"Think of it as if I'm making you an offer. In fact, I am ( Read more... )

I had a dream last night that I was in some sort of a cross between a hospital and a correctional facility. I remember having the feeling that it sucked that I was in there, but that it had been due to a set of unfortunate circumstances. I didn't feel guilty about anything nor incapacitated by any illness. I had gotten along with some of the people ( Read more... )

I have spent 24 years trying to work hard and make smart decisions and this is where I find myself:

Drunk at 10 AM, shirt on backwards, sitting on the floor watching my roommate clean up eggs by cooking them with the bottom of a pan.

I've noticed lately that as I get older I learn life lessons with increasing frequency. I think I learn 2-3 life lessons a week right now. I'm not talking about anecdotal morals, I'm basically talking about those moments where you think back on a decision you have, a sentence you have uttered, or even a thought that runs through your mind and you ( Read more... )

SultanBigPants

I'm done with this now. I am probably going to start a more formal blog soon at www.sultanbigpants.com that will be more refined essays and short pieces. The idea of LJ to me was initially a creative outlet, but it became a crutch. Soon, it was a networking tool, but it attracted negative influence. My creativity is now going back into real art, my ( Read more... )

Sara didn't know anymore if the world was going to end, or what it would mean for her if it did. But as anybody would, no matter where they're from, Sara sorted through the sorrow, and the smoke-stained cobblestone of the fireplace wall. What remained was a contagious, wistful comedy of hundredth-story butterflies, fireworks on the Fourth of July, ( Read more... )

The media criticizing the Lions for winning the game yesterday and therefore losing the number one overall pick. What the hell does Sports Illustrated's Don Banks want them to do, intentionally take safeties and just stand around on defense? Are we forgetting that these men are professional football players and that if winning each game wasn't of ( Read more... )

I could go into the ideological problems I have with the concept of holidays in general and maybe determine a specific reason why I hate New Years the second most of all days, behind the Fourth of July. New Years, actually, may be my least favorite of all moments in a year ( Read more... )

I hate it when headlines try to get clever and the result is that they don't indicate in any way what the story is about.

New Years is a dumb holiday.