For as many times as things go perfectly there are a million times that they wont. But after a perfect day or a perfect weekend it is sometimes hard to let the problems overshadow the perfection that you just experienced. There has to be balance in everything and we have to be smart enough to consider the orientation of the thread that runs along ( Read more... )

I forgot, because of my busy weekend during RiverDays, that I got some amazing wisdom from a guy who has known me nearly my whole life. My Uncle Pistol Pete of the Twistin' Tarantulas. The guy used to borrow me and my sister whenever he needed to pretend he had kids. He took us to Tigers games at Tiger stadium more often than my own father did. He ( Read more... )

I never realized how much my grandpa hated me until recently. I don't understand. I know if his relationship with my mom had been better there wouldn't be a problem, but unfortunately I look like her and was born by her and he never seperated us in his mind. After attempting to add him to my facebook and getting rejected multiple times, I actually ( Read more... )

Thursday I worked pre-production for the festival with Mr. Jeff Wilson. Gonna be working with him a lot more soon. It was great but, but tiring work and I got to Harpos that night in time for the last two songs. Wouldn't have even gone if Damien wasn't working it, then Friday I show up and find out he was hanging out in Detroit with his woman ( Read more... )

"Hispanic or Latino origin is independent of race and is termed "ethnicity" by the United States Census Bureau. The racial categories are ( Read more... )

The moonlight was bright, but the moon was low and as we walked along the city blocks the buildings cast the deepest black shadows, so dark our eyes took precious seconds to re-adjust after passing each damp, eerie alley way. The closest voices were but mere echoes and I felt more safe with him than I had in my parents bed, candles lit, during a ( Read more... )

You've got to be the one
Smile of porcelain
Bullet holes in your tongue
Plexiglass bones
Dough of angel's brain
The eyes of a mannequin
Put on a hell of a show
Solid gold
Fresh young face
King of a lovely place
Cynical life
Wash your face
Tryin' to make it better
And we've heard this song before
And the needle skips againPlayin' dominoes with ( Read more... )

What I have learned from 4th graders from Arkansas so far ( Read more... )

I wondered what had happened to him ( Read more... )

About 70% of the time my boyfriend asks me "What are you doing?" the answer is "shakin' it" and while I don't mind having to remind him, I feel like he should know by now ( Read more... )