Well, now.

As I sit down to write this post, I have a dish of ravioli. This is good because I happen to love the ravioli that my mother makes. The good thing about it is that the cheese recipe does not include ricotta... which is god awful and gritty. I think a large portion of the cheese recipe is mozzarella and I happen to love mozzarella cheese in every way shape and form. Just saying.

Now, lately I've been really happy. Really excited, even. I'm starting college soon... not a moment too soon, either. I think I mentioned that before so I'll try not to dwell on it too much now.

The holidays have been good so far. I'm enjoying being home with my mother for the most part and we visited with Nicky's family a few times. His mother likes us being around so, that keeps us coming back, but his father doesn't so that keeps us away. It's strange that his father seems to have so little feeling for him, and yet he doesn't cut him off or anything. It's not like Nicky relies on his parent's for money; he makes his own and he barely ever uses his parent's unless something big comes up. But, like... he has a trustfund that I think they can still cut him off from. He get's it when he's 21? I think. I'm not sure, but like, it doesn't really matter. It's cool that he/we have a fall back if something doesn't go right in the future.

We've been rewatching a lot of films lately. Party Monster, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Primer, Requiem for a Dream, among others. Nicky and I watched Requiem for a Dream together and I noticed that he seemed to really like it, so we started watching the others. We never seem to run out of things to do together, which is pretty rad. I mean, we don't get sick of each other or anything. Sure, sometimes we need time with other people or by ourselves but we still enjoy time together more than anything.

Now, with our baby, Liam... who is a kitten... it's even better. Nicky treats him like a child, which is adorable. He carries him around and feeds him by hand and plays with him. It's just like, aww, Nickyyyy. He's such a girl sometimes, it's great.

My ravioli is half gone now. Hmph.

My main concern for the rest of the holiday is New Year's Eve. Now, to be honest, I know it will be easy for me not to drink, not only because I have self control, but also because I have so many people around me who are willing to be sober with me, which is kind of cool. True, one is Alex and he has the same problem, but in a way that's even better because we can kind of lean on each other and stuff.

Speaking of Alex... I miss him. I don't get to see him like I did in past years. We're still best friends and we still talk all the time, but it's just not the same. We're both growing up, but I refuse to grow apart. Mentally and emotionally, we aren't. I mean, we still feel the same way about each other that we always have. I still love him as a best friend and I still want/need him in my life. He's told me that he feels the same way, it's just that we live in separate cities and we just don't get to be together all the time. We're both getting on, true, but it would be improved by seeing each other more often. I just miss him and I know he misses me and I know he wants to hang out with me and I want to hang out with him... it just has to be set up. So, we'll probably see each other for the New Year, which will be great.

Recently on deviantART, I was contacted by someone who asked me if I'd like to be included in a book that he and his friend are putting together of about 18 writers so far. It was so cool, because recently and in the past, I've questioned why I even bother with dA, but now I realize that it's for things like this. It's nothing huge, that's for sure, but it's still pretty rad, I mean... it's a legit book... and my writing would be in it with other writer's work. It's kind of interesting, you know.

Anyway, my ravioli is gone, so I'm finished writing. This is about all I have to say anyway.

-Peter