best of times, worst of times.

Ok so I'm gonna take a step up onto my soap box here.


Kids. Stop it. Stop now. Think. You are taking life for granted. You are not only ruining your own life, but the lives of others.

Why? If you aren't killing yourselves in one way, shape, or form, you're doing it to someone else. When you hurt someone else, realize, you aren't just hurting them. You are hurting the ones that love them too!

A guy died today. And I know, he's not the only person who died today in the whole wide world. He was just some local guy who was trying to make his way, and he was trying to do it the way a lot of the kids here in Polk County are trying to, by making it to the big time. Now, what does that mean? Well for some stupid reason, around here, it seems like it means you gotta hurt, or you gotta hurt someone. For once I would like to see a head line that reads "Polk County Man Wins Nobel Peace Prize" or some whacked out shit like that. I will never understand why what happened over the past few hours happened, but all I know is I had to listen to a woman pretty much lose her mind with grief. In the break room today we got news that a guy we used to work with, and I'm assuming that she knew on a much more private basis, died today. He died because he tried to do the right thing. He tried to talk a couple people out of hurting each other. He tried to break up a fight. Instead, they turned on him. Now he's dead.

Dead.

Gone.

Finished.

Do you comprehend that?

A man is dead. Someone's child.

Someone's friend.

He's never coming back

And it's all because you kids can't seem to get your shit together.

I've grown up watching this crap. It's stupid. You feel like you've gotta be this untouchable hard ass.

Congrats. Now this man is dead. And another one will be living a worthless life in prison.

There will only be true happiness when we know true peace.