I cannot WAIT to get my stupid music 156 midterm over with and have my reading week.
That is all.
If you interpreted that as somewhat angry, you've got it right (=
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Welcome to the Freak Show
Most of my body is, to an extent, a little sore. That is the result of a lot of fun. I am now a day over the age of 18, and other than my bumps and bruises, I feel no different. It's only been a day, so whatever, it'll come.
But thanks to everyone for the surprise party, that was a surprise. I was not ready for it, hence the messed up hair, dirty face, ugly clothes, etc. But I had a good time and it's been a while since I had a birthday party, so I cannot complain.
Hockey afterwards was a load of fun too. I hope everyone had atleast as much fun as I did. Despite the beating our out of shape bodies take, I think it is worth it to be able to have some fellowship with brothers and sisters from other misses and misters. I look forward to our next hockey game because, let's face it, we need the physical activity. Hopefully, we can set up one within the next month, because it seems a lot of you would love to do it again, and that just makes me really happy.
Thanks for a real sweet birthday, big G.
GTDSS: The Side Project.
Start date: February 7, 2009
Note: To be worn while my Jims get time off, for now.
Anticipated finish date: July 2010, or later.
But thanks to everyone for the surprise party, that was a surprise. I was not ready for it, hence the messed up hair, dirty face, ugly clothes, etc. But I had a good time and it's been a while since I had a birthday party, so I cannot complain.
Hockey afterwards was a load of fun too. I hope everyone had atleast as much fun as I did. Despite the beating our out of shape bodies take, I think it is worth it to be able to have some fellowship with brothers and sisters from other misses and misters. I look forward to our next hockey game because, let's face it, we need the physical activity. Hopefully, we can set up one within the next month, because it seems a lot of you would love to do it again, and that just makes me really happy.
Thanks for a real sweet birthday, big G.
GTDSS: The Side Project.
Start date: February 7, 2009
Note: To be worn while my Jims get time off, for now.
Anticipated finish date: July 2010, or later.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Mission: Accomplished
I made a personal goal when I was about to turn 17 exactly one year ago. This goal was a rather big task for me, given that I had tried previously and failed. It wasn't a front running goal where it was constantly on my mind or something that, if I didn't reach, would be a bad thing. You might be wondering what my goal is, but I'm going to try to keep you guessing by telling about the entire process of it.
I never really took this "goal" seriously and it was not an official goal where I sat down and wrote it out on a contract. This goal was just something that I constantly had in the back of my head thinking that I would be able to get it done. While most of the year of 2008 passed, I had forgotten about it for the majority of the year. It came across my mind multiple times but I quickly put it aside because I didn't feel that I could do it. The main reason that I couldn't do it properly is because maybe I tried too hard and overdid it a bit. Another reason was that I could not find a method to capture inspiration. Whenever the inspiration came, I felt it but I wasn't able to find a way to record it so that I could refer to it when I needed it. So after a few tries, I sort of just gave up for the summer.
By the time winter came along, I was reminded of this goal and this time I was determined to be able to find a way around these obstacles that prevented me from being able to accomplish my goal. I tried a different approach this time and things started to seem like it was gonna work out. Then afterwards, I spent much of my time in school seperating myself for a while to try to do this, and I had things work out for me for the first time. I got home later that day, but the outcome wasn't exactly what I wanted. I continued to try for a few more days and I finally thought I had something good going.
Then, all of a sudden, during an afternoon at home, I sat down and spent two hours and I finished my first ever song. Watching many interviews of my favorite artists, they say that the best songs they write often come in one single moments and the song only takes a few minutes to write up. It is usually the real simple concepts that may or may not hold deep meanings that end up being the more successful songs. Earlier when I said that I had tried too hard to write a song but couldn't do it, it was because I purposely had the intent to write a song about a certain topic trying to fill out a certain rhythm, etc. That obviously didn't work. So this song that I finished is about the story of a boy and his first experiences of certain aspects of life. I don't want to write out everything about the song because it's not a final product yet. There are still minor changes to the music part of the song to make it sound a bit better.
Perhaps when I am completely satisfied with it, I'll let some people hear it and get some feedback. In all honesty, I do not like listening to myself singing in my recordings because I don't like my voice very much, but whatever, I'm stuck with it so I might as well live with it. If you're dying to listen to it, I have recorded a rough idea that I originally had that I can send you. The sample sounds enough like the final thing, but it doesn't have some of the things that could be in the final song.
Well, now that my goal was to write a song, you might be wondering why I made such a big deal out of it since I have my whole life to write one. My goal was to write my first song before I turned 18. Today is February 6, one day before I turn 18 and I finished my song yesterday. All of the work put into this song was over the last 4 days. I honestly cannot believe I finished it.
Hopefully, I can write some actual songs that hold more of a true meaning to my life so people can relate to it more, then they might like the song a bit better.
By the time I wake up tomorrow, I will no longer be a child... it is a sad day, indeed.
I never really took this "goal" seriously and it was not an official goal where I sat down and wrote it out on a contract. This goal was just something that I constantly had in the back of my head thinking that I would be able to get it done. While most of the year of 2008 passed, I had forgotten about it for the majority of the year. It came across my mind multiple times but I quickly put it aside because I didn't feel that I could do it. The main reason that I couldn't do it properly is because maybe I tried too hard and overdid it a bit. Another reason was that I could not find a method to capture inspiration. Whenever the inspiration came, I felt it but I wasn't able to find a way to record it so that I could refer to it when I needed it. So after a few tries, I sort of just gave up for the summer.
By the time winter came along, I was reminded of this goal and this time I was determined to be able to find a way around these obstacles that prevented me from being able to accomplish my goal. I tried a different approach this time and things started to seem like it was gonna work out. Then afterwards, I spent much of my time in school seperating myself for a while to try to do this, and I had things work out for me for the first time. I got home later that day, but the outcome wasn't exactly what I wanted. I continued to try for a few more days and I finally thought I had something good going.
Then, all of a sudden, during an afternoon at home, I sat down and spent two hours and I finished my first ever song. Watching many interviews of my favorite artists, they say that the best songs they write often come in one single moments and the song only takes a few minutes to write up. It is usually the real simple concepts that may or may not hold deep meanings that end up being the more successful songs. Earlier when I said that I had tried too hard to write a song but couldn't do it, it was because I purposely had the intent to write a song about a certain topic trying to fill out a certain rhythm, etc. That obviously didn't work. So this song that I finished is about the story of a boy and his first experiences of certain aspects of life. I don't want to write out everything about the song because it's not a final product yet. There are still minor changes to the music part of the song to make it sound a bit better.
Perhaps when I am completely satisfied with it, I'll let some people hear it and get some feedback. In all honesty, I do not like listening to myself singing in my recordings because I don't like my voice very much, but whatever, I'm stuck with it so I might as well live with it. If you're dying to listen to it, I have recorded a rough idea that I originally had that I can send you. The sample sounds enough like the final thing, but it doesn't have some of the things that could be in the final song.
Well, now that my goal was to write a song, you might be wondering why I made such a big deal out of it since I have my whole life to write one. My goal was to write my first song before I turned 18. Today is February 6, one day before I turn 18 and I finished my song yesterday. All of the work put into this song was over the last 4 days. I honestly cannot believe I finished it.
Hopefully, I can write some actual songs that hold more of a true meaning to my life so people can relate to it more, then they might like the song a bit better.
By the time I wake up tomorrow, I will no longer be a child... it is a sad day, indeed.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sticks and Kicks
First of all, I want to say that if you do not own an iPod touch, save up money and go buy one. I have been having so much fun playing with it since I bought it a few days ago. Seriously, you will not be disappointed, at least not the first week or so. This toy that I have bought is my anti-boredom tool, haha.
Anyways, February began and if I remember correctly, this month passes by so fast based on the past. My birthday comes and goes, then next thing you know it's March. Things to look forward to during February, reading week.. that's about it; exams, ew.
Well, this saturday we are finally playing hockey again! One unexpected thing though is that this event got a little bigger than I originally anticipated. I intended for approximately 20 people to be playing, but now all of a sudden I think we have upwards of 25, oops. Oh well, I guess it will be more fun and less tiring. We haven't played hockey in over a year, so I am really looking forward to getting some exercise again (lol <_<). If I remember correctly, I only scored 3 goals the last time we played. By my standards and past games, that is actually a pretty horrible production. I think my highest, done a few years ago, was 10 goals and 5 or so assists. I had a few games where I scored between 5 and 7, but that's about it. I hope being forced to use plastic sticks won't slow my production this time. I think the only reason why I score so many is because I am generally closer to my physical peak than most of others who are playing. This is not saying that I am more fit, because it is very obvious that I am anything but fit right now. It's just that I am (at this time of age) closer to the age where physically, you have the highest potential, mixed in with your mental ability - a.k.a sixth sense. If you're a creeper from the beginning, you might have come across me mentioning inheriting some sort of a sixth sense ability. This is not nearly at the level of professional athletes, but I do have it to some degree. On top of that, it feels like I have an ability to learn things fast, so this coupled with my sixth sense can come in handy. Based on what I see, and watching other people play, I can learn the way people move around and their tendencies, allowing me to be able to almost predict plays. So, because of this, I can position myself so it becomes easy for the ball or puck to come to me.
Okay. Generally, I don't really talk much about my athletic sense because I've lost a big chunk of my athletic ability due to inactivity. But reading what I just wrote kind of sounds like I am boasting, haha. I am not trying to brag, but instead state something I possess, so please don't interpret it as like "ooh I have this, you don't, I'm better than you." Anyways, really looking forward to playing hockey.
I am in desperate need of some new shoes. For those who don't know, I have flat feet and I need some sort of arch support on my shoes. If I don't have the arch support, which I haven't had in many years now, it is very bad for my back. Your feet support your entire body and with the amount of pressure that gets put on your spine for every step you take, having that support that your feet can step comfortably without having to "flatten" out every step is so important. Not having the support for my arches over the past years has given me bad backs everytime I get home. Ouch. So tomorrow hopefully I can find some shoes with arch support. =D
There you have it: sticks and kicks.
Time to get murdured by my upcoming midterms.
Anyways, February began and if I remember correctly, this month passes by so fast based on the past. My birthday comes and goes, then next thing you know it's March. Things to look forward to during February, reading week.. that's about it; exams, ew.
Well, this saturday we are finally playing hockey again! One unexpected thing though is that this event got a little bigger than I originally anticipated. I intended for approximately 20 people to be playing, but now all of a sudden I think we have upwards of 25, oops. Oh well, I guess it will be more fun and less tiring. We haven't played hockey in over a year, so I am really looking forward to getting some exercise again (lol <_<). If I remember correctly, I only scored 3 goals the last time we played. By my standards and past games, that is actually a pretty horrible production. I think my highest, done a few years ago, was 10 goals and 5 or so assists. I had a few games where I scored between 5 and 7, but that's about it. I hope being forced to use plastic sticks won't slow my production this time. I think the only reason why I score so many is because I am generally closer to my physical peak than most of others who are playing. This is not saying that I am more fit, because it is very obvious that I am anything but fit right now. It's just that I am (at this time of age) closer to the age where physically, you have the highest potential, mixed in with your mental ability - a.k.a sixth sense. If you're a creeper from the beginning, you might have come across me mentioning inheriting some sort of a sixth sense ability. This is not nearly at the level of professional athletes, but I do have it to some degree. On top of that, it feels like I have an ability to learn things fast, so this coupled with my sixth sense can come in handy. Based on what I see, and watching other people play, I can learn the way people move around and their tendencies, allowing me to be able to almost predict plays. So, because of this, I can position myself so it becomes easy for the ball or puck to come to me.
Okay. Generally, I don't really talk much about my athletic sense because I've lost a big chunk of my athletic ability due to inactivity. But reading what I just wrote kind of sounds like I am boasting, haha. I am not trying to brag, but instead state something I possess, so please don't interpret it as like "ooh I have this, you don't, I'm better than you." Anyways, really looking forward to playing hockey.
I am in desperate need of some new shoes. For those who don't know, I have flat feet and I need some sort of arch support on my shoes. If I don't have the arch support, which I haven't had in many years now, it is very bad for my back. Your feet support your entire body and with the amount of pressure that gets put on your spine for every step you take, having that support that your feet can step comfortably without having to "flatten" out every step is so important. Not having the support for my arches over the past years has given me bad backs everytime I get home. Ouch. So tomorrow hopefully I can find some shoes with arch support. =D
There you have it: sticks and kicks.
Time to get murdured by my upcoming midterms.
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