Life sucks, and then you die.

Life right now is a bit insane (as if it was ever sane to begin with). There are so many changes going on, so many transitions. (I shouldn't be writing on the computer right now, I should be in bed asleep.) My family is in a place I never ever thought it could be. I'm playing basketball; that in and of itself, is hard for me to believe. I am eighteen for crying out loud! Life in general has never been so "abnormal" (as if there were such a thing as "normal").
Time changes things so much. One's experiences change one dramatically, to the point beyond recognition. I am reminded of that saying, "you become like the books you read, the music you listen to, the movies you indulge in, and the people with whom you involve yourself." How very true that statement is. The elements with which we surround ourselves shape us more than we know, for good or bad, and yet, that is so easily forgotten.