When I was growing up, my dad took us swimming at the local pool all the time. All the lifeguards there were nice, but my absolute favorite was this guy named Tony, who was about 8 years older than me. I have been big my whole life. Well, Tony would always yell at and punish any of the brats who would make fun of me. We even had a "super secret ( Read more... )

They say you never know what you have until it’s gone forever. This is true. As some of you know, my grandpa passed away last week. It wasn’t sudden and unexpected, but that doesn’t make it any harder. We were expecting it a few weeks before, but still… It was sudden and peaceful and he didn’t appear to be in any pain, which is good ( Read more... )

So today at 3:03 pm, my grandpa died. I was sitting in the room at the home he was at when it happened. It was literally like 15 minutes after my mom and I got there. It was kinda eery. And he totally didn't look like the guy I remembered. He wasn't the ornery hard ass of my youth. He was frail and weak. I just know that he is up in the ( Read more... )

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As most of you know, today was President Obama's address to students. Cool, right? Evidently not, according to some. Some parents thought that it was unacceptable for the President to do so. Cus yanno... how DARE the President encourage the future of our nation! Wanna know what he said? Basically the same damn thing any parent SHOULD tell ( Read more... )

Hey dudes, this one's for you (and possibly some chicks to): If you are talking to more then one girl as prospects for dating, LET THEM FREAKING KNOW THAT! That way you won't crush the other girl emotionally when you inform her that you spent a wonderful weekend with the other girl who you said clicked instantly and wonder where she was your whole ( Read more... )

Yes, I am. Nothin much is happening in my life. Yay for uneventfulness. I am currently listening to Flight of the Valkyries. Not a good thing when you're trying to get in the mood to sleep :)

Oh good lord, I am so NOT built for heat. It was in the upper 90's here... yet again. It is rumoured to be breaking 100 tomorrow. Which... yanno... SUCKS. There are only so many dressy tank tops I have that are work appropriate! Jeebus ( Read more... )

To all the artists out there, has this ever happened to you? You take one of your regular characters you draw, and instead of creating something new about that character, you drew it how you originally drew it, and it just felt... right? That's what happened to me today ( Read more... )

yay it is now my birthday! I am now 27 years old. HOLY CRAP! That means I just have 3 more years until i'm 30. Crap...

But so far, I think my mom is gonna take me to get my nails done and eyebrows waxed, buy me an outfit and maybe give me moneys. Then my family and I are gonna go out to dinner.