First I'd like to thank anyone who replies for taking their time. I understand the photos aren't of the best quality, but be that as it may, I hope you can sort it out. I've gotten this plant from a friend, but I do not know it's proper care as I've no idea what it is, and it came missing it's label. It has red stems, red veins on the leaves, green thorns, it seems it has a thorn on each side of where another leaf/stem set split out. It has a long green bud coming from the top which I attempt to show in one of these pictures. Thanks again!

Here is a link that might be useful: Pictures on my Flickr