There is a tale I want you guys to read. It's a totally inspirational story, and is totally cool that this girl put it out there like that. Please take some time to go and read it. It would mean a lot to me, and I know she appreciates it.

Here's the link:

http://humanpets.com/691221002
Unknown "Tattoo Man" Peaceful - 16 years, 7 months, 12 days ago

Unknown "Tattoo Man" Peaceful - 16 years, 7 months, 13 days ago

First-year students at Texas A&M's Vet school were attending their first anatomy class, with a real dead cow. They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet.

The professor started the class by telling them, "In Veterinary Medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor: The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the animal body. For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the butt of the dead cow, withdrew it and stuck it in his mouth. "Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students.

The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes. But eventually took turns sticking a finger in the anal opening of the dead cow and sucking on it.

When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, "The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention. Life's tough, and it's even tougher if you're stupid...
Unknown "Tattoo Man" Peaceful - 16 years, 7 months, 14 days ago

The following tales were written in the past year, the "moment of clarity" one being the most recent. I wrote it in March. I try to write as much as I can, but sometimes I get stagnant and nothing wnats to come out. I hope you enjoy what you read. It's a part of me, my soul. Stay tuned for more things, I'm starting to feel that writing feeling coming back. Thank god, because it has taken me a while to get back there...
Unknown "Tattoo Man" Peaceful - 16 years, 7 months, 15 days ago

You ever have a 'moment of clarity'? Perhaps it happens when you finally get the joke. Maybe it comes to you at 3 am after you've been playing Wii all night and finally figure out how to beat the computer. Maybe it comes when a conversation you had a few years ago finally makes sense to you.

I had one of those today.

I struggle ALOT with this path that I have chosen for myself. I wonder if I made the right choices when I was younger, if I am where I am supposed to be. That is I USED to struggle with these things. I don't anymore. And never will again. I know without a doubt that where I am is EXACTLY where I am supposed to be, and that I HAVE made the right choices. How do i know this? how could I possibly know this? My mom told me. different And it took me until today to finally realize that a conversation we had a couple of weeks before she died crushed all my fears. Too bad it took me this long to have the 'moment of clarity'.

I was smoking a cigarette this morning, just barely awake, wiping the sleep out of my eyes when the tears started rolling down my face. I wasn't sad, but I couldn't stop. It was then through the tears that I saw her standing there. I had started to come to terms with what was happening to her. She could barely walk, hardly ever got out of bed, but here she was standing in front of the entertainment center, looking at photos of me and my brother, crying. I put my arms around her, asking her what was wrong, and she told me nothing was wrong, that she was just so proud of what her boys had become. It was one of those times that is normally real umcomfortable for the kid and his parent, but I wasn't at all. I smiled and looked at her, and half-serious/half-kidding I said:

"Mom, I just want to thank you for raising a freak."


She looked at me with that motherly look in her eye and said:

"I didn't raise a freak."


Back then I tried to aruge with her, telling her that she was wrong, that I was different. I wasn't always sure back then that it was a good thing, but nevertheless, I was.

Today I saw what she said in a whole new light. She DIDN'T raise a freak. As a matter of fact, I'm probably just as normal as anybody else. It's normal to question things. It's normal to be scared of decisions you make, especially if they can change your life. It's normal to struggle in life. See my mom didn't look at the tattoos and piercings and different attitude when she looked at me. She didn't ever look at me different at all. She accepted me for who I was, not what I looked like. A mother's eyes. Eyes we should be so lucky to someday have.

The next time you meet someone who might look different than you think about it. They're probably not. I'm sure that if you take the time to even get to know them, you'd realize that in actuality they aren't. They are human just like you are. they probably have some of the same problems you do, and they probably just want you to understand that they just want to live, like everyone else.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Thanks to my friends who have gotten to know me, and accept me for who I am, you guys know who you are. Most of all, thanks for taking the time to get to know someone before you write them off. I'm sure they thank you for it too...

Unknown "Tattoo Man" Peaceful - 16 years, 7 months, 15 days ago