Inside The Fog - Spring 2024

Inside The Fog

Spring 2024

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Hello, folks. Long time no see...

Sorry I've been incredibly MIA for so damn long now. Seems that I just go into isolation mode then I feel overwhelmed and things are just too heavy and hard to manage emotionally and mentally. Back in 2020 I dropped off in late summer and didn't come back until late spring 2021, and then I dropped off again in the fall and came back in early 2022. Here we are in the second quarter of 2024 and I'm trying like hell to pull myself out of the isolation fog and not lose myself for so long again. As for now, I just have little to no capacity to be social or for much of anything at all really, which means I will likely be MIA until I can find it again. I have no idea how long that will be. I'm sorry.

I'm going to try to let you inside the fog I am in for a moment. Bring a blanket.

state of aquadonia - 28th Nov 2023

state of aquadonia - 28th Nov 2023 

TL;DR: I am currently not doing well and need to make big changes. I’m really sorry. Hit 'Read More' to find out why.

Happy Friday! [18AUG2023]

 Hello, folks!! 

I've been semi-obsessively listening to Rush lately, reveling in the albums I love, revisiting albums I don't know as well, and acquainting myself with albums I never got around to hearing for some reason.

Listening to Test For Echo for the first time, and "Driven" made me stop working on my stuff and check the lyrics. It actually fits for where I am right now, or, at least, where I'm heading. So many Rush songs that resonate lyrically... Good gawd, do I miss Neil...

Enjoy!

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Rush - Driven

from Test For Echo

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(Hit 'Read More' for the Lyrics and more!!!)

Happy (Rainy) Monday

It's currently Monday in Midwestern USA and it's raining where I am, thus I have the perfect song for the moment. I posted a live BBC performance of it in here some years back, so I thought I'd post the studio version this time.

I hope your Monday is/was sunnier than mine.
If not, just let Karen Carpenter's voice make it all better.

Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays

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Quotes [13AUG2023]

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."

- Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)

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(PS: That's my handwriting.)

Earworms - 9th-11th August 2023

There's something beautiful inside my head...

cover for the "Something Beautiful" single, edited by aquadonia

Sometimes songs you know end up playing over and over in your head, often times just certain lines or just the chorus. These are called "earworms". This week, my main earworm has been the wonderful "Something Beautiful" by Tracy Bonham (you know, the woman who that did the song "Mother, Mother" back in the 90s).  I'd like to share it with you, if you don't mind. ;-)

I Was SO F*cking CRINGE! (A Thought Train)

A Thought Train; Monday, 7th August 2023

Just a head’s up: This writing isn’t likely to be funny, happy, upbeat, or in a voice that has gotten past these things and doesn’t feel down about them anymore. I can’t write in a voice that has ‘come through, learned, and triumphed’ over them because I am still in learning and growing stages about SO much of myself. If you’re looking for a balanced, super grown and awesome writing about growth, this is not it. This is a… poking under the surface thought train of a woman trying to come to terms with herself, her past, her present, and the future she is trying to reach for herself. If that’s okay with you, then grab some tea or something hot to drink before you read. It will hug you as I cry.