It's almost seven in the morning on Christmas Day and here I am updating my livejournal. I haven't been asleep. The rain is falling in waves outside, slamming against the windows. The trees are ripping in the wind. I can hear my mom's windchimes dancing violently. In a couple hours my parents will awake and we'll all open presents. My mom will take ( Read more... )

Alcoholism runs through my family's veins. It's in our DNA. Nearly every male in my family has struggled with the disease at some point. I have uncles who have spent their entire lives in a drunken stupor, never able to keep a job because they can't recover from their seemingly never-ending hangover. My grandfather was a mean drunk who used to ( Read more... )

Earlier this year, in May, I graduated with a two-year degree from the community college in my hometown. It took me longer than two years, but I was never in a hurry to finish. I wasn't sure what I was going to do afterwards, so I kind of stretched out the community college experience longer than necessary. I enjoyed my time there and I developed ( Read more... )

Last night I smoked weed for the very first time. Before that, I'd never smoked anything in my life, not even a cigarette. But I've always been a bit curious about marijuana, and a little part of me (sometimes a big part) has wanted to try it for quite a few years. Unfortunately, I'd never been presented with any real opportunities. That is, until ( Read more... )

My roommates and I went to a strip club the other night in the center of downtown Charlotte. We had planned on going a couple times before, but those plans always fell through. This time we were on our way to the cinema to see Jennifer's Body when my friends made a spur-of-the-moment decision to veer off on an early exit and see multiple bodies ( Read more... )

I just posted an entry at fpdebate about my frustrations with writing a novel. If you have any advice, go leave a comment.

Someone abandoned a kitten outside my house. My family and I have been taking care of her for about a week and a half now. At first she was very wary of people. She would run away anytime we got within a few feet. But, with each day, she's learning to trust us more and more. I've yet to try and pet her, though I think I could. I'm not 100% sure of ( Read more... )

I've been looking forward to the day, forty years from now, when 95% of the world's population drops dead with a malignant brain tumor due to countless hours of cell phone usage. Having never owned a cell phone, I was immune ( Read more... )

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Last night the Devil visited my dreams. He wanted someone to play video games with ( Read more... )