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tonight is kind of a crappy night. thats because today was a particularly crappy day. I guess i will just sulk in the crappiness. sometimes we have crappy days. sometimes crappy things happen to us even though we dont even want them. sometimes we have crappy days because of things out of our control. sometimes i wish i was a stoic and then maybe some of the crappy stuff wouldnt be so crappy. i suppose it could be crappier. sometimes i ask myself, where is god when all this crappy stuff happens. i suppose he would answer, "i'm right here, right in the middle of the crappy stuff," but sometimes its really hard to see when your eyes are covered with crappy.

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