I guess I should explain where that came from. My neighbor's in ninth grade. She's got bigger problems than I did. She's dying of cancer. Quickly. She's my little sister's best friend. My older sister already lost a good friend of hers in high school, Kyle. I hated seeing her go through that. I don't want my little sister to lose Rachael. ( Read more... )

In ninth grade, my biggest problem was boredom. No car, no license, no money, and everything was too far away. I wasn't a big fan of the internet quite yet, and hated talking on the phone as well. Boys weren't interested in me, and I was too shy to vocalize my interest in them. So I got straight A's. And I played soccer, and watched tv, and ( Read more... )

Yesterday was very strange. Beeky came to see me, and informed me that she ran into RJ the other day. No part of me whatsoever cared. It made my day a little bit worse to even be thinking about him. He's doing well. He got cleaned up and is going to LCC, and plans on tranfering to MSU soon. He's really turning his life around. Well fucking ( Read more... )

One Small Choice ( Read more... )

I really want to be happy right now. I'm trying so hard to be. And I don't really have any reason not to be. Except that I'm tired, and sick, and stressed. Work is stressful right now. Inventory is tomorrow, and we have six employees. We don't even have a store manager...he quit on Saturday. So tomorrow will be a fun day. Actually though, ( Read more... )

"I guess what I'm saying is that this all feels very familiar. But it's not mine to be familiar about. I just know that another kid has felt this. This one time when it's peaceful outside, and you're seeing things move, and you don't want to, and everyone is asleep. And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the ( Read more... )

"Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence."

"Recognize and deal with reality, no matter how unpleasant it may be."

2 TOUGH QUESTIONS ( Read more... )

I need to write stuff, but I haven't the time right now. Hopefully I'll get another chance later tonight. I'm off to eat dinner, do homework, trick-or-treat, and figure out what I wear to see Rosa Parks lie in state.