50 things I'm proud of...

1. Making it to college
2. Graduating High School
3. Getting a job
4. Passing my classes
5. Being an Eagle Scout
6. Coming out
7. Never smoking
8. My music collection
9. Sitting through a tattoo
10. Going to Nova Scotia
11. Surviving a nipple piercing
12. Helping a friend through a self harm problem
13. Reading as much as I have
14. My extensive knowledge of Disney trivia
15. Helping Common Ground be more successful
16. Maintaining contact with friends from High School
17. Going against stereotypes
18. Bought my own car
19. Survived a car crash
20. Winning prom royalty
21. Maintaining a workout schedule
22. Knowing choreographed dances to some songs
23. Trying out for the Northwest Dance Company
24. Learning French
25. Helping take care of my niece and nephew
26. Staying committed to a story I'm writing
27. Never breaking a bone
28. Being in plays
29. Being published in the Northwest Writing Anthology
30. Surviving to my current age
31. Having a set plan for what I want to do in life
32. Overcoming my fear of heights
33. Letting a tarantula crawl on my arm despite my intense arachnophobia
34. Pulling through when my dad passed away
35. Not chucking this computer out the window when it overheated, shut down, and I thought I'd lost my progress on this list
36. Getting back into college after taking a year off
37. Completing the Kingdom Hearts series
38. Knowing the names of all 50 states and their capitals 
39. Being able to name a majority of the countries in the world
40. My drawing ability
41. Still having my teddy bear after 20 years
42. Lasting in a relationship for 9 months
43. My ability to manage stress
44. My health
45. Being a scout leader
46. being trained as a lifeguard
47. Raising horses
48. That I was sorted into Hufflepuff on Pottermore
49. Of all my friends
50. That I finished this list!

Natural Diary

The secluded patch of trees that feels like my own
My secret spot where I can go
To release my thoughts and feelings into the emptiness
The single file trees
Cast bar-like shadows in the setting sun
They form a cage
A cage to hold my secrets
and keep them safe and hidden in their branches

Follow That Cab!

I actually really enjoyed this piece. It was interesting and I became hooked and worried about the computer and how the story would end. I was really intrigued by the style of it though. Even though the sentences were short and concise it felt as though it went along with the fast paced, hectic feel of it.

My daily writing...or lack thereof

To start off let's just say I'm forgetful. And no not like regular forgetful but approaching Dory levels. If you don't get that then I don't know how to fix you. But anyway I haven't really been keeping a daily writing thing. I've written in different places sporadically but due to forgetfulness and the impossible amount of sheer CRAP I have been through these past few weeks. This includes but is not limited to: Going to jail, going to a wedding, and going to a rave. So these things piled on top of my normal forgetting has pushed my daily writing schedule right out of my head. I feel bad but hey it happens. Hopefully I can get on it but I honestly don't see that happening.

Praise my favorite food?

I praise the steak for my father and his mastery of the grill
The dark lines across the meat like the lines left on his face from the heat
The smokey smell that brings back the summer days
That have long since left when he did
I praise them as one of the few things left of him
That taste that brings back the smile I inherited

I praise the mashed potatoes
That recall the early childhood days of my picky eating
And how I've evolved to love them
Seeing my nephew after me
Fight the same battle
With my sister as we did with my mother

I praise the meal that we often have
When we gather for something special
To reminisce of the simpler times together
As a family
Whole and together
For a short time again

The Ballad of Rudolph Reed

My first time through I didn't understand all of it so I read it again. It was very powerful and sad. I liked the rhythm of it though and the wording.