Come on in, take off your skin, and rattle around in your bones!

Ok, so this journal isn't going to be the most wonderful literary work ever made. I made it to say things I don't generally want my friends in real life to read. I do have another journal, and I put my daily events and what not in there. But I handed that address out to friends back home so we keep updated on each others' lives since I moved a good distance away from them all.

However, sometimes I want to say things I don't want them to read. Things I feel, things I'm going through. A lot of it is emotional, I'll be honest. Unfortunetly, in the case of the things you'll see here, it's stuff I don't want comments from friends on, because they tend to tell you not to feel that way. I don't want to be told how to feel. It's how I feel, I need to vent it out, and I know eventually it will pass, or not. Either way, I just need to blow off steam.

I may also talk about aspects of my life I don't want them reading, either because I'll end up taking flack for it or because I want to spare them the mental images. LOL!

You are invited to sit back and read what you'd like, comment if it grabs you to do so. We're complete strangers, so there's no "weird stuff" between us. Enjoy!

Note: Some of these entries were moved here from another journal, as this was originally started at a journal site. This is why so many at the start are dated on the same day(s).

I agree with you I hate it when I show up on time for an interview but they don't. It's so frustrating!

My friend Kristy, who's husband is a police officer, was cleaning her shotgun after a hunting trip, and long story short, somehow she almost shot herself in the face, but the bullet went through the ceiling instead. Unfortunately, there is no way to know where the bullet ended up. I don't think it hurt anything because we live in a pretty small town, and I think we would have heard something. Also, in a town Southwest of us, an old woman saw a snake in her birdhouse, or the gutter of her carport, or something, and because she was afraid it would eat the birds, called the cops. There is no animal control in this town, so the police came out, decided to shoot the snake with a .44, and killed a small boy over a hundred yards away. I think that the officer that decided it was a good idea to shoot a non dangerous snake (and I say that because it was a ball python) should be kicked repeatedly in his tender areas. Poor boy, and poor boy's family. It's a sad, sad thing. Gun safety is important!

Putting a name and face together is a great thing. Sometimes the voice doesn't quite fit but hey, we're all human, aren't we?

Thanx for reminding me I need to update MySpace.

Yes, one sees more walking than driving. As for being in the country, Kansas is a somewhat different culture than NC. The dogs are friendly, and most drivers are too. But in town they are nuts. Ticks were crazier when I lived in Oklahoma, but they can be bad here too.

I know nothing about guns, avoid them like the plague, but you are absolutely right ... to sell something you should know all about it.

I'm a gardener and could go on and on about plants. When I'm in a nursery people think I work there. I don't know everything in stock but I know the basics and have a helluva lot of experience.

I assume guns are like perennials. Y'want a good one because you're gonna have it for while. And why invest in junk?

Too bad about B-boy. They are everywhere ...

Interesting to read of someone else's hair color dilemmas. I've had red roots for a few days until I went to a salon yesterday. It's the first time I havent' been able to either do my own well or at least live with it. LOL.

Wow...I don't know. You might ask Diane . She knows lots of stuff about stuff like this. She helps over in my Submit it group all the time when we have questions like this. Good Luck.

If you don't get the payment issue resolved, check out www.writersweekly.com. The publisher/editor is very helpful in sending out letters inquiring about payments owed to writers. She has a "whispers and warnings" forum there where she tells writers about publications that have not paid writers too.

Well I'll say upfront that I'm pro gun so this will probably come across as defending the faith but honestly it isn't. After reading your enteries I've got to say his comment seemed to me as taking a tragic but noble and loving human gesture and trying to politicize it. Whatever your stance you would have to have ice water in your viens not to choke up reading that story. Duke Stone

I'm sitting here crying. No joke. This is one of the most touching stories I've read on this site. What a cool thing to do for your kids. You know he's working off a list or something, too. "Things I really want to do with the kids before I go" or some shit.