I want to share my love with you. Here, have some love. Take it! Take my love!

I am finally making consistent and steady progress towards finishing my novel, which has been my new year's resolution these past three years. It's been one of my favorite stories, and I think it's pretty marketable, so I have high hopes for it.

Yay Mike! I want to read it.

This song is hilarious, so many good lyrics.

I'm not writing a book but I am valuable enough to get a job now. I got certified to yesterday now I'm full of explosive joy! And your happiness xec8 can surely take the world by storm, which would be nice.

I bought a Ford Focus for $1200 bucks. Does that count?

You self-publishing your book or is a company doing it?

A company is doing it. I'm going to hold off on the specifics until I have a solid contract.

I demand you send me a copy, even if it isn't in English.

What are the chances of a Paris and the Hiltons Live From Paris single/album being produced?
Also, I want to request the free autographed copy when your book comes out. I promise to buy a copy of my own and give it to someone as recompense.

I just got a kindle, found my DS which I lost a year ago, my Gramma turned 85 and is in better health than any 40 year old i know, I finished my paranoid android cover on piano, and I won a minor minor tennis tournament. Wahoo this thread made me feel soo good. Oh yeah and the buckeyes beat penn state.

Whiskey was drunk,

At first, I thought this meant you got the dog drunk.

How the fuck did you remember my dog is called Whiskey?

And yes, I will send you all free copies of my book.

As for the Live in Paris album, there's still time, but it sounds like a fun idea.

Because Whiskey is a great name for a dog and it was also the name of the dog in the absolute most fun video game I've ever played, Hearts of Darkness and I make goofy connections in my head to remember things.

I just moved to a new town that I absolutely love and is just beautiful. Everytime I look around at the landscape and lake I feel lucky to be alive and be here. I have a wonderful boyfriend, we haven't been together very long but he has been one of my very best friends for over a decade. I'm doing really well in school, I'd have slightly better grades if I put more time and effort into it, but whatever. And I finally got my own internet connection! Life is actually alright for now.

Phil, I love your new songs and I wanna read your novel too!

I'm in love, my kids are healthy and happy and doing really well in school, and I got a job offer that I didn't take but appreciated very much. Life is good!

YAY ASHLEY!! Are you going to be our friend again?

The Prodigal Daughter.

I'm pretty good where I am, I guess. I'm at the university of my choice with my tuition paid in full through grants, I'm overworked (it's a good thing... and probably why I'm on here as often as I am), my grades are holding up okay, I have great friends to waste nights with when I can, my grandpa's Parkinson's has become a lot less serious, my best friend in Boston is finally overcoming some serious issues, and I'm closer to my dad than I ever was back home. All in all, I think I have it pretty good. Thanks for this thread. Such a freakin' pick-me-up.

I thought his dog was named Ludwig?

Good to see you! Glad you're doing well

Straight from Paris's vagina.

http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/358869818/Queen%2Bof%2BDiamonds.mp...

LISTEN TO THIS. It's the new sound of Paris and the Hiltons, now that we're a full unit.

JANE! I never stopped being your friend, but yeah, I'm back!

Thanks Alecia! I'm really glad to hear things are good for you too.

fucking good shit. happpiness is awesome.

congrats on the novel, and i've already giving my congrats on paris, Phil. can't wait to read your book.

queen of diamonds was amazing. your voice is all tom waits-y or something.

my happpiness: well, i don't have a band at the moment, or any publishable work. but i am on the way. i have an amazing girlfiend that thinks, for some ridiculous reason, that i amthe best human in the world. it's a sweet deal. i've got a permanent job for, for the first time, ever. so i'm not struggling with bills and shit.

i had a song written for me

Me rikey.

Life goes splendidly for me. I've been productive in all sorts of creative outlets. Painting, playing with clay, making tapes of the noises of the world, and i'm still writing. Finally trying to be a published writer again, too, which is nice, i suppose. I also got inducted into three national honor societies this week, so my CV'll have some nice padding on it.

Been spending time with a nice little lady, too. Feels good to be around a girl that's not crazy and trying to eat me alive. She's nice and hilarious and pretty and a lot of fun. We adventured and explored yesterday, chasing watefalls, and trying to find a pet store to play with kittens and to buy a turtle. I really want a turtle ever since someone, Taylor, i think, showed me some blog full of turtle pictures titled, Fuck Yeah Turtles! Then we painted for a while and made cookies. Twas a good day and she's a good lady. Really religious, too, which is interesting. She prays before she eats, which humors me, i guess, but she also knows how to eat, which is oddly important to me. It bothers me how so few people understand how a fork and knife are meant to be used.

The only thing that's bothering me is that i've absolutely no desire to continue going to college or even the motivation to make it to most of my classes, but i'll be all right. Kind of stupid at this point to drop out of school.

Anyrate, life's good, as it tends to be.

I have to say, I think Queen of Diamonds is the height of Paris and the Hiltons. It can only go downhill from here.

look on the bright side, it could plateau and all of your stuff be just as good for a while before it's starts back down the hill.

Have you listened to it? It already pushed my limited musical talents to the limit. What can I do next, unless I actually make progress on the guitar?

fuck making progress on guitar, man. i've alwasy seen it like this: i'm not much of a lead guitarist. i can ply a bit. but to me, it is so much more important to understand the fundamentals of what you need to be a songwriter. lead guitarists are nearly always douche bags that have no fucking rhythm anyway. i am so much more proud that i can kee in time and play rhythm guitar well and write songs.

congrats phil and so far lots of good news to hear from everyone. glad things are looking up for the lot of you outside the cult.

LOVE IS IN THE AIR and or accomplishment/reward

right now I feel really awesome. i still have some mixed feelings about a current discovery of mine and there are quite a few things i would normally worry/stress over:

possibly losing my house
relative passed away this past week
new found love is moving away

but overall i'm extremely happy in spite of these things. in fact i can't remember a time i've been happier.

so if you need some happiness i have enough to go around.

Gimme.

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big S wrote:

Have a good one! I'd sing you happy birthday but the melody was written by a Sunday school teacher and i know how much you hate God so i won't sing to you. Have a good one though.

NO! Don't go chasing those! Please! Stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to!

That song's been stuck in my head since writing that sentence.

Ha. HaHa. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

You's funny.

Uni is almost over for the year, I feel about 60% confident that I'll achieve the grades I want and I am very satisfied with my study plan for next year. Interesting things are happening at work which are helping break up the monotony and stopping me from wanting to quit. My family are getting along with each other reasonably well. I'm happy with where I sit amongst my group of friends; I was worried that I was drifting apart from them due to other commitments, but this weekend has made me realise that isn't the case. Summer is arriving, and there will be many nights of relaxing with bbqs and drinks. Also, I just got a new phone that I'm quite fond of. I am content.

I'm in very good shape, better than in ages, I'm feeling good, and I feel pretty okay about myself here as of late, just enough confidence to know what it feels like and like it, plus school is going well, I feel like I may be heading into a really awesome phase where everything clicks for a while...

In short, things are swell, and the future might, MIGHT, be fucking radical...ask me in a year...

I'm officially going to Paris tomorrow!

Lucky you. Have a great time!

I want MEGASHARK.

It's nice to hear everyone is feeling so good and having good things happen in their lives.

Nothing good is happening for me right now. At all. So fuck you people. Boasting. Pricks. Failure to you all!

I'm not exactly sure, but I KNOW it requires a disco stick.

I'm feeling pretty stoked about the holidays, extremely, manically elated excited, planning a huge Thanksgiving day spread, though I've never cared for Thanksgiving I'm happy for it this year. My sister and I (and our families) get to spend the holiday's together for the first time in about ten years so that is really nice and I am very grateful for it... and it is distracting me from the fact that the last time I saw my brother alive was the day after Thanksgiving last year, maybe not completely distracting but easing for sure.

That is the main thing I am very happy for currently, having my sister in my life and knowing that her and her kids are safe and happier than they have ever been. It has been a pretty reflective year and both physically and emotionally exhausting, I'm counting my small blessings in a way I never have before.