Today was supposed to end well, it was supposed to be a day when differences were talked about, and past friendships were re-ignited. Instead, I got to see a part of my past that I have tried to stay away from. Drugs and alcohol are my monsters, they are after me. I stay true to myself though, I stay away, even during the most grueling cravings, I ( Read more... )

I saw the sunrise today... at the Grand Canyon. My family took a trip to the the grand canyon; we left on friday and got back this afternoon. Friday consisted of driving to Flagstaff and sleeping before getting the the canyon bright and early Saturday. We had a tour guide and walked...treked three and a half miles into the Grand Canyon. I actually ( Read more... )

My name is Mike Chadwick and I'm awesome. But being awesome just doesn't cut it these days, and you can see yourself in the wrong office in the school administration building. I thought it was always good to be original, creative; like riding on a razor scooter during a pep assembly? I'm the first kid to ever wear short shorts, a head sash, and ( Read more... )

I just realized that I forgot to write about how fantastic the Hellogoodbye concert was. Partly because I left for vacation the next day, but oh well. I took Julie to see it, we had a super time. I like being with her a lot, we got matching Hellogoodbye shirts because we are neat like that. Hellogoodbye is pretty much my favorite band right now. ( Read more... )

I'm in Telluride Colorado right now, the mountain is like 5 feet from me. Why am I not snowboarding? Its noon and i'm on the computer in the cabin because I have been plagued with Altitude Sickness! Yeahhhh, I get to spend two days burning up, then freezing in the cabin, instead of playing in the snow. I was riding so good too... now my board is ( Read more... )

Tonight I needed to be alone, I needed to find time to ponder, to feel, to write. I decided to take the notebook to a serene setting, some place where I can feel peaceful and close to my own heart. I chose the dock at the Scottsdale Lake, overlooking the small but pretty lake and the starry sky. I wanted to write a poem, I put on some Death Cab and ( Read more... )

I'm trapped right now. The fluorescent lighting is starting to fry my brain. I feel numb in school and the same once I'm at home. I need to break free, I need the outside world, a taste of what else is out there. I need to escape this prison of every day life.

LETS GO CAMPING

I'm overflowing from the week, I don't think I have had a week like this ever before. So much beauty, the rain, the friends, the poems, the Lord. I got to experience all those gifts at their fullest amounts this week. The weather was breathtaking, days of rain, indescribable sunsets that left the landscape we live in looking so fresh. I have gotten ( Read more... )

The rain, the rain is so soothing, so mellow and serene. To some it pisses them off because it changes the monotony of the Arizona sun, but for some reason I enjoy it so much. Maybe it's because I'm a dreamer, or maybe it's because I'm a Christian, but I do feel that the Lord is in control of the rain. A cleansing that is needed, covering the ( Read more... )

As I sit in front of this computer monitor, expelling thoughts of the mind through my fingertips so these little buttons on the keyboard make words, which then make sentences, which then make the thought in my head concrete, I sometimes question myself... Why am I so content? What makes me so mellow everyday in my life that so many people complain ( Read more... )