Ultimately, I wanted to own a big truck, exercise my second Amendment rights, listen to hardcore music, and let my congressman know how poorly he represents me. None of this could occur in France.

Inconsistency, incompetence, and lies are all cut short by the ground. It will stop you if you can't stop yourself.

...and while ambition sleeps inside of me I content myself with memories of glitter and despair.

Ultimately, I wanted to own a big truck, exercise my second Amendment rights, listen to hardcore music, and let my congressman know how poorly he represents me. None of this could occur in France.

Everything costs something everyone pays

Punish the body to perfect the soul.

You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it.