{"id":3795,"date":"2016-01-25T01:04:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T09:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:09","slug":"every-person-thats-reached-adulthood-has-that-moment-when-they-wonder-how-their-life-turned-out-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/every-person-thats-reached-adulthood-has-that-moment-when-they-wonder-how-their-life-turned-out-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Every person that&#8217;s reached adulthood has that moment when they wonder how their life turned out like this"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every person that&#8217;s reached adulthood has that moment when they wonder how their life turned out like this. Mine came as I was racing down the highway trying to shoot out the tires of my drug dealer&#8217;s &#8217;64 Impala.<\/p>\n<p> I&#8217;ll be honest, I&#8217;m not much of a drug user. A little weed, a little speed, it&#8217;s enough to keep me mellow and focused depending on the day of the week. The staying skinny thing is just a perk, I promise you. I&#8217;m not an addict or anything. Though I will admit that there have been times when events have gotten a bit away from me. Like when I went on my little joy ride&#8211;weaving in and out of traffic, taking aim with my arm stuck out the window. It seems a little much when you think about it. But it was exciting too. Like being part of an action movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every person that&#8217;s reached adulthood has that moment when they wonder how their life turned out like this. Mine came as I was racing down the highway trying to shoot out the tires of my drug dealer&#8217;s &#8217;64 Impala. I&#8217;ll be honest, I&#8217;m not much of a drug user. A little weed, a little speed,&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/every-person-thats-reached-adulthood-has-that-moment-when-they-wonder-how-their-life-turned-out-like-this\/\" title=\"Every person that&#8217;s reached adulthood has that moment when they wonder how their life turned out like this\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Every person that&#8217;s reached adulthood has that moment when they wonder how their life turned out like this<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kindled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-Zd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3773,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/excerpt-all-that-remains-heroes-villains-iii-scene-from-chapter-four\/","url_meta":{"origin":3795,"position":0},"title":"EXCERPT: All That Remains [Heroes &#038; Villains III] &#8211; Scene from Chapter Four","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"January 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"NOTE: There's a reason I've been obsessing over \"Tuesday Night.\" It's because of these guys. * Being pinned down by a superpowered madman and his cohort of belligerent henchmen had to be on Seth's Top Ten list of unwanted scenarios to face. 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