Wednesday 6 April 2022

Month In Review(s) - March 2022

Warning: this post briefly discusses various aspects of the world's clusterf**k, including but not limited to: Ukraine, systemic Transphobia, and Covid 19. 

It also breifly discusses poor mental health, and chronic illness (migraines.)



March was... turbulent.

Which I know isn't exactly unusual atm, but still...


'March - Mawrth' with a flowery background.


I think the hour changing here in the UK has put my body-clock in a spin - I'm so tired.

But on the plus side: less migraines this month! Woo! Not migraine-free, but still - it's a start.

Not such a great month mental-health-wise - between my regular existential crises, the brain fog, and the aforementioned tiredness and migraines, it hasn't been great.

...It probably doesn't help that the world is a screaming disaster-area, but there ya have it 😅



Which reminds me:

You can donate to the Disaster Emergency Committee's Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal here.



And if you're in the UK:

Please protect Trans and Non-Binary people by writing to your MP about the decision to exclude these groups from the Conversion Therapy Ban.

There's a 2-5min form you can fill in, it's super-easy.



A lot of the posts I wrote this month were pretty damned weird - and I was gonna apologise for that, but then I realised I didn't want to 😅😎

The world is weird af right now, my mental meanderings are the least of anybody's problems, and, as Viktor E. Frankl says in Man's Search For Meaning 'An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is abnormal behaviour.' 

I.e. - who can be normal in a world like this? Where we have the highest rates of Covid ever, yet restrictions being lifted and free testing ending?

So, they're my weird posts, and I like 'em! Lol

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Most Popular Posts


#1. Nerd Church - Short Story: Girl, Alone


#2. Comics Wrap-Up - Might Not Help, But Still, It Couldn't Hurt


#3. Nerd Church - Didn't The World Already End? (It Happened Before Our Time)


#4. Nerd Church - Beethoven and Barbies: Smart Kid Characters From the Perspective of An Ex-Smart-Kid


#5. Nerd Church - Ensnared In An ARG


#6. Friday Fics Fix - Suprisingly Wholesome SamBucky


#7. Month in Review(s) - February 2022


#8. Micropoetry - February 2022


#9. Nerd Church - Just. Pause.


#10. Friday Fics Fix - Friends We Have In the Shadows

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Non-Review Posts


Comics Wrap-Up


'Comics Wrap-Up' with lined-notebook-style background and speech bubbles containing heart symbols


Might Not Help, But Still, It Couldn't Hurt - America Chavez, Peacemaker, and more


I Was Young, Nothing To Fear Once - Loki and more


No-One's Around To Judge Me - The Umbrella Academy, Ms Marvel, and more


I Conduct Fear Like Electricity - Moon Knight and more

So I'll Just Have To Admit This Is The Hand That I've Been Dealt



Friday Fics Fix


'Fics Fix!' with purple background and white lightning bolt shape


IT and Walt Whitman - A love story between Eddie Kaspbrak and Richie Tozier from Stephen King's IT, drawing heavily on Walt Whitman and other such things


Surprisingly Wholesome SamBucky - The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TFATWS) fic


Friends We Have In The Shadows - What We Do In the Shadows (WWDITS) fic, and my huge love of Nandor (...I had no chance.)


Magical-Shenanigan-Related Food Poisoning - John Constantine hurt/comfort because I am trash with no resistance 



Nerd Church


Beethoven and Barbies: Smart Kid Characters From the Perspective of an Ex-Smart-Kid


Didn't the World Already End? (It Happened Before Our Time) - ...hard to describe this one, it's weird, OK? 😅


Just. Pause. - Sometimes, when I'm reading or whatever, I just have to stop.


Ensnared In An ARG - I ended up accidentally playing an ARG, the performance art of the digital age




Other Non-Review Posts


Month In Review(s) - February 2022


Micropoetry - February 2022


Poetry: Courage




So that's March, how was yours?

Talk to me! 😀💬






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10 comments:

  1. My March was wildly busy AND the world was on fire, so -- yeah, I don't know. Pretty exhausting! Everyone I know seems to be having a wretched time, and I hate that. I want my people to be happy. :(

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  2. Haha! I love that--do not apologize for weirdness!😉

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  3. You never have to apologize for weirdness. The Internet would be boring if we were all normal. :) Happy April!

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    1. Lol, I'm not sure the Internet would suffer if a few more people were boring, though... lol! ;)

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  4. I think your posts really fit the general vibes of the month. It was a weird one, for sure. Thanks for continuing to provide resources on Ukraine. Over here, a lot of the bakeries have been making Ukrainian flag cookies where the proceeds go to relief, so that's been nice. Take care of yourself, Cee!

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    1. Ha, the world has fit the 'weird' label for quite a while now ;)

      Aw, that's a sweet way of raising funds! (I... had not intended that pun, but I'm leaving it there!)

      Take care Em! <3

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  5. That time change really messed with me too. I'm just going to go ahead and blame it for the meh month I had. I hope your April turns out better.

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