'I really get angry that people hide from their problems and emotions by drinking or taking drugs instead of gritting it out' - Brandan Schieppati.
Straight edge hardcore/punk kid.
I'm finally happy that I'm old!
I love music, and cliched as it sounds, it means the world to me and is my life.
I have the greatest best friend I could ever hope and pray for. Fran is my lifeline and I love her with all my heart.
To my extended family in Bleeding Through and The Dearly Demented; you give me some of the happiest times I have ever experienced. You don't have to be blood to be family.
Right now my life consists of hanging round the boys, whether it be getting tattooed, getting lost on hills or just eating pub lunch together.
I believe in love and I believe in hate. One is worthwhile and the other a complete waste of emotion. However, both are one side to the same coin, the flipside of which is a complete lack of emotion.
I am in love with death just as much as I am with life, I don't mean that in a suicidal way, just that I see both as great journeys with uncertain ends, and that thought invigorates me. The more time that passes by, the more I have come to cherish the wisdom of experience.
I wear my heart on my sleeve and I'm not ashamed of it. I'd rather live my life with far too emotion, than live it with none at all. When i get really worried I have a tendency to throw up. I'm not ashamed to cry when I've been hurt. Humans are the only thing on the planet that cry the way we do so it must be for a reason.
And now to the greatest advice I have ever received, from a guy that I am proud to call my friend - "well dude just try and breath and just let your self know that you are more than a piece of meat and dont hurt yourself.. i think that you can just put the shit behind you and say fuck everyone and rebuild your self,, dude thats about all i can say see you soon.." Thank you Brandan.