New Years Eve was a great night for me because it reminded me of a really important lesson: I am... how do you say... really boring. My girlfriend fully agrees with this statement. Please understand I don’t say that I’m boring with any regret or disappointment... my girlfriend would. I’m happy to … [Read more...]
The Trouble with Family
Family... a word that can either make you feel warm and squishy because you share love with each other or because you’ve pooped your pants since the thought of being with them terrifies you: “Ah man, not again.” Or perhaps, the word family doesn’t make you warm and squishy; it makes you hot and … [Read more...]
The Christmas Tree, a story
In the world of plants, being a tree is considered to be special, because trees play a vital role in nature. Whether it’s providing shade in the heat or being a home for small animals, being a tree is considered a great honor because there are many ways that you can help others. When it comes to … [Read more...]
Sexuality vs. Intimacy
I dated my first girlfriend for five years. I was twenty-one and she was eighteen when we started. Yes, I believe if you can’t find someone your own age go for someone younger. This is further proven by my second and current girlfriend because she’s six years younger. No one older possessed my … [Read more...]
The Steps to a Fight
This past weekend I got into a heated verbal conflict with my sister-in-law. My family almost never fights, but it happened – well done me – and it only stopped because my mom said: (in an angelic voice) “Okay, time for a new conversation.” The fight left both my sister-in-law and I upset. No, I’m … [Read more...]
What’s the Intention?
Every night before I go to bed I sit on my couch and do some type of journaling and reading to decompress from the day. It’s at this time that my cat, the one who baptized me with his nose cannon as described in last week’s post, usually joins me. He loves to sleep on my lap, which is a practical … [Read more...]
Forgive and Protect
My cat has a cold, or at least the feline equivalent of a cold. He has a stuffed up nose and sneezes. He doesn’t have a sexier meow (a sexier voice is the one bonus of having a cold... the gravelly, want-to-be Barry White voice not the stuffed up, nasally voice like someone shoved their fingers … [Read more...]
How to make things better
Over the years I have seen men and women sullen and forlorn sitting for who knows how long under the glare of judgment. These people would be treated as if they were diseased. When others walked by them, the others would take a step or two away as they passed. I remember one particular time I was … [Read more...]