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: relationships
Mar
31
2009
The Daunting Power of Love
Our young protagonist, involved in an unlikely affair with a considerably older woman, one that all outsiders would state an “obvious fail”, just shrugs at his dubious confronters and says, “I know what I’m doing. I’ll be all right.” And me, there on my sofa, I scoff and chuckle, “Oh, sure you will.” Because I know. I [...]
Posted in Dating, Lust & Longing, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Sex, Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged antony and cleopatra, anxiety, catherine and potemkin, fear, History, love, panic, starting out 3 Comments
Mar
09
2009
The Unpredictability of the Wildcard
It’s a full moon tonight and I had a bit of a full moon today. A face from the past came ’round. Leaves me with some heavy thinking to do. When the past comes back, it’s for one of two reasons. To either teach you not to go there. Or to prompt you to go there. I [...]
Posted in Being single, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, Psychology & Moods, Romance, Specifically Steff Also tagged chance-taking, dilemmas, hesitation, optimism, serendipity, the unexpected 4 Comments
Jul
17
2006
Oh, For God’s Sake!
Okay, to the anonymous who left the comment that has inspired this rant: It’s okay, I’m not taking it personally, and I understand you were coming from a nice place and being genuine. Still. It ain’t you, it’s society, and I’ve been meaning to comment on this for awhile. _____________________ I just broke up with someone, [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Battle of the Comments, Being me, Being single, Journalling, keeping it real, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), relationships, Specifically Steff Also tagged accepting change, bad break-up, becoming single, breaking up, broke up, dealing with it, depression, getting left, getting over it, jobs, leaving him, losing a job, new job, tough times, transitioning 5 Comments
Jul
17
2006
Thoughts On a Monday
I wonder sometimes if not being alone with our thoughts is why Becoming Single is often so hard for us. We finally feel like the scary silences are broken by this voice of this Other who has acclimatized themselves to becoming a part of our lives. And, one day, they go. For good, for bad, [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Being single, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, keeping it real, relationships, Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged accepting change, bad break-up, becoming single, breaking up, broke up, dealing with it, depression, getting left, getting over it, jobs, leaving him, losing a job, new job, tough times, transitioning 2 Comments
If you think the following post slams my ex in any way, you’re an idiot. Acknowledging someone’s shortcomings isn’t vindictive. And acknowledging that they have good reason to have their faults is also not vindictive. For some reason, we live in a world where being passive and inaccurate is mistaken for “being nice.” C’mon, none [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged break-up, breaking up, breakup, broke up, broken up, darkness, depression, empathizing, empathy, ended it, mental health, moods, troubles, understanding depression, when it finished, when it's over 10 Comments
Valentine’s Day: All My Thoughts