More catty goodness.  Tigey the kitteh in the tree is: Tigey the Mad Kitteh and he can’t think of nuttin but unsocial more crazy things to say. This strip from The Mows reminded me so much of how I feel when I have a bad day that I had to print it out and give a [...]

Tags: cats, fun, irony, mental humor

How can you not laugh at a post called “Naked Mohawk-Baby Carrot Jockeys“??? I think I have to laugh at today too.  I’ll just ignore for the moment that I’m depressed. I can at least pretend long enough to write a bit.  Laughter is the best medicine, after all. And as far as I know, it [...]

Tags: bipolar, depression, humor, meds, mental humor, mental illness

A friend of mine who also has bipolar disorder wrote this poem for me and gave it to me today.  Perfect, I say. Perfect.  Hum along. Head it reels Eyes they swirl Still so cheery What a girl Tummy rumbles All foods clash To the bathroom A mad dash Vision doubles And it blurs  Try hard to focus Not demur Do not drive now She would smash But at least [...]

Tags: bipolar, good thangs, meds, mental humor

She’s an artist. She has artistic temperment. This is normal for an artist. Errrr.  Yeah. To all of it. That’s what my mother said to the shrink who diagnosed me as bipolar.  She started it as a way of excusing the fact that I slept at extremely odd hours, my 36 to 72 hour day, and [...]

Tags: bipolar, creativity, life management, mental illness, schedules

Last night I was looking up something on the old pages of my blog. Nothing wrong with that. It helps remind me of where I’ve come from and how much better off I am now. All of a sudden I heard this creepy voice and creepy music oozing out of my computer speakers. [...]

Tags: bipolar, mental humor, reality

I ran across a lady’s site today — can’t remember how on earth I got there — and she has bipolar disorder too. And her blog stuff about bipolar is so fricking on target and so totally entertaining. I’m just grinning and nodding and laughing. I know I have blasted Tom Cruise in the past for dispensing [...]

Kingdom of Heaven is on FX this evening. I was having dinner with my mother and told her it was a great movie, so we turned it on. As it started she kept asking questions and I kept filling her in. I don’t really expect people to know a lot of history, [...]