NickRudlong• Show poetry

"Never Speak badly of someone who speaks well of you. You're probably both wrong."
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge."
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without an address on it?"
"He uses statistics as a drunk uses lamp posts, for support rather than illumination."


when I write, I write about how I've felt, how I feel, and on rare occasion, how I want to feel... I have a huge problem of not being able speak what I feel... For some reason it always sounds better in my head... well... I live in Minnesota with my parents and my five brother's and five sister's, I'm homeschooled, and taking post-secondary classes at a local college, and at Stewartville High School so I can act with them. I am involved in/have been involved in basketball, choir, speech, debate, soccer, drama classes, and lot's of plays. Right now I am in the Minnesota National Guard, I'm a Food Service Specialist (a cook, but I like Food Specialist better! ) Graduated from Basic Combat Training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina November 17, 2006. And from Advanced Individual Training (AIT) February 1, 2007. Now I'm back home until I get deployed. Since I'm only National Guard I can go to college while I wait. Right now my plans are to go to Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minnesota. I checked out the campus when I got back from training and WOW! It's SO amazing! I fell in love with the place right away, and my chances of getting in are looking good. *crosses fingers* Now, more about my poetry, I don't think too hard about what I write, I just let it flow out of my fingers to the keys. I hardly ever prewrite them on paper or anything. I don't know why this is exactly, but I'm a weird kid... I don't really expect anyone to want to read my poetry, however I will not discourage it... I would really appreciate your honest opinions also... thanks! Les Quiero -Nick

I'm gonna be putting on random things here, so if the page doesn't really flow with meaningful stuff, "don't be upset... Get over it!" lol I made that one up myself... I deserve a pat on the back *pats self on back* there we go...
Now, all of you must know... that "I am a special person. My mom thinks I'm special too, she even got me my own sign the other day, it says "Caution! Slow child at play" Now they're talking about redoing my room too, it's gonna have padded walls and everything! I'm so excited!" so yeah... random is fun! lol

some awesome quotes... "Anger is a condition where the tongue works faster than the mind." "You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future." "Love... And you shall be loved." "God always gives his best to those who leave the choice to him." "All people smile in the same language." "A hug is a great gift... One size fits all. It can be given on any occasion, and it's easy to exchange." "Everyone needs to be loved... Especially when they don't deserve it." "The real measure of a man's wealth is what he has invested in eternity." "Laughter is God's sunshine." "Everyone has beauty, but not everyone sees it." "It's important for parents to live the same thing they teach." "Thank God for what you have, TRUST GOD for what you need." If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday, And the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for." "Man looks at outward appearance, but the Lord looks within." "The choice you make today, will usually affect tomorrow." "Take time to laugh, for it is the music of the soul." "If anyone speaks badly of you, live so none will believe it." "Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears." "Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together." "The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other." "Harsh words break no bones, but they do break hearts." "To get out of a difficulty, one usually has to go through it." "We take for granted the things that we should be giving thanks for." "Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished." "Happiness is enhanced by other's, but it does not depend on others." "For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back." "Do what you can, for who you can, with what you have, and where you are." "Better to lose a lover then to love a loser." "Better to have loved and lost than to sit on an anthill with honey on your butt." I know, quite random but oh well... And now for my friend Anthony's "famous" quotes... "He who farts in church sits on his own pew..." "If you ever think your life is bad, walk a mile in someone else's shoes. Then you'll be a mile away from them, and you'll have a new pair of shoes." "He who stand on the toilet, is high on pot!" "So I says to the guy, 'rectum? darn near killed him!'" Caution, Blind Man Driving.

"Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make."

All trespassers will be shot on sight. All survivors will then be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Have a nice day!

"To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail."-Michael Jordan

"No BLOOD no foul."
Best friends are the people that know all about and still put up with you!

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back.

Half the people you know are below average.

Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film!

42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

The sooner you fall behind the more time you'll have to catch up.

All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.

OK, so what's the speed of dark?

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

Hard work pays off in the future, laziness pays off now.

I intend to live forever -- so far, so good.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

A conclusion is the part where you got tired of thinking.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

The only reason I am always listening to music is to drownd out the sound of your voice!~

Drive carefully, 90% of people are accidents.

"Careful with that light at the end of the tunnel, it might be another train coming."

"don't drink and drive you might spill your beer"

If you can't fix it with duck tape you have'nt used enough

Love is like a rose in winter, only the strong survive

Smile, and the world will smile with you. Laugh and they'll all think your on drugs.

I'll be sober tomorrow but you'll be ugly for the rest of your life.

"Where there's a will, there's a way. And where there's a way, then there's usually a stop sign somewhere along the road."

I'm scared to fall in love, scared to fall fast, because everytime i fall in love.....it never seems to last

Silence is silver, but music is gold...

Lifes Tough, get a helmet!

loved by some, hated by many, envied by most, yet wanted by plenty!

"I didn't lose my mind, I sold it on ebay."

Constipated People Don't Give A crap.

If You Can Read This, I've Lost My Trailer.

The Earth Is Full - Go Home.

So Many Pedestrians - So Little Time.

Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult.

If We Quit Voting, Will They All Go Away?

Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.

Illiterate? Write For Help

Honk If Anything Falls Off.

Cover Me, I'm Changing Lanes.

He Who Hesitates Is Not Only Lost, But Miles From The Next Exit.

You! Out Of The Gene Pool - Now!

I Do Whatever My Rice Krispies Tell Me To.

Fight Crime: Shoot Back!

Remember Folks: Stop Lights Timed For 35 mph Are Also Timed For 70 mph.

Guys: No Shirt, No Service. Gals: No Shirt, No Charge

If Walking Is So Good For You, Then Why Does My Mailman Look Like Jabba The Hut?

Ax Me About Ebonics.

Body By Nautilus; Brain By Mattel.

Boldly Going Nowhere.

Caution - Driver Legally Blonde.

Honk If You've Never Seen An Uzi Fired From A Car Window.

How Many Roads Must A Man Travel Down Before He Admits He is Lost?

GROW YOUR OWN DOPE --- PLANT A BLONDE.

All Men Are Animals; Some Just Make Better Pets.

"POLITICIANS & DIAPERS BOTH NEED TO BE CHANGED, AND FOR THE SAME REASON"

"i'm not tailgating, i'm keeping up with the pace car"

Roadhead cures Roadrage...

Tell your girlfriend I said thanks

" WARNING: in case of rapture, this car will be driverless. "

normal people worry me

you say physco like it's a bad thing

those who think they know everything, annoy those of us that do

This delinquent is having sex with your honor student.

Save the environment...plant a Bush back in Texas.

"Your faith in yourself is all you will ever have. Don't let anyone take it away from you ever." ~ Holly Marie Combs

don't regret doing things, regret getting caught

None of us are virgins, life has screwed us all

"my tears for you are like dark chocolate- bitter sweet and probably no good for me."

"it takes a player to shoot a shot.. but it takes a team to win a game " - penny anae

everyone in life has a purpose, even if its to serve as a BAD EXAMPLE

Anger is one letter short of danger.

One death is one too many.

Life's not all bad. Look into somebody's eyes, you'll see that they're a person just like you, they also have good and bad feelings, hopes and dreams.

If you love somebody, they shouldn't make you cry, they should be worth crying over.

Lots of things change...lots of them don't...but the fact that I love you...that will always stay the same.

"I'm going to live life or die trying"

im sugar and spice and everything nice if u wanna mess with me u better think twice

"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams."

"We didn't lose.....we just ran out of time"~unknown

"Here officer, hold my beer while I find my license."

"You will be aroused by a shampoo comercial."--Homer J. Simpson

If you die, I'll kill you!"
There are some days when I just don't feel like talking.. Today is that day.

Life is not measured by the number of breathes we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.

The only reason that I talk to myself is because that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

"Find a guy that adores you and not one that you adore!!" MOM

Learn from the mistakes of others, because you can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Trust your instincts and listen to your friends, because they may be right when you don't want them to be

"Birdie, birdie, in the sky, why'd you do that in my eye? Looks like sugar, tastes like sap. OMG! IT'S BIRDIE CRAP!"
"Inside this body lies that of a skinny lady. But I can usually shut her up with chocolate.".

They say the truth will set you free. But then why is it that every time I tell the truth I get sent to my room?.

"When you pee in a toilet, you wipe the seat; when you pee in the woods, you wipe your feet!".
Men are like pennies: two-faced and worthless.

Love is like heaven but hurts like hell.

" Look up for inspiration, down for concentration but don't look side to side for information".

You tried, and you failed, so the lesson is, never try. - Homer J. Simpson.

"Is tuna really Chicken?" - Jessica Simpson, after reading "Tuna, Chicken of the sea"

"I did my homework! I just forgot to write it down." –Anonymous

"Dying is just natures way of saying 'Hey! Your not alive anymore!'"

Roses are red, violets are blue, please flush the toilet, after you.
"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gurgle."

"When they put unknown at the end of a quote, that means they probably don't no how to spell anonymous" -unknown

"I'll kill you until you die!!"

"They misunderestimated me!" -George W. Bush"

"I'm not scared of dying, I just don't want to!"

"Dilbert's Words of Wisdom: You're slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter."

"I tried sniffing coke once, but the ice cubes stuck in my nose"

"The whole world is going to hell and I'm driving the bus"
"Don't criticize my mess unless you'd like to become part of it."

"I have a mind like a steel trap; it is rusty and illegal in 47 states"

"A good essay is 10% inspiration, 15% perspiration, and 75% desperation"

"It is not MY fault that I never learned to accept responsibility"!

I'm an angel, honest! The horns are just there to keep the halo straight

If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie!!

"There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it."

If at first you don't succeed, cheat, repeat until caught, and then lie!
Thank-you for visiting reality, come again........... Now entering your life, welcome

The entire world's a stage; I didn't get cast!

Consciousness- that annoying time between naps

Suburbia - where they cut down trees and name streets after them

"Behind every good man there is a good woman and behind that another man looking at her ass"

I love him, O yes I do,
He's for me, not for you,
And if by chance you take my place,
I'll take my fist and smash your face!

"God made mud, God made dirt, God made guys so girls could flirt!"

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons!

For you are crunchy
And taste good with ketchup

Guys are like lava lamps there fun to look at just not so bright!

"Loves a two-way street and I think your car just died"
Every morning is the dawn of a new error

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder

Sign on baby's bib: SPIT HAPPENS

I can see clearly now, the brain is gone...

Mental Floss prevents Moral Decay

Look out for #1. Don't step in #2 either

Copywight 1994 Elmer Fudd. All wights wesewved

Dain bramaged

Buy a Pentium 586/90 so you can reboot faster

Access denied--nah nah na nah nah!

Ethernet (n): something used to catch the etherbunny

Beware of programmers who carry screwdriver

OUT TO LUNCH: IF NOT BACK BY FIVE, OUT FOR DINNER ALSO
A repair shop:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

A Laundromat:
PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHING WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT


Some of my favorite bands are: Green Day, RAMSTEIN, Blink 182, Bowling for Soup, Fountains of Wayne, Nickelback, and a whole heck of a lot more!



Twisted Redneck Family Tree... (no offense intended) I just thought it was too good not to put up here!

Many many years ago when I was twenty three,
I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be,

This widow had a grown up daughter,
Who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her,
And soon the two were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law,
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
For she was my father's wife!
To complicate the matters worse,
Although it brought me great joy,
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became,
A brother-in-law to dad.
And so became my uncle,
Though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
Then that also made him brother
To the widow's grown up daughter,
Who, of course, was my step-mother.

Father's wife then had a son,
Who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson,
For he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother,
And it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
She's my grandmother too!

And if my wife is my grandmother,
Then I am her grandchild.
And every time I think of it,
It just drives me wild.
For now I have become,
The strangest case you ever saw!
For as the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own Grandpa!

-Author Unknown-




When everything's gone wrong today,
And no one reacts to anything you say,

And no matter how much you scream and cry,
The world seems to be passing you by,

And no one seems to notice or care,
That you're trying to be heard over despair...

Then, on one face a smile shines through,
A smile that knows and cares about you;

A smile with love, and joy to lend,
On a face you recognize as your true friend.
-Author Unknown


I thought this was really cool... I got it in an e-mail... but it's really true...

There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage.

On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?" "Just some old birds," came the reply.

"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.

"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time." "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?"

"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy.

"They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."

The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?"

"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"

"How much?" the pastor asked again.

The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"

The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.

The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.

Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story.

One day Satan and Jesus were having a convers ation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"

"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.

Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"

"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.

"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!"

"How much?" He asked again.

Sata n looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life."

Jesus said, "DONE!"

Then He paid the price.

The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit.