When this blog first began, for its first year or so, it was all sex or relationships that I was writing about. Most of the time, anyhow, as I kept my “personal” writing on another blog. Somewhere along the way, I gave up separating the two.
But as I’m getting into writing my book, something’s got [...]
Hi. I’m Steff. I’ll be your… book author?
Hmm! Interrrrreehhhssting.
Yeah, okay, so I’m getting off my ass and writing that book I’ve always dreamed I’d write. I’m being ballsy and telling EVERYONE I’m doing it so that a) people understand the changes that need to transpire for me to reach that life dream, and b) so [...]
I’ve pissed a few people off on Twitter this morning.
Even people I like and have considered buds. It happens.
And, no, this isn’t an apology, because I think offense was either a) wrongly taken or b) deserved, depending who’s doing the saying.
I ranted about business-types and how keen they are to ladle praise onto their colleagues [...]
So too has the blogger.
And, boy, has my body decided it’s had enough.
I became social again last year, which effectively doubled the amount I’d been drinking. It became far too regular, and had it not been for the drinking, I’d probably have lost more weight instead of just having maintained my numbers for a year [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Hygiene & Health, Specifically Steff, Uncategorized, fitness, keeping it real
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Tagged change, directions, discomfort, drinking, gastritis, health, pain, stomach
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So, the thing about blogging is, we get weird questions and shit. Solicitations. You know.
Let me save you the suspense: No, I don’t want to “trade links”. But thanks for asking.
And if you want me to “add your link” because I seem like Little Miss Nice About Those Things, you’re probably in for a surprise. [...]
(There are no The Hurt Locker spoilers here, no worries, since about 15 of you have seen it.)
It took 82 years, but there’s finally a woman who holds the title of Academy Award-winning “Best Director” .
But it’s about more than just a woman taking home the big prize.
As a writer, I saw something incredible happen [...]
Posted in Hollywood, feminism, writing
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Tagged academy awards, avatar, best director, best editing, best picture, best sound, best story, Hollywood, james cameron, kathryn bigelow, oscars, the deer hunter, the hurt locker
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The biggest party in the world shut down a little after 2am Monday morning, as the last revellers in Vancouver staggered out of the downtown core, leaving the wake of their destruction for the hardest-working city clean-up crew ever.
The Olympics are gone.*
17 days of madness, medals, and mountains have come to a close, and the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
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Tagged 2010, alex bilodeau, canada, canadian, canucks, clara hughes, fallout, frederic bilodeau, gold medals, granville street, ioc, joannie rochette, jon montgomery, olympics, patriotism, police, robson square, robson street, scott and tessa, scott moire, street parties, tessa virtue, Vancouver, vancouver 2010, vancouver winter olympics, vanoc, winter olymics
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Today, Andrew Koenig, a respected stand-up comedian and former “background” star in Growing Pains, was found dead, having committed suicide, and not too far from the happy Olympicky goings-on here in Vancouver.
Depression was known to plague Koenig. He got off his anti-depressants sometime last year, and clearly the rest is a story still developing.
I’ve been [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society, Specifically Steff, adhd, keeping it real
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It’s Day 12 of the Winter Olympics here in Vancouver. Four will remain. The insanity is everywhere. Here, look at this shot from last Saturday night. Something like 20 blocks of the city looked like that. Needless to say, such a long, wild ride comes with Olympic highs… and Olympic lows. Here’s a look at [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Journalling, Specifically Steff, Steff Rants, keeping it real
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Tagged classism, denial, division, finances, have-nots, lifetsyle, money, price-gouging, robbery
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(This is the epilogue to my prologue; written about my zipline fear-conquering I wrote before the fact, here.)
Yesterday, I stood at the top of an 8-story-tall tower, strapped into a harness, hooked onto a steel cable, and ziplined 550 feet across Vancouver’s Robson Square.
Holy shit.
I’ve had to get the news my mother was going to [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Life 101, Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, Uncategorized
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Tagged adventures, amazing, challenges, changing yourself, fears, payoff, reward, risks, taking chances
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I’m familiar with fear. Oh, am I familiar with fear.
In fact, I’m not actually a person. I’m a giant ‘fraidy-cat. Yup. A pussy, wimp, gutless turd.
I do it well.
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Specifically Steff, keeping it real
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Tagged adventure, chances, changing yourself, faith, fear, go big or go home, living big, taking chances, terror, zipline
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The Games opened yesterday with the start of what I suspect will persist throughout the Games — agitators doing everything they could to dampen the party.
As the ceremonies occurred, protesters tried to push their way there, and the inevitable clash with authorities ensued. Two cops suffered minor injuries, but no protesters were harmed.
Here’s my thinking, [...]
Posted in Current Events, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, keeping it real
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Tagged activism, agitators, downtown east side, homelessness, insite, olympics, poverty, protests, Vancouver, vancouver 2010, vancouver winter olympics, winter games
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Hi. I’m Steffani, and I’m a lifelong Vancouverite.
I voted “YES” in the Olympics plebiscite “back in the day,” when we lowly democratic peons had the chance to vote on the once-every-four-years-party that, you know, would cost a few bucks to put on.
Now, I know, that voting day was such a sunny, beautiful day so many [...]
Posted in Current Events, Society, Specifically Steff, Steff Rants, keeping it real
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Tagged 2010, 2010 vancouver, bc, canada, olympic games, olympics, protesters, protests, vancouver 2010, winter olympics
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Valentine’s day looms and I’ve deftly avoided the topic by not posting new stuff lately. Brilliant!
But I guess it’s time for my annual rant against the Big Machine and the perpetuation of the belief that, hey, if it’s love, it’s worth going broke for.
I know men buy gifts because they feel obligated. I know women [...]
Posted in Dimestore Philosophy, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, keeping it real
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Tagged Advice, brainwashing, Consumerism, get over it, lemmings, love, relationships, seriously, Sex, valentine's, valentine's day
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I haven’t been funny in days.
I’m moody and full of vitamin-Cunt tonight.
I couldn’t figure it out.
What’s eating me? Why am I spiralling into a darker and darker place? Why do I hate the idea of attending any of the 3 parties to which I was invited tonight? Why does the idea of just being civil [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Specifically Steff, keeping it real
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Tagged dead mom, dead mother, dead parents, dealing with grief, honouring the dead, loss, memories, remembering, retrospect, RIP
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Stop the sanctimony, PLEASE.
You know why CBS should have rejected the Mancrunch ad? BECAUSE IT’S A FUCKING STUPID AD.
It’s bad acting, bad writing, cheap filming, lame directing, and zero spent on production values.
The Superbowl is where the best commercials in the world come to play, not stupid frat-boy humour shot for $20 and a bag [...]
Four years ago I wrote a posting about cheating and in it I had a little rant about being called an “older woman” by the letter-writer when I was only 32. The posting is here, and today I deleted a comment that referred to the rant-within-the-posting with this comment that I’ve chosen to delete for [...]
Posted in Communication, Lifestyle, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Oral Sex, Specifically Steff, Uncategorized, keeping it real, sexuality
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Tagged ageism, asshats, cougars, double standards, Ethics, hang-ups, hypocrisy, judgment, labels, morality, old-fashioned, overt, physicality, sexuality, slutty, Society, stupidity
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And it’s somewhere in between Uncertainland and Hopeville.
Most of it is of my own doing, too. Having burnt out with EVERYTHING last July, I just walked away from most of my obligations, organized fitness, and social life. It’s been EXACTLY what I needed to do, but my back has been iffy from time to time [...]
I’m at the tail-end of a ceremonial shot of Jack Daniels. I’m celebrating.
This past week, I’ve figured out a structure for my book, and the start of the order of content and how to make it marketably different from most of the non-fiction offerings out there.
I want my book to be profoundly literate. I want [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Journalling, Specifically Steff, keeping it real, writing
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Tagged carpe diem, clarity, plot, realizing a moment, structure, this starts now, where to start, writing a book
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“Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. By god, you learn.” -C.S. Lewis.
This year, when adversities come your way — and they will — remember that quote.
That’s the one piece of knowledge that has gotten me through every experience in my life.
Posted in Dimestore Philosophy, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society
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Tagged adversity, attitude, believing, carrying on, challenges, difficulty, fighting, getting past things, overcoming, overcoming adversity, positivity, technique
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Today, I’m taking my bike for a crappy beautiful little ride to work. By “crappy” I mean that it probably will burn 18.9 calories or something, and provide no real benefit other than kinetic movement for a bit.
But calorie burning and world-domination isn’t my goal this morning. My goal’s pretty simple this week — I [...]
