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Incomplete & Insecure
I nurture melancholy. I've known this for some time, but I only think about it on nights like this, when I have no reason to be unhappy but am anyway. I sit at my desk and put on sad songs and stew in it. "I like it lonely, I like it strange," Bonnie Raitt once sang. Those lines could be about me. Truth be told, I haven't been this chronically ( Read more... ) -
A Long Overdue Update
So, I haven't written an entry specifically about my life since basically October of 2008. I am, clearly, the most thorough and prolific writer ever. I don't know what really compels me to write this, except maybe the hope that at least writing it down will get some of these feelings off my chest ( Read more... ) -
History Repeated
This is high school all over again: Misinterpreting serious comments as jokes, or forgetting serious comments were even uttered in the first place. I thought I'd learned. Clearly not. -
Meghan McCain & The Republican Party
It says a lot about our country when you read an article about Meghan McCain and most of the reader comments deal with her weight rather than her opinions. Out.com recently published an article called "Meghan McCain Will Be Heard," an examination of 2008 presidential candidate John McCain's daughter and her belief that you can be pro-gay marriage ( Read more... ) -
A Random Dream I Had
This is kind of random, but I felt the need to post it. A few nights ago (and by "a few nights," it could have been as long ago as two weeks. I really don't remember) I dreamt that I was engaged in an epic duel of some sort with Al Sharpton. I was hiding behind what I think was a barrel, and we were throwing wine bottles at each other. All of them ( Read more... ) -
School on Saturday
We had snow this week. It was really quite lovely having a snowy wood to look at while a fire blazed in the living room and Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States. It was not, however, lovely in that it resulted in a cancelled school day, which meant my mother would have to go in to work on Saturday. She, of course, decided ( Read more... ) -
The More Boys I Meet, The More I Love My Dog.
I'm not sure if any of you are aware of this fact, so I'll fill you in: I absolutely REFUSE to be set up by my mother. There are certain areas of my life in which she should NOT be involved, and my love life is one of them. Not only that, she's been conspiring with my next door neighbor and a helper who assists said neighbor with her autistic son ( Read more... ) -
2008 Retrospective Survey
1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts On The Election Of Barack Obama
Today marks a truly historic day for America. For the first time an African-American has been elected to the Presidency of the United States. But that is not why I am so thrilled that Barack Obama has defeated John McCain. I am thrilled because today marks the beginning of the end of eight long years of disastrous leadership characterized by war, ( Read more... ) -
Song Review: Jack White & Alicia Keys - "Another Way To Die"
As everyone knows by now, the next James Bond film is set for release on November 14th in the US and October 31 in the UK. While I haven't seen any reviews of the film itself, one thing that's garnered a great deal of attention is the theme song, "Another Way To Die," a collaboration between Jack White and Alicia Keys. The first duet in Bond ( Read more... )