"Romance" by Wild Flag is perhaps the song that will best define 2011 for me. I've taken a gamble on life and am going to live. The lyrics I posted as the ones that define 2011 were too obtuse and not very accurate. Instead, I must go with the more appropriate lyrics from the same song:

Back when I had no story, nothing to form me ( Read more... )

When I woke up this morning my first thought was to the 20 dollars I recklessly misspent last night. It was a fitting end, though. As the day progressed, it soon became apparent that the 20 dollars was not the issue. The fact is that with it went 20 years of friendship ( Read more... )

Even though I got plenty of rest recently, what with not going to the meeting yesterday, cutting out of the high school early, and getting a good amount of sleep last night, I still feel like poop. But, that's okay. I've still gotten more done than I usually do on so-called productive days. That's not to say I don't have moments of productivity, ( Read more... )

It has been approximately a fortnight since last I gambled. I feel the withdrawl symptoms, coarsing through my body. I know what I need to give up for Lent. For 40 days and 40 nights, starting next month (which means, hopefully, I get to go one more time before than) I will give up gambling. I hope that my move away from the destructive, capitalist ( Read more... )

Tonight was s'posed to be dedicated vice, tonight I was s'posed to play with money I don't have and can't afford to lose. I'm glad things don't always work out the way we want them to, for life would be utterly boring and a mindless exercise if it were ( Read more... )

...than you." -Home ( Read more... )

....begins early. It is now 4:30, I am getting tired, but I am still relatively awake. I do believe I should go back to sleep, but part of me wants to stay up. I've been up for nearly an hour. I'm just not sure ( Read more... )

Here am I am, unable to compose a proper thought. Sure, the motivation and "skill" are there, but the actual transference of pictures and words and the abstract to concrete words, phrases, and sentences, is quite challenging ( Read more... )

I find myself, periodically, rediscovering bits and pieces of past me's. This time, I have found me's from 2007-2008. What a weird period that was; hell, 2008-2009 was also weird. 2010 will, indeed, be a 'return to normalcy.' Did I mention that I believe you can never go back ( Read more... )

...not really, but we can pretend, can't we? After all, isn't what the Christmas day armistice of 1914 was about? The boys were supposed to be home by Christmas, for Gods sake!

and so happy Christmas....we hope you had fun....As I write this, it is already Christmas or well past in most of the world. Slowly but surely, my time zone will catch up. ( Read more... )