The life of a soldier boy Isn't all smiles Leaving so often Why can't you stay for a while? The soldier boy is brave Excited to make a stand Can't wait for his country To take the upper hand But the life of a soldier boy Isn't all fun Sometimes you feel scared Even out in the sun But the soldier boy is strong And leaves us with a smile He gives us a promise He'll be back in a while So he's off to Iraq To fight with the Marines It seems we'll never know What's in his drea...

Humorous title, so I see... I wish the whole topic of this blog was humorous but it isn't. I am suffering extreme stress. And I don't know what to do about it. What do you do when you hope and pray for so long that someone would still love you, for so long without any reason, with only hope and prayer and tons of evidence proving that they DON'T love you anymore, to the point that you finally give up and try moving on with you life--- What do you do when this person calls you af...

I am headed for a complete emotional collapse. I mean it. It's imminent. I don't know how much longer I can deal with all of this surrounding me. I mean, it would be better if I could turn my head off for a while to not think about Matt, but there he is all over the TV, newspapers, everyone's SNs, and I really can't. And then there's the bitch... Years and years of physical and emotional mistreatment... That don't get wiped away like that... There was never any love. She was never nice to m...

I hate my sister. I could scream it at the top of my lungs from every building in the world. Fuck that, in the universe. She is a psychotic bitch, neither of those being the least of an exaggeration. Actually in all reality it's probably an understatement. She lives in a fantasy world where shes the fucking queen bee beautiful wonderful person that deserves everything and should be trusted at all times, and when you say no she flips out. This is all behavior from a 22 year old, whom...

Over the last half day, the only thing I've been able to think is "Fuck Iraq." Really. Fuck Iraq. And I don't want to hear any fucking idiots saying that we belong over there, that we're sending KIDS there for a reason, that there is a purpose for it all. There isn't a single God damn purpose for any fucking kid to be over there, fighting for something that no one over here understands, dying, for no real reason. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THEM TO BE OVER THERE RISKING THEIR LIVES, THEY'R...

Does anyone else out there like Sublime?? I mean, Brad Nowell rocks my frickin world. I love that guy. He had the greatest voice ever. Seriously, it's so full of emotion and awesome stuff. Anyways, they had the greatest music. I can listen to their CDs all the way through. I think my favorite CD is 40 oz to Freedom though. What does everyone else think?? How about your favorite Sublime songs? I looooove KRS-One, Rivers to Babylon, D.J.S., Get Ready off of the self-titled CD, Garde...

This is a song that I find very powerful, very personal, moving, and infuriating. I hope no one else has ever been in a position like this, but I know that it happens often, too often. And I can only beg anyone who is in a relationship like this to get out. It's the best thing you can do. What About by Janet Jackson We walked along the beach What a moonlit night He held my hands in his He kissed me he said I wanna spend my life with you I want you for my wife Just then I thought...

Sometimes I feel utterly and completely alone in this world. That's a really sad-sounding comment, I know, but I'm not sad... Being sad and being alone are two different feelings, and right now, I don't feel sad, just alone, confused, and lost. The problem is, I don't really feel like I fit in in this world. It's not that I don't have friends, because I do, and they're wonderful caring etc. It's also not that I'm a loser or anything (yes you can have be a loser and still have friends). I...

So it's like, sometimes I feel like I have to challenge my self and sanity to the utmost. It's almost like, I'm torturing myself, for God knows what reasons. And yet I'm still gonna do it. So here's the story: My aunt's father died, and as his funeral is over my spring break, I'm going with my mother and grandparents to his funeral in Cottage Grove next Monday. I don't remember him at all, since I suppose the last time I saw him was when I was a small babe, or so my mum tells me. But...

I always find it really cool to see what other people are listening to, and all that groovy stuff. So I'm gonna put a list of my record collection on here, and anyways if no one else reads this, I'll at least know what I have! I'm not putting my CDs on here though cause I have WAY too many and I don't listen to or like them all anymore, anyway, unlike my records Face the Music - Electric Light Orchestra After The Gold Rush - Neil Young Eldorado - ELO Elton John Greatest Hits -...

I love Brad Nowell. I love Sublime. I really have nothing else to say, except for that iTunes is AWESOME when you are on a shared web network!! Cause I get to listen to everyone else's music too. I have mine under the name Gumby, and some people in my dorm were knocking on all the doors to see who "Gumby" was, and then they FINALLY found me, since I'm on the end of the hall, and they were like, "Your music rocks! We needed to know who had Booty House Anthems!" And I was like, me! I do...

Webster's definition of marriage: " 1 the state of being married, 2 a wedding, 3 a close union " This is the literal definition of marriage. It doesn't say anywhere about it being limited to men and women. I'm gonna go with the dictionary on this one. I think that marriage is something that can only be decided between two people. It doesn't matter to me if they are white and black, red and green, woman and man, or woman and woman. It is a decision that only these two people can ma...

I finally realized my life goal in completeness today. I have decided I'm going to live in Paris, writing, and doing whatever job I can in order to support myself. This goal is in no way, shape, or form, impossible for me. I took two years of high school French, and I plan on taking three years of French here in college. I've been toying with the idea of minoring in French since the beginning of the school year, and I just might do that, or at least take lots of French courses so I can mast...

The God of Magazines loves me. He really does. So, yesterday I'm at the drug store picking up my prescription, and it turned out that I had to wait a little while. So I was standing at the counter with my little pile of various gums and candies, and after about five minutes, my eyes strolled to the magazine rack. I thought about buying another crossword book, but decided against it A) because I've boughten two in the past month, and because I had to pay my tuition today. Then, as luck (o...

I have to write on my intense jealousy of American writers in Paris at the turn of the century and into the twenties and thirties. They were so damn lucky!!!! Explanation: In my Paris class, we're reading a book called Women of the Left Bank which is over all kind of boring, I suppose, if you don't spend every waking moment wishing to be a writer surrounded by other amazing writers and artists. Especially in an amazing place like 1900's Paris. We're also reading The Autobiography of A...