Family

How can one person single-handedly ruin a good night? Good question! You see, I have this allergy to latex. Yeah, I know...I've heard it all before. My little nephew's birthday is on October 30th, and I was told that there would be latex balloons. Nothing says, "we don't really want you there..." like that. Seriously? If you don't want me in your fuckin' life you should just tell me so! Don't go beating around the bush and fuckin' sugarcoat it. Just tell me straight out.
The person who said the adage that blood is thicker then water, definitely has not met my family. All the backstabbing and cold shoulders need to stop! Why did I post this on here? Because there is nowhere else for me to vent my disdain for certain family members without it coming back to bite me in the ass. Ok, so not disdain but you all know what I mean.

The social butterfly within

When I was growing up, I didn't get out much to play with friends or even go to their houses. My idea of hanging out was hanging with my fellow pep band buddies during the third quarter of a High School football game. This was just the way things were.
Now, I find that I have become that social person who is the life of the party. Not that I'm really all that cool, its because people can see that I'm different. I'm the genuine friend, the person who is always there to help out or even hang out for a while, or maybe even go to shows with. How did I make this transition? Because, God knows, that even a year ago I was spending every waking minute by myself or with my family. I, maybe, had three friends that lived near me. Now, I have a hell of a lot more then that.
What changed? I don't know but it works.