Just been thinking about the philosophy of living ( Read more... )

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One of the most important lessons I've learned about life came from Homer's "The Odyssey". I read about this journey four years ago, and the part that still stands out to me is about the Lotus Eaters ( Read more... )

Leave it to Schwen to rationalize why I've had a profound hatred for school since September. We read an article in class today about the American drive to pursue higher education, and how unqualified and unmotivated people are going to open admission colleges in hopes of getting a better job. The result is a surplus of college students (of which ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm breaking through the shackles, tearing down the wall, transcending all oppressive forces in my life. Something cracked this year ( Read more... )

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This hurts a lot. I always loved that smile of yours, and when I close my eyes, I see you standing there with that smile moments before you pull the trigger. Death is inevitable, but yours really hit me because you chose it. You chose to end life ( Read more... )

-joined this group called run your mouth on myspace on part of my resolution to get in touch with the local scene. I have mixed feelings about the kids but ended up going to two local shows. VOD was good, and I loved carpe mortem and diesel. fuck shitty metalcore bands though ( Read more... )

All my life I've been told that I'm waiting. Waiting to be able to stay up later, waiting to drive a car, waiting to go to elementry school, waiting to go to middle school, waiting to go to high school, waiting to go to college, waiting to get a job, waiting to venture into the "real world", waiting for others to get their shit together, waiting ( Read more... )

I found a letter in my closet I mailed to Sandy Fox many years ago while she was at camp. Besides all the crap about summer boys and inside jokes, there was a sentence that went something like "If anyone in your bunk listens to Blood for Blood, Sick of it All, Neglect + a bunch of others, tell them Jen Maisel thinks they're awesome". I was a 13 ( Read more... )