I’ve had ONSs (One Night Stands) turn into long term relationships. I’ve had relationships morph from romantic and sexual into enduring platonic friendships, and back to FWB, to… who knows? Relationships are extremely fluid things, regardless of if and when sex enters the mix.
The kind of partners who interest me are not checking the mileage on my vagina.
Among Hedy’s inventions was an improved traffic stoplight, and a fizzy beverage tablet that was not a hit. But her main claim to fame, today, as an inventor, was her co-creation (with composer George Antheil) of frequency hopping spread-spectrum.
Rather than resolutions, a lot of people, some bloggers, some not, choose to pick a specific word to focus on for the upcoming year. For 2015, mine is inventory. Taking Inventory is something I had to do regularly, in various jobs. (Hello, working in food & beverage!) But I never thought of applying it to my personal…
I also realized, and had to laugh at myself, that part of me was afraid that if I didn’t grab and appreciate every penis that’s waved in front of me (figuratively or literally), they would all go away.
Does it hurt, like an emotional bee sting, when somebody doesn’t like our work? Sure. But if we are in the business of writing, or creating any form of art that people enjoy, but don’t need on a daily basis, like water or clothing, if other people can and do produce books or movies or paintings similar to our own, we better get inured to bee-stings, because some people are not going to like our work. Period.