I am very happy & relieved to have found a new path of discovery...
I'm attempting ... CRIMINOLOGY-
There's a lot of reading, but I've got time...and it's interesting.
Im still in the beginning stage...and there are different directions
for me to follow.
Right now...I'm looking at working with at risk youths.
Hopefully I can make a difference in their young lives before it's too late.

12.9.12

Well-Accounting SUCKS!!
it doesn't really suck-
I just suck at it.
It requires so much concentration.
You have to stay FOCUSED.
My head is always in the clouds-
so I'm gonna try something new.

#14
8:10am
9.7.12
Well I've already done some of my homework...
I need to really kick ass this weekend.
I'm enjoying this class more than the last class. Accounting!!
Surprise...SURPRISE!!

I need to go to the gym...can't lose my girlish figure.
j/k...with age i've learned how hard it is to eat and maintain balance.
I don't do martial arts anymore...nor can I run around.

Don't get me wrong...I am active-
We just got a Whole Foods Market...down the street.
It's pretty freakin' awesome.
Life is GOOD!! I study...I eat...I go to the gym...I study...I eat...I sleep
I have an easy life...and I did get lazy for a short period...but I got back into school
...and I'm pursuing my options.=

#13
12:01pm
8.26.12

School is kickin' MY ass.
I made it to my next step in Accounting Principles.
People have been telling me the Certified Public Accountant CPA Exam is harder than the BAR exam.

I don't think I'm gonna be an Accountant or Lawyer, but I'm motivated to learn. I like the college atmosphere.
Things are happening...and it's fun to be involved.
I've even joined a few clubs on campus. & I gave blood too.

I gotta spend more time on my school work, so I'm officially taking a break from my blog.
I still like to check out you pretty ladies tho...

#12
5:30am
8.17.12
I'm starting school again...and I don't know how much time I will have.
I have to start cleaning my house and getting ready.
SHIT,,,junk can pile up quickly.

#11
7:00am
8.16.12
Today is my parents' wedding anniversary.

I did my chores.
I went to school until my senior year, and I graduated
after going to summer school at Birmingham High.
Senior year...a comedy of errors!!
Life in high school had no real responsibility.

I'm lucky to have had popularity thru sports.
You didn't need a job.
You didn't have any bills.
WE didn't have cell phones either.
My senior year I worked as busboy in a seafood restaurant,
then my friend and I delivered furniture on the weekends.

I liked to do physical stuff...run, jump, play ball & martial arts-
As I got older...I had more of a chip on my shoulder.
I don't know why. Maybe I started to think for myself...
and didn't like other people telling me what to do.
or HOW to do it.

If you got a chip...you gotta back those words.
I took my fair share of beat downs.
But if you don't know martial arts...I can surprise you with a foot to the face.
At parties...friends would usually stop anything that got out of hand.

No book or class could've prepared me for what happened.
I stood at the dawn of hope with my life about to begin...
Of course I had dreams of an athletic career.
The only future plans were made several months earlier when a couple friends and me
decided to join our other friend in the US Air Force.

#10
8.15.12.
7:30am
***Today is the anniversary of my accident***

I always feel conflicted on this day.
I use to tell everyone today is my anniversary.
People (including my mom) would say I don't know if you wanna celebrate this day.

But HELL YEAH!!

Today is the celebration of my new life.
I like to think I'm a much more aware person.
Not just of me, but of what surrounds me.
It's a BIG FREAKIN' world and I'm just a tiny speck.

I do hope I can leave this earth better than when I stumbled upon this planet.
Don't worry I don't want to be like David Bowie in The man who fell to earth.

What I do believe is that we choose our lives. We choose them to learn something before
we can graduate or move on. What is it that I'm suppose to learn? Got me...I don't really know.
The Psychologist I met at one of the seven hospitals I kept being transferred to because of my
progress as a patient believed...You have a courageous soul, Eric.

That could've been just a bunch of Psycho Babble mumbo jumbo...to keep me positive and
on the right track. But it worked. I like to look at myself as someone better than the next guy.
Who doesn't...right?
I guess it wouldn't be fair to pass judgement myself. Other people need to make that distinction.
And so far I've just survived. I survived being hit so hard that I did not respond for 63 days.

#9
6:50am
8.14.12
Within a week of waking up...the next phase of my recovery began.
Therapy...strength building. The best in the country...they told my family...is Rancho Los Amigos.
About 45 minutes away. They transported me by ambulance.
Hey...can we turn the siren on?

I just left a room full of people who knew me best. Now I felt surrounded by strangers.
These people had never even seen me in their lives. Completely oblivious.
Some of these guys didn't even look at me when we were within 10 feet of each other.

I lost my popularity. What a RUDE awakening. I began to understand just how BIG the world is.

Everybody knew me...wherever I went. School, sports or my neighborhood. I walked on water.
Sure...there were times when I'd meet new people at parties,
but then my group of friends immediately expanded.
What a shelterd life I lived...I just didn't know it-

#8
2:20 pm
8.13.12
...today is not really an insomniac blog.
My water heater went bad and I paid a pretty penny for a new one.
I have a 10 year warranty so I can breathe for a lil while.
Last night the water did seem cold.
I didn't adjust the temperature...I just jumped back and only used water to rinse off.
COLD...COLD-
I don't like to sleep in my dirt, so I shower at night.
After my cold shower...I made a nice cup of coffee and went outside to look for meteors.
My cousin who lives about 3 hours North got to see them.
My friend took his daughter up near Magic Mountain and they saw a few, but if you were near Wyoming,
you were treated to some beautiful natural fireworks.
I did not see one...I'm a little disappointed.

Fortunately...it's not cold right now. So I felt rather refreshed.
The cold water just shocked my system...no harm no foul.
I didn't lose any blood-I laugh at all our conviences of modern day America.
We are a spoiled country having everything at our fingertips.
I don't want to appear like I'm complaining.
After all...I'm no candy ass.
I've been through some rough stretches in life.
Adversity has made me stronger and when I go to bed, I don't feel any anger or anxiety.
LIFE IS GOOD!!

8:00am #7 8.12.12
...my mom is always there at the beginning of visiting hours.
She feeds me. She nurtures me. She's my Mommy!!
One girl in particular arrives with the cutest litlle teddy bear.
She plants herself on my bed.
Before the car accident we went to parties...cut school...and just had fun together.

At times my eyes would get real BIG. I had no other way to express my happiness when people came.
I forgot how many fingers I flashed, but she hopped off the bed and said HE'S GOTTA GO!!