NickolasJames8

“We need to take a break, David.” Those words pierced my heart with the force of a sharp knife and left me speechless in the presence of my boyfriend, my best friend. Aaron Twine was breaking up with me, and to put it bluntly, I was shocked. I didn’t know why, but I was too shaken at the moment to ask. In fact, all I could do was gasp and tremble as tears welled up in my eyes. All around us, people were sitting together and enjoying their day, but not me. Not on this day. Lunch a

2006 Winter Anthology

A Family’s Sorrow by Nick It was the hardest thing I ever had to do, but it was the easiest decision in the world for me to make. I had no other options. If I hadn’t done it, I would probably have died. Maybe I wouldn’t have been killed, but then again, maybe I would have. But regardless, I would have died. I would have chosen to take my own life over continuing the charade. As the car I was riding in sped down Interstate 64 toward Williamsburg, Virginia, I thought back on

Wow, I guess it's been a month or twelve. So yeah, I actually had a minute to sit down at my PC and look over some of my old files and realized that I haven't written anything in almost a year (sigh). I guess now's as good a time as any to start moving again on my stories, since the wife and baby are out of town until Sunday. I can't honestly say that I don't know why I haven't been writing lately, but it's the same old shit.. work, school, family.... everyone gets it. The fact of the matter is that I haven't taken the time to sit down and write because I never take time for myself anymore, and I think I've burnt myself out, so to speak. That said, there's only one way that I know of to relax, and that's to sit down at my desk and either read or write. Preferably both, but if I had to choose right now, I think I'll write something. Not sure if it'll be good enough to post on my site here at GA, but if it is, I'll put it up. The End

Family Night by Nick “Alex!” my dad called out as he climbed the stairs with the phone in his hand. “You have a phone call buddy.” I walked out of the bathroom, where I had spent the last hour or so doing my hair and took the phone from him with a grin. “Hello?” I said, cocking my head to one side so I could use both hands to twist the cap back on my tube of Spiker Distortion, which was what I used on a daily basis to keep my hair looking its best. “Hey

2006 Fall Anthology

Carolina Sand Castles By NickolasJames8 Blog Entry, Sunday, July 24, 2005 Well, tomorrow is the big day, and I can’t wait. We're leaving for the Outer Banks tomorrow, and not a moment too soon. I’m not getting along with my dad right now and I’m glad to be getting away from him for a while. I got up early this morning and I was just online chatting on AOL, and my dad came in like a stupid jerk and told me I had to go back to bed.....I was soooo mad!! It’s none of his busin

2006 Summer Anthology

I admit it. I had reservations about stopping the fight. It didn’t involve me, and to be honest, I thought Jeremy Fisher was a little weird. But with my girlfriend Micah looking at me with a frightened look in her eyes, I knew I couldn’t just stand there and do nothing. She knew Jeremy. She’d known him her whole life and I always thought it was strange that they were so close. The way he acted like a girl when he was around her really creeped me out. This morning, I picked her up on the

2006 Anthology

Simple. Not to have a New Years Resolution. I think too many people put too much thought into what they want to accomplish over a span of twelve months when there are too many events on the horizon that they don't even know are about to happen. Someone might decide that this is the year they're going to lose weight, only to develop a glandular problem in mid-March that sends their weight soaring. Not likely, I know, but still... So I've decided to be the anti-resolute, so to speak. My only goal for 2010 is to take things as they come and to be the best husband, father and person that I can be. Other than that, I have no plans. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Chicago's older stuff. Basically, anything of theirs up to 1978, when Terry Kath passed away. My favorites from them are Wishing You Were Here, (I've Been) Searching So Long, Call On Me and Colour My World. So I went on You Tube and found some old footage of a concert they did in the Netherlands in 1977. It's amazing, and Walt Parazaider's shades are f**king epic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIiWpgZ3nE

Well, taking her across town to a doctor appointment or trying to go shopping with her is no picnic..... I tried to warn my girlfriend that what we endure on a daily basis is just a small sample of what we'll endure all the way down I95 to Orlando, but this was what she wanted. What the queen wants, the queen gets.

Just a quick entry to tell everyone Happy Thanksgiving. We're going out of town this week for the Holiday, taking the baby on her first long road trip (which is probably going to mean ten hours of HELL). I won't have an opportunity to post again before the Holiday. So Jamessavik, Jan, Old Bob, Drewbie, Maddy, MikeL and anyone else I didn't mention because my mind is on Turkey, stuffing, mash potatoes and gravy, sweet potato pie, rolls, collard greens and fat back, cheesecake.... you get the picture, Happy Thanksgiving!! :music:

I downloaded the audio version off of Itunes and I'm listening to it whenever I drive. I thought I'd have time to listen at night, but it's not working out that way. Also, I tried it on my morning jog, but alas, not such a good idea.

Hey James, I tried to read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and my eyes nearly went crossed. There are WAY too many pages and words, but it starts out as an interesting story. I wanted to read it so that I could sit on my high horse and say things like "Everyone should read Atlas Shrugged" and "Who's John Galt?" But alas, I fail. I think I might look for the audio version of it and listen at night or something. I'm too busy and quite frankly, too lazy to read a book that big.

So I got up at 5:30 this morning and went for a long run. I usually do it at 3:30, but for the last three days, I haven't been able to. Well, I had a lot of pent up energy inside and it all came out this morning. There's something about being able to get away from everything and everyone and having a little private time when nobody else is out that I love. I get to process my thoughts and make plans for my day, for my week, or even for the distant future. Kate and I have finally decided to commit to a date to get married. We've had a lot of pressure from people around us to wait, but I don't want to wait anymore, and neither does she. We're just going to go to city hall and get it done. I admit I'm a little nervous about it, but I'm not sure why. My initial plan was to marry her before the baby was born, and now the baby's seven months old. I know it's the natural next step, and nothing I've ever wanted has ever felt more like the right thing to do than this, but I still have butterflies about it. As far as my writing goes, I have to apologize but right now I feel so overwhelmed by life that I haven't taken any time to sit down and do it. I could go down the list, but it's the same list of things that I write about every time I blog, so you already know what's up. I'll do what I can to get something pounded out soon, but I'm not promising anything. Oh yeah, one more thing... I tried to read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and my eyes nearly went crossed. There are WAY too many pages and words, but it starts out as an interesting story. I wanted to read it so that I could sit on my high horse and say things like "Everyone should read Atlas Shrugged" and "Who's John Galt?" But alas, I fail. I think I might look for the audio version of it and listen at night or something. I'm too busy and quite frankly, too lazy to read a book that big.

Well, I cast my first vote in an election yesterday, and I'm happy to say that almost all of the people I voted for won here in Virginia. The moderate Bob McDonnell trashed the extremist Creigh Deeds, the left of center candidate for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli easily defeated the radical Steve Shannon and a bunch of local republicans won here as well. The only candidate that I voted for who didn't win was Jody Wagner, but I don't really think this was a good year for her to run. She was a great candidate, but she got stuck on a losing ticket with a group of left wing racists here in Virginia and the people went another way. Unfortunately, the democrats in Maine have voted against gay marriage. But on the plus side, New Jersey has a new, though morbidly obese, republican governor elect. Hopefully he'll trim more fat from the budget than he has from his diet. Hopefully, the republican fools don't get too overconfident about what happened yesterday and start to think that they can cruise to victory next year in the mid-term elections. And hopefully for the democrats, they'll realize that Tim Kaine is an inept party leader and that when they snubbed Howard Dean, they screwed themselves over. Because the truth is, before Dean was chairing the DNC, they had nothing. Under Dean, they regained complete control of the house, the senate and the white house. Not to mention the fact that they won an overwhelming majority of the governorships in the nation. They should probably give him a call and beg him to come back.

Yeah it's too bad the Titans didn't snatch up Michael Vick.

It was a nail biter, but tonight the Bengals had what it took to take out the Champs

Random Fact: Although considered Founding Fathers of the United States, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams did not sign the Constitution. They were serving as U.S. ministers overseas and did not attend the Constitutional Convention. Source: factcheck.org Observation: Kerry Collins should be traded or fired sometime this afternoon

Thanks for the compliments. With the My Jump Off/Staking My Claim/Staying Together series, there's a lot more sex than in my other stories. But I do try to keep the scenes interesting by using descriptives and some constructive metaphors. I don't think Phillip minds too much, just as long as it's not the back seat of his dad's Grand Am. :pickaxe:

Norv Turner is the worst coach in the NFL.

Seventy-five percent of AIDS deaths in 2007 occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation

Thanks for the powerful quote, James. The ironic part is that a lot of people actually think they owe certain congressmen/congresswomen for the way they spend our money (ie; pet projects in a district). They don't realize what kind of a ride we're all being taken on.