Narrative Disorder... in Transition

My Week in Tweets 2010-03-08

Danielle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +0000

Reading corner done but for pile of boxes waiting for Nippon Ex. http://tweetphoto.com/13570933 #
Work space done but for temp white table while damage to desk is fixed http://tweetphoto.com/13571201 #
Unpacking done but for a couple of boxes of craft stuff in the spare room, which can be done later! Should be back to #amwritingparty soon! #
This could be the perfect THE e-reader http://short.to/1a3pz esp. if Kindle, B&N etc for PC get WinMobile versions. I wants one!! #

In which I address the death of my father

Danielle — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:11:04 +0000

I found out today that my father died in an accident back in October, 2008.

As you will no doubt assume from the fact that it was a year and a half ago and no one has tracked me down to tell me, I never really knew my father. He and my mother married in January 1966 and had me in 1973. Ten months later their marriage was over and I didn’t see him again until I was 15, when my Aunt and Uncle (on my mother’s side) accidentally came across him when they where holidaying up the Queensland Coast. While my mother and I were struggling to survive, at not yet 50 my father had semi-retired to an idyllic stretch of Queensland coast where he ran a caravan park with his brother and his third wife and third child seemed to be holding on to him (he had left his second wife and second child when that child was about 10mths old, too – as far as I know.)

During my consequent visit to this sub-tropical idyll (surreally, via a visit to EXPO ‘88 in Brisbane because my mother thought we could have some FUN on the way???), my father sat me down to ‘discuss’ what had happened between he and my mother. Much more rationally than I had expected, he said that the truth of what happened will always be “somewhere in the middle of everyone’s stories” and said that they had once loved each other very much (something my mother had never said) but that he had tried but couldn’t live with her and that it wasn’t my fault (the exact opposite of what my mother had always said). Then he began to describe what it was like living with her. And it struck me – he KNEW.

You see, all my life my mother told me that she’d never had a temper until I was born. That her rages were caused by a child that had “come out angry.” I never quite understood how that worked, but I knew all my life that her rages were my fault and that was why no one else seemed to know the same woman that I knew: I brought it out in her. I realize, only with clarity now, that I had always either assumed, or maybe hoped, that that was why my father had left me with her – because she hadn’t been a violently angry person around him and he just didn’t KNOW. But he did.

That day back in 1988 he described to me the enormous mood swings, and the ranting which built to violent rages and right then I wanted to ask: “WHY did you leave a ten month old baby in the hands of a woman like that?” But I couldn’t get the words out. At 15, I was still living with her and tied up in the “don’t tell because then everyone will see what a bad/insane girl I’m dealing with and they’ll put you in an institution” that I grew up with, and believed. The only thing I managed to ask was why there had been no child support for all those years – to which the answer was that there had been till I was 2 when my mother apparently flew into a rage on the phone and told him she didn’t want his money anymore. The rage part rang true and, later, my mother admitted to the fight, but said that, at 2yrs old, I had run into the room and hung up the phone right at that moment and she hadn’t been able to get back in touch with him (yeah, I know, that’s when I finally started to realize who the insane one was.) However, even if it was true that my mother had told him not to send any more money, frankly, that was no excuse for never again checking whether I had a roof over my head and food in my belly – I often didn’t. A few months after that, I did try to escape my mother by asking to move in with him and, to his credit I guess, he did say I could come, but the idea was soon nipped in the bud by my mother and some more masterly mind-fucking.

Almost ten years later, in 1997, when I’d been away from my mother for seven years and was starting to recover from an illness which had kept me housebound for several months, I was trying to deal with some of the issues from my childhood and I decided to visit him and finally ask that question. I went up and almost every moment of every day I was there I tried to get the words out, but I left without asking. Now, I’m left with the knowledge that I will never have the chance to ask him why he abandoned me to the care of a woman he knew was unstable and prone to violent rages, but I also finally realize why I never asked:
I knew the answer, but I couldn’t face hearing him say that he just didn’t care.

So, as I read the farewell in the newsletter of the bushwalking society for which it seems he was secretary, as they talk about what a sweet man he was and what a good husband and father he was, I am glad that my half-sister and his third wife got a good father and husband (assuming it’s true) but I find myself desperately sad that I didn’t and, to be honest, not a small part bitter because it seems he never felt any consequences, positive or negative, from having had his eldest daughter, let alone abandoning her. Having me seems to have been like hitting a possum on the road, feeling the bump and moving on (though, it seems from the bushwalking club, that he so loved nature that he probably wouldn’t have just left a possum to die by the side of the road – perhaps I should have been born a cute native animal and he may have cared what happened to me.)

So, I post this on my blog in the hopes of both alleviating that feeling of impotence that all children of bad parents probably feel when the parent dies without confrontation, and proving to myself that I no longer suffer the disease of secrecy that goes along with an abused childhood, and say publicly: Farewell, Peter, you failed me utterly.

At least now I can stop asking myself that question.

My Week in Tweets 2010-03-01

Danielle — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +0000

SEA SHIPMENT DAY!!! Seriously, it's like Christmas #
All our sheets smell of Kakuozan. I'm not sure I've ever missed a place like this before, I usually move on and don't look back. Odd. #
RT @SeeInANewWay: It's Lensbaby's 6th B-day and our friends are celebrating by giving YOU gifts: http://cot.ag/aorTjo #
Last kitchen box about to be unpacked! http://tweetphoto.com/12416641 #
Lounge done but for speaker cabling, which I'm saving as a reward for finishing everything else … Is tha http://tweetphoto.com/12416925 #
Done! One fully functioning kitchen! (Can't promise the cook is the same!) http://tweetphoto.com/12502009 #
Starting point for today's big job: my study. http://tweetphoto.com/12503955 #
RT Sydney, Australia @Ishtarra: Please RT: Show class how far a twitter message can spread, #artscouncilhaliburtonhighlands #
Coming up against frakking region coding again! I paid full price for legit DVDs while living abroad – I should be able to USE what I OWN!! #
Dining room done! Okay, there's only a table and chairs but it counts as a room! http://tweetphoto.com/12545063 #

My Week in Tweets 2010-02-22

Danielle — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Expected my toenail to be purple-black this morning but it's a vibrant, almost peacock blue – kinda pretty LOL #
WOOHOO! Sea shipment arrives next Tuesday – by end of that week this move will be over and I will be #amwriting again!!! #
Note to men: Passing a dish or pan through a sink of soapy water & maybe swirling a sponge round it does not magically make it clean. LOL #
Note to self: Have pappadums and dip for lunch BEFORE doing the vaccuuming! Hehe. Yummy though! #
Will never again complain about hunting for gluten & paraben-free cosmetics – have met someone allergic to Vit E!! It's in EVERYTHING! #
2nd season of Lost & thank GOD the Aussie accents are better – very nearly Australian instead of Sth African or, frankly, nowhere on earth. #
Catching up on SYTYCD A #
Watching #SYTYCD Australia. The same, DREADFUL camera work this season. IT'S DANCE! Stop giving us headshots, let us SEE the choreography!! #
"Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand." Anne Enright in http://bit.ly/a7zKks #amwriting #

My Week in Tweets 2010-02-14

Danielle — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:59:00 +0000

Any sims3 players out there who can tell me where I buy clothes? #
Seems our sea shipment is in the country and could be here next week! Now we'll see if all the decorate-by-memory will come together or not! #
MX Air mouse is AWESOME! Ah Logitech, no wonder they call you LogiCOOL in Japan! Not sure I should get THIS excited about a new computer LOL #
Picked hubby up at airport last night – another nightmare experience with Sydney's civil 'planning'. Those IOC gifts must have been HUGE! #
Australia is so weird. 15 mins ago I had to wear sunglasses to put the washing out. Now it's pouring down & me & the washing are wet lol! #
And now it's bright blue again! Must be a coastal thing. /sigh #
Oh dear, a couple of long sessions of Sims3 and everyone on Lost looks like a sim to me :\ #
Apologies to Sydney-sidsers for late afternoon rain. Mea Culpa: I had the car washed #
Wow Netgear customer service is rude! Hint: if I've had to call, your product has already annoyed me, don't make it worse! #

My Week in Tweets 2010-02-07

Danielle — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:59:00 +0000

Not much sleep last night thanks to spider the size of hubby's palm skittering about while hubby tried to catch it. Just kill 'em, I say! #
We take our steak knives seriously in Australia! http://tweetphoto.com/10284746 #
Aching to have this move over so mind and body have room to be #amwriting. Already feel I could sleep for a week and still weeks to go #
Hee hee chuckle RT @sillybeggar: If "Your Horse Magazine" merged with Playboy, would they include a centaur-fold? #
Yes. Yes it is. RT @ajackwriting: Lie to me is awesome #
First night in house & no water pressure in showers. No doubt because landlord's rip-off-merchant handy man installed the 'eco' showerheads. #
On a bright note, Brigie will be home from quarantine soon!! #
Maybe this move would be more fun if I were two feet long… http://tweetphoto.com/10438711 #
Living room rug has arrived! http://tweetphoto.com/10445267 #
Ooh nice one today: RT @dictionarycom: Word of the Day – distrait: divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety. #
Just drove to the northern suburbs of Sydney from the southern burbs – seriously, this city has to be the worst planned city in the WORLD. #
You know what? Until other people stop fucking up things a moron could get right, I'm taking 'control freak' as a compliment #
I thought my G11 was a gaming keyboard but THIS is a gaming keyboard! http://tweetphoto.com/10551492 #
Have had to go to a different place for each of router, print server and step-down transformer – I miss Bic Camera!! #

My Week in Tweets 2010-01-31

Danielle — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:59:00 +0000

Australia Day in Cronulla is shameful. Lots of Tshirts reading: If you don't love it, LEAVE glad we won't be living here. #
In the oddest old department store in Kensington. From outside you'd swear the store had closed decades ago and a warehouse had taken over. #

My Week in Tweets 2010-01-25

Danielle — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:59:00 +0000

#glutenfree tweeps – help please! Any advice on best things to drink/eat to help soothe/speed up suffering through a coeliac attack? #
We got it! The house even matches our decor with dark wood floors and cream walls. Thanks for the crossed fingers everyone! #
WE GOT IT!! Went straight out to get address on license so I could org' mobile. Won't have net for two more weeks but this Blackberry rocks! #
Realized gluten attack may be cc from butcher that does marinades and crumbing in same fridge. Even butchers not safe now #gf #celiac #
Hubby says wedding anniversary replaces first date anniversary so we don't get to celebrate 17yrs today – is it too sappy to keep both? #
#amwritingparty not quite able to join in from the BB and not writing yet but following and cheering for you all! Be back in a few weeks #
LOL watching a doco in which a Koori family is putting a goanna on a fire to cook and the mother said "that gonna come up like butter" #
Yes folks that's 42 degrees C outside Thank the gods of invention for aircon! http://tweetphoto.com/9335813 #
Car backed up to the warehouse, picking up the reading chair. http://tweetphoto.com/9337435 #
Needs the bookshelves round the walls but we have a reading nook red leather ottoman on order http://tweetphoto.com/9345848 #

In which Phase Four begins with Valentino-red leather

Danielle — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:34:34 +0000

When contemplating the enormous task that this move would be, we divided it into four phases to make it feel more managable. Phase 1 was packing up Japan, two was getting back to Oz (an easy one to check off in comparison), three was the house hunt and four settling in. I’m delighted to say phase three is done and four is underway! We have found ourselves a four bedroom duplex in a suburb called Penshurst which is North of the George river but only about 20 mins to Superman’s work. We are hoping that living out of The Shire and within easier reach of the CBD will help us to enjoy Sydney much more this time.

The house is big, four bedrooms probably seems over the top for a couple, but we wanted a spare room for guests and we found that in Sydney there was either tiny, pokey places or huge places – so we went huge. The smallest bedroom is the size of the room we squished both of our workspaces into in Japan, so the space will be wonderful. The space is also our payoff for having not only no water view but no real view at all; though there were many lovely places on Cronulla beach we could afford, none would accept our wee cat.

Design-wise, the house is a real ‘find’ for a rental property; it’s modern but not a glass and tile box that is one of a block of identical apartments, rather a friendly modern with huge open plan spaces downstairs with vaulted ceilings and warm, dark wood floors, and three large bedrooms (with carpet – yay) upstairs.

The actual moving in will be a multi-delivery juggling act from hell! Our air shipment has arrived in Sydney so we’ll have that delivered soon. We will have to move in, or rather out of the serviced apartment, before the sea shipment arrives with our bed, so that has meant ordering our guest bed so we have somewhere to sleep for a few weeks. The rather ingenious ottoman-bed (as against sofa-bed) will be cutting it fine but should arrive in time. The third delivery to deal with is that of the things we’ve had in storage while in Japan which, apart from the books, I can barely remember!

We began phase 4 today, by deciding on two of the rugs we will need for various spaces. We ordered the big rug and took home a small one for the area we are designating the reading nook, for which we also bought a beautiful deco version of a wingback chair in Valentino-red leather (matching ottoman on order.) We took them over and placed them today – it still needs the bookshelves and books but I can’t wait to spend time there!

A brief addendum: obviously we are not really set up for net, yet, so this post has been written with the relatively new Wordpress for Blackerry app which gives every appearance of being remarkable, so here’s hoping it all works!

The Hunt is on…

Danielle — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:05:06 +0000

Home hunting in Sydney is proving harder than we expected, and we expected it to be difficult. There is a little something extra in it when you don’t have anywhere to live if you don’t find a place before the company funded apartment stops being funded.

At the end of the first week things were looking pretty bleak – our dreams of a coastal apartment were put to bed quickly because of our cat – noone down here would consider her. So we were down to houses, none of which we could afford on the coast. Inland in the Shire, the houses we saw at our price range were so badly run down that I was in despair by the end of the week. It really seemed that the assumption was that if you were a renter and had a cat then the assumption was that you deserved only to live like a crack addict with peeling walls and curling vinyl floors… and all this an hour away from the city! Sure, the beach is nearby but, frankly, if you’re not right on the beach with a view of it every day, being within 10mins drive from it is little different than being 30mins from it, as far as I can see.

This week has been somewhat better. I packed our Saturday with showings and appointments and we inspected 8 properties and drove past several more. Of the 8, we found one we really liked and have applied for, the location isn’t hugely convenient, but the house is beautiful and the area is green and pretty. We have another appointment this afternoon for a townhouse which is in a fantastic location for Mike’s work and shopping without a car and looks as though it is a great place, too (though we’ve run into our share of prof. photos which were straight-out lying!)

And by the way, the navi in the Prius has been indispensable. We were able to make bookings 10mins apart despite being in a foreign city. just punch in the address and off we went. I highly recommend hiring a car with a good navi if you’re house hunting in a new city!

I am hopeful we will have an address soon, cross your fingers for us! In the meantime, this is the view from the serviced apartment – at least we get it for a little while.

My Week in Tweets 2010-01-17

Danielle — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:59:00 +0000

Hey all, very limited internet atm House hunting is proving harder than we thought, esp. not knowing the city. Cross fingers for us! #
Better log off now to save net time. Later! #
Off to see a house in Kangaroo Point Rd. Kangaroo point – how Aussie is that?!!! #
Quick log on to selfish ask for extra crossed fingers for application for place we really like! Hope we will log on from there soon! #

My Week in Tweets 2010-01-10

Danielle — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:59:00 +0000

No #rwsw this fortnight, too much partying! Happy New Year to all from the Romance Writers' Support Wave members and see you next year! #
First shots from our Yuletide in Kyoto are up on Flickr. Nijo Jo was our first stop! (This is also a test tweet btw) http://bit.ly/5DOVOO #
Hey #amwriting party – great WIPfire lines! I'm jealous of your writing time. In full repatriation mode here – weeding craft stuff #
Hmm this Yoono Twitter bar in the side of Firefox means I NEVER turn twitter off… may be too distracting. FF 3.5 looking good btw #
Ken Levine's review of Sherlock Holmes http://bit.ly/7kWK3w #
A post for all who have been asked to "take a look at" sthg without heed to the fact we could be being paid for it. http://bit.ly/5NNtqe #
5:30pm and it' snowing in Nagoya! Will we keep to our plan and be at the Shrine for midnight, like last year, or will we pike? #
Happy New Year everyone! #
Nearly cracked – pulled it back. I want this to be over already! #
Shutting Down and closing the computers now, will be accessing 'net with laptops when we can. Have fun all, chat soon! #
Packing day begins. http://tweetphoto.com/8116238 #
Lounge & bedroom almost done, just study & kitchen to go! http://tweetphoto.com/8116330 #
Happy New Year from Atsuta Jinja in snowy Nagoya!! http://tweetphoto.com/8116333 #
Taking a break in the only comfortable place we still have access to: the car. http://tweetphoto.com/8116487 #
Protecting floors and wallpaper of Japanese house. http://tweetphoto.com/8116563 #
Trucks awaiting our earthly possessions. http://tweetphoto.com/8116566 #
LOL! A third truck has been called in. Bloody westerners and their THINGS. http://tweetphoto.com/8116750 #
The matress that the Japanese could not believe heads home lol http://tweetphoto.com/8116754 #
Arrived in Sydney, magnificent weather. Temp apartment has great view of coast. Utterly exhausted. Eager to get the home search underway. #
18mths of Japanese quirkiness and yet none was funnier than this at a Hong Kong train station http://tweetphoto.com/8277525 #
View from our temp accom. Weather is amazing, but 22C still feels hot when it was snowing a few days ago! http://tweetphoto.com/8343100 #
I know it's the kind of silly thing non-tweeters think we tweet but, seriously, how beautiful is this breaky? http://tweetphoto.com/8343265 #

The Locusts are Coming!

Danielle — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:19:35 +0000

Urgh. Feeling very much in the midst of this at the moment.

We are pretty much in the same position as we were when I wrote this post from Sydney in Jun 2008 – the packers are coming on Tuesday morning at 9 (four hours after Brigid will be picked up for her trip to Aussie Quarantine) and we are in preparation limbo. Our days are a blur of decision making: Air, Sea or Plane?; Pack ourselves or leave for the packers?; If pack ourselves do we do it now or will we need it before Tuesday?; Do we even TRY to write "Air" and "Sea" in kanji on the stickers we are hoping will indicate to the packers that the various items are to go by air or sea – what if the kanji for "Air" is one stroke off the kanji for "The Depths of Hell"?

In Sydney, on packing day, we had four guys packing up our stuff, with no language barrier, and it was rather like trying to coordinate a locust plague. One guy might see you nearby and so ask you if you want your Grandmother’s china treated as fragile while another might see you talking to the first and so, even though he’s not TOTALLY sure, just make his own judgement based on your stickers with arrows and big black texta that the stuff IN this chest of drawers is to go by air but the chest of drawers itself is to go by sea – when you share a language, that’s going to be right most of the time. Also, in Australia, if something seems just, well, stupid, an Aussie will – as politely as possible – ask you if you really meant that you wanted to ship your entire library by Air. This time, there will be five or six men who won’t speak English, and one supervisor who will, but, in my experience with the Japanese so far, none of them will be so rude as to second-guess me even if they do wonder why Oku-sama has clearly written in kanji that she wants the piano sent to the Depths of Hell. Who is he to argue?

Today our goals are to organize which clothes will come with us and which will go by sea and organize the office – the latter seems an Herculean task atm but I am discovering that switching to tunnel vision and tackling a 30cm square area at a time eventually gets you there!

We will have internet till we leave and will leave the computers up till Monday (going by Air, no question) and hopefully at some stage between now and then I will have the time and energy to blog about our lovely, snowy New Year at Atsuta Shrine – but no promises, it may not happen till we are back in Australia and up and running with (what, in Australia, passes for) internet access.

Happy New Year to all!

My Week in Tweets 2009-12-27

Danielle — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Doing some kindle sampling. Seriously, Tablet PC is the BEST ebook reader!! Any format & no nauseous reverse-contrast flash on page turn. #
I know romance has a tradition of silly first names, but "Major" takes the cake , it's confusing – and, frankly, ridiculous #rwsw #
Woohoo!! Hubby has discovered we can being owe Samurai & Ninja swords back to Oz! I guess with our cavalry sword it's a collection now! #
Hmm RSI effecting hand writing on tablet now. Should have been "bring our" #
Reading all these first chapter samples is fascinating So many published authors who need too read "how not to write a novel"! #
Most common sin seems to be the object/situation which sparks a remembrance which is either irrelevant description, or clunky exposition. #
And. wow, tired of reading a blurb thinking: this sounds good just before: "but why does so-and-so avoid the sun? & why is he so pale…?" #
Back in Kyoto for a last trip. Doing the temples and palaces this time. http://tweetphoto.com/7187769 #
Kitano Tenmangu on market day! http://tweetphoto.com/7188245 #
View from room of tea house in hotel grounds. Resting before evening activities http://tweetphoto.com/7188471 #
View from room of tea house in hotel grounds. Resting before evening activities http://tweetphoto.com/7188500 #
On the Shinny back to Nagoya. Possibly my last Shinkansen trip, hopefully not forever. http://tweetphoto.com/7283213 #
Home again and so exhausted we can't even find the energy for Wii Taiko! #
Happy Holidays to everyone at #amwritingparty – hope you all have wonderful days, whatever and however you celebrate! #
Time to try to wind down and head toward bed – boy have we earned a Sunday sleep-in tomorrow! So much walking around Kyoto! Pics up soon! #

My Week in Tweets 2009-12-20

Danielle — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Hello #amwritingparty, just popping in to let you know our first #romance writing tweetchat will begin in an hr! Writers & readers welcome! #
Hmm hashtag, predictably, taken so lets make it #RWSW to go with the Romance Writing Support Wave #amwritingparty #romance #
Hmm Tweetdeck on one screen and Wave open and in active chat on the other… I may have a problem lol #
#romance writers and readers! Come share your opinions & tips with aspiring romance authors in our romance writing chat in 15min Tag: #rwsw #
Come share your opinions & tips with aspiring romance authors in our romance writing chat in 15min Tag is #rwsw #writechat #amwriting #
Okay, Hello to everyone for the first tweet chat of the romance writing support group! Do say Hi and intro yourself #RWSW #
For our first topic we thought we'd discuss Romance novels vs novels with romance in them. What is it that attracts us as writers… #RWSW #
And readers (of course) and what are the main differences (loved or hated) about writing one or the other? #RWSW #
Hi @MonicaEmme & @SharonGerlach, glad you made it! #RWSW in reply to MonicaEmme #
I enjoy the challenge of writing with the restriction that the non-romance subplots must be seen through the romance. Not easy to do! #RWSW #
New Wave for #RWSW chat topics made. If I've not added you please tweet me, or ping me! #
Whether you are writing genre romance or not, how do you keep your romance from moving too fast? What are you favourite techniques? #
Since one should try not to use the same reasons twice in one novel – maybe we can help each other out! #
Whether you are writing genre romance or not, how do you keep your romance from moving too fast? What are you favourite techniques? #rwsw #
Since one should try not to use the same reasons twice in one novel – maybe we can help each other out! #rwsw Hashtags help!! #
Well it looks liek #rwsw is winding down for the day. It's been a great first chat, be sure to visit your waves and put down those topics! #
If anyone would like to suggest discussion topics, join us on googlewave! Ping me danisidhe@googlewave.com and ask to be added! #rwsw #
Checking out the #rwsw page at @wthashtag http://wthashtag.com/rwsw #
Off to brave the one thing I am a wimp about doing in Japan – the doctor. It's just somewhere you don't feel up to playing charades about. #
Warning: If you suspect even a small ENT infection GO TO THE DOCTOR. It might go away but it might also go to your heart. DON'T BE A HERO. #
Yay! No more naked finger! Wedding rings back from their trip to Tokyo for servicing and polishing by their jeweler before returning to Oz. #
Have fun with #WIPfire #amwritingparty guys! I'm off to take a non-heartstraining, gentle walk – if that's possible in hilly Kakuozan! #
Watching the pilot of Yes Minister and OMG THEY ARE ALL SO YOUNG!!!! #
IT SNOWED THIS MORNING!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEE! Was out with camera for an hour, It's cold outside when it snows! http://tweetphoto.com/6706973 #
A must-watch piece of story analysis!! RT @slashfilm 70-Minute Video Review of The Phantom Menace | /Film http://bit.ly/7wyBUu #scriptchat #
Narrative Disorder has been hacked. I have shut the site down for reader's protection and will be moving to a more reliable host soon. #
Narrative Disorder back up and no danger to anyone! Got the right person at my host this time and he fixed it while I was on the phone. Yay! #
is sick of the lack of layout control she has with wordpress and is looking for either new back end or new platform that does as it's told. #