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Introduction to Adulting with Wine and Cats

Hello World! My pseudonym / nom de plume / pen name, is Pandora Cray: Pandora because I am a strong independent woman whose life is chaos (which is almost entirely my own fault), and Cray because my life is crazy and so am I. But, no, seriously, many of my misadventures are due to the … Continue reading Introduction to Adulting with Wine and Cats

America is the Lindsay Lohan Character in the Mean Girls of Global Diplomacy

Summary of the movie Mean Girls: Part 1. New girl makes friends. These friends have spite for the popular clique referred to as the "mean girls". Part 2. As a plan with the friends, new girl pretends to be popular with the mean girls clique to trick them and break the group up. Part 3. … Continue reading America is the Lindsay Lohan Character in the Mean Girls of Global Diplomacy

Zelenskyy’s Integrity vs. Putin’s Trump

To summarize, Trump is a puppet of and thinks Putin respects him, and Zelenskyy knows that Trump's so-called peace won't work. It has become quite obvious at this point that Trump is a wannabe dictator and aligning himself with the dictatorships of the world. Trump touts peace by saying he'll negotiate a ceasefire. But Trump's plans … Continue reading Zelenskyy’s Integrity vs. Putin’s Trump

Safe Escapism can be Repetitive and Limiting

When I'm in depressive mode, and easily set of into depressing thoughts, I tend to prefer distracting myself by watching or reading something. But stories have conflict, which means negative things, and therefore there is always the possibility that a new show/movie/book will set me off. So, lately, I've had a wild streak of depressive … Continue reading Safe Escapism can be Repetitive and Limiting

A quick ponderance on the relationship between migraines and depression

It's fairly well established that migraines and depression are often hand-and-hand, or head-and-head, I suppose. Depression sucks, leads to bad coping mechanisms, leads to migraines. Migraines suck, lead to depression. But that's not what I'm currently annoyed about. Right now, I am on week 2 of the 2nd Trump presidency. Depression has kicked in hard, … Continue reading A quick ponderance on the relationship between migraines and depression