Tag: friends

• Happy Galentine’s Day

  There’s no brunch, because it’s a work day, and honestly, frittata is just quiche, but I figure Galentine’s Day is a good day to shout out to my ladies. Because ladies are the best. #blatantmisandry In alphabetical order… Anna, catsitter and couch-cleaner extrodinaire, who upped her game by leaving me apricot pie AND picking me […]

  Joanna

  February 13, 2015

  Journal

  coworkers, demelza, family, feminism, florence, friends, heather, kate b, kate h, parks & recreation, pashfriend, Raena, sisters, webstock, wellingtonista

• Fleshing out the silence

  It seems more than ever that Twitter, the place where I now tell my stories instead of here, dolloping them out in 140 characters at a time instead of the long drunken screeds that Hubris used to be home to (though make no mistake, those tweets are pretty drunken too – moreso even because of […]

  Joanna

  January 6, 2015

  Journal, Really long stories

  #thorndonite, doggies, feminism, florence, friends, home, raped, refugees, sebastian, twitter, work

• In which I get date-raped

  A year ago, I went to a party, got drunk, and when a guy I didn’t really know asked me to take him home, I said yes. We went home, had consensual sex, and eventually went to sleep. In the morning, he woke up, asked me if I was awake, climbed on top of my […]

  Joanna

  December 18, 2011

  Journal, Really long stories

  assault, friends, people I’ve had sex with, sluts, slutwalk, work

• Letting my light shine bright

  I think it is fairly safe to say that I am addicted to fairy lights. I set up our Xmas tree today (it is named Sam, because it’s a fucking prick. Although it is yet to insist that I must have diabetes). In the process of getting this in place, I also cleaned off our […]

  Joanna

  December 11, 2009

  Journal

  codeine, family, friends, hospital, illness, iva, kateh, lance, mm, pure joy, richter city, roller derby, the evil ginger, thomas, volcanic, xmas

• Shacking up

  It is astonishing how much difference a little bit of money has made in my life. Getting paid for the contract work that I’ve been doing meant I could pay my phone bill. It meant I could get my meds. It meant I could pay rent. It meant I could go see my counsellor and […]

  Joanna

  November 16, 2009

  Journal

  bad tom, bamji, chiara, flatmates wanted, friends, illustrated, job hunting, Lisa Fur, mary-kate & ashley, megan wegan, parties, pure joy, richter city, roller derby, smash malice, tiki shack, videos, wellingtonista