You know I used to work at Starbucks for a long time. Almost 8 years, actually. Five different locations. Four in Metro Detroit and one in Cincinnati. I know everything there is to know about how to make your favorite drink (excluding any new stuff that has been introduced since I left). I was a good employee. If you were nice to me, I was more ( Read more... )

This journal. I'm so glad it's still here. What memories ( Read more... )

It's like, "Where'd you go?"

I miss you so. I just wanna tell you these things, but you can never know.

Can we just talk again? No,

that girl is dead. Look, "Just forget it," I said

I said it. Don't forget it, I meant it. I meant what I said,

that girl is dead.

You're dead. Just like you should be.
But most importantly...

I'M BACK.

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Happiness wears a clever disguise. As abstract as it is, it plays the role of a concrete, singularly defined goal set by each one of us. It is easily obtainable but, just like a drug it's peak levels never reach our heart and minds expectations. To say happiness is a cruel emotion would be a vast understatement.

That's all I guess.

Oh my god, that smell.
Spring. The longest winter I have come to experience has finally come to pass.
That smell!

I apologize in advance for this, but it doesn't matter how you cut it. For me, personally, these feelings. This beauty. Rebirth. Spring! - It is evidence enough for me that God exists. There must be a creator ( Read more... )

Who is this kid ( Read more... )

I'm no professional. Not yet ( Read more... )

This is what it feels like when the Earth stands still.
I am entirely missing. Off the radar.
Gone.

I weather my own defenses. They erode over time. Weaken.
I infect my motivation. My future goals.
Everything feels very far. Detached.
Incomplete.

I am a beacon of light.
I am a beacon, sunken by sin.
I am dormant.

Oh, it's strange ( Read more... )

About two months ago, I was in the middle of an opening shift at the Starbucks I used to work at. I had left the floor to do a lobby sweep, or "twirl" as many within the company call it, which consists of wiping crumbs off tables, checking the condiment bar and bathrooms, and emptying garbage cans that are teeming with disgusting garbage. - This ( Read more... )