Fear and Motivation

10-29-99.  The Other Way Journal.  22 Years Old.  I find myself at the bars every Friday and Saturday night thinking about where my life is going.  As I look around at all the people at the bar, I can’t help but think they are living the average life.  These...

Life’s Gift

8-16-99.  The Other Way Journal.  22 Years Old.  I’ve decided to take an additional semester off to get myself together.  School became mundane for me and I didn’t enjoy life passing me by.  It was as if my life were on repeat with the same old boring song...

The Cart is Gone and The Horse is Dead

7-28-99.  The Other Way Journal.  22 Years old.  We were doing exceptionally well and moving very fast together.  I was becoming more comfortable with having her around me and began expressing myself more to her.  Past disastrous relationships faded away when in her...

The Cart and Horse Part III

7-14-99.  The Other Way Journal.  22 Years Old. There is a part of me which leads me to believe this encounter will not manifest into the relationship I envisioned.  The part of me I speak about is in the gut.  I really would like to love again and yet sometimes when...

The Cart and Horse part II

7-7-99.  The Other Way Journal.  21 Years Old.  With each conversation on the phone and in person we seem to hit it off.  The makings of a possible relationship have, in my mind, been established and now all that remains is time together.  Today we both decided to...

The Cart Before The Horse

7-5-99.  The Other Way Journal. 21 Years old.  Every time I am around her I experience that feeling in my stomach.  The words escape my lips when I look at her.  My heart increases its pace and thoughts race on the possibilities of dating her.  I’ve built her up...