i can't believe i ever had friends with screen names like "slice ppr wrists" or "alltalknomosh" or that mine was "pistol pistol bang"

...but i am going to write grad school admissions essays about it

Hardcore music taught me it was okay to be angry, to scream, to have passion beyond words on paper, or voices flowing through air. I had ( Read more... )

my grandpa wally died the day after kotter. really, my dad's mom (actual grandma) died before i was born, wally was married to her sister, margie. margie and wally naturally took on the role of grandparents for me (since my dad's dad died before i was born as well) and i've been in love with them my entire life. they were incredibly important to my ( Read more... )

i don't believe anyone that reads my journal knows kotter, but i want to share the amazing person i was blessed to know, with you all. 22 day good years ( Read more... )

at first i thought

my experience with my dad will help me through this.
but i kept shaking and it didn't stop.

my reality is shattered.

fuck. what the fuck. what the fuck.

we are supposed to stay perfect.

i'd be willing to bet that police stations don't even have toliet paper, just rolls of the constitution ( Read more... )

one of my favorite bands of all time is playing a reunion show at chain reaction in june, twice. i bought tickets for both days haha.

i wish i had a picture of my scion in high school when i had the gigantic DISEMBODIED sticker in old english on the back window. so lame.

look into my eyes
see the naked truth
and tell me you can't feel it tooi ( Read more... )

if you haven't heard of this guy he's the kid behind a lot of 9/11 conspiracy stuff and web publishings about the evils of the white house. he mostly stands against the US's support of israel and our other foreign policies. i was recently pointed to him again when someone i know said that obama was no better than bush and that our country wasn't ( Read more... )

while studying for my philosophy of science class i came about the quote in the title of this entry, which gave me a whole new perspective on learning.

for anyone who doesn't think evolution is a beautiful idea, i beg to differ.

the quote, "ornate flowers and feathers inspire wandering devotion", evokes the idea that our world moves in a way that ( Read more... )

it is no longer 'live and let die'...
we are beyond that

it is 'live and let learn'.

enlighten yourself

.. i was at the phoenix black chamber of commerce event. let me just tell you that there could have been no better atmosphere. we were supposed to go to the az democratic party event but it was madness, so we went to the bar with the most obama signs ( Read more... )