You hold me down, you've got me living in the past

You hold me down, you've got me living in the past

Sometimes people say amazing things to me and I have to write them down: 

oh welll

you lost a friend

she lost a friend

i ate a friend

circle of life

This has been the worst week ever.  I feel like I'm back in 8th grade, following the standard reactions to conflict:

1. Get defensive.

2. Get angry.

3. Run away and cry.

4. Think of all the things I should've said instead of getting defensive.  

5. Cry some more.

"I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why
And I don't know why."

-- "Everything You Want," Vertical Horizon

So why is it that my guy friends are giving me better advice than my mom and my girl friends right now?  

Mom:  I don't know what you should do.  

Me:  Thanks.

Mom:  Let me think about it.

That's the scariest thing ever - when your mom won't tell you what to do, because she doesn't know herself.  

I'm dragging everyone into this.  

I'm sorry.

I wish I was Franklin the Turtle and I could just crawl into my shell and hide away from the world.

I should title this "look at her friends they're slowly edging away."

But I've used that one already. 

Not sure I like this center alignment thing.  What do you think?