Tangent

About an hour or so passed after dinner and everyone in the family was starting to get sleepy.  It was beginning to come apparent that everyone had had a long day.  Tristan and Samuel were both playing a game of lacrosse when the bombing started, so they used both exhausted a lot of energy if not all of it trying to run into the respective shelter to wait it out.  Devin was at home sick beating a little bug.  His nap during the day was interrupted by the air raid siren.  Riley was also at home.  She was the one that brought her little brother down to the basement.  Devin eventually went to bed at 8:30, while Tristan and Samuel were up longer just hanging out.  Eventually, Samuel headed into his room.  When he did, it was around 9:30.  Tonight the house had a bit of a chill since the roof over the parents, and part of Devin's room had been blown off.  Because of this, before everyone went to bed, I turned off the generator outside ...

Yesterday I heard some news that really shook me to my core.  Jimmy, one of my first friends that I talked to in college had committed suicide.  When I heard, I took a seat, Let out a sigh, and drank some Bourbon on his behalf. I cannot express what I am feeling right now.  It is somewhere between sad, angry, and concerned.  I am so happy that I had the opportunity to meet you.  You were the first coworker that I had clicked with when I started working.  The laughs that we had when it was you and me in the truck were unbelievable.  You almost made me wet myself one time.  I would like to share this memory and hope that everyone will see something other than a name on the obituary page. It had to have been at least a few years back.  It was the first summer where I was able to work for a company.  Let me set the scene.  I was 16 or 17, so the year was about  2012.  It was really hot outside as it often was during the su...

Note to the reader This is the part of this series that gives the background on why the bombing took place.  I understand that this will probably  piss off almost everyone in the far left or far right camps of the political ring.  Or maybe even everyone.  We'll see what happens.   ___________________________________  After that sentence there were a few moments where I was taking a few minutes to recuperate after an interesting night so far, that was still far from over.  I turned and took a look at the clock and it read that it was only around 12:45 am.  Even though I was really tired, I was still  very intrigued as to what was to come.  A tightness in my chest had formed from the shear emotion from what had just ensued in front of me.  I was really fascinated at how Tristan had grown to be, given the fact that had been born to me when I was to be 37.  I was just really fascinated at what type of kid he had turned out to b...

My journal entry from earlier today.  May 18, 2018 |  1:28 pm Well, the unthinkable happened again today.  At 10:00 am (ish)  Another kid opened fire on another school.  8 dead, who knows how many injured.  Like why?  I heard the kid was 16.  Like what causes this nonsense.  It's a mad world out there I guess.  The thing that scares me the most about this is the fact that I am feeling practically nothing.  I mean I am sad and angry I guess.  Those two feelings are just Surrounding me in numbness. Is this what America has come to.  Being numb to a Tragedy like this?  This really should not be the case.  I am pretty sure that bt 3:00 the initial shock is going to be over, and then people are going to start pushing politics on it.  (See my tweet from earlier today).  Heck Donald Trump shared his thoughts on it, so people are probably going to start twisting his words.  Who knows how many people ...

Reader Advisory:  Language, Graphic Violence, intense scenes, and thematic elements.   This is only to show the desperation of the situation.  Even so, Reader Discretion is advised .  Soundtrack Freebird: Lynard Skinner  Nixon's Walk: Band Of Brothers Lavender: Marillon  "Before we get any further, why did you chose to call me now?  Like at this time?" "You had a blog.  You talked about it when I was growing up.   Not only that, but this time is where things started going south.  They talked about it in US History."  Tristan answered. "Gotta love liberals,"  I said dryly. "I know right.  That is beside the point though.  It wasn't just because of that.  The investigation into Russian involvement got a little bit out of hand.  I will give you some more information on that later." "Ok.  So where does your story start?"  I asked. "Like I said earlier, it starts on March 25th, 20...

Tristan and Riley were typically the first two members of their family to get up that did not have work.  Their dad was usually up at around five o'clock and was in the car at around 6:00 am, depending on the day.  The alarms for the kids started going off at about 6:15.  Tristan was usually the first one up, and this morning his alarm went off at 6:15 as usual today.  He turned off his alarm and rolled over so he was on the side of his bed.  He rubbed his eyes, set his feet on the floor and grabbed his towel, and headed into the next room. His five-foot frame was slightly smaller than most boys his age.  His medium length dirty blonde hair was all over the place.   On the back of his neck, he had a scar that almost looked like an oddly colored mole.  If you looked at carefully enough, it almost looked like a cross.  On the left side of his face, he has another relatively large scar that is more visible.  Because of that one, p...

Based on a dream I had last night, so I hope you all enjoy.  ________________________________ It happened again. I am walking down the stairs at Disney Up ahead, I see this kid standing by the railing his parents further ahead I can't see them. He can't see them. My sis and I next in line we stop we wait  for him to notice us he sees He grabs both the railings jumpsdown and misses it. Over he goes.  I look over, hear a thud and glance down He lays there, panicking. Hand over his throat. choking I think for a bit and Identify "He swallowed his tongue" I call I glance over the railing try and spot a landing. I jump and slide down the tree landing perfectly I glance over and dart to his side. looking over the crowd, I beckon for help. A cast member spots me and approaches The situation gets worse. I turn him over and reach down pull his tongue out like I have been before. A cast member hops the railing, carrying some water we give it to h...