grownup

rodrigo said it.
"i'm not getting any younger."

one day i will have a huge, huge caboose. i will not go gray early, my mind will stay spry. right now, i am able to run for extended periods of time without aching joints. i once was able to swim for hours and sprint a 200 in under 30.
i am getting older by the second (so are you).
what once interested me now does not.
for my 24th birthday, i was given a gift. that gift was the ability to recognize that i no longer enjoy getting shitfaced and spending the subsequent day hung over on the couch.

every life experience i have had has led me to conclusions and new decisions and improvements in my life.

sra. blot --> latin --> classical studies
the fire --> necessity for self-sufficiency
jojo --> how self-deprecation can quickly deteriorate positive opportunities
ana --> the importance of truth
3935 pine --> how to kick my own butt when my butt needed kicking, and no one was around to kick it
rico was an experience!--> the joy of not being too intense
cokehead --> my disdain of destructive addictions
americorps (ms. t) --> major life decision, and the realization that "ghetto" is not cool
okie --> slow down! ask the question again, and see if it makes sense

whatever. the point is, i value honesty, reason, and good food.