate....That just in about the cosmetic review, of a product we stand behind (and are not paid to write about), that we worked on a little today, but did not complete. We're behind on our own deadline.We've been busy, with life, with things, with hopes and dreams, and conversations with James about the properties we're putting offers on. Real estate hunting is a

Non-existent Blog Post

Published on 2012-07-03 21:50:00

Today's blog post does not exist.We're dipping our toe back into Twitter tonight, even though it was only a couple of days away, it feels like much longer once you sit in front of it. There has to be some equation of real time vs. Twitter time, some sort of factor that includes everything staying the same, but not. We've commented more than once that a month off of Twitter equates to nearly forever. It breaks the spell, and one is not likely to come back after such a break...maybe after a year l [..]

A Slice of Good News

Published on 2012-07-02 16:55:00

Our good news of the day....week.We had a meeting with James' immigration lawyer today and she's decided to change the type of filing she is doing on his behalf, and we agreed with her opinion.As of right now we no longer have to go back to the UK in August, and James will be a legal alien of the United States in under 6 months, at which time we will take a trip to the UK to visit his family for the holidays.This means we don't have to rush to see the family members we still wanted to spend more [..]

Waiting Weeping Willow

Published on 2012-07-01 17:32:00

We're under a bit of stress, and it's been causing us to struggle to do anything in the writing area.The reply from the seller of the property we're interested in (a bank), which we received Friday evening, was less than positive. While it was a counter offer, it was nearly a slap in the face, which we are sure is the same way they felt about out opening offer, and would have been better (almost) if they had outright rejected it.We've countered their offer, with a 24 hour expiration date (meanin [..]

FACT: It Is Not Illegal to Falsify News or Lie

Published on 2012-06-28 12:05:00

Anybody who has been reading our blog long enough knows we have a pretty big distaste for lying. We understand little white lies happen. Everyone lies, usually it's the spare someone's feelings, but the lies that people, and the media, and the government are getting away with, and passing laws to make it easier to get away with, are heartbreaking, and a slap in the face of the word Freedom.Having known of a case (NEW WORLD COMMUNICATIONS v. JANE AKRE [1]) for awhile now, from 2003 in which the S [..]

Back to the Back

Published on 2012-06-27 19:12:00

Back pain today has made us grouchy and tired, we're a zombie in a humid arena of forced-air cooling. It makes us feel a false sense of temperature, and we want to sleep, and sweat, and for the back and neck pain to

One Of Those Days

Published on 2012-06-26 19:34:00

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The Start Of Something New

Published on 2012-06-25 09:52:00

Making the first offer on 40 acres of property, that we are in love with, today. Of course it's a ridiculously low offer to start...but you know, we're hardly ever ones to do non-embarrassing

A Family Picnic Day

Published on 2012-06-23 18:50:00

Today was fun, for the most part, lots of laughing with family we haven't seen in a couple of years (again), the required catching up, seeing new additions to cousins' families...and then we went to see Grandma because she wasn't able to be taken to the picnic with her oxygen tank.We had to leave after about 20 minutes of conversation when we started to cry a bit, went to the washroom to hide it, and then came out to say goodbye.During the 20 minutes Grandma told us of things that had happened, [..]

Untitled June 22, 2012

Published on 2012-06-22 21:24:00

Things and problems happened today that we can't write

Home Safe and Rambling

Published on 2012-06-21 23:46:00

Made it home safe, after driving through many a countryside with water washed over the road. The exhaust system on the car cacked out on the first long dirt road we hit early in the day, and so now you can hear us coming half a mile away, literally. The car is old though and we've put over 5,000 miles on it this month, so, the poor thing, what can we expect.We have pictures of the water covered roads, but honestly we're a little to tired to go look for the cord to attach to the computer to take [..]

Stranded

Published on 2012-06-20 18:57:00

Couldn't get out of town due to

Farm Hunting: Attempt One

Published on 2012-06-20 01:42:00

Looked at two properties today; one was a clear no, if only because of the "hill-billy" neighbours straight out of a book of

A Short...

Published on 2012-06-18 21:24:00

Tomorrow we're going to look at a 20 acre plot of land about 5 hours from where we currently are (and visit The Father again!).If you haven't read the last few days of posts...we're starting a farm where we can raise animals, have a garden, paint and write.Of course that will be when we return from the year or so in the UK, but there's nothing wrong with investing in the property now. (ever wonder where our cash comes from? You need only ask, but we'll tell you...the short end of the answer is m [..]

Cooking With Frank: A BBQ Dinner

Published on 2012-06-17 21:43:00

That's right, food.Ya'll know we have a culinary education, so we're been known to cook now and again, and post about it.Inspired and excited by talking with James about owning a farm, and raising animals, and

Random Journal Entry

Published on 2012-06-16 23:04:00

Today was a good day.We're working on getting back into writing every day, so bare with us as we write shit like this.Started on some laundry today (crazy amounts of travel laundry!) and went grocery shopping. The Mother and Stepdad are at the lake for the weekend, and will be every weekend until we go back to the UK, so it's a nice relaxing time, mostly.We made a great dinner of pork chops with pasta,

Home, Safe and Sound

Published on 2012-06-15 23:48:00

We're home. It feels like we were never gone.*big sigh*Now back to writing, and painting, and biking (to lose some weight before heading back to the UK), cooking and working on projects.We did a lot of things the last few days,

Travel Journal Entry: Heading Home...

Published on 2012-06-10 22:49:00

Said goodbye to New York and New Jersey today, took a quick trip to see Nick Twist for lunch and headed west. We're going to go back to New York City one day, it's destiny. (plus, we didn't see one single tourist site, but for taking pictures from afar)There's lots to write, but it's late. We stopped at about 11:15pm at a small (population: about 800) mountain town for the night, the headlights on the car are weak, and it's less than thrilled with the nearly 4000+ miles we have put on it in the [..]

Cutting The Cord

Published on 2012-06-08 00:29:00

First day in New York City was a little

Relationships Are Hard...

Published on 2012-06-05 21:59:00

...especially if it involves us, our DID/MPD and...turns out, anyone. He thought it was going to be easier than it is...a relationship with us. We thought it was going to be easier with someone who knew we all existed...more to come on that.More to come on lots.It's been a tough few days, there hasn't been a sun in the sky we could see in a week. A week. No sun, raining and cold...and sleeping in a tent all but the last time we did an entry.No wonder we feel like we want to die.We miss writing. [..]

Three Days in Allegany State Park

Published on 2012-06-01 21:47:00

Wow.Well, camping together really teaches you stuff. Mostly that the one of us that was

Our Guest Blogger Writes About Diagnosis

Published on 2012-05-28 22:40:00

This guest entry was written by our regular (and amazing) guest blogger, published writer and mental health professional (and awesome friend) Kerry Stott, after we visited her the last time right before we left England for our return trip to the States. She has since had the surgery mentioned in this blog piece.We didn't do as much writing as we wanted to for Mental Health Month, (which is now coming to a close) due to our Northeatern USA road trip. We won't make any more excuses than that, we w [..]

Did You Say Tweetup?

Published on 2012-05-27 22:24:00

We did it, we went to our very first Tweetup and met people from Twitter. And we let them see our face (didn't even wear the mask we bought!). And we're mostly okay with that. Regrets don't come easy around these parts.

Journal Entry: Chicago Update

Published on 2012-05-24 07:46:00

Internet in the new hotel is rubblish at best. We can barely log on before the signal drops...hence the lack of posts.Over the last couple of days we've visited the SHEDD Aquarium, the Museum of

Relationship Communication Issues

Published on 2012-05-21 23:28:00

Where to even start.Yesterday sucked. Like, sucked bad. A big

Journal Entry: To Chicago

Published on 2012-05-20 19:44:00

Dinner with The Father last night was good, not sure we remember the whole thing, but good talks. We enjoy spending time with him.Later we showed James around the downtown area of the city where we graduated high school and went for a two hour walk. He seemed to enjoy it and said that it make him feel more positive about having to stay America some day (in order to be with us). That's a really good thing.A great breakfast that sustained us through the day...we tried to fix a headache with a ligh [..]

RIP Louis

Published on 2012-05-18 22:02:00

When we got our first

Road Trip Here We Come!

Published on 2012-05-18 00:30:00

Sometimes you just have to let the wind take you, and luckily that's just what we're doing. (Luckily?)It reminds me of when we were 18 and one night, late at night while we were hanging out with friends, we got a wild hair and decided to take a

A Message To Your Diagnosis

Published on 2012-05-16 16:37:00

We wondered what we would write on this day for the the 3rd annual APA (American Psychological Association) Mental Health Month Blog Party.We wrote an introduction at the start of the month Mental Health

On The Topic Of Same-sex Marriage

Published on 2012-05-14 18:00:00

Image SourceSame-sex marriage, hot topic in the media lately...we finally came to a place where we want to do a little entry about it...because we're tired of discussing it with ourselves, and getting angry over the

Our Guest Blogger Writes About Insomnia

Published on 2012-05-13 18:00:00

We've suffered from insomnia on and off throughout different times in our life, most recently was almost a year ago (until just recently, again); it started to creep in last year when we stopped smoking cigarettes (a pack a day) and pot (1-2 grams, on our own) every day to cope with our life and to fall asleep, and it lasted months…so we took up drinking scotch, gin and wine to cope and sleep, instead. Yeah, we’re a regular picture of health sometimes.It’s always funny (but only to us, obv [..]

Our Guest Blogger Writes About Positive Affirmation

Published on 2012-05-13 17:59:00

Hard to admit, but when we got to the last paragraph of this guest entry written by our friend Kerry; regular guest blogger, author, cancer survivor, mental health professional, mother, wife...and so much more; there was a tear in my eye, that a gift of appreciation and love from us has become a positive affirmation to a beautiful friend who many of us find to be one of the most amazing, strong and

A Couple Of Days Off

Published on 2012-05-12 14:54:00

It's been hard to write...anything. With some "writers block" and the nearly insurmountable

A Review and a Word on Minding Your Own Business

Published on 2012-05-10 18:39:00

Our blog post today will be here:

A Rose By Any Other Name

Published on 2012-05-09 19:02:00

Or, Passing Thoughts.Couldn't figure out what to call the entry.A rose by any other name, sure, it might smell sweet...but it's not a "rose".Now that we're back in America with all of the people who have known us since birth, or since they

Back In America

Published on 2012-05-08 09:13:00

Image SourceWe're back in America.Arriving at about 4:30am GMT we obviously didn't have time to write a blog post, and the last two days in an airport hotel outside of Heathrow, as

Mama, We're Comin' Home

Published on 2012-05-05 17:03:00

Part of what we were waiting for came to fruition yesterday morning and it being fiscally impossible to stay in England any longer to wait for the other things we've been waiting for, we can't continue any longer.There hasn't been enough contract work in order for James to able to keep affording places for us to stay while we wait for more of them (contracts), let alone funds to eat much of anything the last couple of weeks (except when we stayed with James' aunt last weekend). Cup of soup, crac [..]

Anchor, Ship, Sinking, Clown

Published on 2012-05-04 18:19:00

Who's the anchor, who's the ship.An anchor is no good to a sinking clown.A ship with no anchor floats adrift.All we need is to buck the dips.Getting pulled down, down, down.Overboard is no option.Well.Another chance to patch the hull tomorrow.~~ Time ~~

Guest Matt Blogs For Mental Health: 'Doors'

Published on 2012-05-03 16:00:00

A guest blog entry for Mental Health Month 2012. If you would like to submit a story for the month of May please contact us. Thanks. Mental Health Awareness Month: 2012

Mental Health Awareness Month: 2012

Published on 2012-05-02 10:30:00

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V is for Very-Big-Decisions

Published on 2012-05-01 16:35:00

The deed is done.It was such a big decision.We realize for him it was way more giant,

Cracking the Code...of Enigmatic History

Published on 2012-04-29 16:28:00

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A Follower Count Represents...

Published on 2012-04-28 10:04:00

We originally posted what is to follow this short intro on our Tumblr account last month. We have been inspired to post it again, here, because of "trends" - not the official trends, just what we see people commenting on a lot.Also, we've been culling our numbers again. However, we have not been unfollowing active people - except on a VERY rare case they are just asstards, are more boring than paint drying in the savannah. Some of us have standards, after all, and we'd like that to extend into [..]

Moving On and Staying Positive

Published on 2012-04-26 11:52:00

We've been staying in this hotel for four days, tonight will be night four, and the final night.Can't say we'll miss this one. The first one, and our favourite one, has been too expensive to stay in since last week - even though this one is

Upcoming...

Published on 2012-04-24 12:58:00

First:We're looking for a couple guest bloggers for Mental Health Month 2012, starting in May (next week!); people to share their stories of mental health here on this blog, which will be later transferred to our primary advocacy blog at Frank Mental Health (www.frankmentalhealth.org) - a new venture for us this year. As with all of our blogs, it is advertisement free. This is a great opportunity to promote your own blog, or simply share your story of struggle or triumph with other people, for t [..]

Another Day

Published on 2012-04-23 18:12:00

Some days...this is what the inside of our head looks like...and when someone happy tries to take over when we're not...Close to manic on the outside...burning crazy on the inside. Out of control.Poor Stimpy...Today, was a jumble of WTF, including some crying on a public street corner...because we're irritating. In case you think we always seem externally "together".BuT.Tomorrow is another day, with a fresh start.Happy, Happy, Fucking, Joy.~ et al

Another Day of Thanks

Published on 2012-04-22 09:54:00

Another day, another hotel, another opportunity to be thankful we have a bed to sleep in.[If this doesn't make sense, sorry...it's too much work to explain in detail.In short, we are temporarily living in England, The boyfriend sold his flat, the sale completed a week after he didn't get a big contract renewed, and having owed his ex-wife some money, gave the proceeds of the sale to her. Not being in a place where we can take him back to the States with us yet, we wait...shifting from inexpensiv [..]

A Saturday Running Post

Published on 2012-04-21 05:25:00

11:24am GMT (UK time)Running low on funds and nowhere to go for the night.Would have been great to have this information an hour before we're checking out of the hotel with a late checkout...but you know...who needs details.Too bad he didn't get the last two contract offers. Today is going to be fucking great.Did we mention a fucking raging headache. Great times.Panic attacks are fun, yes? Stop moaning up there.2:50pmAfter a long walk and some fresh air, keel is a little more balanced.Forgot our [..]

He Laughs

Published on 2012-04-20 19:26:00

Frankie (us) & James at the beachFrinton, England March, 2012He says he laughs because he has to. Sometimes he says he laughs otherwise he'd cry. Other days, and often, he laughs because he thinks we're hilarious,

Secrets of the Dead

Published on 2012-04-17 12:11:00

An English Grave©

A Homey Place To Stay

Published on 2012-04-16 09:55:00

That feeling that we should be doing something more is just hovering on the surface.

Just Breath

Published on 2012-04-15 09:32:00

Posted two hours ago on the wrong blog (our mapping one) from our mobile device. Oddly enough we were struggling with our day a lot more than we are right now, and after we posted the entry from the car, in the parking lot of a Staples, tears in our eyes...we started to feel better. Well, that's not really so odd. It's how writing therapy works, sometimes, for us."Sometimes the hurdles are just so wide, sometimes they're put too close together. Sometimes both. They're everywhere, so many, it's s [..]

Drinking...again.

Published on 2012-04-14 15:37:00

So, we're having a bottle of wine. We might actually finish this one. It's been awhile (since we've been able to finish a

Broken Pain

Published on 2012-04-13 17:27:00

Have you ever had the kind of pain that makes being slowly run over seem like relief?No matter what we do it gets worse. It must be the weather that's making it worse than the regular every day pain. Maybe it's my fault. James tries to help by rubbing our muscles, but like our massage therapist from last year said; the one who made house calls [because we could barely leave the house

To Baby, or Not To Baby...There Is No Question

Published on 2012-04-12 06:19:00

This afternoon James goes in for a consultation for the big V.Vasectomy.We

Three Months In Colchester, England

Published on 2012-04-10 15:00:00

The following link will take you to where we've been writing and sharing pictures about our time so far in England. It's all about (finally) the town we've been living the whole time we've been in England. So far.'Three Months In Colchester, Essex'

Our Guest Blogger Writes About Stress

Published on 2012-04-09 08:26:00

Stress.Love it, hate it...Kerry is about to tell you why it's good. We agree with her. There is bad stress, and there is good stress. It's the normal good kind that is healthy, normal, and should be manageable. So manageable, in fact, that you don't even think of it as stress.We have plenty of it, it's debatable day-to-day what kind it is. Some of us are good at managing it, some are not.

Waves of Euphoria

Published on 2012-04-08 07:12:00

Two more nights in the flat, and then...well, still no idea where we are going.It's incredibly difficult to decide on a location when you have no real destination in mind.James could get a contract any day, for any location, and we would have to pick up and go there, no matter where we decide to lay our head Tuesday night.At least we seem to be in good

A Peek Into Id, Ego and Super-Ego

Published on 2012-04-06 06:35:00

And here in sits the problem.We write, obviously, here, on Twitter, on our many outlets around the internet...and people who don't know we share a body AND an account (though we have other accounts floating around Twitter, all tagged so people know it's us [as far as we know], because otherwise we'd think WE'RE creepy); who know nothing about Dissociative Identity Disorder/Multiple Personality Disorder, who think it's

Two Hots and A Cot of Adventure

Published on 2012-04-05 05:41:00

Tuesday morning...we'll be in for some excitement.Where will we sleep Tuesday night? Where will we cook meals? (many of us don't like eating out, we get stomach aches from most restaurant food, meaning we have to be careful about selection...sometimes we win, sometimes we lose). Where will we sleep Wednesday night? Could be London, could be Bristol (UK), could be Scotland, could be Germany...could be anywhere in Europe. James has opened up his geographic flexibility to the employment agencies... [..]

We Wax Poetic About Plagiarism

Published on 2012-04-03 09:29:00

Guess what was here.Photo from A Study In English Spring Part A© Frank et al 2012A lovely post about poetry, writing, creativity and

Another Weekend In Cumbria

Published on 2012-04-01 15:21:00

Tomorrow we leave our weekend in Cumbria and go back to Essex, the county in England where we have been living the last two and a half month. James is unemployed now, and may have some opportunities on the horizon, none of which we'll mention...we'd hate to jinx anything. But we won't hold our breath.It's been another lovely weekend with the Stotts, though the ride up to Cumbria was a bit rough, rougher than the last time.Again with the car sickness.We've mucked out barns of maggot laden shit, b [..]

Random Babble Part One Million Pounds

Published on 2012-03-29 16:41:00

Sunny Day Again!Despite the fact we lost our wallet yesterday we are in a good mood. The debit card has been canceled, and the drivers license in replaceable. It's our fault anyway, we don't listen to ourselves and it fell out of our jacket pocket...it was

Meeting More People

Published on 2012-03-28 09:09:00

Going to visit a couple of James' (The Boyfriend) friends this afternoon, they are a couple. We are told we will like them.When James decided he was coming to see us in the states last year, before we started dating, he told some of his friends and family about our "disorder". We are not sure why, and no, we were not thrilled with it...but we manage to keep it in the back of our head. Never mind that a woman he works with searched his name on Google and found the link between us, and him a few w [..]

Two Weeks, More Change

Published on 2012-03-27 10:29:00

It's official, two weeks (April 10th) and we have to be out of the flat.Three

The Stories Of Us

Published on 2012-03-26 17:14:00

There has been discussion among us about removing some of the posts that cover our life stories, particularly when we finally work on the next two to three entries that are focused on the subject of our past, which should conclude the last year, a very pivotal year in our healing.So we're creating this entry to bring them all together and take them off of the left panel so that we can put focus on some other things, as a first step.For people who don't know what these are about, these are the st [..]

She Says...

Published on 2012-03-26 07:20:00

I sayWeShare too much.WhoAm ITo say.WeShould beDone.Let us.Me.Wish.~ Cat

Sleepless Nights And A Hateful Personality

Published on 2012-03-25 08:24:00

Sleepless nights.We know it's getting close to the time where we have to record here, or anywhere at least, some of the events from last year...things about our network of

Friday

Published on 2012-03-23 08:50:00

Photograph we took last week of local flowers.(c) 2012 Frank et alIt's Friday...we're still

Toppled Into a Pile of Headache

Published on 2012-03-22 18:05:00

All things house and property related are fucked. James (The Boyfriend) came home stressed about his flat sale going poorly, and we held together to be supportive...then came our turn later in communications with the lawyer and the tax people of the country we ("I") and selling the house in. Finality of the sale will be likely delayed three months...we were sort of counting on it being completed within a couple of more weeks. The time difference means we get our fucking from "life" right before [..]

Frank Mental Health

Published on 2012-03-22 18:00:00

A graphic I designed specifically for the website.There are, however, variations in existence that I made for t-shirts.Here's the thing...we're trying to start a new website...with a dedicated Twitter account...and a Facebook page. A mental health website for people all over the internet to come together, share their stories, whether they have a blog, or not.We've told a few people about it, have some support from a few friends in the mental health field, but now we're telling you, because we kn [..]

All The Queen's Swans

Published on 2012-03-21 11:56:00

Leda and the Swan

Tapestry of the Tools of Fate

Published on 2012-03-20 08:31:00

Almost a year ago we met a guy in a pub (we wrote a blog post about it too,

Restless

Published on 2012-03-19 07:25:00

Restless.So

A Weekend With The Stotts

Published on 2012-03-13 11:01:00

Right away, please note that our entry about the sights, sounds and interesting facts, including most of the photographs, will be on our travelogue, Our Frank Adventure later this week, this is a general post about out weekend in Cumbria England with our new friend Kerry Stott.The best cow ever at Brough Castle.Love this photo, and somehow sums up ourfabulous weekend."I can't wait to read what you write about me" she says, clapping her hands happily on Sunday night. No pressure. Right.We spent t [..]

A Week In Review

Published on 2012-03-09 10:36:00

Finally we get to head to Cumbria for the weekend, which is in Northern England, after last weekends cancellation, to visit Kerry Stott, our guest blogger, friend, mental health nurse and so much more. We're excited and nervous...nervous because it will be a five hour drive in experimenting with overcoming a new case of motion sickness in moving vehicles (more on that: Mind Over Matter In Motion and More http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2012/03/mind-over-matter-in-motion-and-more.html). So [..]

We Don't Read Your Blogs

Published on 2012-03-08 15:27:00

Let me specify.We are talking about most mental health blogs. otherwise we do read blogs. These days we read more blogs than books, much to one of our displeasure.We do hit a mental health blog on very rare occasion, particularly from new followers on Twitter, just long enough to trigger us into a bad place and then move on, because who wants to be in a bad place. Triggers suck when they are the bad kind, that's a primary reason for avoiding many mental health blogs, as well as struggling to con [..]

Our Guest Blogger Writes About How Risk Feels

Published on 2012-03-07 19:00:00

We apologize to Kerry for not posting this entry sooner, when she wrote it and sent it to us the 22nd of January. We hope that she will comment at the bottom and provide an update on the patient she mentioned.As always we are thankful for an entry from a woman we admire (and we get to meet this weekend!). Today was a paranoid day, one in which we were reminded about the risk of social media (it's all on our Tumbr post).Did we mention Kerry is a wicked cool UK mental health nurse, has a published [..]

So, You Wanna Be A Favstar Whore

Published on 2012-03-06 12:00:00

Image SourceIt's been awhile since we dipped our toe in social media commentary/writing. It feels like it anyway.As many people know we're everywhere on the internet, we like to write, some of us like to be social, many of us like to keep up on new things in the world. Change is good, and we want to be at the front, not lag in the back unaware of what's going on. Also, we have shit loads of time on our hands now that we are not working. It's not because we don't want to work either, we are just [..]

Mind Over Matter In Motion and More

Published on 2012-03-05 14:00:00

**please note...sometimes these entries are to family members who read our blog, primarily The Father, while they may not be fascinating to you, it's both for our benefit, and that of people who care...if you don't, you know how to exit. We just want to remember and this is the way we do it. Writing Therapy.**This weekend didn't turn out how we would have liked, but being used to disappointment and being apt to adapt to the flow of some things (we're not all good at it either) we were far less u [..]

Bootstrap Smiles

Published on 2012-03-04 11:53:00

Image Source: Horseshoe Studio A bad day is wanting to write, because it's the only thing you know anymore...and not having the words. The only alternative is to sit here and feel like we're drowning. So instead we'll just write stuff that seems like nonsense, as always, and pull ourselves up by bootstraps with cryptic smiles.Everything we say always makes sense to us.We don't care what you think.

A Weekend Trip and A Thank You

Published on 2012-03-02 07:36:00

A Spring Day in England - March 1, 2012The outskirts of the neighborhood where we have been staying.Yesterday was beautiful, and today we're supposed to be going to Cumbria to visit a friend, Twitter follower and our guest blogger, Kerry Stott. (@kerrystott)We're pretty excited. While we've had a Skype "conference" with her a time or two, we've yet to meet her in person. She will be the second person from Twitter, not including The Boyfriend, who we have met this year.Of course the car wouldn't [..]

Respecting Religion? We Have A View On That

Published on 2012-02-29 09:19:00

What better topic than religion. Really.We've actually written about it a few times here (Religion, You Say? We Have A View On That), and addressed a series of questions that were e-mailed to us last fall (Religious Debate...or Something), our thoughts and opinions on religion.Religious debate is indeed one of those "hot topics" people are taught not to discuss in polite company, but we're not overly polite, or subtle, and are not afraid of what people might think about what, and how, we choose [..]

Projects: A Journal Entry

Published on 2012-02-28 08:26:00

We have a culinary degree, well some of us. Never is there more indication of our varied abilities and education variances than when we can't remember the proper way to boil pasta. Do we put it in cold water and bring it to a boil, or boil the water and then add the pasta?! That's culinary school 101 for fuck sake.That was yesterday. Maybe she (Ivy) can't cook, but she's an artist, and definitely can inspire some of us in our cooking. She started working on some cool new projects, which we're mo [..]

Wheels For Exploration

Published on 2012-02-26 17:23:00

(Not an image we own...)James/The Boyfriend bought a car today (on Ebay of all places), it's a manual of some sort, and of course made for Britain, so it's likely we won't be able to drive it because a) we don't know how to drive a manual (though an ex boyfriend tried to teach one of us back when we were about 20 years old) b) the steering wheel is on the opposite side as it is in America and c) well...they drive on the other (left) side of the road here too. While we spent weeks driving around [..]

A Candy Shoppe Day

Published on 2012-02-25 16:37:00

We spent a lot of time walking today, which is not unusual, but soon it may be less usual. We walked around some nearby villages all afternoon to look at used cars because James figures it will be cheaper to get a car for the next month and a half or so, rather than rent one. This way we can go exploring even further on the weekend, maybe take a weekend trip to the North Sea, and most importantly go to Northern England to visit Kerry Stott, our guest blogger.Sugar MiceWe stopped at a sweets shop [..]

A Drunken Update

Published on 2012-02-24 18:38:00

Weeeee. We pub crawled, in the small town where we are temporarily residing, with James/The Boyfriend tonight.Yes, I indeed "procured" a 1865 edition of a Dickens book entitled 'Our Mutual Friends'...volume 2 of The Novels of Charles Dickens, from a pub this evening, as indicted in a Tweet. Or as, tonight, we, mostly, like to say, LIBERATED...I shall read it when I can. I am excited to do so, simply based on a couple of sentences.While we fell and injured our hand on the walk home, we are thank [..]

Sacrifice of Love: A Journal Entry

Published on 2012-02-23 12:45:00

The weather has finally turned a corner in the town where we have been residing in England for just over a month, for now anyway. I won't get into the concerns over the warmer temperatures it's creating in the flat, and what that might do to the kitchen, which we've been using as a refrigerator, not having one. Or the slight worry over potential food poisoning, some of us tend react to even the best and freshest foods in negative ways.Walking through the park today, passing through the opening o [..]

London: Part 1 - Hangin' with Dickens' Ghost at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

Published on 2012-02-22 14:27:00

Our newest entry, written today on our Travelogue...we'll start you here and it will bring you to the entire entry*, where there are some pictures and the rest of the story..._________________________We went to London for the first time this past weekend. To say we had a good time IN London would be an overstatement, though it wasn't all bad.Sorry, we love to travel, but many of us detest tourists, and while there are a couple of attractions we'd like to see eventually; mostly museums related t [..]

Associating with Dissociation

Published on 2012-02-21 08:21:00

We started this entry in a couple of different ways, but in the end we almost wore out the backspace key.Starting blog entries, like with any writing, is the hardest part.The topic today is sort of disorganized. Hopefully at some point it will be cohesive, we started writing it last week in a coffee shop and it was originally in two documents...so we have to sew it together somehow.Our day-to-day life isn’t packed with feelings of massive regret, guilt, sorrow, sadness or fixation on the amoun [..]

Off

Published on 2012-02-20 07:39:00

The problem with taking a couple of days off of writing is that it takes more will to start again then it does to continue.Like hiking up a hill, once you have built up steam it`s easier to keep going, if you stop...you`re fucked.We`re just feeling terrible today, mentally unable to write, so that`s pretty much where we stand today. Fucked.Later:You know what's not fun about how we are feeling right now, today? The feeling. The one we have no name for. We're short on patience.Our fingers keep ty [..]

We Get Graphic

Published on 2012-02-17 11:28:00

Misleading, we know. You're thinking...were's the boobs...this doesn't look graphic.Play on words is fun. We're sometimes a smart ass...when we're not a dumb ass.Back in November we wrote about some of the stuff we do in our spare time, notably graphic design stuff using our Tweets and some design ideas we come up with, to be put on products and such, because, well...why not? When we don't have access to canvas and paints we need some alternatives.What, you think we just sit and waste time on T [..]

Coffee and a Journal Entry

Published on 2012-02-16 07:51:00

Today it’s finally nice out, though overcast. Eight whole degrees above - that’s Celsius, of course…so that’s 46 Fahrenheit. It's sticky and relatively humid (76%) when traipsing around town in a heavy jacket and layers, sticky, but at least it's not windy and raining. The snow we got a couple of weeks ago is long gone and everything is green again.We managed to get out of the flat today, other than grocery shopping for Valentine’s Day dinner; pretty sure we haven’t been out of the f [..]

Romancing The Sandwich

Published on 2012-02-15 09:32:00

Okay, so the title is a little misleading, you're not going to romance a sandwich, it's just a play on the movie title Romancing The Stone (and 80's Action/Adventure flick starring Michael Douglas) and today's blog entry is about sandwiches, delicious, yummy sandwiches, and making them a romantic idea. We could have written it last week then some of you lady readers (and even the men) could have used our sandwich tips for a romantic post-coital Valentine's feast, like we did.It's no secret men l [..]

Going The Distance: An Internet Love Story...for Valentine's Day

Published on 2012-02-14 11:39:00

We weren't really going to do a Valentine's Day post this year, except maybe some romantic dinner ideas, etc...which we'll probably post tomorrow...because romance can happen on any day.Valentine's Day, like Christmas, doesn't really hold much appeal to us. The only real holiday we enjoy is Halloween, even then...*shrugs*. We believe that if you love someone you do little things for them everyday, and those are really the big things - not some gesture forced on a day that was originally created [..]

Our Second Interview With 'Nothing But Show'

Published on 2012-02-12 17:36:00

(http://www.nothingbutshow.com) Fresh off the adio presses, our second interview with The Nothing But Show was last night...yep. And it was LIVE. If @Onezees (formerly @VagabondRoyalty) from @Nothing But Show had told us when they initially asked us we may have changed our mind...but...well...here it is. The pre-interview mention that starts at time mark 6:46 at this audio link: Our Second Interview with NBS followed by...well...they were probably in the parking lot...then some girl with a cute [..]

Our Guest Blogger Writes About Therapeutic Alliance

Published on 2012-02-12 06:41:00

We're doubling on the guest blogging this weekend, due to the response Kerry (@kerrystott) received on Twitter regarding her post yesterday regarding Personality Disorder and questions on therapeutic alliance (the relationship between a therapist and client/patient).It's worked out great for us, so thanks to everybody who asked her questions, because we have a guest post of our own to do in honor of Valentine's Day for our friend @singlemomdate over on The Single Mom's Dating Diary (even though [..]

Our Guest Blogger Writes About Personality Disorder

Published on 2012-02-11 12:35:00

It's guest blogger day!Today Kerry's entry touches on a subject that we have recently become interested in learning about, due to some association with people diagnosed with the topic at hand.We've done one blog post so far, discussing Personality Disorders (Personality vs Dissociative Disorders http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2012/01/personalty-vs-dissociative-disorders.html), illustrating the difference between the disorders as best as we could.You might also want to read Treating and H [..]

What Happens On Twitter, Doesn’t Stay On Twitter

Published on 2012-02-10 08:31:00

What happens on Twitter, doesn't stay on Twitter...or on any other social media outlet, for that matter. It’s not Vegas, and you can be sure of it. Less people get fired for their Vegas peccadilloes then do people that vacation daily on social media networks.Lately we’ve been noticing an uptick in Tweets that make using a fake name/identity, or a fake .avi, on social media networks seem like a negative. We figure those tweets, like many, are formed out of ignorance about the online world, an [..]

A Shopping Adventure

Published on 2012-02-09 11:26:00

[Imported from Our Frank Adventures because, well, we didn't write specifically for this blog today]"So "adventure" might be an exaggeration...in your opinion, anyway. However when you're a size 8-10 US (10-12 UK). 5'11", with a shorter torso, longgg legs and arms, and wear a size 11-12 shoe (9-10 UK)...shopping becomes an adventure. Most of you can stop reading now because we're talking about shoes, and jackets...and marmalade." To read more... Taken on the walk home.

Bad Day

Published on 2012-02-08 13:10:00

Twenty-four hour headache.Can we cry?Crying is for babies.You suck.Have a cookie.

Blog Entry. Not. Gonna. Happen.

Published on 2011-07-05 18:36:00

Sorry, we haven't drank in a couple days....we're going to enjoy this.P.S. we don't recommend looking for videos by typing in "drinking" into Google and then search 'videos'...they'll assume you're looking for videos on drinking problems.......clearl

Life Kicks Us In The Ass At Every Turn

Published on 2011-07-04 18:33:00

Even worse when it's not YOUR own bills.... In regards to our blog entry from Thursday Sometimes Karma Is A Bitch For A Reason: http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2011/06/sometimes-karma-is-bitch-for-reason.html we've come to the conclusion toda

The Other Girl: A Travel Journal Part IlI: Munich, Germany

Published on 2011-07-03 16:34:00

Again... trying to catch up on The Other Girl "celebration" that some of us feel like we need to do...it works, we suppose, because we need more time to paint today (and to organize some online stuff)...so we'll just reuse some of her stuff

Love Juice...We're No Cosmo Magazine But...

Published on 2011-07-02 13:48:00

WARNING: This post is of an adult nature....please be advised. If you are easily disgusted and don’t like to read about sex tips then you should read something else around here and skip this one altogether...Today I'm talking about what makes you t

The Other Girl: A Travel Journal Part II: Berlin, Germany

Published on 2011-07-01 13:36:00

We're finally getting around to more "The Other Girl stuff"...haven't read Part 1 of her/our travel journal? Read it here: http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2011/06/other-girl-travel-journal.htmlDon't know who The Other Girl is? Read about

Happy Canada Day, Eh?

Published on 2011-07-01 13:35:00

As many know we have a love of Canada...And it's Canada Day!We're doing this extra little post today to say: Hey, Canada...you rock!! Happy Canada Day, eh? Have a listen to their anthem...chances are if you are in Canada today you'll b

Sometimes Karma Is A Bitch For A Reason

Published on 2011-06-30 19:58:00

Once again a week is gone (nearly) and we didn’t manage all the entries we require of ourselves; nor did we write any more stuff, or post any more things, about the other girl. Whatever, we’ll flog ourselves later.Yesterday we probably would have

The Other Girl: A Travel Journal

Published on 2011-06-28 19:06:00

Yeah, this said something else until drunk us got our hands on it. We deleted it...so, you know, later sober us can just suck on a wine cork.We were ill this morning/afternoon, but...well...Fuck Face gave us the drinking signal and even though it was

The Flavours of Emotions

Published on 2011-06-27 16:42:00

But let's break that down, because we don't feel like coming up with all those flavours...Emotions are complex and there are such a huge range of them beyond the basic six or so. This entry will be hard to write in the way we like to write about such

Two Days of MIA Blog Entries and On The Subject Of Our Drinking

Published on 2011-06-26 14:04:00

We've missed two days of blog entries, and it’s not because we were drinking; more on the drinking later.First off, our laptop power cord decided to fry (this is our 4th or 5th power cord replacement in a little over a year, and our second lap

The Other Girl: Her Final Journal

Published on 2011-06-23 14:46:00

We didn't do a post last night (again), we had a few chat/Skype "dates" with friends to enjoy, after an afternoon of anger to defuse. Maybe we'll write about the anger later; we probably will if we have time, but we probably won't have time. Today is

The Other Girl

Published on 2011-06-21 21:49:00

We probably had to be drunk to write about her; probably I had to.We understand that there might be confusion for a lot of people reading our blog for the first time, or those who have read our blog for weeks, or months, when we talk about or mention

We Get Written About: Examiner.com

Published on 2011-06-21 09:29:00

We are running behind on posting...tonight, at some point, we plan to write about The Other Girl....we've mentioned her a lot these last few months but we want to tell you about her; we want to take this week to talk about her a bit and share some of

Random Shit

Published on 2011-06-20 22:41:00

Due to our third Skype date with @mr_jmm there is no blog entry tonight...again. Which is nice because we needed a night off after yesterday's Father's Day post (which was a bit emotional) So, for your amusement...a classic... Want to read our c

Father's Day, It's About Our Father

Published on 2011-06-19 16:55:00

It’s Father’s Day.What’s there to say about The Father today? Seeing as we wrote about The Mother on Mother’s Day we figured we should probably write about The Father on Father’s Day; of course we had very little, if anything, nice to say a

When Anxiety Attacks At Home

Published on 2011-06-18 11:43:00

This is a two post morning. The post from earlier today was started Yesterday, and we hate having to work on a post not from the day we are in. Does that makes sense?Anyway.Our massage therapist who usually comes on Tuesdays to give us deep tissue ma

We Bitch About Our Smart Phone: A Review!

Published on 2011-06-18 10:43:00

There was no post for the last two days. Thursday we were skipping around downtown having fun, and took a trip to the top of a parking garage where we drank a wine cooler and then got angry about BlackBerry cellphones; then we went home and hung out

Why Waste A Good Title?

Published on 2011-06-15 15:42:00

We figured we'd write our entry BEFORE we start drinking ... which means writing from work a little. From The Room; which we are getting better at managing *deep breath in**big breath out*So. We'd write a Fuck Face update...but...honestly..

'24 Hour Video' by @scolari135: A Review...of sorts...

Published on 2011-06-14 19:05:00

Note: news flash, we're crass sometimes...if you don't like cuss words, we recommend you fuck off by closing your browse now.----------------------------------------We could be all eloquent and shit, but who are we kidding...even if we

DID and A World Without Hate

Published on 2011-06-13 18:31:00

The Father had sent us a message this past week, asking about our headaches, and to see how we are since his visit a couple of weeks ago. He mentioned that The Pastor, who has experience in dealing with Dissociative Identity 

Canadian Bacon...But Not Really

Published on 2011-06-12 14:13:00

[Source: http://exurbanpedestrian.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/bacon/]Bacon is huge. Who doesn't love bacon? One thing we became aware of in culinary school was the magic of the pig - Homer Simpson jokes about it (Top 10 Bacon Quotes From Hom

'Untitled Vision A' - A Painting

Published on 2011-06-11 10:43:00

We've been working on this painting for awhile. It spent a lot of time on the easel waiting for the next step and the more we looked at it the more it told us that it was complete.So, our newest painting is today's&

Splitting Headache...

Published on 2011-06-09 19:07:00

Head hurts...can't write...we wrote lots yesterday - the next series entry in the story of us...if you haven't read it please do. Or read Recommendations...or stuff to the left...or all the archives from the past 6 months...or even some of the o

Culinary School and Affairs

Published on 2011-06-08 22:50:00

This is the next entry in The Chapters of Frank/How We Came To Be Us/Addressing We. (the links to the chapters are to the left under this heading^__________________________________________________Despite the fact that the first two months of culinary

This Is Not A Blog Post

Published on 2011-06-07 21:32:00

That title makes no sense…probably; or maybe it does if you have studied art and Magritte...and...meh… For once we're not here to say "Hey, we've been drinking, so we can't post shit tonight".Nope.Plus we've gotten quite a few lectures about our

Recipe For Disaster: Just Add Gin

Published on 2011-06-06 19:57:00

Tell you what sadness is...besides most of everything about our life always.Having to tell the woman you all once loved (Partner In Crime), the only friend salvaged from the disaster of your entire life, that after she broke your

Something That Makes Us Laugh

Published on 2011-06-05 22:16:00

We've been distracted all day with all sorts of stuff, (okay, so we've discovered the wonders of Skyping with people) but we have been trying to come up with ideas for writing topics for those days we aren't using this blog to discuss and/or share me

We Write About Writing

Published on 2011-06-04 13:12:00

We’re not sure what to write about today. We actually had a dream about a blog entry and when we woke up and realized we hadn’t written it…man, were we sad. Sometimes we don’t want to write, but I made the rule, so …go figure. I created the

When You Have to Blog Post Every Day

Published on 2011-06-03 20:06:00

We have to put something here, so we can remember what we've done...and this. THIS is what we've done.We are BEYOND drunk...so...read yesterdays post...or June 1st's post...or all the shit around here...those tabs up there...yeah, they are stuff...th

We Take A Night Off

Published on 2011-06-02 16:05:00

Honest to god, we're not writing anything tonight. A TRUE night off...we haven't had one of those in a long time. Visit our Archives: http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/p/our-recommendations-weeded-from.html and check out stuff the

Who We Are: An Intro

Published on 2011-06-01 21:44:00

Added after posting: This should have been called "We Overuse The Word 'Stuff'" - HA!Fuck. We were supposed to be writing and instead we were eating yogurt and fucking around on Twitter.We really haven't got much to say, maybe. We're not going to wr

Help Us Make A Decision About Fuck Face

Published on 2011-05-31 11:05:00

First ever reader poll!!!(p.s. something about adding the polling system fucked with the design of this page - all other reading material will look normal)To send the apology...or not to send the apology; that is now the entire question.We

When The Job Gets Fuckity

Published on 2011-05-30 15:55:00

You know what's stressful about a job, when you are us; besides everything? Working for an organization that's had its head up its ass for the better part of its entire existence, only to finally, this year, decided that they will write things like

Sam Gets Set-Off

Published on 2011-05-29 17:13:00

God damn people piss us off, more notably, they piss me off. We respect that writers who write make money, and to survive, to pay their bills and such have to come up with creative ways to sell their books, stories, etc, to gain notice, or whatever;

A Few Hours With The Father And Baby Brother

Published on 2011-05-28 16:25:00

We're just...a little sad for now. We're sure we'll pull out of it in a bit. Writing helps us get through everything. Usually once we write about something we feel much better; maybe because we don't have to hold on to the things we end up writing ab

We Tell A Boy In A Pub About Us

Published on 2011-05-27 18:50:00

Last night we went the local pub for a few drinks, we didn't bring our sketch book, so we just people watched.We got offered a drink right away but we declined. The men involved in the drink offer were funny, and one the one who was interested in get

A Little Bit of Emmie

Published on 2011-05-26 17:55:00

We finally got the Blogger to let us into the blog, after all day, so that's cool - but we got all excited about not having to write tonight because we wrote twice yesterday and we've been writing a ton! A ton! Plus, I want to create some "

Girl Crush Gets The 411 On Us

Published on 2011-05-25 19:43:00

This is the second post for here today, Sam started one this afternoon because he was all angry and stuff, so that got posted a couple of hours ago (Sam Gets Angry About Ignorance); but we wanted a second one to tell you about our day! :)So. Today wa

Sam Gets Angry About Ignorance

Published on 2011-05-25 16:04:00

This entry was started by Sam, one of our alters, while we were trying to work today...but then Girl Crush showed up and he took a "backseat", because he doesn't like people much, but likes her...and didn't want her to see him as angry as he was.Most

Situation Standstill

Published on 2011-05-24 14:57:00

Fuck Face: Who He Is (also work related)The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 1The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 2The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 3The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 4The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 5The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 6We Have Drink

To Send, or Not To Send...The E-Mail Is The Question

Published on 2011-05-23 19:04:00

Lost? Catch up: Fuck Face: Who He Is (also work related)The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 1The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 2The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 3The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 4The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 5The Demise of Fuck Face.

Life Without Frank - The First Two Years

Published on 2011-05-23 14:40:00

We left off with the first University we attended; where we were studying Fine Arts and Communication…we had just ended our relationship with Special Boyfriend and told you all about Art School Lover…It’s taken awhile to get to writing this par

Nothing Much

Published on 2011-05-22 17:56:00

We're not in a good state to write a blog entry, but we're required to put something here everyday, Frank says so.We're working on a painting and playing around the apartment and gonna make dinner soon. We're having blueberry pancakes and potatoes an

How We Feel About Advice...and We Ramble.

Published on 2011-05-21 13:52:00

We’re gonna be straight up with how we are feeling today.We’re a little tired of people giving us advice on Fuck Face. It’s starting to make us feel like you all, those who are giving us unsolicited well meaning advice, think we can’t think f

We Have Drinks With Fuck Face

Published on 2011-05-20 19:59:00

We get into work today and the first thing Fuck Face says to us as we stand in his new office door is, “Cute dress”. The dress is a simple dress, brown stretchy cotton over which we wore a baby blue cardigan; on our feet are brown Airwalks. Cute?

All In A Days Work III

Published on 2011-05-19 13:35:00

It's Thursday and as most of our readers know we have Thursday nights with Fabulous People* and The Pup - our one night of social activity with actual "fleshies"; tonight, when they arrive, we are ordering pizza and we had been pretty excited about p

A Day In The Room

Published on 2011-05-18 17:31:00

We woke up this morning and we ... let's just say we were less me (Melody) than we have been since last Thursday. I knew it waking up, I knew it looking in the mirror. Having everyone together, on the "main level" (co-consciousness) yesterday to work

The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 6

Published on 2011-05-17 19:58:00

If you haven't read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5, this may not make any sense to you.We woke up with nothing but “Stabby” anger this morning, and started off the day cussing at the cats. We shuffled around t

The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 5

Published on 2011-05-16 19:18:00

If you haven't read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4, this may not make any sense to you.All weekend we felt anticipation for what we would be told on Monday, we hadn't heard from him all weekend. We have our

We Answer Some Follower Questions

Published on 2011-05-15 16:58:00

It's a questions day; and it's Mental Health Awareness Month - you may have seen us mention it a time, or a hundred, in the last couple of weeks.We get a lot of questions on Twitter...usually though it's "Who is 'we'/'us'"...and we mostly i

The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 4

Published on 2011-05-14 16:29:00

If you haven't read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 this may not make any sense to you.Friday morning we wake up with the same void we went to bed with. Many of them start whispering as we wake up, some are still sleeping; we still feel odd. We'r

The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 3

Published on 2011-05-13 19:42:00

If you haven't read Part 1 and Part 2, this may not make as much sense to you.After Wednesday night and all the screenshot happiness we went to bed. We stood at our bedside, heaved a sigh, cried one last time for the day, and as we crawled

The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 2

Published on 2011-05-13 12:02:00

Source: http://heathermagill.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html What happened Wednesday? That's what your asking if you read Wednesday's blog entry.If you've been following us for awhile you've heard about Fuck Face, who he is, who he's

The Demise of Fuck Face...Part 1

Published on 2011-05-11 18:53:00

We remember the reminiscence of a tweet recently, something like "Carrying on an affair with a girl who has Multiple Personality Disorder is like playing Russian Roulette with a gun that has all chambers loaded

We Get A Guest Blogger - Kinky Sex!

Published on 2011-05-10 19:03:00

What? It can't be too kinky...that stuff is saved for our Tumblr account...plus The Father and The Pastor come here... [image source: http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/1573601/clare-bare-underwear]We're taking a bit of a night off (it was Tu

We Discuss Three Mis-Diagnosed Mental Illnesses

Published on 2011-05-09 15:06:00

Okay, so we started writing this last night and we we're going to add some more resources to the page today, but when we were searching through all the stuff online (there is soooo much) and we couldn't get far. It's harder than you might think. Just

Why Most Of Us Dislike Our Mother

Published on 2011-05-08 11:57:00

To The Mother: If this is the day you decided you would read our blog (then you're dumb), we suggest you don't. Don't bother doing it today. There are things we need to say about you, again, and you'll probably get upset; just a warning from one of u

We Don't Do A Blog Post

Published on 2011-05-07 18:04:00

Source: http://n8trgrl.org/goddess.htmlOkay, so technically we are doing a blog post, but it's really about nothing in particular.We're going out tonight, come hell or high water, we are going to go out. We know the vicinity we are headed t

Envisage of We: A Poem

Published on 2011-05-06 15:37:00

~ May is Mental Health Awareness Month ~Monday's Post: Mental Health Awareness Month: Our Introduction http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2011/05/mental-health-awareness-month-our.htmlTuesday's Post: We Just Need A Good M

Cooking Shepherd's Pie With Us, Drunk

Published on 2011-05-05 21:59:00

We have a culinary arts education, honestly we do.One thing we've never been able to do is cook under the influence. We've tried...doesn't work so well.Guess what, we cooked drunk tonight.Had to happen. Fabulous People and The Pup were over toni

All In A Days Work II

Published on 2011-05-04 10:51:00

~ May is Mental Health Awareness Month ~Monday's Post: Mental Health Awareness Month: Our Introduction http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2011/05/mental-health-awareness-month-our.htmlYesterday's Post: We Just Need A Good Map:

We Just Need A Good Map

Published on 2011-05-03 19:12:00

~ May is Mental Health Awareness Month ~Yesterdays Post: Mental Health Awareness Month: Our Introductionhttp://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2011/05/mental-health-awareness-month-our.htmlWe need to be able to laugh, okay? And we wish we could

Mental Health Awareness Month: Our Introduction

Published on 2011-05-02 19:16:00

Bwahaha, funny, right?! *sigh*Please note, unless specified, all links provided are to internal pages only, except where they redirect you to our other blog that contains more information on us and concentration of life

Deadly Catch: A Painting

Published on 2011-05-01 14:09:00

Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! We'll be writing more on that subject this month, but for today we wanted to post our new art therapy project - a painting.We finally completed a paiting we've been working on for about a month now.

Fuck Face: Who He Is

Published on 2011-04-30 20:12:00

---Note to The Father and The Pastor....you may not want to keep reading this entry, there is some brief graphic sex, and foul language--The last two days, okay, three days, we've been drinking a bit more than usual; today was just drinking

We Is Blogging Drunk...Again...

Published on 2011-04-29 17:38:00

We're a unicorn...what the hell do you want?Yeah, well...we've been drinking again, which means we can't really write...big surprise there...even with as many of us as there are here...drunk is drunk when you share the same body...it's just

We Is Blogging Drunk

Published on 2011-04-28 18:09:00

Not gonna lie. We're drunk - not like that's hard to achieve on two night with a total of 6 hours of sleep, no food and plenty of white wine. And it's Thursday, and that means it's Fabulous People and The Pup night, minus The Pup because it's hi

Standby and The Death of The Other Girl: Part 1 of 3

Published on 2011-04-27 20:49:00

We have heard from Standby (the last ex of The Other Girl) again.After a few correspondences, and him wanting answers, we told him he knew where to find them. "You know as well as I do that you don't want me reading that blog, Frank" he texted t

The Tale Of The Barbie Massacre/Trial: Part 1

Published on 2011-04-26 19:41:00

Image 1It started with a single Tumblr post of a dead Barbie discovery...and then the bodies started piling up...with the help of Sean Kinney (a Facebook friend and Twitter follower @Sean_Kinney) in about 4 hours we complied the evidence, while

A Chat With The Father About DID

Published on 2011-04-25 15:13:00

We had a nice chat with The Father on Saturday night. He called to talk to us about memories, in response to an e-mail Frank sent him, and to see how we are doing, since he read our entry that day and wanted us to know that he does read our blog, and

Happy Zombie Jesus Day A.K.A. Happy Easter

Published on 2011-04-24 14:11:00

Source: http://zombiesandtoys.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-zombie-jesus-day.htmlBecause if there is a hell, we're destined for it's fire anyway... Learn about Zombie Jesus: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Zombie_JesusLet's feed the flames!

We Have Nothing To Lose

Published on 2011-04-23 17:46:00

A woman we know died this week.We found out this morning in an e-mail from Standby, which was no doubt sent by mistake because he knows better than to contact us.Or maybe it was a way to try to reach out to us. We don’t know. It looked like a mass

Our Ears May Be Burning

Published on 2011-04-22 16:26:00

The hardest part about this holiday for us, this year, is knowing that, somewhere, someone is likely speaking ill of us. It's likely someone speaks ill of us at some point anyway; however, those people have never known us, or any part of us - an

Short Entries 5: Unleashing Anger

Published on 2011-04-21 10:13:00

WARNING: This post is explicit and contains content of violent and sexual nature. There is also some fucking bad language in it.Could be a running log of anger...or not... 9:32 amYep.Today can just fuck off and die...and so can he - and by he we mea

Reading We Recommend: Casey Hannan

Published on 2011-04-20 18:52:00

We used to read a lot. Like, a lot a lot. We read to escape our life when we were a child, when we were grown we read to learn things, filling our head with something less painful than what was in there...then after our car accident The Oth

Frank Gets Candid, About Memories...and Bethany

Published on 2011-04-19 18:29:00

Bethany's bubble picture...DISCLAIMER: Please be aware. Some posts cover information about Us and our life with Dissociative Identity Disorder/Multiple Personality Disorder. This is part of writing therapy and an attempt to raise awareness

Pretty Things: A Poem

Published on 2011-04-18 15:35:00

With a tough weekend under our belt we didn't have much to write about, and we still don't, except the past; which works for us since anytime we can gather a memory and get it down on paper, we are that much closer to whatever it is we are

We Go To University & We Take A Lover

Published on 2011-04-17 13:39:00

[all links provided are to supply back story and context]We moved back to the Midwest, after living in The Mountain State, one of our many moves. We moved in with The Mother, who by this time was better prepared to offer mental support for us. We did

Heart On The Mend...and a little @NickSilly

Published on 2011-04-16 18:31:00

We've got it back now...so we'll just work on mending it. Meanwhile....if you're new here, you should read all about us, and other things we write about. You know, if your into reading and stuff.We had a last minute addition to the blog because

Be Nice To Charlie Sheen

Published on 2011-04-15 19:25:00

Today is one of those days where we are running on "auto-pilot" for the most part, some things we get, some things we don't. We've been floating back and forth for the last couple of days between knowing who we are, and then being not so sure; becaus

For Us, It's All About Team Awesome...and Twitter

Published on 2011-04-14 19:14:00

Some people think that there are those the Tweet-o-Sphere that take Twitter too seriously. We have reasons for that. Good reasons. Our reasons.If you haven't read: Birds of a Feather, on Twitter, CAN Flock Together: http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Archives...Actually, Yes, We Do.

Published on 2011-04-13 15:07:00

We want to be better, but this is becoming harder for us than anticipated, which, all things considered...is pretty fucking hard - to do it almost all alone...makes it even harder. Thank god we have each other. All we have to say today is #FML..

Frank Gets Candid

Published on 2011-04-12 20:45:00

DISCLAIMER: Please be aware. This is a post dealing stricktly with how we are dealing with Dissociative Identify Disorder. This is part of writing therapy and an attempt to raise awareness and reach out to others who deal with this in their life. If

Seriously...And @NickSilly Answers Some Questions

Published on 2011-04-11 14:42:00

Seriously.We were sitting at our desk on Saturday night while The Jeans, Fabulous People and The Pup were enjoying drinks and the company of each other. We all do get along with them fabulously.Anyway, we were looking at our cat, laying under our pai

A Mistress Without Cutlery

Published on 2011-04-10 20:06:00

This is a hard post for us to write. We are not all in consensus about ending our relationship with Fantastic New Addition (FNA) 9 days earlier than we had planned.While we have certainly loved men, and woman we have dated. I

Marisa Answers Our Questions

Published on 2011-04-09 15:54:00

As mentioned in other posts this week, Wednesday we met the first person we've ever met that has DID and freaked the hell out. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a condition we've known on many levels we've had over the years

We Are Fragments

Published on 2011-04-09 02:24:00

All links are internal and used for context/reference, unless noted others wiseThis past week … wow, what can we say about this past week. There are so many things that have been going through our head since Monday, when we felt in danger

We Get Angry / We Fuck Off For The Night

Published on 2011-04-08 19:45:00

Because we feel a duty to put something here everyday. This is it. Other than posting this crappy entry, we're going to fuck off, maybe play on Twitter and do laundry - drink the rest of the scotch straight from the bottle. Oh, and curl on the floor

We / We Get Random / We Have Questions

Published on 2011-04-08 00:56:00

This is in response to yesterday event: We Freak Out - If you haven't read it yet you probably should. A little straight up context to better understand this one.We're sitting at work, our head is swarming with the things we want to sa

We Freak Out

Published on 2011-04-06 20:30:00

Sitting here staring at the screen, half the buttons on our laptop stopped working at precisely the same time we came down from the peak of a panic/anxiety attack that had collided with what we can only describe as feelings of helplessness, fear, ang

Our First Girlfriend

Published on 2011-04-05 19:33:00

We are going to backtrack a little in our stories for now, we will get back to what happened after we were diagnosed with schizophrenia about 9 years ago, in a few days, perhaps a week.We want to talk about our very first relationship with a girl.Whe

Another Day, Another Dollar; Fuck Our Life: Update

Published on 2011-04-05 13:43:00

An update, because we want to make sure everyone is on the same page. Well as much as you can be.Last night our "manager" went to the board of directors and presented our case, minus the mental disability information.We are indebted to this young man

Another Day, Another Dollar; Fuck Our Life

Published on 2011-04-04 19:18:00

So, this will be a whole fucking mass of rambleing because, well, our job is in jeopardy and we are currently inebriated. Honesty. Don't mind us, we've been drinking with The Jeans...a brillliant distraction. The probem with distr

Erase This Poem

Published on 2011-04-03 13:56:00

We haven't written any poetry this time around, despite the fact that FNA, a couple months back, tasked us to read Emily Dickinson. We are sure this was something he thought would inspire us to write poetry again, or he was just trying to t

Growth and Change: An Artistic Standpoint

Published on 2011-04-02 14:31:00

"Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is." ~ Willa Cather Disclaimer: we

Mental Health Night Off

Published on 2011-04-01 17:55:00

We are actually taking this Friday night off from writing, and not because we're crying our eyes out for some reason or another; or having an anxiety attack or any other variety of attacks! Let's call it a mental health night

Relationships, Frank...and Love

Published on 2011-03-31 07:59:00

Please note: all links provided are internal links for reference purposes - we are not trying to sell anythingSplitAcrylic on Canvas Board2003(c) Frank LyWalking to work this morning, which was actually Monday morni

Short Entries 4: When Anxiety Takes Over

Published on 2011-03-30 11:18:00

When anxiety is so high we don't feel comfortable anywhereA constantly updated entry...11:07amReally. Really. Do we have to put up with this? Can't we just crawl into a fucking hole and die. Too bad that wouldn't be #winning 11:08amDoe

When Anxiety Attacks

Published on 2011-03-29 19:04:00

Please note: all links provided are internal links for reference purposes - we are not trying to sell anything.Like many days of the week where we have a writing topic in play, we end up switching gears to address things

Our Bleeding Heart And @NickSilly To Our Rescue.

Published on 2011-03-28 17:14:00

We had a partial entry ready for today, ironically it's about how men have mistreated us, and The Other Girl, over the years; we don't know if we have the strength to finish it properly tonight, our broken heart is bleeding profusely after a mostly w

Evil of Three: A Painting

Published on 2011-03-27 12:58:00

We finally finished the painting that we'd been working on for weeks. Weeks, partially because we were out of canvas and waiting for an order so we could stretch some more, but also because our desire for finishing it waned; and knowing our self we c

The Emergence of Frank: Frank's Failure

Published on 2011-03-26 14:13:00

We had finally fled The Ex Husband, leaving him in Chicago, and moved back to The Midwest to live with The Mother. The Other Girl figured she must have told her about the diagnoses we had received in the Northwest, and the experiences we had as a mar

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

Published on 2011-03-25 14:43:00

We're broken hearted. We did it to our self; a precautionary action.We accidentally fell head-over-heels in love, all while trying to heal our self of our mental and physical pain with writing and art, and trying to take care of our self properly; an

Published on 2011-03-24 22:53:00

Just an image to show how we feel tonight...breaking our own heart feels the same as someone else doing it for us; like our heart is trapped.Read our other popular posts:The Chapters of FrankAll In a Days WorkBirds of A Feather, on Twitter, CAN

Stress and Expediential Weight Loss

Published on 2011-03-23 20:21:00

We've been trying to muster the strength to write. We'll be honest, lately our moods are swinging back and forth so badly it makes the blood pound in our ears, increases our anxiety and perpetuates our insomnia; increasing our stress level.

Hell Rider: A Film Review

Published on 2011-03-23 00:15:00

Bear with us, this is our first film review. We love movies, all kinds of them. We love dirty ones too, with blood, foul language, sex and violence; we also like chick flicks but, shhhhhh don't tell anyone that! We are not really into dramas/pe

The First Boy We Liked, That Like Us Back

Published on 2011-03-22 02:27:00

When we think of the first boy whom we liked, who liked us back, you would think we would be left with happy feelings, or a mix of feelings one of which would be happiness. Such is the pattern of our life that this is just another thing stolen f

We Take A Day off

Published on 2011-03-21 18:28:00

That's irony....Read the other posts. We're taking a day off for the first time this year.Read our popular posts:The Chapters of FrankAll In a Days WorkBirds of A Feather, on Twitter, CAN Flock TogetherPlease Don't Let Us Be MisunderstoodAl

Religion, You Say? We Have a View On That.

Published on 2011-03-20 10:13:00

Being that today is Sunday; what would be more fun than talking about religion? How about a red hot poker to the eye? We kid. (but seriously, how much do you love AND hate that "Inspirational" poster - apologies to The Father

Cooking With Frank

Published on 2011-03-19 19:14:00

...and to a lesser degree, Bitch (she just wants to eat)Well, we said we have a lot of interests...one of them is cooking. Even though we have issues with food (we don't eat much, Bitch has a tendency to want to eat all the time, so I have to co

The Emergence of Frank: Three Times A Rescuer

Published on 2011-03-18 18:49:00

The Other Girl had often been taken by impulse. Never one to think things through, on any level, her impulses had always created excitement in her life; it had also created great trials and tribulation.One day, shortly before she moved to a new State

Paranoid

Published on 2011-03-17 23:39:00

We are experiencing a bout of extreme paranoia today, once again. These feelings come in waves, they crest and peak, and make us fixate on things. The thoughts running through our head causes anxiety, makes our head pound, produces fee

Frank Lets You Get To Know Bitch (me!)

Published on 2011-03-16 08:07:00

Wait, confused already? More here...some explanation: http://issueoffrank.blogspot.com/---------------YAY! She's letting me write about myself!; But only because she's resting after our two hour deep tissue massage this afternoon. Ya'll kno

Friends: A Tale of The Non-Bestie

Published on 2011-03-15 10:12:00

Some may wonder: what happened to The Other Girls' friends, did she have friends? Yes. She had many "friends".To tell you the truth, The Other Girl had A LOT of friends, and acquittance's. She was pretty well known amongst a large

When All We Have Is Hope

Published on 2011-03-14 11:31:00

We were in the shower this morning, thinking about our day; a sick day from work – we just found out we get two a month! We began contemplating what we might write about today, because some days it’s hard to follow up some of our previous posts

Distraction #8

Published on 2011-03-13 12:34:00

We were in it - TWICE today!!!! Same article, of course (yesterdays) - but under two different "paper" sections. We're on a roll...or the internet is dry with content...Don't miss our recent post...following this one...An Ass Face Com

An Ass Face Comes A Texting...

Published on 2011-03-13 10:55:00

...and at ridiculous hours at that.Most of you are new, you probably never read about Third Date Flunky, an ex...something...of The Other Girl, back when she was going through her dating binge.Seriously, his face looks like an ass

New Pain and Old Fear

Published on 2011-03-12 09:51:00

Yesterday we were in so much pain; most of it was new physical pain this time, as we endured a fresh revolt of our body against itself. This insurgence began on Thursday evening, while Fabulous People and The Pup were over for our usual Thursday nigh

Distraction #7

Published on 2011-03-11 05:19:00

Well, we did it again...we made the paper.li headlines! We don't want to distract you from reading our latert important post: The Emergence of Frank: The Second Coming (don't you love the semi-religious connotation of it?).. they snatched i

The Emergence of Frank: The Second Coming

Published on 2011-03-10 17:29:00

If you have not read some of the tales from Addressing The Issue of Frank - The Origins, History and Life Stories of Frank, from 'Just Call Me Frank: One Womans Endeavour at Being Frank' - this might not make as much sense to you.

Please Don't Let Us Be Misunderstood

Published on 2011-03-10 06:22:00

There is a reason we wake up each morning listening to this song as our alarm...because we do have intentions...and they are good. It's a reminder, to our self...even though the joy, isn't often...so we can hate our self a little less for some o

Distraction #6

Published on 2011-03-09 12:04:00

We made the Headlines again!

Distraction #5

Published on 2011-03-08 23:59:00

See it. Watch it. Hear it. Listen to it. Read it. Or do nothing.

A Distraction, In The Form of "The Jeans"

Published on 2011-03-08 18:14:00

What a funny turn of events…we had actually planned, this time, on a gut wrenching tale - a tale from The Other Girls past about one of the other times we had all been together; which was about twelve years ago.However… being faced with

All In A Days Work

Published on 2011-03-07 16:41:00

We will try to keep this short today; we do have a tendency to ramble on. We, again, desperately wanted to post something funny and amusing; something that would tickle you on the inside. But, that won’t be happening. After all, we are not writing

Birds of a Feather, On Twitter, CAN Flock Together

Published on 2011-03-05 20:56:00

We started this entry with a completely different angle, it quickly took a sharp turn. We wanted to explain that everyday can’t be a gut wrenching writing day for us, that we have a small amount of sanity to try to maintain over here

Bitch Writes About Our Good Mood

Published on 2011-03-04 16:22:00

Today has been a fantastic day, and so was yesterday as a matter of fact. Frank and I are getting into Our groove of life together, after revealing to the world our darkest secret: Each Other; we’re buckling down at work thanks to Frank; and findin

Saviour: A Painting

Published on 2011-03-04 01:38:00

Saviour30 x 36Acrylic on CanvasArtists Statement:Saviour is a depiction of Our adult life, which represents a 15 to 16 year period. The serpentine flow of colour and shape portrays movement and represents flow of life, corresponding with a journ

Mr. FaNtAstic and The Jeans

Published on 2011-03-03 14:32:00

We thought we'd do a fun little entry, to lighten up this place; we don't feel like writing about what was on the agenda; The Father and the recent conversation we had, the first, since he somehow stumbled upon our blog.It's been awhile since we've w

Dedication To The Father

Published on 2011-03-02 23:17:00

Even though you don't appreaciate the fact...No Ordinary (Wo)manThe Lyrics:Well it's another warm dayIn a city of cold heartsThey all just play the partOf who they areAnd I'm here, on my ownI'd rather be aloneThan try to be someone that I'm notAnd yo

Standby: The Final Chapter

Published on 2011-03-02 18:17:00

Last weekend we had the misfortune of having to attend a conference that The Other Girl had originally signed up for. Two months later, after I'd taken over her life, we had no choice but to attend; it was work related.Initially we were wor

Collision: The Other Girls Terrible Car Accident

Published on 2011-03-01 21:46:00

We were planning on writing another entry about our history with people, but once we got home from work we set about finishing the painting we've been working on for awhile now. We spent about 4 hours with it, hoping to finish so we could share

Distraction #4

Published on 2011-03-01 07:45:00

Check it, we've made the headlines for the entire day.That's all for now.We've got some work to do, and then some writing to do, and then some posting to do.

Short Entries 3

Published on 2011-02-28 10:59:00

An ongoing feed for the day:10:58am It's like a freight train with no breaks, and it just sped up. 1:24pm Roller Coaster8:27pm would love it if everything didn't smell like it was living in our nose.9:13pm We've posted it before, we're post

Paranoia: More Than A Soft Spot or; What The Hell Do We Call This Post

Published on 2011-02-28 00:43:00

We've been really paranoid, off and on, for months now...you'll see that if you read enough of our writing. You know it if you are unfortunate enough to listen to us on a daily basis.We began the journey of finding our self, our balance with each oth

Short Entries 2

Published on 2011-02-27 09:54:00

This was supposed to be published first...frack...Sometimes we have things to say that are short, but don't fit into the posts we are working on. That's why we have Short Entries.We wrote a little ditty last night, Tweeted it even - Twitter 

A Love Letter From Frank

Published on 2011-02-27 09:38:00

Finally, we felt like we got some real sleep last night, albeit it was only six hours, but that doubled the amount of sleep we got the night before, and added a couple hours to what we've been averaging.It may have been the muscle relaxers (we have s

Franks First Love

Published on 2011-02-26 02:44:00

The very first short story we even wrote was about him. We were 16 years old. The inspiration for writing was fueled by adolescent first love, and cultivated by our personal brand of creative “insanity”. We've since lost the

Nothing Interesting To See Here. Move Along.

Published on 2011-02-25 18:57:00

We're taking a break for the weekend from blogging about anything serious. We have a busy weekend; not to mention the entire works of Emily Dickinson to start trudging through (an assignment, we can only guess, to torture us further).  

A Frank Evening with... Fabulous People and The Pup

Published on 2011-02-25 00:58:00

That's funny. They sound like a crime fighting team, 'Fabulous People and The Pup'. They very well might be, anything is possible these days.We enjoy company, on occasion, and have gotten very selective about who we let into our world (and

The Emergence of Frank: The Beginning

Published on 2011-02-24 14:00:00

We suggest you read this:Addressing the Issue of Frank: Part 1, if you haven't already, before you read this:The Other Girl (TOG) grew up on a farm in the United States. She came from a poor family, who raised and grew their

Mid Afternoon Music

Published on 2011-02-24 12:53:00

While we work on our next post, and hopefully get the dishes and dinner ready for Fabulous People and The Pup, here is some music to...entertain...you. Just for you. The question that remains is; who are you?We like posting t

Pieces of Frank - In Photography

Published on 2011-02-23 22:41:00

We've got a new page up!Pieces of Frank - In PhotographyIt's a hodge podge of pieces of us from photo shoots, and some of our own photography from the past couple of years, back when we had access to an amazing quality c

Cartoon Fun

Published on 2011-02-23 19:16:00

We gotta lighten this joint up a bit.If it weren't for humour, and our ability to look at life and laugh in it's face...over and over...we'd be dead by now...Cartoons that tickled us today:

Our Stressful Day: A Completely Uninspired Title

Published on 2011-02-23 15:40:00

We don't feel like writing, but I'm going to plug though this short entry anyway. I'd ask you not to read this one, but we know you will, no matter what we say.We had a tough day.We started off pretty good, getting some work done, looking at cut

In Defense of Failed Pandering - A Rebuttal by Frank

Published on 2011-02-22 20:25:00

Well, now that I'm awake, and I've seen what that little whore wrote; how can I not write in defense of my dear FNA? (Fantastic New Addition - to you new readers)...even though I'd rather be finishing that painting that he critiqued (h

My Attempt At Pandering While Frank Sleeps

Published on 2011-02-22 17:54:00

You shouldn't read this. But you will. So fuck you.Today is a day of pandering, because we know how much "he" likes us to talk about him. Yep, we know, but maybe we're just guessing; it's probably the only reason he stops by to read our lit

Lady Porn Day - A "Holiday" We Can Support

Published on 2011-02-21 23:10:00

We don't like holidays. We think they are stupid; and they are all made up anyway. Yes. THEY ARE ALL MADE UP. Deal with it. Get over it. Move past it. The only good part is the candy, and even that is debatable.Are you ready now?We just could no

Distraction #3

Published on 2011-02-21 22:11:00

We felt like a late night distraction - something fun.Over there in the old Twitt-o-sphere, where we get almost all of our frivolous distractions* these days (Twits are amusing, what can we say), we are looking for music suggestions from our follower

A Note From Frank, ONLY Frank.

Published on 2011-02-21 15:47:00

Now that I’ve taken over, things are getting a bit more on track; I didn’t expect it to happen right away, but I didn’t expect it to be so painful. Of course I’ve had the help of countless people lately (people you haven’t even heard about.

The "Death" of Standby and the "Birth" of a Villain

Published on 2011-02-20 17:30:00

This past week we called out a recent but long time lover, as a villain. We realize we can’t totally blame him for the things he said, we just think his timing is fucked right off the charts. But it always is, just like everyone else.I have t

Brave Face

Published on 2011-02-20 10:30:00

There will likely be another post today, if not two more, rest assured; we just have to wait until The Mother leaves the city.However. I want to set a little lightness to the tone of the blog for a few hours. It's becoming as dire as the situat

To A Human, If Indeed That's What You Are

Published on 2011-02-17 19:23:48

You watch yourself, you're making yourself a villain.I'm talking to you, not you.I'm sure your "soul" will be revived; check south of the equator, I am sure you'll find it there. Alive and kicking, right near where

Franks Dedication To Our Self...

Published on 2011-02-16 22:05:42

Sorry, we're coming undone a little tonight (mostly via the Tweetosphere). It's a constant struggle to get her to shape up. I have to be mean to her to get her to control herself. It's never a fun time for us; she cries, it makes me angrie

Stupid Bitch

Published on 2011-02-16 15:13:07

Stupid bitch won't stop crying.Nothing pisses me off more than when she cries, and my anger just makes her cry more.If I can get her stupid ass off Twitter long enough, we'll be posting something tonight. With any luck.Good thing she can clean that l

Addressing the Issue of Frank: Part 1

Published on 2011-02-15 08:17:00

Frank and I had an extra tough weekend (you can’t even imagine). We had a huge breakthrough, came back on top, and think we are getting to an understanding.Ultimately the weekend was spent figuring out what to do with Frank, but given that she’s

A Quickie: Sweet Tweets

Published on 2011-02-14 21:05:00

While I work on some other content to make up for...my absence....the last three days, enjoy this:Best Tweet from last week:You should follow her, she's fucking hilarious. Kate Riley@bubblebathos

Short Entries

Published on 2011-02-10 10:57:00

Short entries...*giggle*. At least something made me smile today, at least on the inside.I can't express how much Frank needs a good punishment today. She's being unruly again. Perhaps she is sad that she sent TOG on vacation? Or perha

Distraction #2

Published on 2011-02-09 22:33:00

While Frank sits here, and we edit our entries, as we tend to do most nights; you wouldn't believe some of the shit she initially writes - outrageous. You think the grammar, partial sentences, and wacky punctuation you find in her

Warnings and a (TOG) Farewell

Published on 2011-02-09 18:29:00

Frank feels … aggressively angry and irritated…highly agitated.Franks head feels like it was twisted on backwards, slowly, throughout the day.Walking home she couldn’t stop thinking about breaking things (kicking a passing car came to mind, I h

A Frank Music Dedication

Published on 2011-02-09 07:24:00

More crappy Frank music as a quick early morning dedication... since I don't have time to write like I wanted to this morning. And this song, as a dedication, speaks of my own. How he has possessed me so...and doesn't even know. That wasn't supp

Pet Names and Franks Overhaul

Published on 2011-02-08 16:18:00

What an excellent day Frank had, she just wants to put bells on all her "little" pets; they entertain her so. They might be earning names for themselves, they're so fun; pet names, like Standby and FNA (Fantastic New Addition), or like the bait, TYM

Is It Me, or Is My Crazy Showing?

Published on 2011-02-08 00:29:00

**MAY contain explicit content. I said MAY - You've been warned (more than once I am sure)**Franks been in such an elated mood lately she can barely focus, such was the theme for this evening.Ah, company.Standby surely thinks me crazy at t

Bringing Frank to Work, Frustration, and Tasty New Characters

Published on 2011-02-07 16:40:00

Franks in for the long haul, she even insisted on coming to work with me today. Frank doesn't always have good ideas. (think: a bring-your-daughter to work day kind of disaster, if your daughter is an insane reflection of yourself)-------------------

Implications

Published on 2011-02-07 12:07:00

Three years ago, when Standby and Frank hooked up for the first time, he had a nickname for her; it was 'Vile Temptress', the title has resurfaced in recent weeks. Bringing about conversations (there's that talking stuff again) about how w

Franks Hostile Takeover

Published on 2011-02-06 13:10:00

Oh. That's a little... aggressive...now isn't it, Frank?Franks not into injuring people, nothing (and nobody) is going to get "burnt" in this takeover; but she does enjoy dark humour.Frank's starting to take over this blog. I'm g

Stop Me If You've Heard This One...

Published on 2011-02-05 15:38:00

A guy was stranded on a desert island with Cindy Crawford. He played it cool, and he didn't make any moves towards her for several weeks. Finally, one day he asked her if maybe they could start up a physical relationship, so as to attend to each othe

Distraction #1

Published on 2011-02-04 20:11:00

Frank felt like crawling into a hole last night; she is so confused about her Current Situation it makes my head pound – something about forced confessions, it's so cathartic - except it’s like a kick head (not a good idea); she did the best she

Franks "Happy Place"

Published on 2011-02-03 17:57:00

Here’s the thing.Franks identity is private. It has to be. It's supposed to be. It’s her “happy place”. Frank enjoys sharing things, as vague as some things may be, anonymously, with people who may relate to her.&nb

Lurkers

Published on 2011-02-03 17:04:00

I've been slightly aware AND suspicious (or outright told) of a couple, if not several, lurkers out there in cyberspace. Those who know my true identity and also my "ghost" identity.A slightly inebriated, but completely coher

Relevant Music

Published on 2011-02-01 18:34:00

I love music. I LOVE it. All sorts, crazy stuff, stuff that makes Frank dance, makes people shut their doors and makes people criticizes my taste; it really is the story of my [music] life: Franks horrid taste in music. (and it's not

Restaurant Review: Two Food Snobs and Segovia Tapas Bar

Published on 2011-02-01 00:55:00

When two snobby foodies get together for a little fun food critique the restaurant can get a pretty rough critique; and it's no different when Frank and her Partner In Crime (PIC) go out to dinner and rip a meal to verbal shreds. Armed with professio

Conclusion/Decision

Published on 2011-01-31 15:53:00

Franks decision has been made after a weekend of talking things out with Standby, and right on time for her February 1st deadline!The tipping point to initiate a conversation, one that had to take place eventually anyway, was my asking him if it both

Organization = Mental Health?

Published on 2011-01-30 11:26:00

The Organized Nature of Frank.(not May)A two-for-one day!It's curious, I've always been a very organized person; when I travel I create a tabbed folder of maps, print outs, lists of attractions, emergency information and other goodies gleaned from ho

Decisions

Published on 2011-01-30 09:18:00

Frank is fucked.One week later and Frank is almost back to Square One, or back to the Giant 'Circle' of Hell, you pick your favourite. What I thought was “filed away” slithered right back into place, and now the lying is going to be harder. The l

Dead End

Published on 2011-01-29 17:24:00

Nothing is clear, even after hours of talking with Standby (I sooooo need to change his name - he has always officially been 'Sensational Standby' but for various reasons I have problems with referring to him as SS - and 'Standby' doesn't reall

Sabotage!

Published on 2011-01-28 16:24:00

When the very recent past briefly reappears as a glimmer on the horizon (for christakes it's still in the re-view mirror) Frank faces it with bravery...but it's not likely to hold long. Weakness. [He's a] Stupid ass. I melt like butter under the spel

Crash and Burn

Published on 2011-01-25 22:07:00

I feel I owe my readers an explanation...Cleaning my slate for the new year ended in a crash landing with assist from a variety of different catalysts. Frank lost her mind for a better portion of a week, masking it long enough to hold herself togethe

Like A Horse

Published on 2011-01-21 16:34:00

A lot has been going on in "Franks" life lately, events spoken of, and those that can never be.Honestly, the last few weeks have broken Frank, way beyond, and in a completely the opposite way that The Bull Rider "broke me".My "spirit" has been broken

Franks 51: Movie Recommendations

Published on 2011-01-18 21:55:00

While you wait...I don't have a a favourite movie, I spent far too much time as a young adult, hold up in my apartment with my cat for far too long, watching movies endlessly while laying on the mattress on the floor of my “efficiency” (a single

Frankly

Published on 2011-01-18 13:40:00

Recent events in Franks life has been keeping her from articulating herself vis-à-vis blogging, sending her instead into a period of introspection and evaluation. Call it bringing her back to home base.These events invo

Short Tranmission

Published on 2011-01-14 18:29:00

I'm preparing several entries, but it's been hard to get myself behind the subject, to bad I can't get the subject behind me...oh, that didn't work either.Frank has been deeply pensive lately (when she's not out making trouble for herself), trying to

Sunday Boyfriends and Casual Dating Insight

Published on 2011-01-10 10:55:00

Reading a awesome new blog I stumbled across, Dirty Knickers, I was surprised to see a recent entry that echoes most of my own current desires for/in a relationship. It's good to know there are other like-minded women out there. (her motto, btw,

The Perfect Vagina and Frank Views on Porn

Published on 2011-01-09 02:46:00

WARNING: As I don't know the breadth of my readership, a warning: there are semi-adult images in this post.So, what happens when your local coffee barista serves up a shot of, well, who the hell remembers what it was (he was cute) at 8 o'clock at nig

A Dating Update - Stuck On Recycle

Published on 2011-01-07 17:33:00

Seriously, this year has started set on recycle somehow.Thinking that I had “rid” myself of The Plumber, The Icelandic and TDF (Third Date Flunkie) in December - I prepared to set out the new year with just my “standby” (have never talk

Agalmatophilia - If You Have It Your Partner Doesn't

Published on 2011-01-05 20:33:00

Recently I watched a documentary on strange love practices, the show was called National Geographic Taboo: Strange Love.The opening piece is about 'idolators' - their term, not mine. I looked into it, and the actual name for the "

Happy New Year from Frank

Published on 2011-01-03 12:52:00

Welcome to 2011!I plan on buckling down and getting back into blogging very soon - just have to get back on top of my life after all the holiday hustle around work.See you soon!