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I just bought a book called "Keeping Faith". It's a joint autobiography written by a father and his son who joined the Marines. The family lives among wealthy east coast intellectuals where children go to private schools and off to exclusive colleges. Nobody around the guy can understand why he made this choice. The father supports his son but struggles to understand the choice.

Here...
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chloe:
sniff sniff no comment on my set?


how self-centered am I??!

champagne and uno SOON- plus, we are going to play TWISTER as well!!!
violentlyhappy:
because of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy?
confused
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Its funny ... all day long there was one thing I wanted... and Miffy had it the whole time.

Thank you Miffy!
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miffy:
thanks for playing, last night. I had some soup.
rybo:
Happy Holidays biggrin
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As much as I want to get into the translation job in the Marines I think I might prefer working as a combat correspondent. A freind of mine who tried to get a job in the UN in translation pointed out to me that the problem with working as a translator is how you have to shut off your mind and become a processing machine....
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miffy:
hey. you. smile
miffy:
what are you doing? where are you? i wanna see big fish.
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I never realized that suicide could be so therapeutic.

(someone else's, that is)

This morning when I woke up I was feeling depressed and lonely. I didn't want to celebrate Christmas. I didn't want to do anything.

But then as I watched this woman hanging off the ledge of this hotel balcony near my work I felt all that weight disappear. I realized that no...
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violentlyhappy:
that's fucked up dude. how shitty and depressed one must be to actually commit suicide. it's one thing to thinka about it, a whole other to go through with it. especially on christmas eve... i'm guess it's family related.


happy holidays!
articulus:
i once arrived at my car on top of a parking garage to see a man throw himself off there. it really does put things in perspective.

five stories. the day before thanksgiving. i think it's these fucking holidays.

happy festivus!
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I just realized something:

Perhaps the reason I get so depressed when I put my work uniform is cus it stinks. I only wash it about every 5 or 6 times I wear it.

no wonder I hate it so much. duuuh.
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hello.

I'm feeling very numb and empty today.

Off to work I go. and then after that, off to work again. After that... whatever

merry xmas.
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sfdeep:
good to meet you the other night. i'll have to pass along a pic i have of David Hasselhoff, Kitt and Gary Coleman. it's a classic!

also, do think Kitt was gay?
ratgirl:
german's love david hasselhoff.