Sometimes people say my hearing loss is ironic. I have been involved in the deaf world for all these years, and now I have a hearing loss of my own. People love to comment about the irony of this, so much that I’m tired of hearing about it. Now I think of it in terms [...]
Posts Tagged ‘self’
Blah Blah Diet Again
So I’m a member of a site called FatSecret.com, which is a funny name but they have good food/exercise tracking tools. It’s similar to SparkPeople (which I’ve used in the past) but has a better look to it IMHO. I have been hovering at 200 pounds for a long time. I wear size 14/16 on [...]
Eating Meat
Once again, the idea of eating meat is on my mind. I’ve been a vegetarian since November 1993, nearly 15 years. For the past five years or so, I’ve thought about eating meat again. I originally became a vegetarian for ethical reasons, I used to do the “I won’t eat anything with a face” thing, [...]
Questions, Answered.
Well, a few people asked me questions. So I have answers! What is your waist measurement (if that’s not too personal)? It’s *very* pretty. Right now I honestly don’t know! When I started wearing corsets, I think I was wearing 32″ and probably 35″ natural. Over time I got down to wearing a 24″ but [...]
More Thoughts
I’ve been thinking more about identity and stuff, with regard to the hearing loss. One person asked me if I was sad or excited, a hearing friend said they would be excited, and another person was surprised I wasn’t excited. I guess the reason I am on the fence about my feelings is because of [...]
Audio Results
Today I finally had my audiogram. It’s really been bothering me that I’m not hearing as well as I used to, so I was very excited about the test. The answer was “hey, you do have a mild hearing loss, but we don’t know why – come back in a few weeks, we’ll stick electrodes [...]
How to Spell My Name
Let’s just clarify this a little. Meredith is the #434 most common female first name 0.033% of females in the US are named Meredith. Around 40425 US females are named Meredith! Meridith is the #2776 most common female first name 0.002% of females in the US are named Meridith. Around 2450 US females are named [...]
Mindset of 2011
There’s nothing to make a girl feel old like reading the mindset of most of her classmates. It totally shocks me that kids I attend class with don’t remember the Berlin Wall coming down, or the Soviet Union being a secret superpower that we were scared of, or Nelson Mandela being released from prison, or [...]
Insecurity Rears Its Ugly Head
As much fun as I’m having in school, as many friends as I have right now, I’m still afraid. It’s not self-esteem this time. My good grades have done wonders for my self-esteem. It’s plain old insecurity. Maybe part of this stems from not living on campus, but I’m afraid of losing my friends. What’s [...]
Looking Back
I wrote this on April 5, 2007. Just wanted to look back on it now. I am so fucking scared. Today I got notification of my raise for passing the CI, which is retroactive to the date I took the test (they didn’t do that for my CT, which was 9 months before I got [...]
