Katyana's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Katyana2005-02-28T20:04:17ZWatching my father die (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana/writeups/Watching+my+father+dieKatyanahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana2005-02-28T20:04:17Z2005-02-28T20:04:17ZMy father’s death was unexpected, sort of.
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About a year ago dad separated and moved away from his abusive wife. I found him a nice <a href="/title/independent+senior+living">independent senior living</a> apartment complex right across the street from me. My brother lived 40 miles away, but visited him more often than I did. I took care of dad’s business, but dad never really understood me. He never knew what to do with girls. My brother and father were quite alike. Thankfully, my brother gave up drinking. My father didn’t. <br><br>
We thought it was his <a href="/title/alcoholic">alcoholic</a> tyrant of a wife that was making his life miserable. Turns out it was him and his <a href="/title/Popov">Popov</a> Vodka. He would drink a fifth a day. We managed to con him into an inpatient alcohol rehab when she kicked him out. We said that he had no where else to stay. He was clean for a few months thereafter. He only drank non alcoholic beer. The difference was amazing. Before rehab, he was weak, barely able to walk. His memory was dreadful. He came down state with a broken arm.…April 25, 2004 (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana/writeups/April+25%252C+2004Katyanahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana2004-04-28T01:03:55Z2004-04-28T01:03:55ZI <a href="/title/March+for+women%25E2%2580%2599s+lives">marched on Washington</a> today with a million who feel the same. I stood up for something I believe in. I drove endless hours, spent funds I don’t have, and felt like a part of something big. It's been done before. Many before me have traded sore feet and throats for their voices to be heard. We will keep coming.<br><br>
If abortion is made illegal women will still have abortions. My mother had a wire hanger abortion before <a href="/title/Roe+v+wade">Roe v wade</a>. She had complications with her next two pregnancies and they sterilized her thereafter so she wouldn’t die if she became pregnant again. Women will bleed to death, be maimed, or unable to have children when they are ready. I carried a sign that said “<a href="/title/No+more+wire+hangers%2521">No more wire hangers!</a>” for my mom.<br><br>
A neglected child suffers more than an <a href="/title/embryo">embryo</a>. A world of wanted children would make a world of difference. What many don’t understand is that if a woman feels that she is unable to emotionally, financially, or physically, care for, love and…March for Women's Lives (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana/writeups/March+for+Women%2527s+LivesKatyanahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana2004-04-23T00:09:12Z2004-04-23T00:09:12Z<a href="/title/The+Bush+Administration">The Bush Administration</a> has made systematic and coordinated attacks on the 1971 <a href="/title/Supreme+Court">Supreme Court</a> decision on <a href="/title/Roe+v.+Wade">Roe v. Wade</a>. This administration wants to implement nationwide <a href="/title/abstinence+only+sex+education">abstinence only sex education</a>. Funding has been taken from any organization that even mentions that abortion is an option. Bush has made a ban on <a href="/title/partial-birth+abortions">partial-birth abortions</a>. Bush recently signed a law that makes murdering a pregnant woman a double homicide, giving the fetus rights. Now is the time to make it clear to our government that we need choice. Our health is at risk. Our lives are at risk. Our freedom is at risk.
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<b>On Sunday <a href="/title/April+25%252C+2004">April 25, 2004</a> in our Nation’s capital, we will march to uphold choice, justice, access, health, abortion, global and family planning. </b> Seven leading national women’s rights groups have come together to organize this momentous event. The <a href="/title/American+Civil+Liberties+Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a>, <a href="/title/Black+Women%2527s+Health+Imperative">Black Women's Health Imperative</a>, <a href="/title/Feminist+Majority">Feminist Majority</a>, <a href="/title/NARAL+Pro-Choice+America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a>,…March 23, 2003 (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana/writeups/March+23%252C+2003Katyanahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana2003-03-23T15:18:16Z2003-03-23T15:18:16Z<h1><p align="center"> <a href="/title/Shock+and+awe+bombardment">I was shocked and awed. Were you shocked and awed?</a> <!-- close mismatched tag --></p></h1>
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We are not there for the right reasons. There are plenty of fuck head dictators in this world, and our record of installing a good democracy is deficient. They are an oil rich nation whose army for the most part doesn’t even own shoes. Some say now that the war is started, protesting is moot. They say opposing war is anti troop. I don’t want more innocent lives to be taken. I think that is pretty pro troop. CNN doesn’t show us the wounded. At every press conference they apologize and thank more American and coalition families for sacrificing their sons and daughters lives. Then they proceed to evade reporters questions. My co workers say, “Bomb the fuckers!” then talk about the rain. I watch buildings being incinerated like the WTC and I am supposed to not care in the name of democracy because the buildings are in Baghdad. Irreplaceable Oil is burning again creating more…February 22, 2002 (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana/writeups/February+22%252C+2002Katyanahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana2002-02-22T21:58:12Z2002-02-22T21:58:12ZDriving down Geddes Avenue was like the country for me. It was about a 30-minute drive from our suburb to <a href="/title/Ann+Arbor">Ann Arbor</a>. She always took the scenic route. She sort of new her way around Ann Arbor. My mom's first husband was a medical student at the <a href="/title/University+of+Michigan">University of Michigan</a>. She put him through school while waiting tables. That was a long time ago. She divorced him because he didn't want to have kids. She wanted nothing more. <br><br>
Having kids isn't always easy. I had my share of health problems. I can't count the hours we spent in that huge hospital complex. I always liked the drive in. Fields and farmhouses lined the streets. The trees grew close to the road. During the summer there were always these enormous webs hanging in the branches. My <a href="/title/arachnophobic">arachnophobic</a> mother would <a href="/title/wax+poetic">wax poetic</a> about the spiders living up there. I know now they were just <a href="/title/tent+caterpillars">tent caterpillars</a>. <br><br>
She would never know that I worked for <a href="/title/U+of+M">U of M</a>. Not in the hospital, but my father seemed to think so.…January 1, 2002 (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana/writeups/January+1%252C+2002Katyanahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Katyana2002-01-02T05:45:29Z2002-01-02T05:45:29Z<b><a href="/title/I+like+to+be+happy">I like to be happy</a>. </b> <br><br>
I must say it's really nice to be happy. I like where I am in life. I don't node much anymore. <br>If any of you were wondering what happened to <a href="/title/How+I+nearly+killed+myself+masturbating">the masturbation girl</a> who married <a href="/title/Dizzy">that brit noder</a>, she is doing rather well these days. <br><br>
A few years ago a friend said to me, "You like being unhappy. You aren't happy unless there is tragedy." I was of course offended, but it was hard to deny. I reveled in my depression. I wore <a href="/title/watching+my+mother+die">my emotional scars</a> like headphones connected to a direct feed of <a href="/title/Natalie+Merchant">Natalie Merchant</a>'s suicide anthems. I pitied myself, and invited others to do so like some <a href="/title/Sylvia+Plath">Sylvia Plath</a> poetry-reading club. <br><br>
Now, I really have little to complain about. I feel sated in every aspect of my life.
I have a loving husband who I simply can't get enough of. I go swimming at the gym and generally eat and feel healthier. I find more time to read and visit…