Hello!

So I've decided to give this whole blog thing another shot after an incredibly long hiatus from LJ. There are a lot of reasons for me to decide to return:
- Lots of things have been changing in my life.
- I've become a lot more interested in writing, in general, and I feel like writing "for fun" is a good way to improve my writing.
- Due to all of the changes I've alluded to in the first point: I need to write.

I've gotten pretty horrible at both expressing myself and/or understanding my emotions since I've left LJ. I guess I don't want to start an LJ again because I don't really want to do the commenting business/keeping up with other LJs business. I just want to write.

So, obviously, it's tough to decide what this blog will be "about" (other than my life!) I think I'll probably talk a bunch about yarn/knitting/crafting stuff, for sure. I think I'll also talk a lot about politics, feminism, issues about being fat, how much the weather is driving me crazy, and where I want to go from here.

So for now: it's international women's day! I'm not really an Academy Awards type of person (and so I didn't even watch it last night) but I feel pretty happy about a woman winning best director for the first time ever. I also feel amazed about a fat black woman winning for best supporting actress. I suppose there aren't listings for how many fat women of colour win various acting awards so this may also be a first! I felt a strange sense of... pride (maybe?) when Monique got up to accept the award. She looked so strong and stunning and her speech was just lovely! Maybe this is why people like sports? Does "your" sports team winning a game feel as good as "your" weight/gender/colour team winning an award? If so, I'm going to be less hard on people who like sports so much... maybe!