Today at work, we got through 5 grateful dead songs in almost an hour and a half. what the fuck.

And one of my coworkers tried to convince me that it wasnt just a song- it was a novel, a conversation, a philisophical debate. I laughed at him. Then i realized he was serious. what have i got myself into.

The thing about having highways through the mountains is that the mountain has to be dynamited to create a path for the highways. So there are these two steep-as-fuck cliffs on opposite sides of the highways. At 3 A.M, after walking through one of the most haunted places in NC, we found ourselves on the top of one of those cliffs, our legs ( Read more... )

A good friend of mine at school here came from a southern, right-wing household where she was taught how to please others above her own happiness. Then she came to Wilson and fell in love with a girl, as well as realized what it means to be happy with who she was. Now her parents have cut off all financial support to her, and have abandoned her as ( Read more... )

Somehow i inspired my mother to get off zoloft. I'm so proud of her, and i guess i must be doing something right.

me: I love you ( Read more... )

And I'm sick of feeling like I'm losing my mind. Sick of doing the same things night after night. Sick of self-loathing and self-absorbtion, self-destructive narcissism. I'm sick to death of being constantly fucking sick of.

when the only tool you have is a hammer, every situation looks like a nail.

( I got Inked!!!!!!!! )

I broke free on a saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
headed north on mills ave
and listened to the engine roar

my broken house behind me
and good things ahead
a girl named cathey
wants a little of my time
six cylinders underneathe the hood
crashing and kicking
aha!
listen to the engine wine

i am going to make it through this year ( Read more... )

Day One - Arrival in New Iberia

This is so surreal

First off the smell.  Sea water where the ocean wasn’t supposed to be.  Houses that look completely in tact, but are yards away from their foundation.  Houses that are totally demolished.  Walking through mud that smells like oil and dead animals.  “You probably wont see any dead cattle, and ( Read more... )