We're all stories, in the end.: March 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

3/31/13

"I absolutely LOVE German Potato Salad. ... I hate it!"

(Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!)

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Friday, March 29, 2013

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Friday, March 22, 2013

One second.

One day.

One thought.

For every day of my life, I will take one second of video and post it here. For every video, I'll write a one sentence caption.

On the anniversary of my first video (3/22/13) I'll compile all the videos of the year into one four minute video, I'll also compile every sentence into a paragraph.

This is an idea I got from this video: One Second

DISCLAIMER: Some of the videos may be two seconds, because I can only crop the length of the clip so well on my iPod.

"So here we go."

Infrequent Musing

Past Musings

Lately it's been hard. Life in general. But, then again, no one said it would be particularly easy. I think Joe put it best...

"It is sobering to reach a moment in your life when it stops being a question of what is the best way to succeed, and turns into a question of what is needed to subsist and how much is even possible.

Think I can finally say I understand what they mean when they say that you have to lose everything to really appreciate anything. I look forward to reading the stories that are born from this when it is all said and done."

I won't bore you with the details, but the long and short of it is that everything's gone to shit. And, to be honest, it sucks. How can it not? I don't like it when people tell me to take a bad situation and make something good from it. I don't think they understand what a bad situation is. When you're dealing with things beyond your control that are bad, it's not exactly possible to make it good. I'd like to tell those people "What? Would you like me to look at my grandmother's dementia and say 'Well, this is a positive thing' because I can't." I will say though, that it is possible to find something positive despite the bad. Revel in the smallest victory of, perhaps, a tasty meal. But, to think for a moment that it's possible to make something bad into something good is complete bull shit. Lately, though, even a small victory is hard to hang on to. All I can say is; when you find yourself figuratively drowning, hang on to something. It could be a hobby or a TV show, or a book. But find something that keeps you looking forward to something. It's so easy to lose all connection to reality and just slip away under the relentless waves, but you can't. It seems so pathetic to have to rely on something like a TV show to keep you breathing from day to day, but to be honest, sometimes that's all you can do. I know that I haven't always needed something to motivate me not to give up. But, God, when you're so low, it doesn't even matter anymore how pathetic it seems. You just keep going, doing what you have to do to make it to the next day. I know that everything gets better. I can even picture the end of everything that's going on, but right now, it's not that easy to believe in an end you can see. For now, I'm just living, subsisting on the basics, and waiting for this to all be over. That's what you do.

On the 7th of January I promised my mother that I would drop my AP classes and my electives if she stopped going to choir. It might seem drastic. But you need to understand that my mom is one of the strongest women I know, and right now, she's about to give up. Choir is her life raft. It's a reason to keep going.

I'm just waiting for when I can tell stories about this.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

3/31/13

"I absolutely LOVE German Potato Salad. ... I hate it!"

Saturday, March 30, 2013

3/30/13

"It's a surprisingly accurate description."

Friday, March 29, 2013

3/29/13

"It's about finding the extraordinary in the exceedingly ordinary."

Thursday, March 28, 2013

3/28/13

"Your unicorn poop looks REALLY GOOD."

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

3/27/13

"Enter at your own risk."

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

3/26/13

"Draw a person at a piano."

Monday, March 25, 2013

3/25/13

"You all just went crazy for a second."

Sunday, March 24, 2013

3/24/13

"Smile, I promise it won't kill you."