Okay. Well, a couple things. First of all, let me tell you now, that one of my biggest fears is bees. I have never been stung before, so I can't say that bee stings are the reason why I am so scared of them. Maybe it is because of the fear of being stung, and the fact that they're just so friggen huge and hairy is what scares me.
A couple years back, one night, I was awaken by something, and I wasn't too sure what it was. When I gained near full consciousness of myself, I began hearing this sound near my ear. At first, I ignored it because I thought I was just imagining things. However, a few minutes later, I move a bit and I hear that buzzing noise again. Okay, so now I'm starting to become more alert. I had no idea what in the world the noise was, and it was really close to me. So, then the thought crossed my mind that there might be a bee in my room. So, at this point, I am totally freaked out because the buzzing really sounded like a bee's buzz. I tried to look for what it was, in the dark, but I couldn't see. So I grabbed my pillow slowly, seeing as maybe it was under my pillow. I then slowly walked towards the light switch so I could see better. But then, all of a sudden, I hear the buzzing come straight from the pillow, and there it was! I saw a giant black spot moving around my pillow. I am completely terrified and I threw my pillow down at my bed, hoping the bug don't fly up and murder me! I flipped on the lights and, indeed, it was a bee - freakin' crawling about my bed - in my room! A bee! How in the world did it get into my room like that? So I grabbed my hockey stick, which, luckily was behind my door in case the bee flew up to attack me. I then noticed, it couldn't fly! I really wondered why, but I decided to give the bee a tour of the Edmonton sewage system by making it crawl onto my hockey stick, then flushing it down the toilet. I will admit, that I had a tough next couple of nights trying to sleep. But, in the end, I would've thought that that was just a once in a lifetime experience.
Fast forward to today. Hello. I am downstairs, in my basement madly dashing between my laptop and the desktop, trying to organize a few things. I turn around ready to switch computers, then I catch a glimpse of a big black thing on the ground moving. HOLY SH!T! was my initial reaction; another bee?! You have got to be kidding me. Although, this time around, I wasn't as freaked out because, coincidently, just last weekend my sister and brother saw a bee crawling around the floor as well. Let me tell you, they freakin atomic bombed that bee. So, here I am, almost hesitating because I didn't want it to fly up at me. Then I proceeded towards my hockey stick to repeat the job I did a couple years back. Boy I feel like a tour guide giving all these bees a tour of my basement and toilet.
All I can really say about this whole bee experience is, "sigh". I really gotta get my dad to get the house checked out for bee hives and scary things like that. Just writing about it gives me the jitters.
Okay, onto greater things that are more worth talking about. In one day, on average, I get about three or four musical inspirations in my head. What are these inspirations about? Let me tell you. There will be a time, a split second or two, while I'm playing guitar, or whatever, where I will suddenly have this brilliant idea of a song. It happens really quick, so it's hard for me to explain. But basically, what happens in my head within that span of time, is that I get a really cool riff-like idea, followed by a progression, then a sweet melody line that would be really catchy if turned into a song. For the times I try to capitalize on the oppurtunities, I always get stalled when I get the point of putting words to my music. I'm not gonna lie, I'm not very good at writing lyrics that fit well into songs. So, time and time again, I let musical inspirations and ideas slip out of my head without being recorded. I gotta do better at that, so I can revisit them in the future.
Here's my proposal to anyone that reads this: whenever or wherever you get a spew of lyrics that you think could be a song, write it down. Give the lyrics to me, if you're willing, and I will put them into one of the "music genius moments" that I get; and everything will be complete! An entire song, written in a matter of moments. Hey man, the greatest songs nowadays are written in a few minutes - just ask Mraz.
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