Originally posted by tahirire at War

My friend Sarah lost her husband, Staff Sergent Matt Sitton, in Afghanistan a little over a week ago ( Read more... )

( Depressing shit behind the cut. Really won't blame you if you decide not to click. )

I mostly write stories about terrible things that happen to basically good people, but their friends and family rally around them in support and things turn out generally okay in the end.

Based on my experience in life, the first half of that sentence makes me a writer, and the second half makes me a fiction writer.

On this day we remember those lost ( Read more... )

So we actually got to weld in class this morning. For like five glorious hours. So awesome ( Read more... )

So this actually came from tumblr, but this has been on my mind SO MUCH lately-partially as I think and plot an original 'verse I've had in the back of my mind for many years now, and partially just thinking about life in general-and I just think it's really important for me to put out there. Because while I don't condone the attitude of "[insert ( Read more... )

So as one of my favorite songs says, I somehow managed to make another trip around the sun today. This is a special anniversary of the night I put my mom in the hospital though. It's the thirtieth such anniversary.

(  That's right. The Titanic sank 100 years ago and 70 years later, I came screaming into this world demanding to know what the hell was going on and WHERE ARE MY PANTS? )

Dear Facebook,

Thanks for kicking me off your site-and for not listening to me when I tried to talk you around your insane reinstatement policies. I know that probably sounds weird, so allow me to elaborate.

Like many denizens of the Internet, I happily joined your little club a few years back so I could connect with my friends. I had my doubts about ( Read more... )

So I've been listening to epic music today, some of it on the recommendation of a good friend, and reading stories of epic adventures and triumph over evil and all that rot and, well, now I'm feeling the urge to follow the trend and do something epic myself ( Read more... )

The term 'Heavenly Father' has never been more appropriate than today.

My wheelchair came a day earlier than expected so I don't have to keep hopping all over school. I will at home because of stairs, but I can handle that if I can get a break (no pun intended LOL) at school.

And THEN I got a call from the insurance company and finalized everything ( Read more... )