Owner: the adventures of me URL:http://www.theadventuresofme.net/ Join Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:05:11 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: my life is full of adventures and challenges. despite the struggles, i find it quite interesting--never a dull moment. with two life-threatening, chronic illnesses, i am trying to survive on the meager income i get from my government disability check. Site statistics:Click here
restless in rio (relationships) 2008-02-23 08:48:32 I’m on my way back to the U.S. after a few months in Brazil. Once again I’ve told my boyfriend that I am not coming back to his apartment upon my return. This time I mean it, though.I just can’t...
here we go again (relationships) 2008-01-20 19:23:19 Today he did it again. The last time Boyfriend asked me to do something for him or the house I refused, and told him that I was refusing because soon afterward he would be telling me that I never do...
my cheating heart (relationships) 2008-01-18 08:22:55 I was going to cheat on my boyfriend today. I mean, I have cheated on him several times before in that I have had sex outside of the relationship. However, all of those other times it was basically a one-time,...
doing the sustiva shuffle (physical health, money, relationships) 2008-01-14 20:34:30 I went through hell with Sustiva. I had to switch to Sustiva from Videx when my liver started showing damage. Then we discovered it was actually Hepatitis B that was ravaging my liver, an infection which went undiagnosed for years,... Read more:doing
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ho hum (relationships) 2008-01-13 13:09:14 Yeah, I’ve been quiet for a while. I wasn’t intending to write this blog for personal reasons only, but so far it hasn’t attracted much attention from the viewing public and I have been a bit discouraged and in the...
"lasting impressions" (relationships, health) 2007-12-29 07:46:41 I took a nap yesterday. I had a dream that I was in Chicago, where I used to live and where I often returned to visit Michael, one of my closest friends, and where I still go to visit the...
"impressions" (family, money, society, culture, travel) 2007-12-28 14:31:48 I went to my boyfriend’s mother’s house for Christmas. She lives outside of Sao Paulo, where he grew up from around age 10 until around age 20. Several of his siblings and their spouses and children were also there. His... Read more:culture
"more" (society, culture) 2007-12-21 08:22:39 I was asked by a cab driver last night why we have so many incidents in the U.S. of people going into shopping centers, churches, schools, businesses and so on, just to kill people. For all of its problems with... Read more:culture
"getting off" (relationships, sexuality) 2007-12-20 13:03:57 I’m in a “sexless marriage”. As someone who loves sex, I never thought it would be like this. The thing is that my boyfriend wants sex, and I guess I do, too. I just don’t want it with him. He...
"getting pissy" (relationships, addictions, society, money) 2007-12-18 12:16:09 It happens every few days or few weeks or few months. I feel like I can’t stand my boyfriend another minute, and start plotting to move out of the apartment in the middle of the day when he is at work. ...
"clouds" (family, addictions, mental health) 2007-12-15 09:08:43 I was telling a friend of mine yesterday about the first time I smoked marijuana with my mother. I was twenty years old. My mother disappeared when I was six and I didn’t see her again for another twelve years. ... Read more:mental
"so close and yet so far" (relationships) 2007-12-13 07:34:04 i am a member of some online social networking or social support groups, some of which also meet offline for real-time events. the groups in which i am most active are those that are centered around my health. i find...
"dreaming of you" (family, mental health) 2007-12-11 07:45:16 for some reason i have been dreaming about my family a lot lately. this is strange for a couple of reasons.first of all, i don't remember ever dreaming about them before except to have nightmares, and the only nightmares i... Read more:mental
"the rhythm method" (work, society) 2007-12-05 19:46:40 it's not that i have disappeared in a cloud of marijuana smoke again. it's just that i haven't really got into the rhythm of this thing yet.i am planning on posting on a more regular basis. i am planning on... Read more:method
"disappeared" (travel, culture, addictions, money) 2007-11-23 19:02:55 i kind of disappeared
for a while. i was busy with some back-to-work activities that i have been pursuing, because i know that i could work at least a little and i need to figure out how to generate some income while... Read more:culture
the skinny on skin (physical health) 2008-03-16 12:14:22 i had to go to the emergency room the other day. i don't just hang out in brazil most of the time but spend a lot of time traveling because of my "homelessness". for example, every year i spend about... Read more:physical
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total fantasy (family) 2008-03-15 11:31:44 last night i had a dream that i confronted my father and step-mother about their physical and emotional abusiveness while we were growing up, in a very direct and in-your-face way. it is something that i might or might not... Read more:fantasy
eracism (politics, society, culture) 2008-03-19 10:59:40 i'm liking obama more each day while most americans of european descent are liking him less. i find that very, very sad. just when i was feeling a little hopeful about american society, americans start acting like typical americans again.first... Read more:politics
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strange bedfellows (relationships, sexuality) 2008-05-10 09:46:55 so i’m traveling in the u.s. for two months and arrive back at my boyfriend’s in rio, and we have sex the next day. he cums but i don’t – and now two weeks have passed, and i'm still waiting...
itching to find out (health) 2008-05-12 18:32:41 I spent a month with my best friend in Connecticut this spring, as I do every year. She has two little girls who are the loves of my life, and husband who is the quintessential big, gruff guy who is...
a pill for every ill (health) 2008-05-14 09:23:30 I’m going to spout off a bit about anti-depressants, since the issue has come up in one of my circles recently.As a mental health professional, I have worked with many people on anti-depressants and I have recommended them to some. ... Read more:every
a recipe for disaster (addiction; culture) 2008-05-15 13:23:21 Last night I had a dream that I went out to dinner to a five-star restaurant in San Francisco with my ex-boyfriend. I visited Brazil almost eight years ago and had fallen in love with the place, and met this... Read more:addiction
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munching on the credit crunch (finances; health) 2008-05-17 09:23:16 I’ve got the first credit
card I’ve been able to get in years, during this time when all of the news reports are talking about the credit crunch and how hard it is to get these days. I haven’t been... Read more:finances
nightmare on turk street (health, relationships, addictions) 2008-05-19 10:06:27 I had some strange dreams last night. Not that I am trying to turn this blog sound into an exercise in dream analysis, but I often write in the morning and sometimes my dreams are “interesting” – if only to...
the voyeur (politics, society, culture, travel) 2008-06-08 19:06:44 I witnessed an interesting spectacle the other day. I was in a park near my house when I saw two guys go together into the bushes. I figured they were going to have sex. Within minutes of their going into... Read more:politics
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bush-whacked (politics) 2008-06-16 14:39:36 I find it ironic that Bush is apparently so loved in Africa. I doubt that his policies in general are good for the continent, and it seems to be mostly about the HIV/AIDS money that he throws at African countries. ... Read more:politics
speaking of parks ... (sexuality, culture) 2008-06-17 20:22:18 I went to Ibirapeura Park in Sao Paulo a few weeks ago. I grew up in a small town and spent all summer camping as I was growing up and I love nature, but I also love the city. So... Read more:culture
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