Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.

...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.

It feels like I am wasting time. I mean, that's always the case. My life doesn't add up to anything.

Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For others, it could be a tawdry love affair or telling off a mean-looking bus driver because he doesn't like to stop for noisy teenagers. It could be cheating at cards or eating a peanut even though you're allergic. For me, danger might be getting out from the protective cloak of my family and venturing into the world more of my own, even though I don't know what- or who- awaits me.

You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.

barfly n. You have the ability to talk to anyone which is an ability I do not share.

Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.