This week is Christopher's birthday week! He turns 25 on Saturday. That's right, he's all of 9 months younger than me, which is apparently enough for his brother to refer to me as a "cougar." I like think that when I was born, the Fates conspired to make someone for me to tease, so he was born 9 months later. :)

I've been getting some comment spam on here, so I had to turn on verification. It's a bit of a pain, but it's easier than trying to find all the spam comments and delete them one by one. You've got to wonder if spam is effective at all. I've certainly never clicked on it intentionally, let alone bought something through it.

I have a growing tug-of-war with how I feel about this site. In the past, I've been very free with talking about all manner of things. Now, I don't talk about work. I don't like talking about things that 'belong' to other people in some way, so I don't talk about Chris or our relationship as much as I could, partly because his friends know about this site and partly because I feel like it should be his decision to have his life online, not mine. Weird. I'm also looking for work, and I think that's making me censor myself to some extent.

I'm also feeling lately that I am way more opinionated that I should be, and I need to learn to step back and stop talking, start listening and considering that a) not all of my pet peeves are Drastically Important, and b) most issues are more complex than they seem, and I don't have an in-depth knowledge of them.