Every year for Memorial Day and Veterans Day the streets of my town's business area are lined with flags. At the bottom of each flag is a cross labeled with the name of a past or present resident who served in the military during wartime and their respective branch. My grandfather served in the Navy during World War II, and every year I try to find ( Read more... )

Post-tornadogeddon update: I'm okay. Nothing really happened at my place except a little rain and wind. Downtown is another story, though.For those wondering, I live a few minutes west of the heart of Ringgold. That tornado barely missed me ( Read more... )

Dad likes his bottled water. As today would demonstrate, he likes his particular brand of bottled water ( Read more... )

I have a contract with myself taped to my desk. It gives me until September first to move out of my parents' house, whether I have a job or not. I signed it yesterday and mentally made this pact with myself quite some time ago ( Read more... )

My original plan for night's end was nothing steamy: I was just going to move more messages from my Yahoo inbox to an appropriate folder until I tired of doing so, write, take my medication, wash up, and go to sleep ( Read more... )

The house on the other side of the fence in on fire. Holy shit.

Happy Turkeyfest/Thanksgiving to those in the US. Happy Thursday to everyone else (and maybe you'll get some turkey anyway ( Read more... )

It all started on Saturday. I was leaning back in my computer chair, talking on the phone with Andrew, when I turned around to face the rest of my room ( Read more... )

First, because I fail at birthday wishing, HAPPY BIRTHDAY NELL!

And because I apparently fail at updating these days, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. To celebrate, I got quoted on ljdq (and a birthday wish!), which made my day. All of you should go play this week's quiz. Go. Play. Take quiz ( Read more... )

Wow, I haven't been here for awhile. And boy, do I have a lot of entries in my head to write ( Read more... )