"I Am Ready For The Road Less Traveled"

You probably noticed I have changed the background from the blank paper to a dandelion.

You may be wondering what the hell a dandelion has to do with the path my life is on.

The answer: I have no idea. But the dandelion, with the seeds being blown away into the sky, seemed like the most hopeful background I could find, and hope is something I've come to really need in my life.

I still don't know what I'm doing or where I'm going, and I have no idea if I ever will. But I can live with that. I just have to keep hoping that things will get better, and not just for me.

I hope things will get better for my family at home.
I hope things will get better for my friends and their families.
I hope things will get better for any poor person who stumbled across my blog and realized that maybe they are in the same boat as me...and that boat is sinking fast.

For the moment, I'm choosing hope. It's a better alternative to a safety pin.

As a side note, because we all know how much I love them, I have added a nifty little gadget to my blog. If you would look to the right side of your screen (>>>>>that way>>>>>) you will see something mentioning an email subscription. Type in your email, and you will be notified as soon as I publish a new post. I won't even know you're getting the emails, as far as I am aware anyway, so this is mostly for the sake of the silly people who insist on worrying about me. I'm being nice and making life a little easier for you; you can thank me later with chocolate.

Now, onto something I'm sure you're really wanting to know about: the personal project I mentioned. It is another blog. Yes, I am crazy enough to have two blogs going simultaneously. The new blog is a little different from this one though. It's set up as a story, based on real events.

Based on my events.

There are only two posts right now; well, a Preface post and then a normal post. If you choose to read it, make sure you start at the beginning, with the Preface. It will make more sense that way. All of the names have been changed, and--eventually--my closer friends and those involved in certain events will make an appearance.
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