Yesterday was purpleglitter's and my 13^th anniversary. We went to Haveli for a romantic dinner, a place we haven't been to in a long time. Afterward, we had a mellow evening watching Torchwood and Doctor Who. It was a simple, but perfect, way to spend the evening together.

Berv Love Lake
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Today marks 2 years since I was released from Cahill 3, the last time I was on a locked psych unit.

For years, I was constantly in and out of hospitals. Throughout that time I was put on various medications: prozac, geodon, seroquel, zyprexa, depakote, lithium, ativan, klonopin, celexa, zoloft, and too many others to list here.

At times, the medications seemed like it was helping, but what it was really dong was preventing me from getting better. It wasn't until I stopped taking the medications that I started truly improving. It wasn't until I stopped taking the medication that I was able to stay out of the hospital.

Mental problems need a mental solution. Mental "illness" is not like diabetes or cancer. The speculation that mental "diseases" are biologically based is just that — speculation. There is no evidence to back it up, but the idea is treated as gospel. It is more religion than science.

Without the medications obscuring my real issues or slowing my brain down to the point that thinking was a labourious activity, I was able to directly address my problems and I was able to make myself better. I've been out of the hospital for 2 years and I'm sure that if I had continued to take their drugs, I wouldn't be able to say that.

The USSR launched Sputnik 50 years ago today, starting the space age.

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Yesterday was wonderful. I couldn't wait until evening, so I took the bus out to Burlington to meet up with purpleglitter for lunch during her break. If it weren't for the infrequentness of the buses, I would meet her for lunch more regularly.

When she arrived home after work, purpleglitter brought me a dozen roses, one for each year we've been together. She took me out to Vinny T's for dinner, which was the perfect choice. Back at her house, we had champagne and chatted away the night. We had planned to watch Tipping the Velvet, but never got around to playing the movie.

Quiet, romantic, happy. I couldn't have asked for a better anniversary.

Today marks purpleglitter's and my 12^th anniversary! Twelve years ago she made faces at me through the windows of the Haymarket Café in Northampton. Twelve years ago I made faces back. Twelve years ago she took a crazy homeless person she had just met back to her place and the rest is history.

Berv Love Lake
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Today marks 1 year of being out of the mad house!

Now that I've made it a whole year, I just have forever to go.

We all know the September 11^th attacks were a great tragedy and none of the victims deserved to die. After the disaster, the victim's family (excluding same-sex partners) were given large sums of money in "compensation". Unlike in the aftermath of Katrina, no one was snooping around to see if these families were "wasting" their money on "inappropriate" things such as clothing they shouldn't have.

There was not a move to pinch pennies in the recovery effort. Nobody freaked out if they so much as heard a rumor from someone who knew someone who was a Katrina victim who bought nice clothing are jewelery.

The World Trade Center had been attacked before September 11^th, yet no one blamed the victims for working in a known target and rightly so. Why then are the Katrina victims blamed so much for what happened to them?

Why are the Katrina victims so much less deserving than the victims of September 11^th? There are two obvious differences in the demographics groups of people: race and wealth. It's pretty obvious that both have played a role.

I've noticed that every time one of the Bush administration folk admit the federal response was "slow" or "not adequate", they have to add that the state and local governments did just as bad of a job, too. Every single time. Whether or not the state or local governments performed as poorly as federal government aside, the fact is he can't simply admit to screwing up. He just wants to look like he's following the old Trumanism, but he's just passing the buck. He hasn't changed, he's only concerned about repairing the damage to his image.

Today is merryperseis's and my second year anniversary. We plan to spend a quiet evening at home snuggled up watching anime and eating roasted cauliflower. I'm very lucky.

purpleglitter and I went out for a Indian food dinner last night. It was very yummy. Before dinner, purpleglitter gave me her green velvet and fake fur Oscar the Grouch coat as my anniversary present. I've been lusting after that coat for years. Now it's mine. I'm very excited. And if she's nice, I may even let her borrow it sometime. I gave lake a stack of ten coupons good ten times each (1 for each year). They are good for things like 10 back rubs, 10 trips to Target without complaining, 10 clean the birds cages, etc.

After dinner, purpleglitter and I went to see Alexander. Boring. Needs less fighting and more pretty boys making out. There was also a sad lack of a sex seen between Colin Farrell and Jared Leto. That scene would have forgiven many wrongs in the movie.

With the exception of Alexander, we had a wonderful anniversary.

Today is purpleglitter and my 10^th anniversary. Ten years ago today I was walking down the steps of the Haymarket in Northampton when a stranger started making faces at me. I made faces back. We went to her dorm room, and the rest is history.

Today is merryperseis's and my 1 year anniversary. We're planning on celebrating by eating Indian food and watching lots of Revolutionary Girl Utena.

purpleglitter is asleep behind me. purpleglitter and my anniversary went very well. We had a candlelit dinner of Indian food. purpleglitter got me an electric blanket, so I'd be warm even when she couldn't put her arms around me. We spent a relaxing evening eating pistachios and talking over 9 years of memories. I love Lake, and I always will.

Feel better today. Not 100%, but much better. I'm sure at this rate, by this evening I'll be fine.

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Drinking coffee with purpleglitter to start off our anniversary.

Feel worse. Sleep does not come, although I am tired. Good thing I already have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. Everything is spinning. I don't like this. I don't like being sick. No one likes being sick. Being sick sucks. I hope this doesn't ruin purpleglitter's and my anniversary.

The storm has started back up again. I just watched Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with merryperseis. I'm sitting here with a cup of hot tea.

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I'll be on my way back to purpleglitter's apartment soon. Tomorrow will be our 9 year anniversary. December 8^th, 1994, she made faces at me from outside the window of the Haymarket Café in Northampton. I made faces back. Little did we know how much those funny faces would change our lives.

I slept late one year ago today. I was supposed to meet my friend Kat for coffee in the afternoon. Around 2:00pm, the phone woke me up. It was Kat, and she asked "Do you still want to get together with everything that's going on?".

I replied "What's going on?"

"You don't know?"

"No."

"Turn on your TV."

"What channel?"

"Any."

"Any?"

"Any."

Seven years ago tonight, I met the love of my life, purpleglitter. She was making faces at me through the window of the Haymarket Café. I made faces back at her. She brought me back to her place. We've been together, living together, ever since. She's so good to me. I love her so much beyond words.