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The Friend Boy Chronicles: Wallowing in freakish misery

mypolaropposite — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:38:33 +0000

I’m feeling some kind of way.

All up in my feelings.

One of the characters from Golden Girls called it “magenta”.

What is this feeling? The short answer is jealousy. The long answer is like a Facebook relationship status: its complicated.

Here’s what happened. One of my classmates went on a date with a guy I used to be interested [...]

Dating While Bipolar: Internet dating is for lunatics

mypolaropposite — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:31:58 +0000

That’s it, folks, I’m quitting the Internet. Not for social media or interracial porn, but for dating.

Yes, I’ve said before that dating websites have given me all manner of losers along the spectra of social competency and appropriateness. However, on of my subscriptions auto-renewed before I could cancel it, so I decided to use the extra [...]

Dating While Bipolar: the wonderful world of idiocy and serial rejection

mypolaropposite — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:22:26 +0000

Happy 2011, kids! It has been a veeerrrry long time since I graced my darling followers with a blog post, so your reward will be a series. That’s right, I’m dating again, if by dating you mean engaging in various embarrassing activities in the hopes of meeting a man I might like to take on vacation. [...]

Become the change you wish to see, or why I need to lose 40 lbs

mypolaropposite — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:16:34 +0000

On Monday I turn 38 and, as is wont to happen around my birthday, my penchant for self-reflection intensifies as I contemplate the next year of my life. This year, I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to lose this nagging 40 pounds (okay, maybe 50 for good measure), get back into a size 8 [...]

Armchair Therapist: Relationship Self-Analysis Edition

mypolaropposite — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:05:49 +0000

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This time, it’s personal (#NameThatMovie)!

Today I realized that I still have some work to do, but I’m learning a lot about myself. And, as a result, this is THE LAST POST I will write on the Friend Boy saga because I’m going to take my own advice. One of my Twitter [...]

Bipolars should be single: The final installment of The Friend Boy Chronicles

mypolaropposite — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:32:21 +0000

Controversial title, huh? Before you go off on me for suggesting that it is not possible for people suffering from bipolar disorder to maintain healthy relationships, read what I have to say here about myself and then feel free to judge me as you see fit.

Yup, this is gonna be me for a while, only [...]

Public Service Announcement: Never take love advice. Ever.

mypolaropposite — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:18:51 +0000

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know of the Adventures of Friend Boy. If you’ve never read this blog before, let me sum it up for you so you don’t get confused. There’s a guy that I like and, as though I’m in seventh grade instead of a 38-year-old woman who should know [...]

Taking the lid off Pandora’s Box: #WetJamesFranco and celibacy

mypolaropposite — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:46 +0000

Blame it on #WetJamesFranco, an entity that I created solely to deal with my reaction to photographs from the actor James Franco‘s new Gucci campaign. One of my friends posted a link to Facebook or Twitter or something like that and I haven’t been able to stop drooling since. Or thinking about sex.

Photo courtesy of [...]

Honesty is NOT written all over my face

mypolaropposite — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:30:03 +0000

Sometimes I meet my blog fans and Twitter followers in person, and they remark that my social media personality is exactly the same as my real personality. I’m a firm believer that “what you see is what you get” should apply to people as well as to computer programming and The Flip Wilson Show. I’m the [...]

Waiting in the foxhole of love

mypolaropposite — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:55:34 +0000

I’ve lost the use of my heart, but I’m still alive

Y’all know Sade ain’t never lied about a broken heart, and she really nailed it with “Soldier of Love”. All the sisters and some brothers too, understand what she’s talking about. Love rolled over your ass like like a wooden pin over Granny’s biscuit dough [...]