My Return

    Hey, what is up my peeps?! Well, it’s been almost 2 years, but I’m FINALLY back in hopes of entertaining your minds/souls/hearts with my writing. So the obvious question: where the heck have I been?! Well, I’ve been living an up and down life of sorts (a very busy one), experiencing the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I dated the worst girl on the planet (a fickle, ugly, annoying, phony, selfish, manipulative, lying bitch... pardon my language) and then had an amazing relationship with a wonderful woman (sadly that’s now over). I severely fractured my arm (humerus), needed a big surgery (a plate and 9 or so screws... the procedure took 9 and a half hours), rehabbed it like crazy, and I’m just making my return now (I’m still not where I want to be with the arm, but I’m a heck of a lot closer). There’s a chance I’ll need another surgery on my arm at some point as one of the screws has gone through the bone and might need to be removed... however, that would set me back at least 2 months (probably more), so for now I’m avoiding that step (I’ll only do it if absolutely necessary... there’s not too much pain at the moment so I can deal with it). I worked for a media company in NYC (an outstanding media company with even better coworkers) as an assistant editor/media migrator before I fractured the arm and have no idea if I’ll work for them again (hopefully I will as they really liked me, from what I was told, and I enjoyed working for them). With everything that’s happened, I was mentally drained, I experienced things like never before, and I needed time to recover (I really didn’t feel or act like myself for a long time). I’m honestly just getting over certain things now, but with the nice weather, amazing friends/family (who thankfully respect me and don’t try to control/manipulate me or my life... they never try to get in the way and I thank them for that), and a somewhat stronger arm that now allows me to play sports once again (though there’s a lot of rust to still get off), I’m better than ever in a lot of ways.

      One thing I ask everyone NOT to do is to give me any sympathy (not that anybody will)... I HATE sympathy and don’t seek it from anybody (not my family, my girlfriends, friends, etc.)... it makes me feel weak. Granted I appreciate the fact that people care, but I don’t need/want any sympathy. Look, life throws hurdles in our paths all the time, and some are very difficult to get over, but we CAN get over them. Hopefully you make the right choices along the way and don’t form a list of regrets, but regardless, you need to bounce back and regain control of your life... I know too many great people who let others control them and their actions instead, and it hurts me to see it. But hey, we have the best of times and we have the worst of times, but as long as we’re alive, life is good... cherish it! With that, I once again say “hi” and plan to bring you a new article each week. The article for this week (I won’t consider this a full-fledged article as it’s more of a reintroduction of sorts) is, as it is normally, random, but a topic I found interesting. Enjoy the other article; it feels good to finally be back!

If you have any questions or comments for G.K., email him at GK@LostYouthNation.com, and be sure to check back here next week for another random article from his unpredictable mind.