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Blog #3: With Every Obstacle There is an Opportunity.

I want to begin today’s blog of course with a big HAPPY FATHERS DAY to my husband @raithmourn because today is about all the #daddies and well, he’s #1 daddy in my book. Without him I wouldn’t have my daughter, something that I never thought that I would do mind you. But yeah, it’s funny how life does things like that to you right? I started out twelve states away from where I am at, and this is where I had to come in order to spring the seed of life that made my daughter. It took a lot of struggle, pain, sweat, and tears to get here--but in the end it was worth every fucking second. And that is truly saying something. Maybe one day, Ill share the clusterfuck that was my childhood--but not today! Today, is a good day. We woke up, there is air in all of our lungs because we’re here--and we’re reading. So let’s do this. HAPPY FATHERS day to all the daddies, and to my hunny. I love you my Raggedy Andy.




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OMFG THIS THING IS FROM WALMART YALL....



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With that being said.....I’m going to now take a brief moment to fangirl SUPER HARD. THERE are TWELVE, that’s right--12 days til I am in front of @blackveilbrides​ at the #vanswarpedtour and I could not be more excited! I hear the weather in the valley is terribly humid, that there have been dust storms and oh HALLO MONSOON SEASON. So yeah, we’re used to that--we lived there for seven years. I’m pretty sure we can handle one day of ALL THE FUCKING MUSICS. I know I mentioned Black Veil Brides but I love them the most. Sorry. I am also looking forward to Simple Plan which I saw earlier this year (and MET OMFG HAI PIERRE!). But I’m also looking forward to seeing some bands Ive never seen live before like falling in reverse, waterparks, trashboat, etc....the list literally could go on and fucking on because the line up is so incredibly amazing this year. Oh, and now that I’ve hardcore fangirled for yall I figure why not toss in a HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BLACK VEIL BRIDES DAY to you all. Never knew that was a thing til today, but HEY can’t say I DONT approve, because well....let’s face it....I want every day to be international black veil brides day--why not? 



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Alright let’s get to the bulk of this post shall we? For a week straight I had the looming anxiety of a mammogram and an appointment because a nurse found a lump in my breasts. LOOOOOONG story short? I am cancer free and those lumps she found were just liquid filled cysts I was told to “keep an eye on”. Hold up. Rewind. Back the fuck up. Keep an eye on cycts that are super deep in my boob that I literally have to fish for? Something that literally took you 34 minutes to locate on a fucking ultrasound machine? HOW?! Am I supposed to get a home ultrasound machine? Give myself regular checkups? *smdh* that being said (and NO I will not be getting a fucking ultrasound machine), everything seems fine. 



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Let’s get into the longer story now. 



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I woke up that morning with anxiety but still managed to get ready and go to my appointment. By get ready and go I do not mean I did my hair and make up etc because I could not do those things they specifically told me not to wear makeup or any product. And by go, I cannot simply just walk out into my driveway and get into my car to go. I journeyed on the Flagstaff FUTS through the woods and billowing minerals, to a place two miles away by the hospital. Most of the trek was up hill in 20 mph winds mind you, that was real fun! especially when I reached the top and the billowing mineral mountain (courtesy of the city of flagstaff workers) started spilling into our faces! Anyway, I digress, I walked the rest of the way--and almost got hit by a courteous flagstaff patron who told me to basically fuck myself because he didn’t warn me he was coming loud enough (because the wind was going 20mph) so he thought it was sufficient enough to just mow me and my family down. When we finally got there we waited a bit in the waiting area and I was escorted into the back. Usually I bring my husband with me as my anxiety rock, but they wouldn’t allow him in the back because women were “under dressed.” but this was a radiology clinic so....there were more than just women that came. And it also sparked the question deep inside of, what do men who have breast cancer do? Do they not get to have a mammogram in the back here simply because they have a penis? Strange. I was escorted to an area to change, where I changed quickly. Then brought back to the machine, which was scary and giant. It loomed over my 5′1′’ self and the mashy glass plate stared me in the eye like--”Im comin for yo girlz an imma fuck shit up, you have no idea.” So the nurse explained everything to me, marked my breast with a permanent marker which made me just--like, really? You gotta put perma marker on my tit? Then we mashed my titties for like 15 minutes and four pictures. IT was awful. MASH is an understatement guys, for real. It’s super unpleasant. And the amount of times she asked me to hold my breath when I had just awkwardly let go of all my air? Were just....more than I could bare because well, we had to to take more fucking pictures and I had to stay connected to a machine that literally had me clasped by the tit. When I was finished in there, I was led back to the place I was changed in and told I was going to go to a ultrasound afterward to make sure everything was honky dory and to hold up on changing so I waited. Another lady came to collect me and brought me to the ultra sound which wasn’t anything I hadn’t done before, so I was finally relaxed. She did poke at my tits for like forty minutes, then when she was done taking pictures she got the doctor. By getting the doctor I mean she had to “find” him. The radiology clinic, lost the fucking doctor. Okay twenty more minutes of waiting means I bit off ALL my nails by now. AND “Hi I’m Dr Gallows.” Okay. So he pokes at my breasts for another twentyfive minutes to tell me that I have cysts and to keep an eye on them. Mind you he had me lying down, and sitting up, and was looking all around at them. It was very strange. I was happy when it was all over, but still had to walk the two miles back home. That was fine though, most of that was down hill, and the mineral mountain had stopped blowing as much because a small rain passed through and the wind had died down a bit. 

All in all it was a successful mission, one that proved to me that I am going to stick around a lot longer than expected and that’s great! More time with my daughter is a gold star in my book! And that’s what this day was. I hate doctors, I hate hospitals and tests, and I was filled with anxiety--but it is done and now I don’t have to worry about it til something else happens, cos well--c’est la vie.


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I have been keeping us on a healthy balanced diet all week. No slip ups--even our ice cream has been coconut milk and ANY/ALL of the meat we consumed was grassfed/organic meat. I didn’t bother posting pictures to my social medias of any repeats that I made or anything containing meat. But if yall want the meaty dishes--I’ll include them just drop a line on any of the social networks and Ill squeeze it in.



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Nothing really more to report on our front here, other than I have plans later this week to head to Sally’s Beauty Supply for some more hairdye so yall can keep an eye out for that. And I have been planning my warped tour outfit for two fucking weeks so.....look out for pictures of that. Not only that, but in the official warped rules it doesn’t say anywhere that I can’t bring my gopro camera. SO we will film until that thing dies (and the external batteries we have which is two LOL!) so keep an eye out for that as well! Still workin’ on getting the patreon rolling, but Ill be sure to let everyone know when that is up as well. Thank you for following along ghouls! Join me next Sunday (a bit earlier) for some more glimpses into my life through the Diary of Danii_Grimm.



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–Danii Grimm  xoxo
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Blog Post #1: “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow we aren’t really living.” Gail Sheehy

Hello Internet, it’s me Danii Grimm--

I’ve been working my way through various social media networks (Twitter, Instagram, Younow, Youtube, etc...) these past months because I’m a creative soul just waiting to cut loose.  I aim to enjoy life, because life is far too short not to, and living in the moment is something that is important to me. AND to most importantly share with the few that might care--my journey. So Hi! I’m a quirky, weird, awkward little introvert who loves to adventure into nature JUST as much as I love to sit at home and game for hours. 


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I can kick it in Skyrim for hours because well, it’s a game that helps me relax despite it’s many bugs and the fact that I am still playing on a more than outdated console (PS3). What can I say? I love the landscapes Tamriel has to offer, but I’m not gonna lie--I am a little envious to those of you with PC gaming and mods---JUST WOW....the options and journies this game has to offer are ENDLESS. And I cannot emphasize this enough, THEY ARE ENDLESS, and wonderful. And creators put hours of work into this game, AND it’s mods so despite all the terrible things that can happen ----->
(LIKE for example picture this: You are a high leveled mage who has just returned home from a long journey of saving the world AGAIN--only to find that there are bandits at the homestead you built with your bare hands, NOT ONLY trying to rob you but also trying to ACTIVELY KILL your family and loved ones. Well, you win the battle but at what cost? Your husband is dead. “Life is short in skyrim.”  And there are no mods. These assholes killed your only marriageable companion. The epitome of being alone. Well, after you have a touching water funeral for your husband---mooooostly because you dont want his rotting carcass on your property to remind you of how you failed to save him--AND MONTHS of missions and coming to terms with your loss---You hear a voice in the distance.You don’t think very much of said voice because well....these NPC’s all have the same fucking voice in skyrim as well......but, WAIT.....THOSE LINES.......So you follow the voice and low and behold your lover is alive and well! with nooooo fucking clue to who you are. Great. Square fucking one. AND you can’t remarry without restarting. Okay then. You think--I can live in this world with him as my follower, even if it hurts that he doesn’t love me anymore--but it hurts....and eventually you release him....and then there is months of in game healing....AGAIN.) 


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----/> But despite shit like this happening (SUPER EMOTIONAL SHIT BTW IDGAF WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT IT NOT BEING REAL. IT WEIGHED HEAVY.) there are other really cool things that happen too. That I can’t really list for sake of spoiling the game. GO PLAY IT if you haven’t. If you have? KEEP playing, my god this game is beautiful. The aesthetics are to DIE for, (MOST) of the quests are interesting, the Easter eggs are really fuckin neat, and well the little polished touches are worth outweighing all the terrible if you ask me. Unless it’s Miraak, cos, well--fuck that guy. 


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Okay for those of you who are dying to know what an Introvert is I looked up the proper definition for you just so we’re straight and we can get that out of the way.
Of course everyone is different and I’m by no means absolutely textbook...Here to get a better idea:
Mostly, my own personal definition is this....Life has beaten me up and I just want to live life freely. Living life freely means doing things the way I’m used to doing them, and not being treaded on or judged for doing them. In other words, I’m picky with who I chose to share energy with because sharing energy is physically and emotionally draining. I’m sorry. It just is. I do enjoy the company of others--don’t get me wrong, it’s just well...you’ve got to make it to the V.I.P. list before you can enter the restricted area--if you catch my drift.....


Anyways, those of my social circle know that I’ve had a very trying journey to make me the person I am today. I try to avoid conflict unless I feel like a voice needs to be raised. I’m not afraid to tell people what I believe in or what I love--at the same time I will always hear a person out, EVEN if I do not believe in said opinion because honestly it’s hypocritical not to. Not only that, but I am a firm believer in you should learn something new every single day. It helps you grow in many ways than one, in with learning something new, change happens. And well, in my life there has been A LOT of change...
For example: I grew up most of my life on East side of this (fucked up) country (USA) and now I’ve moved mostly West. Settling in Arizona, was the biggest change in my life at the time--coming from Rhode Island. I went from coastal property to a land locked state. I went from humidity, to something I call “Hell” heat, but everyone else just calls DRY heat. And I became a mother. I then went on to graduate Mortuary School, and have some magnificently creepy skills I can utilize once I take my boards in the #death industry. My journey along the way has molded and shaped me and every day I CONTINUE to try and change and be better. To reach the goals that I set for MYSELF. 
We’ll save my life story for another blog post, but I want to continue on that theme of change. 
Recently I found out that I am consuming far far too much meat (OOPS!) but it just so happens, I am anemic and NEED the iron that’s efficiently absorbed into my body FROM meat (UH-shit) okay so what now? 
Change and balance. 
Always...change to meet the balance for the BETTER
I have always been fascinated by vegetarians/vegans but always thought to myself that I could never fully take the leap and commit to no meat foods or dairy. Well, I’m finding it very easy to cut out dairy, and soon will be switching to MOSTLY vegetarian in lifestyle except my family is adopting something that is know as FLEXITARIANISM. Basically, what it all boils down to is health and juggling good foods with the fatty acids that we will need  as well as the IRON that we require (PSST eat that shit with vitamin C...it will absorb more easily into your body)....SO. What the long and short of it is we’re going to be organically living off of nothing but grass fed beef or other meat, farm fresh fish, etc--BUT only once a week. 
Your body only really should need meat, once or so a week...so that is what we are aiming for. The rest of the time? We will be experimenting, and it will be hard--but I’ll take you guys with me on that journey and I will document everything (even any slip ups we might experience). 


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With that, I would like to end this particular post with this: I look forward to the positivity that comes out of the change in our diet. I look forward to having more energy to take more trails and to PLAY with my daughter.  And most of all I look forward to how much LONGER I can live by leading a truly healthy lifestyle. 


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Have any questions/comments? Drop a line on any of my social media or right here and I would be glad to address them in another blog post. Thanks for stopping by and in the meantime live every day like it’s your last and don’t let anyone stop you from being the best you there is on the way.
 xo Danii-Grimm
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Keep an eye out for my future videos on Youtube, and soon I’ll be launching a Patreon to boost the quality of my videos and streams. <3 Love you ghouls!

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