Category Archives: Best of Steff

Dec
23
2009

My Memories of Christmas

I’ve decided to do a sentimental posting in honour of Christmas.
I don’t have a lot going on this year, but that’s how I wanted it… too many plans would have me emotionally overwhelmed. I’d rather think “My, those two weeks look empty. I’ll have to drum up some fun” rather than “Jesus, what have I [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Autobiographical, Journalling, Specifically Steff | Comments (4)
Sep
18
2009

What Little I Remember of the Day I Almost Died

I’ve been blogging six years now. There’s been some crazy stuff in that time. Five years ago this month, I’d almost died. I’ve never posted that story on here, just on my journal blog, and might as well. Here’s what I wrote about that day, a year after the fact. I’d write it differently now, [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Journalling, Specifically Steff, keeping it real | Comments (1)
Jul
23
2009

Writing: The Art of Digging In?

I fall out of love with writing.
It’s a love/hate relationship. I can’t live without it. I wish I could.
It’s a near-pathological need to dig, writing. For some of us. For me. Dig, dig, dig. I feel like I’m taking a stab at digging my way to China in my back yard. I’ll never finish. I’ll [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Sex, Specifically Steff, keeping it real, writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)
May
23
2009

Hanging Up on Hang-ups

Funny how we get so hung up on our hang-ups we sometimes don’t even notice when they’ve disappeared.*
I was fucking floored Thursday night when I realized the varicose veins I’d been loathing for the last year had suddenly vanished in the last couple months, thanks to my awesome new fitness regime. Poof, gone.
Ironically, I’d already [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Dimestore Philosophy, General, Hygiene & Health, Journalling, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, fitness, weight loss | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)
May
20
2009

TwitBits: Why, if I were a spud

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think I was funny, but the truth is, I *do* try. I don’t have a lot of writing in me these days, but the banter on Twitter is good fodder for keeping me in the game. Some days are better than others. Here’s from today, all from [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Twitter | Tagged , , | Comments (2)
Apr
17
2009

Why I Don’t Follow You On Twitter

I tweet incessantly on Twitter. Most of us know this by now.
I also, inexplicably, will hit 1,300 followers probably before the weekend is through. I follow little over 300, quite a few of whom don’t follow me. Whatever.
So why don’t I follow you? Well, it’s not about you, is it? It’s about me getting the [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Dating, Etiquette, General, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Sex, Society, Specifically Steff | Tagged , , , | Comments (12)
Apr
16
2009

So, How’d I Lose 70 Pounds? MY Weight-Loss Secret.

THIS POSTING’S DEDICATED TO ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY’RE STUCK BEING FAT. It’s not all hand-holding and gentle. I cut through the bullshit. You want your reality check? Start here. Oh, and I’m not selling a fuckin’ thing. I’m just trying to help you do what I’ve done, because it’s WORTH it.
I get a lot of [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Advice, Hygiene & Health, Specifically Steff, censorship, fitness, weight loss | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (11)
Apr
02
2009

The Trouble With Writing

I have this longstanding love/hate relationship with writing.
I love the articulation of thought, the solving of ideas, the expressing of inner qualities.
The trouble with readers is, what they see is what they get.
You people, you read my blog and you somehow think what I put up here is some finite guide to the divinity of [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Communication, Dating, General, Journalling, Lifestyle, Society, Specifically Steff | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (3)
Feb
20
2009

In Vino Veritas: Of Bananas And Hotties

I’m drunkish. I feel obligated to write for you. But you’ll take obligated, won’t you? Yeah, that’s human nature.
Stringing thoughts together might be a challenge. But. It’s not like I get graded on this, right?
It’s been a weird day. I’ll get into that in a minute, but you need the prelude first.
I was up at [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Dating, Humour, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Sex, Specifically Steff, weight loss | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)
Feb
14
2009

Woe is You? Oh, ho! Woe is US!

I’m giving a few people a stay of execution on Twitter.
Soon, the unfollows will commence, as I seek to find new folks to fill my ADHD hours with.
Who’s in danger of getting the axe? Anyone who keeps whining.
See, I’ll bitch. Bitching’s good. I encourage rants and bitching. I even encourage being argumentative and incendiary. (Obviously. [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Advice, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, Ethics, General, Humour, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)
Jan
21
2009

7 More Things You Maybe Didn’t Know About Me

I got tagged for this meme for a second time, this time by JamieLD. The first time was here. And why not just brush it off and say “But I did it already?” Huh? Why?
Well, I’ll tell you. ‘Cos, like, there ARE 14 things about me you don’t know. How do ya like them apples? [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Humour, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Specifically Steff, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)
Dec
16
2008

Steff’s Easy-Start Guide to Changing Your Life: Part Two

I began this series last month, here’s part one. It’s pretty unstructured, but the early part of the series is focusing on the head game, because without the head game down, you’ll have no success. It’s all in the head game.
The most important thing you need to do if you want to effect serious change [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Advice, General, How To Guides, Hygiene & Health, Lifestyle, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, weight loss | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)
Dec
09
2008

Things I Said: Further Raided Tweets

Sadly, boys and girls, I’ve been working overtime. Six days last week. All 9+ hour days this week, plus physio, massage, and dentist appointments. Before the weekend. And don’t get me started about that.
So, I’m stretched thin. Obviously. The blog thus suffers.
Tonight’s posting, therefore, is the doesn’t-require-brainpower option of copying some of my Favrd/Favrotted Twitter [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Twitter | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)
Nov
26
2008

The Things I Said: Raiding My Favrd Tweets

If you still don’t know what Twitter is, it’s like a live chat version of the Facebook status update. People will often just write random shit, but the trick is, doing it in 140 characters. Quel tricky. It’s a strange community. You can ’star’ or ‘favourite’ the ‘tweets’ you like best.
If you star stuff, then [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Twitter | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)
Nov
20
2008

eHarmony: The Battle for Gay Rights in a Nutshell

I’ll get to the changing-your-life follow-up on the weekend. News comes first.
Back in 2005, eHarmony got slapped with a lawsuit for discrimination because gays couldn’t use the service. Now, personally, considering their overpriced, weird cult-like dating service, I kinda thought eHarmony was doing gays a favour. But I agree with the spirit of the lawsuit, [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Dating, Gay or Straight?, Laws, Marriage & Other Commitments, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (10)
Nov
16
2008

FINALLY! Smutwear is Here!

Hey, People. Finally. After, oh, well, way too long, I’ve got my Cafepress.com store up and running. It’s barebones, unsexy HTML and all that, but the products are what it’s about.
Take, for instance, the “iSpank” t-shirt, or maybe the “You’ll take it. And like it.” , or “Over Easy (some of the time)“.
The list of [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Opinion (Editorial & Commentary) | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)
Nov
15
2008

The Weekend Sexipe: Steff’s Chorizo & Chevre Frittata

I love making great breakfasts for lovers, but really relish making them for myself. Life’s too short to only use your A-game for others, so this has become something I’ve really come to love making for lil’ ol’ deserving me.
Because I’ve sometimes lived a sheltered life, breakfast-wise, I somehow never had my first frittata until [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Food & Recipes | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)
Oct
03
2008

Why Sarah Palin Scares Me

If you read me, and you’re a fan of Sarah Palin? I’m offended by your ignorance, and the fact that you deem me entertaining yet take THAT THING seriously. Don’t read me, please. It’s insulting. And educate yourself.
She is ignorant, uninformed, inarticulate, and frankly, dangerous. If you support her? You are, too.
Let’s talk about all [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in General, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Religion, Society, Steff Rants | Tagged , , , , | Comments (29)
Sep
30
2008

Barely There? A Rare Photo of Me…Or, My Body Parts, At Least

Today, it seems, was the last day of summer for us Vancouverites. A Pineapple Express is forecasted to begin Thursday. (The dreaded “Pineapple Express” is any rain-bearing system that wanders up our way from the Hawaiian Islands. Usually packed with days and days of hard rains.)
Knowing it’s the end of something good, I decided today [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in General, Journalling, Questions From Readers, Specifically Steff | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (7)
Sep
28
2008

Is it Possible?: Sex in the White House? Without Infidelity?

Something I absolutely love about the Obamas is the intensity of their attraction to each other. It’s so obvious. He lights up when he sees her. She totally adores him. But it’s bigger than that.
Probably the best footage I’ve ever seen that represents their relationship was this footage shot behind the scenes while they both [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in General, Marriage & Other Commitments, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Romance, Society | Tagged , , , , | Comments (4)
Sep
20
2008

Don’t Mind Her; It’s Just Hormones

Men may balk if they see this is about periods, but they really should read it, methinks, for a little perspective.
Yesterday, during the afternoon of my Shitty, Shitty Day, I got my period. In the space of about 30 minutes, my eye infection suddenly started flushing itself out, and my emotions just totally took a [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Humour, Hygiene & Health, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Society, Steff Rants, Women's Department | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (9)
Sep
19
2008

My Bad, Bad Week: More Than You Need To Know

I couldn’t possibly feel more unattractive than I do today. Except maybe if I had an 8-inch goiter growing out of my neck and crumbling teeth or something.
I have an eye infection that has my left eye with this just-throttled-by-Rocky swollen-bloodshot look going on. That’s fun. Really.
Because that wasn’t fun enough, I’ve also come down [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Current Events, General, Humour, Journalling, Specifically Steff, Steff Rants, Women's Department | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)