Repeat(my dog) got hit by a car. I was up the road when I received the call. My sister said she saw him break the foglight then roll. He then got up and ran into the woods. I don't know about everyone else, but from my experience that usually means they are running off to die. I immediately appeared at the house(100mph'll do that to you) and ran into the woods.....three miles and an hour later....no Peat. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't crying like a baby by this point. Fearing the worst, I walked back to the house. My family was across the road thinking he might have snuck under the bridge. I get to the house and walk to the treeline. I turn around and glance in the woods one more time, praying to God and every other divine spirit or diety that my dog would be there. No sign of him....so I'm in utter dismay, crying my eyes out and I turn around to go back to the house. I started crying even harder when I turned around and saw Peat with a big knot on his head just wagging his tail like wasn't a damn thing wrong. I can't really think of but a handful of times I've been that thankful in my life. I cussed that dog so bad, I almost felt sorry for him.....You're crazy if you think I really cussed him. I picked him up and hugged the hell out of him. The moral to this story is......if you smoke cigarettes, you need to quit.  I've been quit 6 months to the day and THERE WASN'T ANYTHING TO IT!!!!!! It was way easier than when I got off of television...that's a rough habit to kick. Seriously though, quit. Now. Not in week. Not when you're done with the pack or God forbid the carton. Just do it. There's nothing to it. There's also drugs for it, too, if you feel like you need that. That story is true, by the way.

In other news,  my year has been pretty good, so far. Got scholarships; a new, new house; a new job; semi-confirmation of acceptence into a university; and lots of motivation. I'm just a few good things short of being in hog heaven. I hope everyone is doing great this year. That would be awesome. Keep it BRUTAL!!!!!!!!!!!

fRED

In the wake of the morning
I see I'm still yearning
But what to do....what to do?

In the wake of this madness
Despite all this sadness
It's too soon...just to soon...

Can I think of a day
That the memory fades
If I could I would...it's true

Can I think of an hour
While I'm climbing my tower
I can't not think of you

In the sea of a song
In the light of the dawn
I wonder what it is I could say

I don't know what to do
I think it's just too soon
So I'll just disappear today

In today I will find
A part of my mind
In today I will find you

I will find you...my love
I will find you...somewhere
I will find you right here....and right now

I will look in this mirror
My eyes become clearer
I guess I should just leave town

I look at you now
The looking glass shows
A tear sliding down your cheek

My heart begins to shrink
...and I dread to think
Of an angel"s tear I could not touch

In the shadow of my mind
I say "Please don't cry"
Nothing's worthy of such light

In the shadows of my tears
In the face in the mirror
I do and will disappear

Soon you will find
And know I'm not blind
You'll find I'm part of you

You'll find me in a part
Of your tired beating heart
You'll find me loving you

"He that is strucken blind cannot forget
The precious treasure of his eyesight lost."