Profile

My name is Brigid (she/her) and I'm inordinately thrilled that I was able to reserve my actual name here. I was born in 1979 which, as of this posting, makes me 42. I have a nonbinary child (they/them) and I've been married to my husband (he/him) since 2008 although we'd been living together for five years and dating for over ten years before that. I write and I draw but don't show the public the vast majority of what I produce, and I have problems finishing what I start. I blog about my mundane life; about role playing and board games and general nerdery; sometimes about current events, politics, and feminism; sometimes about mental illness and depression; and I post reviews of books and web comics.

I'm dyslexic but not very so. If you can't figure out what a word is meant to be or can't work your way out of a particularly complex and thorny sentence I write, that's why. I have some sensory integration issues, a terrible sense of direction (terrible!), an increasingly poor memory, and numbers-related synesthesia. I'm bisexual, and I live with Bipolar Disorder II. I also have fibromyalgia and a vastibular disorder that sometimes leaves me reeling. I live in Chicago and adore it. I use public transit to get around and really love and appreciate having access to it. I'm something of a night person, although my schedule has always been dictated by the needs of others (school, job, kid).

You can see my Sucreabeille reviews here.

Quoting/linking policy:
This has come up a few times. People have asked if they can quote me in personal blog posts, in communities, metaquotes, whatever. The answer is yes, as long as it's a public post... and most of my posts are public. Please provide a link back to where you got it from (my journal/blog, the community it was posted in, etc). If it's a locked post, I ask that you contact me first.