Joy Unconfined

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF – The Survey Name: Joy Birthday: 7/29 Birthplace: Fresburg Current Location: Fresburbia Eye Color: brown Hair Color: auburnish Height: 5’5″ Right Handed or Left Handed: Right, mostly Your Heritage: a whole mess of German immigrants The Shoes You Wore Today: uh, shoes? Your Weakness: I have no weakness. I am a [...]

Writing is a deeper sleep than death. Just as one wouldn’t pull a corpse from its grave, I can’t be dragged from my desk at night. – Franz Kafka

Typical family gathering. Mom got grumpy and uptight because there were a lot of people in the house. She had to do everything, but not because we didn’t offer, more because she doesn’t trust anyone to do anything to her standards. Even though she has serious health problems, and really shouldn’t be on her feet. [...]

You are The Tower Ambition, fighting, war, courage. Destruction, danger, fall, ruin. The Tower represents war, destruction, but also spiritual renewal. Plans are disrupted. Your views and ideas will change as a result. The Tower is a card about war, a war between the structures of lies and the lightning flash of truth. The Tower [...]

Like… somewhere other than in the shower or in the car. Maybe… in front of people. With music. Idunno. With the right mood. Oh… yeah. The songs. Planet Caravan – Black Sabbath The Queen and the Soldier – Suzanne Vega Killing Me Softly – most memorably by Roberta Flack, though I’m partial to the Fugees [...]

marzipan. Just sayin’.

I have spent the greater portion of my life fighting against the name that was given to me at birth. Things I have felt were embarrassment at being given such a perky little name and a sense of dread that I would never be able to live up to it. It is time for a [...]

Yes, Rogue show creation frenzy is in full swing. “Joy, can you find this music? Have you had a chance to look for these…?” Not that I mind. It’s one of the fun things… but really…WHO KNEW there were so many versions of just one of MANY songs needed. I have, so far, 16 completely [...]

It’s been on my mind a lot, lately. I’ve been thinking of the period of time where I knew I was losing my grandmother. It’s more difficult to think of it now than it was to live it then. It wasn’t a picnic then, but we were in the moment, living it, doing the best [...]