About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: fucking up
Jul
05
2011
The School of Fucking Up
I’ve been internally celebrating something I like to call The End of Fucking Up for about a week. Ironically, it’s coincided with more fucking up. Que sera sera, like the man sings. Mistakes happen. That’s life. Growing from them, that’s smart. Repeating them, that’s dumb. I don’t tend to repeat mistakes. I may attempt, you know, [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Specifically Steff Also tagged learning from mistakes, learning the old school way 1 Comment
Aug
23
2010
Everybody Has Reversals
One of my favourite movies is the little-known David Mamet skewering of Hollywood, the filmmaking parody called State and Main. In it, supposed screenwriter Phillip Seymour Hoffman laments being kicked off his first movie. The bookstore owner, played by Rebecca Pidgeon, says to him, “Well… Everybody has reversals. If you were never down, how would you know when you [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, beauty, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Eating Disorder, fitness, Hygiene & Health, keeping it real, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, weight loss Also tagged accepting blame, being ready, better, butter, getting fat, getting ready, getting thin, getting your game face on, kicking ass, kicking ass and taking names, losing weight, moving on, owning up, taking a chance, taking responsibility, weight less 1 Comment
Mar
14
2009
My Own Private Dichotomy
Fear is not my friend. I don’t care what the bookstore’s self-help section says. Fear is a bitch. A mean, driven bitch. I am not a fan of fear. I bought that book. Twice. Feel The Fear and Do It Anyways. Sometimes I do it anyways. But I always feel the fear. Ever-present, always-niggling fear. Fortunately [...]
Posted in Being single, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Sex, Specifically Steff, weight loss Also tagged ambivalence, answers, change, Dating, fear, feminism, growth, making right, mistakes, moving on, questions, self 2 Comments
I’m drunkish. I feel obligated to write for you. But you’ll take obligated, won’t you? Yeah, that’s human nature. Stringing thoughts together might be a challenge. But. It’s not like I get graded on this, right? It’s been a weird day. I’ll get into that in a minute, but you need the prelude first. I was [...]
Posted in Best of Steff, Dating, Humour, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Sex, Specifically Steff, weight loss Also tagged connecting, Dating, flirting, gazes, hooking up, markets, missed chances, missing out, que sera sera 5 Comments
How Not To Do Social Media: The Rock 101 Way