i cant blame never going to college on anyone but myself, but (slightly) in my defense, christian colleges were really the only option shown me....fortunately right around the end of elementary school/beginning of junior high i had begun to free my mind from the whole christian thing, and by the time they sent my classmates and i on (christian)college trips i was like "F**K THIS!!" it was just more of the same crap i had suffered through for years....having said all that, lets maybe not demonize my mommy and daddy so much, pwetty pleeeease??!?!? maybe theyre misguided (maybe not? probably?) but they really do care for their kiddies. imagine u truly believed that the end result of mohawks and face-piercings and marilyn manson concerts was eternal darnation...everythings going smoothly, and then one day yer amazingly handsome second-born goes "HEY!! i dont believe in god!! i have drugs to do, and girls to screw, so maybe ill see ya in two years!!" u can see how that would kinda..u know..f**k things up a little bit.....im sure andy, and sarah have been under a more watchful eye since then.....em too, for a bit...maybe the pressure was on not to let them stray too far, cuz i went off the frikken deep end. i dunno. but i do know that i was (am?)the BLACKEST of all black sheep, and they still love me.....anysway, ill chip in if he needs a ticket home from the land of pink and blue sidewalks. and he can borrow my comics when he comes out to cali to visit!! but u cant, matt, cuz u always leave them at mom and dads, and i never see them again! LOL!!!