sheling

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Location

Bristol, UK

Birthday

July 15

Bio

Single mother, Apserger's son, evil family, too many animals, hates housework, likes complication, common sense and cheese. I mean, not -just- cheese but it's pretty good. Though I have to eat it on the quiet these days as my son is - on top of all that genius-odd-difficult nonsense - lactose intolerant. I'm also quite partial to a nice fruity sorbet, which is also largely down to my son, but I don't feel the same thrill of guilt (like a 15-year-old having a cig in their parents garden, I SWEAR). When he grows up I want to be a midwife. I used to want to be a writer but, though no-one ever pays me for the shit I come out with, I feel I've largely satisfied that urge for now. Plus, it stands little chance of ever getting me to Kenya - a country that I'm crazy in love with to the extent that I want to take my eventual midwifery there to promote women's health, education and protection. All those selfish-noble sentiments aside (and, of course, the cheese), the truth is I'm a little down these days that a life that, up to now, has been filled with travel, art, culture, music, self-education, personal journeys and self-awareness has boiled down to me these days repeating over and over again "No, stop that right now; it's dangerous because..." Single parents should be lobotomised; it's the only humaine way to treat them. Otherwise they'll just spin out in the street like I did the other day when my son - once again - almost got hit by a car and I ranted furiously while in tears: "I'm cultured, educated and was once described as brilliant and have traveled enough miles to have gone three times around the circumference of the planet. And all of that time, energy and curiosity boils down to this: why YOU don't want to do something that everyone else on the planet find FREAKIN' OBVIOUS! Besides anything else, you're turning me into a hypocrite because I BELIEVE EVERY WORD DARWIN WROTE!" Then we went home and ate smiley faces for dinner.