Back in the day I was pretty broke - can't go on field trips or afford anything fun sort of broke. It sucked. A lot ( Read more... )

One of the worst things in the whole world is a small child with headphones on, volume turned to full blast, drowning out the sound of their alcoholic father being a belligerent, hostile, terrible drunk.

Yeah, pretty sure it breaks my heart.

Lately I've been talking about one of my friends like she's a problem. You know, those conversations that start, "what are we going to do about NAME?" And it's not because she's a problem - she's bright, entertaining, intelligent, but depressed. Everything hurts, everyone sucks, can't get the energy to get out of bed depressed ( Read more... )

I'm having one of those years, where I intend to keep up with livejournal, but I'm being run over by reality ( Read more... )

I have been struggling with the need to share my thoughts, and the desire to keep everything to myself. It's one of those things that I have poor balance on. I used to LJ a lot. A ton, even. It gave me a place to share the opinions I wasn't comfortable having ( Read more... )

A person I respect a lot, and have worked with off and on for a long time, is really sick. They have cancer, and at their age, it’s really dangerous. Today, they were having a really bad day. Highly symptomatic, highly unwell. A lot of bleeding, a lot of tests, a lot of scary numbers. They’re sort of all alone, here, in Alaska. They don’t have ( Read more... )

How much do I love my friends right now? Logged on to LJ to find story bits everywhere.

You guys are awesome.

My laptop went down, and I thought, oh, well, at least it's just the screen that's broken ( Read more... )

Anyone who knows this journal probably knows that my mother's boyfriend is a huge problem for me, and that half the reason I still live at home is because I am afraid if someone's not here -- me, Melissa, or Matt in particular -- Larry will hurt Michael. or my mother. He's tried to shove her down the steps, and threatened to hurt Michael before. ( Read more... )

Without Word, I'm a little lost. But Scrivener for Windows and an exercise in character development is helping me get through these tough times.