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A Little Respect My Heart Goes Bang

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

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16 years old, cruising Highland Park in Birmingham’s Southside, singing along with Dead or Alive and Erasure, searching for a distinguished gentleman: so so GAY! and criminal?

“The other night a close friend told me
Never let my heart fall into careless hands
I said,”Thanks, that’s very nice, appreciate your good advice
But things don’t always go the way that I planned”

“I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you’re making me work so hard
That you give me no
Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please give a little respect to me”

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My Posse’s on Broadway, Goin’ Back to Cali

17 Thursday Apr 2014

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80's hip hop, Alabama, Alpine, atlanta, Birmingham, buy John's book, Childersburg, dating, Dead or Alive, Erasure, gay, Goin' Back to CaliLL Cool J, Harpersville, hip hop, LGBT, Munford, Mustang GT, My Posse's on Broadway, Pell City, queer, rap, relationships, Rockford Fosgate, Sir Mix a Lot, Sycamore, Sylacauga, Talladega, Talladega County, the 80's, throwback thursday, throwbackthursday, Vincent, Winterboro

My first 2 cars were a Mustang GT and a Chevy Blazer…and there was a time that I had that bass, ya heard? I had them Alpine 12’s and them Rockford Fosgate 15’s, booming all over Talladega County…bumpin’ Sir Mix a Lot in Childersburg, Sylacauga, Alpine, Winterboro, Harpersville, Talladega, Munford, Pell City, Vincent and Sycamore. When I started having “adventures” in Birmingham and Atlanta, 80’s hip hop was replaced by Dead or Alive and Erasure.

“I’m callin’ up the posse, it’s time to get rippin’
The freaks need a sunroof, to keep you sucka’s trippin’
Everybody’s lookin’, if your jealous turn around-
The AMG kick keeps us closer to the ground
we’re gettin’ good grip from the 50 series tires
the Alpine’s bumpin’, but I need the volume higher”

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April Fool’s, a regrettably awkward blunder

03 Thursday Apr 2014

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April Fool's, a regrettably awkward blunder

I had this great idea to send messages to four men on the facebook telling them how much I liked them, that I cared about them, that I would would wait on them for “as long as it took”, that I knew they cared about me, and finally that I was in their city and wanted to hookup asap. Brilliant, right? Of these 4 guys, three are in relationships and the 4th is…eccentric. Here is my message to them:

“Hi GUYS NAME, I know it’s been a while since we had any communication. I just wanted to tell you that I still like you a lot, and I miss you. I feel like we had a real connection, and you are still the most adorable guy that I have ever seen…so 100% just my type. In my own way, I had such a true crush on you, and actually started to care about you. I get the impression that you really liked me too, I know you did, and I think you would easily start to care about me if you allow yourself the opportunity. Listen, I am coming to Ft. Lauderdale/Birmingham/Pensacola this weekend and I really, really would love to hook up with you. I would love to have you come spend the night with me here, anytime you drive over/down. I hope we can make a true “love connection” and I’m prepared to wait on you, for as long as it takes! You should also buy a copy of my book, after all, you have your own chapter (I used GUYS 1st Name Last Initial when describing you)…have a good day handsome yours truly, seriously YOURS TRULY John Jernigan

Sounds pretty good, right? Not so much…

My 1st guy, who I actually did develop an online crush/affection for last year, messaged me back with the quickness! “Hey guy! Awww, so nice! Are you here through Sunday? I have to go see my dad this weekend, won’t be back until late Sunday” He had his escape plan ready to roll!

The 2nd guy, the cutest little fella that ever lived, responded “i was and am at a bit of a loss for words… very flattered of course…” When I messaged him back later with April Fool’s he didn’t respond, just ignored me

Guy #3, my smart, distinguished and eccentric friend, replied “Hey John, glad to hear all is well. I’m moving to Savannah, GA within the month, Stay in touch. ” Glad to hear all is well? I just told you I was smitten and stuff…you responded with well sorry leaving the state 😦

The 4th, and final, guy’s response was sad and truly made me realize the mistake this April Fool’s attempt at funny was. This sweet fella, let’s call him “Beth”, is smart and sweet and also the first and only man my age that I have ever shared uhh physical affection with…I sent him my message, no response, nothing. At around 10 p.m. I logged into the facebook to wish him an April Fool’s and: he had unfriended me! I can’t even tell him it was a prank, whatever he did he really did, like he disappeared entirely to me, he made himself invisible, even in searches. I hope he will read this and understand I was just trying to be funny, as usual. What’s not funny and is actually kind of sad is that I would love to have any of these 4 beautiful men for my own…but I will likely always be alone, trying to be funny and trying to make everyone laugh, while I just want to cry.

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You Can’t Fix Stupid

30 Sunday Mar 2014

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You Can't Fix Stupid

Under Neat that We Will Miss You

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Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin

19 Wednesday Mar 2014

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Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin

It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’ baby

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Lowered Expectations

15 Saturday Mar 2014

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Lowered Expectations

The full moon, tides, whatever have me feeling a certain kind of way. I settle in on the couch and catch up on my shows, watching Scandal, the Good Wife, Suits, Justified, 2 Broke Girls, Mystery Diners, and the Goldbergs, intermittently crying. I am painfully aware that instead of living my life to the fullest, I have my adventures and live vicariously through my television, a sad imitation of life.
I like some friends’ posts on facebook, and friend request a few people. I play Candy Crush and Triviador. I watch some youtube videos of French bulldog and Boston terrier puppies. I make an attempt to finish reading MaddAddam, but my mind is racing, cycling, restlessly pessimistic.
I go back to facebook. I see that Mike J, who I briefly loved/thought I loved when I was very young, is in a relationship. I see that Don (who I had a crush on for years when I lived in Pensacola, that he never knew about, and actually never really met me) is in a relationship. I realize that there are probably a dozen or so good quality men that I am friends with on facebook, who I would love to explore a relationship with. There are honestly probably 50 or more distinguished gentleman out in the world that I have squandered my chances with, either by sleeping with them once or just not being mature or patient enough or too ADD to give love time to bloom? (bloom sounds corny, but yeah bloom).
I have a profile on a few of the dating websites, but have never had any luck there. A few different Saturday nights I have had a few drinks and walked to Georgie’s in search of Mr. Right…who definitely wasn’t there. Twice I have braved the bridge and gone hunting in Ybor (dangerous as I need some alcohol in me to be comfortable in a club) driving back at 4 a.m., unsuccessful, frustrated, and certain to get a DUI if pulled over.
I have the capacity to love and I am so so tired of being lonely. I am ready for my Knight in Shining Armor, please. I want to love again, to find my special someone, but it’s getting late, and the lights are starting to dim on my dreams.

Squeak is in dreamland, yelping and twitching. Careful not to wake the snoring 30-pound bulldog on my stomach, I scoot down the couch to her, rubbing her belly and calming her down. I whisper to her that everything will be okay, that we’re safe, that we’ll be fine…though I am no longer sure that is true.

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My Heart

05 Wednesday Feb 2014

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My Heart

a snippet from my book, The Gay Road Less Traveled, $3.99 on Kindle

My Heart
ā€œHow Can I Love You More – M Peopleā€
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When I went to pick out my new baby at a kennel in rural Alabama, the owner invited me into his house and led me down into the living room. In a big baby playpen there were two litters of French bulldog puppies playing, nine puppies, and all seven weeks old. There were two or three black puppies, a few brown, a light tan one, and one white puppy with a big black spot on its back. I noticed this puppy was slightly larger than the rest, more active, and she was not being nice to her littermates. She pounced on one of her brothers and knocked him over, then rammed the smallest puppy (the tan one) with her head, shoving it across the playpen while it squealed and cried. When the white puppy saw us she ran to the edge of the playpen and stood up, screaming and whining and imploring to be picked up, which the owner did. ā€œThat’s part of the problem right thereā€ he said as he held her. ā€œEvery night I put the puppies to bed and they all go to sleep, except her, she screams and cries until my wife comes and gets her and puts her in the bed with us. She’s a smart little thing.ā€
I like to think I know a little bit about dogs. One thing I do know is that when choosing a new puppy, you’re supposed to pick one in the middle, not the alpha or the runt. The owner hands the puppy to me. This pot-bellied little grunting pig was the boss of this pack, no doubt. I should probably choose one of the brown puppies, still, this thing is white and black, she’ll match my two Boston’s, she’s female (only girls for me, dogs I mean) she’s smart. One test they advise doing with a puppy is to hold it in your arms like a baby, on its back with its belly exposed. If the puppy will stay still and be held it will likely be a good dog, because it’s secure and comfortable enough to let its guard down. I try this with the puppy. She bucks and whines and goes all stiff like a child having a temper tantrum. I try to rock her and hold her but she screams REAL loud like a hyena or something. I put her back in the playpen where she immediately pounces on one of the other puppies and lays on top of him, gnawing on his ear. She is adorably cute. I must have her! French Bulldogs have big ears, but they have to grow into them, this puppy’s ears are still all droopy and not standing up yet…she looks like a little cricket. Cricket.

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Lord Jesus it’s Sneauxing!

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Lord Jesus it's Sneauxing!

For all of my New Orleans and Birmingham and Atlanta friends struggling with the snow

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Love and Affection – Nelson

27 Monday Jan 2014

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I used to love this song. In 11th grade, I thought I was in love with this girl April, and I would sing this song over and over again to myself, ostensibly thinking about her. Interestingly, I had a huge crush on her father Paul at the same time, with his sweatsuits and cute moustache…

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Fried Bologna Saturday Night

04 Saturday Jan 2014

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Fried Bologna Saturday Night

John was excited to be going on a date on this Saturday night, unfortunately poor communication with his potential future ex-husband left him home, alone and HONGRY. He fried up some bologna with ketchup, and some eggs with grape jelly, then ate them up on some hamburger buns. John’s refined palate is evidence that he is trailer park royalty, ya heard?

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People of Walmart

04 Saturday Jan 2014

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My baby daddy is in here

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Drink ‘n’ Drown

03 Friday Jan 2014

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Drink 'n' Drown

A three month period where my tweaked out friend Dale and I tried to run a nightclub, when the Office in Pensacola closed and before Emerald City opened. I remember lots of Tina šŸ™‚ lots of after hours extracurricular activities and making a lot of money slinging drinks. I also remember some of the Quarter rats we hired being busy all night, then when we cashed them out they had rung like $77 in sales, and kept the rest…One small highlight, we did get Lydia Prim, one of the best DJs in the world, to spin a few nights.

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Merry Christmas past

19 Thursday Dec 2013

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Merry Christmas past

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Teeth

19 Thursday Dec 2013

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Teeth

Today I took one of my teens to have her wisdom teeth removed. Normally this 15 year-old is a terror, she has a horrible temper and intentionally says fuck every other word because I once tried to admonish her on her language. On this day, she was quiet and sweet and scared. She wanted me to be in the room with her and she cried a little, and I held her hand and talked to her and calmed her down. In this last year I have horribly failed at dating or finding someone special or being the one that somebody is thinking about. As I drive my teenager back to her foster home (while she is taking selfies and pics of her teeth and posting them), I take some small comfort in knowing that there is something I am good at, my children like me, and I will always be an advocate for them. I just wish I could somehow use my social work skills to find someone to love me.

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Loneliness

17 Tuesday Dec 2013

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I Hate Gay Men

09 Saturday Nov 2013

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I Hate Gay Men

So far, my love life in St. Pete has sucked, I haven’t met anyone, I’m still lonely and insecure and unhappy. I have met someone, though, on the facebook. I was creeping around on the interwebs one night and found him, a friend of a friend, friend requested him, and we fell in love. He lives in Alabama, he has a good job, a cute dog, he’s 5’8, 50-something, his words are spelled correctly, and in communication he is such a gentleman.
Over these last few months I’ve let him know how much I like him, and he likes me too, as witnessed by the multiple crotch shots he’s sent me (no naked pics, remember he’s a gentleman).

Some of our magical conversations:

Me: I lived in Birmingham 2-3 times…maybe you breezed by me one night at the Quest and your raw sexual magnetism cast a spell on me…?

Him: Lol, that had to be it!!
Maybe it was your sexiness that cast a spell!

Me: So I’ve rented a little pool house and I’m looking for a place in St. Pete…ever travel to these parts? So that you can proceed with the sweeping me off my feet…

Me: Well let’s be friends…let me get settled, then who knows? Maybe one or the other could host and we could go on an actual date or 2…unless there’s something something wrong with you (or me)…I think you’re lovely

Him: Sounds good!
I hope nothing wrong with me, lol

Me: I want to handle us as carefully as possible…I am still holding on to the idea that I am special (not short bus special) and that there is somebody out there for me…too much? are you special btw?

Him: I think so

Me: I am part Romany, so nothing would keep me from picking up and moving to an exotic locale for love…

Him: Ahhh

Me: So I take that last bit back…way too much too quick….don’t want to scare you off…have a good night my little peach…I’m gonna call you food pet names ok? peanut, pudding, cookie, nugget, pickle etc..

Him: Sugar plum

Me: I am halfway moved into my new place so I want to go ahead and invite you down for anytime you can come…I’ll pick you up and take you back to the airport and feed you ( food and…) and entertain you as well…and either fall in love with you or end up just being friends…but I hope to fall in love just to let you know šŸ™‚

Him: Awww! What a wonderful compliment.

Me: how close to retirement are you?

Him: Oh geez, it depends
You going to let me retire to Florida?
It could be as much as 10 years or as few as 6
Depends on how much $$$ I can stash

Me: Well here’s the thing…I did sign a year-lease in St. Pete, so I’m here until next July…but St. Pete barely won out over Birmingham as my living choice…so I’ve kind of talked myself into moving back to Birmingham next year. I was wondering if we might possibly be able to visit one another maybe, a time or two, there or more preferably here. If you took a 3-day weekend I could put you up and feed you…or maybe you should stay in a hotel so I don’t feel pressured to sleep with you…just something to think about, no pressure…I think I’ve told you I’m incredibly fond of the you that I’ve imagined in my mind…but what if you really are that special? My high standards have unfortunately left me lonely and single for too long now…

Him: Aww. You know I saw one of the old pictures you posted and I remembered who you were from years back, maybe, like the 90’s???

Me: you can always send me naked pics or sext me up or something…

Him: I can? Will you do the same?

Me: No…

Him: Why not?

Me: I changed my mind…I have you in this ivory tower, braiding your hair, all virtuous and shit…

Me: I’ve been going to work out/play ball at lunch everyday…and maybe less sugar intake…I want to make a good impression if/when we ever meet..

Him: Wow

Me: you know what my job is, right? (Adoptions) Have a look on my blog at my baby O…you want to adopt him with me?
JK…I want a little Asian baby…or a raccoon

Him: Or a raccoon?

Me: I just like them…Rascal the Raccoon…except they get rabies real easy

Him: Yes, and they invade houses and do damage

Me: that’s okay though, he will be curious and inquisitive and I will dress him up and love him and let him have anything he wants…wait, are we talking about the raccoon or O?

Him: Raccoon

Me: A raccoon is probably easier to potty train…trust me on that, I almost had to change O recently

Him: Yikes

Me: don’t worry, I’m a social worker, I’ll change you when you get decrepit…or all fetish-y

Him: Ewww

Me: Don’t say ewww, I like older men, very distinguished

Him: Here is a slightly risquƩ photo

Over the months I like him more and more, I think about him all of the time, I even tell him that I have imagined him to be my perfect man, my knight in shining armor. I talk to my friends about him, I have wet dreams in which he stars, I start thinking about moving to his city, I’m crazy about him.

10/27/13
Me: Hello handsome…I was thinking about vacationing with my family (dogs) in Birmingham for the Thanksgiving holiday…were you possibly going to be in town? regards John Jernigan

Him: I am going to be at the beach at doggone it !!!
Leaving Thurs!

Me: well I’m not going to Birmingham then

Him: Damn wish it had worked

11/8/13
Me: Good morning, I am now considering going to Pensacola for Thanksgiving. If I did, would you like to share a meal or 2 on that weekend? Have a good day at work, I’m headed in early

Him: Keep me posted, will be at the beach with friends, family and hubby

I am kind of crushed. I start to cry. I’ve been crying for a couple of hours now. I know I’m not just crying over this man, I’m crying because I’m lonely and unhappy and I’ve lost my confidence as well, but I’m mainly crying over this guy. How can a guy I’ve never met hurt me? I wanted him to see how special I was, how unique, how different…I wanted him to make me happy, I wanted us to live happily ever after. In my own sad way, I must have started to love him, else why am I still crying? I am crying as I remember this fantastic, romantic, loving guy that I only imagined, the man who was going to change my life and make me happy.

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Amplified Heart

26 Saturday Oct 2013

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My first big deal club job was bartending at Kaya on Peachtree. I moved to Atlanta to be part of the Olympic experience, and had a great time, but there was maybe just a little bit too much going on for me. Atlanta was so so gay all the time, my circle of friends were druggin’ and drinkin’ and screwin’, I couldn’t afford my place on Highland, and I thought I was in love with this emotionally unavailable asshole lawyer who kept me at arm’s length for the duration of our relationship (story of my life). When I would get home from pouring drinks or partying, dawn would often be on the horizon. I would put my Amplified Heart cd on and EBTG would sing me to sleep. The whole album is fantastic, relaxing and chill and beautiful and sad.

“I still haven’t got over it even now.
I want to spend huge amounts of time on my own.
I don’t want to cause any serious damage.
I want to make sure that I can manage,
because I’m not really in your head,
I’m not really in your head.

And I see love and disaffection
and the clouds build up and won’t pass over.
This is my road to my redemption.
And my life is just an image of a rollercoaster anyway. “

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Wavin’ Flag – K’naan

21 Monday Oct 2013

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When I get older
I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag

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Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

19 Saturday Oct 2013

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Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

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A Teenager asks somebody, anybody to adopt him

16 Wednesday Oct 2013

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George Michael and Carrie

10 Thursday Oct 2013

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George Michael and Carrie

One Halloween, Tim went as Carrie, maybe I was George Michael? with a tight white shirt, caesar haircut and gold hoops…gotta have Faith!

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1992

19 Thursday Sep 2013

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1992aaaaato use

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Backstreet Atlanta

11 Wednesday Sep 2013

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I had my fake ID when I was in high school. I still remember how I felt at 16 years old, standing upstairs and looking down at Backstreet’s dance floor. The DJ was playing “Tarzan Boy” by Baltimora and it was confirmed…I was a gay.

*I think this video is from the late 90’s, I wasn’t even born yet

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Ho Hey – The Lumineers

22 Thursday Aug 2013

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for Mr. Cook

I’ve been trying to do it right
I’ve been living a lonely life
I’ve been sleeping here instead
I’ve been sleeping in my bed,
I’ve been sleeping in my bed

So show me family
All the blood that I would bleed
I don’t know where I belong
I don’t know where I went wrong
But I can write a song

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Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

07 Wednesday Aug 2013

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One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen, Oscar award-winning, inspirational, troubling, unsettling

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Gay is Not That Gay :(

06 Saturday Jul 2013

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Gay is Not That Gay :(

I am sort of resigned to being alone, just me and my babies. I have fallen into this routine of the dog park and flea market on Saturdays, then a double feature at the movies on Sundays. What’s so sad is there are so many men out there that I kind of love, they’re just all unattainable, taken, don’t like me back: Mark in Boca, William in Alpine, Geoff B. in Tallahassee, Steven in Oviedo, Jeff in Orlando, Stephen in Pensacola and now Forrest in Birmingham…all of you are supposed to be my husband, hello!? Somebody love me please, I’m tired of being sad and lonely…what if this truly is as good as it gets?

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Sail – Awolnation

23 Sunday Jun 2013

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This is how I show my love
I made it in my mind because
I blame it on my A.D.D. baby

This is how an angel dies
I blame it on my own sick pride
Blame it on my A.D.D. baby

Sail

Maybe I should cry for help
Maybe I should kill myself (myself)
Blame it on my A.D.D. baby

Maybe I’m a different breed
Maybe I’m not listening
So blame it on my A.D.D. baby

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