December 24, 2008

  • You have got to check this out, I got an email from a friend that shows who famous people look like. Normally I'm VERY anti joke email and forwards, since we have all seen so many of them over and over. Hell its like the same 3 emails keep getting forwarded around to everybody in a vicious circle. Also, most of the joke emails are not very funny at all. And the chain emails are all bullshit anyway. But this one I found very amusing. Here is the link to the website:

    http://totallylookslike.com/

    Every year as we get towards the end of the year, I always go back and read my posts from the past year. I like to look back and reflect on the year that was. I normally don't post about it until after the year is over, because you never know what might happen in those last few weeks. And I do intend on doing a little something to sum up the year after it is officially over. That being said, this year has been a very trying year for many people that I know. If my life had a story of the year, this one story would be it. Because it was something that did not occur to me but instead to a very good friend of mine, I don't want to post openly about it. I fully intend on a protected post and if I can figure out how to give people access to my protected posts, you will be able to read it. If not, then I can always email it to you.

    As for the story itself, its going to be a long post, maybe even more then one post. I do not intend on writing it probably until at least the weekend, as I need a great deal of time to write it. Over the course of the past few weeks I have done a lot of thinking about it, as I know that I want to tell the story without sparing much detail. The events happened in what was a wild month of August for me. I want this to be one of the best things I've ever written. The whole thing is gripping, compelling, sad, tragic and even funny at times. It was all stuff I wanted to write at the time as we were going through the whole thing, but I could not find the time and I didn't feel it was the right time to tell the story. Although I'm sure that I will lose some of the details by waiting 4 months to tell it, but the main details are still as vivid as if it had happened yesterday. It truly is unlike anything that I've ever been through before or seen somebody go through. It was an earth shattering, life changing tragedy the likes I had never seen and hope to never see again.

    So why write it? Well, I'm hoping that it inspires people and teaches people. Although it is a tragedy on a scale so grand that its still hard to grasp 4 months later, there are some wonderful things that came from this. It really shows how wonderful people can be in a time of tragedy and how friends and family can pull together to support one another in their ultimate time of need. You might be thinking that I'm overselling or hyping this up to be more than it is. My intentions aren't to hype it up, but instead just to show people the value of a solid support team of friends and family.