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A small town girl using words for therapy getting through manic-depressive bipolar disorder to experience the light of life without shade.

A life of fire.
Traveling around the country for fire events have caused me to neglect my promise to post frequently. Instead of writing, I thought I'd just post a few pictures of me with some fire.
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last by scipio 3 days ago
Too much Traveling
I said that I would try my best to post every week and I have already failed at that. I was in Texas for 10 days two weeks ago and just got back from a week long trip in Chicago. I'll be in the Middle of Iowa this weekend before traveling out to Ohio ne
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last by grapekoolaid 18 days ago
First Sight
I dedicate this to Hegemone and her mother. I once had a discussion about whether or not true love or love at first sight actually exists. I didn't think so at first and I wrote a poem of why my mind changed. Heartbrea
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last by hegemone about 1 month ago
Response to Wombat
Wombat posed a few questions about a year ago that I just got around to reading since I've be gone for so long. I just want to answer them and share. So obviously it's just my opinion.     What is life?  - Life
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last by wombat about 1 month ago
My whip and gun heels
I found one of my modeling photos with a whip I made and a funny story I wanted to share. Not a long story, just that when shooting this, I literally stopped traffic. While walking around in a city, carrying a 13 foot whip and wearing a leather
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last by wombat about 1 month ago
Whips and Chains
Nope, it’s not what you think; there isn’t any BDSM in this post. I needed to find hobbies that were cheap, detail oriented and incredibly relaxing. Almost like meditative crafting. Besides the obvious one of writing, I have found two more that
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last by hegemone about 1 month ago
Conversational Blues
Imagine a blues song as a book. You have a library of books and a library of songs. For every song there is a jazz structure just like grammar, which sets up musical choruses just like the chapters of a book. Just as the plot drives the story, t
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last by bluegum about 1 month ago
Lottery
Of course with the Mega-Millions Lottery over half a billion dollars, I put in my portion to get a commemorative ticket. After a bit of time staring at the ticket in a somewhat depressed mood, I thought of all the things I couldn’t buy, and ended up wri
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last by wombat about 1 month ago
Current Photo
I figure that since I'm on a photo kick and that it's been a while, I might as well post a pic of what I look like now. Here I am:
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last by wombat about 1 month ago
Content
I'm not sure how to feel right now. There are so many things that just seemed to pop-up out of no where. Turns out friends are moving away, cheating on each other, and one even has a very dark history that's coming to bite him in the ass. Yet wi
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last by withoutshade about 1 month ago
Fire Photos
Me with my biggest fire staff. All the action photos completely engulf me in flame.
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last by queenparanoia about 1 month ago
Bi-polar vs OCD
Since my decision to not have phone, cable or internet at my apartment my brain has decided to entertain itself by combating my bipolar depression with my OCD. How you ask? Well now unless I want to practice something, which is never the case wh
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last by beyondtheveil about 1 month ago
Memory
Wow, a lot of life has passed since I've seriously sat down to write or blog. I am reminded by poetry submission deadline and friends graduating that it has been almost a year since I had to take the dive into the adult world. I realize that not
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last by beyondtheveil 2 months ago
Your Personal Angel.
I wanted to share this with people: A baby asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?" "Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you."
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last by wombat 3 months ago
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson
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last by withoutshade 9 months ago
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withoutshade commented 4 days ago on
A life of fire.
Thank you all. I enjoy it; it brings me closer to my new group of read the rest
withoutshade commented 20 days ago on
Moving day
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withoutshade commented 20 days ago on
Too much Traveling
Hmm... PM read the rest
withoutshade commented 28 days ago on
Wake Up! Planetary Pilot Error
UAV is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, and they are capable of consistently take off and land. In some cases (like smaller Military UAVs) they are better; however the equipment and technology is more expensive for larger aerial vehicles than just hiring a read the rest
withoutshade commented about 1 month ago on
Ok, Billions of Universes/Now What?
Hegie, A love the Ender's series. :) As to the correction of universes to galaxies in consideration for how many are out there, for now, lets point out best telescope at a tiny point in the darkest part of the sky to see the farthest galaxies read the rest
withoutshade commented about 1 month ago on
Over My Head/The Grand Design/Hawking
I just want to answer these and share. So obviously it's just my opinion.     What is life?  - Life is an entity capable of continuously growing and capable of controlled interaction deliberately intended to read the rest
withoutshade commented about 1 month ago on
Ok, Billions of Universes/Now What?
We don't know for a fact that there are billions of universes out there. We can only assume that with the number of singularities and possible extended spatial dimensions, that statistically, if each one of these produce a mathematical construct capable read the rest
withoutshade commented about 1 month ago on
Math Quiz
I currently don't have access to much of the internet, especially gambling story sites, but try to find in-exaggerated resources and look up Charles Wells and read his read the rest
withoutshade commented about 1 month ago on
Math Quiz
Reck, I understand you're skeptical. When I find my original sources of people who succeeded, I'll pass those along. It was a huge data set though; the roulette gambler spend about 2 weeks just watching and recording different wheels until he found the read the rest
withoutshade commented about 1 month ago on
The best birth control in the world is for men
I saw this too. Will men actually go through it it though? I mean more so than read the rest