Sporadically Brian
1/12/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty three, Standing up, #5)
...where no Brian has gone before. ---------------------------------------- Standing up. Silent, still. All I have now, in this moment, is a feeling. I feel... Strong. Not strong as in powerful, but rather as being stable. My [...]
1/11/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty two, Standing up, #4)
...she started doing what SHE did best. ------------------------------------------- What Stacy did best (from my adult perspective now) was stand up for herself. My "little" sister has always been the tough one. Back in our cul-de-sac [...]
1/10/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty one, Standing up, #3)
It all started with the TV. That day I decided to stand up to Bruce, -------------------------------------------- Did I decide to stand up to him... ? Probably not. Considering the way it happened and all that [...]
1/9/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part twenty, Standing up, #2)
Just a typical scene from a typical middle class, midwestern family. ----------------------------------------------------------------- It all started with the TV. That day I decided to stand up to Bruce, we were all watching TV. Not Mom and [...]
1/8/18: The Cruel Years: Fear and Coping with Teenage Reality in 1970s America (Part nineteen, Standing up, #1)
I’ve gotten so sick of Bruce that it won’t be long (this coming summer actually) till I kick his ass and end that misery. ------------------------------------------------- Of course it never really ends. I simply learn to [...]
1/7/18: Smoke Em While you Can (January 17, 2008)
So Smoke em, while you can We’re all dying slowly anyway man ------------------------------------- The creative juices were certainly flowing back in early 2008. Despite the chaos of my life, I was writing songs left and [...]