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As I'm sitting here having a perfectly pleasant conversation with a young mother, it dawns on me that our points of reference in life are drastically different ( Read more... )

Trolling around on Facebook a couple of weeks ago I came across a status update posted by my cousin Gregory.  Gregory attends a prep school out in the suburbs.  (Read: predominately not minority student population).

Here's a kid that despite suffering some major tragedies has managed to keep an amazing attitude about life and an unwavering optimism ( Read more... )

'"The Need to Be"

To forfill the need to be
Who am I in this world is all I ask
I can't pretend to be something I'm not
And I won't wear a mask

You've touched my face with love in your eyes
But will you touch my heart?
With the understanding that it takes to realize
I just can't play a part

There's the need to be true to myself
and make my own mistakes
And ( Read more... )

To compensate for my lack of blog inspiration I thought it would be cool to blog my favorite things, sans the Oprah Winfrey yells of "You get a car, you get a car, and YOU GET A CAR!!"  After all,  though I may temporarily be deficient in my passion for lj-ing, I still gotta live, right?  And I can't deny that LJ sustains me.

So to ease my antsy ( Read more... )

Okay...

So you've read the book.  You saw the movie.  The TV show is da' bomb.  Now you want to run out and find someone to discuss it with only to find...there is no one to talk to about it.

But Oh What Happy Modem!  There are the internetz!

And it is good.

Casting out the net with the help of your favorite search engines and social networks you go  ( Read more... )

Question:  What color was I after bathing in a tub of untempered hot water last night?  Rock Robster comes to mind.

(Seriously though, have you ever taken a bath in water that was so hot that it made you light headed for like 30 minutes after you got out?  I did that.  On purpose.  Don't ask me why.)

Question:  What color is the wine that I spilled ( Read more... )

 Warning:  Random ahead

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In the span of 24 hours, I've collectively purchased 24 books from 4 different Borders stores.  Mostly 50% off remainders and one author signed local author (that was bound to happen, right?)

I wonder if I'll even live long enough to read all this stuff.

Anyway...

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...or at least I would be if I were an automobile.


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When I was a kid, I believed in all sorts of fantastic and magical things. I believed that everyone alive in this world could do at least one thing better than anyone else could. The trick was finding out what the one thing is before you die. I also used to think that if you lived your life totally good, you would be happy and all your dreams would ( Read more... )