Very first entry!

I'm a blog newbie. Please be patient with me as I slowly, likely very slowly, figure all this out.

I guess I should explain why I decided to come on over to the not so dark side.

I've had quite an interesting year. I lost a job that had become my entire identity (this is unhealthy and un-recommended), I've been struggling with a severe depression, addictions, food, love, surviving... All this in a canadian, mostly able bodied, female, educated, white body.
Identity might be a dominant theme of this blog. (geez, it's hard not to just write EVERYTHING out on the first entry!) I've had many experiences, some horrible, many humourus, that somehow needed to be remembered and logged. Many mentors asked me to write about all these experiences, so here I am, here it is.

If I'm sounding defensive, it might stem from a old though that blogging was mostly self-indulgent and demonstrated a huge lack of confidence. I imagine that most new bloggers feel the need to ask "Who da fuck cares about my thoughts and realities?" Apparently, a few kind folks do, but pardon the cheeze; i'm doing it for me. I intend to use this blog as a cheaper version of a website. Perhaps soon I'll learn of a better way...

Also, I'm a sexual health and anti-oppression educator. I've been kept busy with word of mouth "advertizing" but I've come to a point where I'd like to direct folks to an online place, where I could have further ressources and work towards better accessibility (this word will be dissected soon)

Very soon, I'll be working with a FANTASTIK colleage, as soon as we figure out our orgs. name...