Almost Tuesday again...

So I never took time to formally tell you people about myself, which is what I'm going to do now. I'm 19 years old, I live in Valmeyer with my grandparents, I'm originally from Duluth, MN. Both of my parents are in prison for sex crimes (non-related to eachother). I just met my dad for the first time this year in April. That was a very emotional trip for me, as I also met for the first time a son he had that I didn't know about until 2 years ago. Obviously, I had to meet him in prison which made the emotional factor so much harder, but I had to know who my father was. I get to go down and visit my mom a few times a year, which is hard because I never want to leave her. She is in prison for a crime she did not commit and I hate having to leave her in that place knowing there is nothing I can do about it. Her release date is September 2015, which I'm counting down the days for that date to get here. As a result of my mom going to prison my brother and I were placed in foster care. My dad's parents took me into their home after 4 months of me being in state custody, but could not take my brother due to finances and thier age. Therefore, he was adopted by a great family who allows me to visit and talk to him whenever I want.

I kinda need some advice..From both sexes

OK so my man and I have been together for 11 months and i'd trust him with my life. But is it normal that it bothers the hell out of me that his best friend is a girl? She's absolutley beautiful which makes it that much worse, if she were ugly I would be much happier but she is not. I am not worried about him cheating, I guess it is just a "thing" I have. Normally, I am not a jealous person, but somehow this situation is different. I guess maybe since she knows him so much better and has known him for alot longer (they have been friends for 8 years) I feel intimidated. So should I talk to him about it or should I just suck it up and deal with it? I do not want to make him feel like he has to choose between her and I, that would be stupid. I have never had a chance to officially meet her but I have seen her in person a couple times, and she seems decent. If I were to talk to him, how would I bring it up? I don't mean to sound all Oprah-ish, but people I know can't give me much advice, so I figured maybe complete strangers could give something refreshing.

Kthnxbye

A different kind of music blog..

Yet another music blog, but this one is much different and quite a bit more cool! I've known about this for a few years now, and i'm sure a few of you may know about it as well. If you listen to some popular songs backwards there are apparently subliminmal messages in them. The most striking one in my opinion is Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven.If you go to this website, there are a number of songs in which people with less of a life than me have found songs, and backmasked them. Whether or not these are real is still up for debate. I'm not real sure where I stand on this, but either way, I think it's pretty freakin epic. Another song that makes me say, "Whoa" is the Kiss, Kiss, Kiss song by Yoko Ono. I find it a little creepy and a little disturbing, but neat. So have a listen and let me know what you think! http://jeffmilner.com/backmasking.htm

Getting to see my brother!

This weekend I was able to drive down to Arkansas to visit my 6 year old brother, who I haven't seen since May. It's amazing that everytime I go see him he's gotten bigger and smarter. While down there, I got to see him play his first football game, which he won! It was really exciting to see him get so happy that he was able to play. We also took him to a car show, which he enjoyed a great deal getting to see all the "old timer cars". A funny thing happened as well, I took him to Autozone and he was a little bummed that there were no toys there. I said, "One day, child, this will be your toy store." The look he gave me was priceless, as if he couldn't understand what the hell I was talking about. We went to Burger King and he played extremely hard, but once we got back to the house, he refused to take a nap since he was so wound up with energy. Overall, it was an awesome weekend to remember.

Music

Yesterday, I heard a song I hadn't heard since I was younger. It's called "Semi-Charmed Kind of Life" by Third Eye Blind. Since I hadn't heard it since I was little I had never understood what the song was about. Hearing it again I decided to read the lyrics while listening to the song. Oh mylanta it was about being addicted to crystal meth. I was in utter shock that such an upbeat song could be about something so very dark. It made me wonder what other songs had secret dark meanings yet sounded so happy. Crazy stuff, huh? I don't currently have any other examples but later on I shall certainly try!

Seriously?

I sincerely love it when I find myself driving to work or school and I happen to look over in the other lane of traffic and see someone reading. Yes, reading! Are you flipping serious? It's bad enough so many people text and drive, but now people are finishing up their weekend reading while driving a motor vehicle. It makes me pretty nervous, especially when I see someone taking a drink of coffee with one hand, holding a newspaper with the other, and using thier knees to drive. And from the looks of it these are well dressed, possibly highly educated adults that appear to have the same mind-set as most teenagers, the "It won't happen to me, I'm invincible" attitude. I have been in several "almost" accidents from people reading and attempting to drive at the same time. I guess they got to the exciting part of their book and felt the need to swerve in the lane in which they were driving. Unfortunately, I don't think there is much I can do about it, until I end up swerving into oncoming traffic because some idiot decided to bring Stephen King or The New York Times along for their commute.