he flipped his lid two years ago

[journalwk]

my little bruddah John A., th original Bad Luck Kid, is mere hours away from completing his college career and earning a degree in Systems Engineering. One more paper and he's out. Anyone who knows his story knows that this outcome is a near-miraculous one.

• College degrees over thinking you are receiving direct communications from th Virgin Mary

Comments

Feel free not to answer: drugs, stress or just shitty luck?

[hopletonbrown]

As an ex-flipee I am curious...

glad u seem to have pulled through it too

[journalwk]

emotional stress + (what turned out to be) bipolar disorder (though it initially appeared to be something worse).--mza.

Big-ups to your bro for pulling through and getting dat peice of paper...

[hopletonbrown]

...and props to you and the rest of your folks.

Believe me, your bro appreciates your sticking by him like a mutha.

[tasteetriceps]

I feel supremely proud of this perfect stranger. That's the sort of shit that makes me look up.

the virgin mary, huh

[maria_sputnik]

Maybe he's the "seems like Bad Luck but actually has Really Good Weird Bounce Back Luck" kid. Happy college degree party!