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“I want to be your last first kiss.” – Anberlin



I’ve listened to this song over and over again. Heard the lyrics. Applied them to girls. Showed the song to different girlfriends, and prospective girlfriends, but tonight’s the first time I think I’ve ever really sat and thought about the weight of being someone’s “last first kiss.”



Think about it. You see a girl (or guy) across the room. She’s gorgeous. You can’t stop looking at her. Eventually you stir up the courage to go… Continue

I officially hate writers block. I hate it so much so that I decided that it deserved it's own post. I'm going to write as much as I possibly can about how much I loathe not being able to come up with anything creative to write. I've been staring at a blank screen all-weekend, and yet anytime I try to write anything, it just comes out looking repetitive, redundant, and the same.



SEE?!



My least favorite advice for how to overcome writers block?



"Just write."… Continue

Anyone who knows me understands how attached I am to my laptop. It's pretty much like another appendage. So needless to say, if said appendage were to ever break, it'd be like putting my entire left arm in a cast. Semi-pathetic, I know, but it's really true. Most everything I do is on a computer, so it's essentially a necessity.



I've always been a computer kid, but when I got to use one of my ex's Mac Books for a couple weeks I fell in love. I loved the sleek interface, the speed that… Continue

I decided that I needed to fuel myself, so I put on my hoody, slipped on my shoes and headed out the door to walk down to the corner gas station and grab myself a Mountain Dew, and a Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds. Rounding the corner out of my apartment complex I happened to see that if I kept going at the speed I was currently at, I'd run right into two 12 year olds coming home from school (I'm assuming). And that's just awkward. You know what I mean...when you're suddenly on a… Continue