Inside & Out. 10.24.08

Whoever said "Never judge a book by its cover" obviously wasn't attractive. Because let's face it, the best books are going to have the best looking covers. Why would an author spend years writing an incredible book and then let the illustrator fuck up the entire thing by slapping an ordinary or ugly cover over it? The same goes for us. You might think because you have a super personality and you're a truly great individual on the inside that you're exceptional, but you're not. And I'm sorry; I am. The truly valuable people are the ones with the stories that everyone wants to read and be apart of and have the outside cover that everyone wants to open up in their own hands. Those books, those people, they're the ones you need to find. The thing is, those ones, they cost a lot and none of the libraries around here carry them.

Open Your Mind. 11.17.08

What a thing it would be to ring out our thoughts. Pick them up like dirty clothes off of our bedroom floor. Pile them high like raked leaves in the orange autumn breeze. Why do they fill me now and keep me so dark grey? Go thoughts, go; I wish I could stay. But here I am. It's me and them. My head's so full like the moon that shines on us now. Is your head full too? Full of me and you? Is your head real full or as empty as the Tinman's chest?

Best Friends. 1.12.09

An old friend once told me, "My dad said the friends you make in college are the friends you'll keep for life. The friends we have in high school are temporary and fake." And, as much as I didn't want to believe this four years ago, it seems now that this statement couldn't be more wrong. It wasn't the high school friends that were fake, it was us. You were fake, I was fake, we were fake together, side by side. Everything was temporary. Our style, our haircuts, our voices, our heights, and our dates. Our lives were temporary. But now, now we know who we really are. We've found ourselves and we've found each other. And now some of those old friends might not be in our lives, but it's not their fault, they didn't leave us on purpose. They grew up and realized who they really were and who they really wanted to become.

Breathe Out. 3.15.09

And for my usual advice, I say: breathe. Breathe, again. Let the air go. Let it all go. Let the past go, for there is absolutely no reason to dwell on something that will never change. It won't change. You know that right? Let your worries go too. If you let them go they won't torment you any longer. I promise. Let your stress go. I know you keep it in your back pocket, love. Open up. Release. And when you breathe, let the time leave too. Stand still; here, with me. Dream. Let's dream.

Ringleader, Calling The Shots. 5.22.09

She said it best when she sang, "There are two types of people in this world: the ones that entertain and the ones that observe." Be the entertainer. Make all the eyes focus on you and only you. Make it look like the music was written just for your moves. Make everyone forget they came in with someone else. And make everyone watching wish they were single. Because, when you're the ringleader, you call the shots. And we all know the one who's calling the shots is having the most fun in life.

52 Card Pick Up 5.27.09

There are 52 cards in a standard deck. And in every game you play, it's all about who has the best hand. Whether if's for money, clothes, or bragging rights, there will always be a winner at the end of every game. And in each deck we play with there are four face cards; the Jack, the Queen, the King, and of course the Joker. Wanna know a secret? The Joker is the only card in the deck who is always smiling. Don't believe me? Want to know another secret? Life is a big fucking card game. we're dealt cards every day of our lives. Some days we have bad hands, some days we have good ones. And on our lucky days, we have the winning hand and we're on top of the world. The secret about life though? Live life like the Joker! Wisely take all the cards you are dealt; the good and the bad, and strongly hold them close. Be the Joker of the deck. Because afterall, the Joker is the only card who's smiling no matter what hand he's apart of.

Sex Games 9.6.09

Grantland Rice once said, "It's not whether you won or lost but the fact that you played the game." I say, winning isn't the most important thing; it's the only thing. You can play the game as many times as you want, but in the end there will always be one loser and one winner. If telling yourself you're happy with second place because at least you competed helps you sleep at night, you're obviously sleeping alone. Everyone wants to sleep with the winner. Because everyone knows number one in the jersey is number one when the jersey's on the bedroom floor.