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Sydney’s Shocking Girl Gangs Brawl It Out On Video

I saw this in the paper today and laughed… http://www.news.com.au/national/sydneys-shocking-girl-gangs-brawl-it-out-on-video/story-e6frfkvr-1226140020471 . This wasn’t a laugh of excitement, or joy, but utter shock. This is the future of our society!

I remember being in high school and staying away from the violence. I remember seeing guys chased down the streets with machetes, hearing about fights being organised, and seeing people I would have called friends getting seriously hurt or injured as part of this.

Back then it was about Gang Pride, wearing a colour or being of a certain ethnicity and having issues with other ethnicities. It felt like it was always between the Asian or Middle Eastern groups. This evolved to also include the Islanders (Tongans/Kiwis/Samoans).

None of this ever impacted me directly, although the things I saw and stories I heard still stick with me to this day.

The interesting thing that I remember is that the violence never…

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FEATURED POST: End of a Relationship and the Mirage that is Heartbreak

This post is just a reminder for us hopeless romantics that love isn’t so bad after all and HEARTBREAK really is just a MIRAGE…

NERD IN A JOCK™

End of a Relationship and the Mirage that is Heartbreak

I am romantic. I have a lyrical soul. I can love under the best and worst conditions. I stand proud and not ashamed to admit or show that level of vulnerability. The older I get, the more I realize that emotional vulnerability is not a crutch, but strength, nor make you any less of a man. I like being part of something that’s bigger than me, than I. It’s good for your soul to invest in something you can’t control. I’ve found that I tend to gravitate towards and feel most like myself when I am around, and part of a community of like-minded individuals sharing many of the same struggles, sensibilities, and sentiments; who don’t allow others to strip their happiness away from them due to their lack of it.

Being the hopelessly hopeless romantic that I am I found nothing more beautiful and worthwhile than: love, relationships, and…

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Only Once in Your Life

RichSimmonds

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure…