I think this speaks incredibly to the my human condition.

And definitely not in a bad way. All I mean to say is that given the shot, I'd clutch with white-knuckle trembling resolution. I know now, how valuable that one shot it. Fuck safety nets.

In the same fashion as has come to be tradition, I post on the cusp of my departure from Pennsylvania: the real world ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas, everyone.

And I do mean everyone.

I'm on my way. See you guys soon.

Come tomorrow, I'll be on my way back home.

I will have vigorous oral sex for anyone who buys me this for Christmas.

I need to talk to my sister. There's a lot on my mind, and I know I can always talk to her about it, when no one else does. Andy would understand too, I think.

I need my family now. It's obvious no one else gives a fuck, the way they do.

The closer I come to truly knowing that what makes me happy is far more precious than that which feels good, the closwer I come to living the sort of life I want to life.

Sometimes, it just takes a clear winter night walk to figure that out. I'll be home soon.

So, here we are. On the cusp of Christmas, down in the final throes of my mad-rush to finish all our "pre-deployment" bullshit that hasn't come to be ( Read more... )

Republicans, I wish a venomous death upon most of you in Congress. This is ridiculous. That will get more people killed, and politicians are so quick to ignore that fact. True, we all knew it could happen that we would be deployed and die. I know that it cannot happen to me. I am fine with that ( Read more... )