Don't Waste Your Time Waiting

"Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well, don't waste your time waiting"
Thunder Road- Bruce Springsteen

I have spent most of my adulthood living a life I was not meant to. I am fortunate now in that I have come to realize just what it is I am supposed to be doing. Anyone who knows me well understands what I am talking about. I am meant to be a writer. That's what I'm good at. That's what I love to do. That's what I have passion for. That's how I'm going to have the broadest possible impact on the world.
I have recently started a very ambitious project, a novel and an accompanying non-fiction book. Recent events have conspired to make this not only something I want to do, but something I have to do. I'm doing it...in fact, I've already started.
So I'm not going to waste my time waiting anymore.

How to REALLY Screw Up Your Life

I'm just a regular guy.
I have three kids, a college degree and I wear a tie to work everyday. Somehow, though, I see how the drug use so rampant in American culture comes very close to impacting my life. Two people near and dear to me have family members that have drug problems. I have another freind that I have lost to the prison system for the same reason.
Guess what?
Whenever you smoke, shoot up or otherwise ingest some illegal substance, those you love might as well be by your side taking it too. Drug use is not just an individual's problem, it's a family problem, it's your freinds' problem and ultimately it's society's problem. Families are broken and freindships are destroyed because of drugs. Jobs are lost, children lose parents and addicts lose enormous chunks of their lives to the penal system or even death.
Yes, I'm bitter. Yes, I'm sad. And yes, I'm angry.
I don't know what the solution is...maybe there really isn't one. What I do know is that drugs fill up a person's life and cover up that hole in the heart or that lack of fulfillment. Fill your life with something else, something positive.
Love your kids.
Be creative.
Change your life.
Improve your realtionships.
I don't care. Just please, for the sake of your future and those that love you, stay away from drugs.
Please.

Random Quotes

The following quotes are things that I either overheard or I said in the past few days. Doesn't really matter which.

"That guy's hair is FANTASTIC!"

"I threw the timecard at him because I was mad at myself."

"Yes Rosie the inflatable party doll II will be in attendance this year!"

"That bunny girl is here now."

"And that's why I keep Lysol and hand sanitizer in my office AT ALL TIMES."

"New Year's Eve is on the 31st."

"Jesus is on the phone for you."

"Maintain personal space at all times from the roller derby girls."

Life Is Good

It seems that the universe is starting to right itself somewhat. Myself and those around me have had our share of challenges lately, but things are turning around. You want proof? Here you go...

• I had a really bad day a couple of weeks ago. I was very down on myself and the direction of my life. I called a close freind who set me straight (thank you, by the way...you are awesome), then I used that negative energy in a positive fashion. Among other things, I wrote an article about the experience, which, after a little more spit and polish I will be submitting to a few magazines. Keep your fingers crossed, okay gang?
• I have a new car, which I love.
• Two of my favorite people have acquired new jobs.
• My little sister and her fiancee are just doing great. Really proud of you two.
• I have made the acquaintance of a very cool, very funny lady. I don't think I've ever laughed so much in my life.
• I had lunch with my brother yesterday. I really don't mind that he's so much more successful than me when he's also just a nice guy (though he'd never admit it!).
• My kids continue to be amazing. David, one of my six year-olds, is in a shirt and tie pretty much any time I see him. He also has a little sportcoat he wears. Very cool.

So all in all, life is good!

Funny Stuff!!

I guess I've been neglecting my blog for awhile.
Sorry blog. And sorry loyal blog following.

Anyway, here some amusing links for y'all to peruse. The first couple are from a website called "twitter", which is a new web genre that could be called "microblogging". The stated purpose of the site is to answer the question, "what are you doing?". As in, "what are you doing RIGHT NOW?"
Fireland comes to us courtesy of Josh Allen, a guy from Denver, Colorado who may need to be medicated...
http://twitter.com/fireland

"Dooce" is a famed blogger from Salt Lake City named Heather Armstrong. Her twitter space and her blog are very much about her home life, her daughter, her husband and her dogs. But good gravy she is hilarious...
http://twitter.com/dooce

And speaking of Dooce, here is her blog. Always a hoot...
http://dooce.com/

A freind and fellow blogger alerted me to this site...
http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/
I won't attempt to explain it. Just check it out.