I love music and Amoeba Records. Seriously living Los Angeles is amazing for music. Speaking of which saw this video of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody on Amoeba's website using only old computer equipment. And yes it's the same one I already posted on my Facebook page.
P.S. working on a full fledged post, should be up soon. Just need to make sure the content is up to self-imposed standards. And yes I know that the video covers up the right side of the page;it'll change as the post moves down the page.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Dropped Calls
This week for a variety a reasons I've been thinking a lot about friendships and how hard they can be to maintain. To the point where I purposely thought of an analogy that makes sense to me in terms of how I usually look at friendship. It's like playing catch, only the chances are you're gonna throw the ball to the other person and they're just gonna walk off and keep it. It's the rare ones that decide to throw it back that truly have a chance. This is where I get depressed...this outlook means I often give up long before I try. So seriously call me up (yes YOU); it's so rare for someone to actually throw the ball back that I will go out of my way just to make sure you know that YOU are appreciated.
More I thought about the more I realize sometimes I don't even try. I'm an intuitive type of person so I observe people's personalities usually long before I will ever try to hang out. I'll often only make the effort if I see something in their personality that would benefit me. And here lies the problem.
I have kind of cynical view of friendships and by connection the cell phone. Many people I call I'm already anticipating leaving a message and never getting a call back. It happens often and I just assume it's gonna happen again, especially with certain groups of people. I literally will predict a person's likelihood of calling me back based on the group they hang out with. So for example, if it's a person I'm calling who was on my dorm floor last year there's about a 70% chance they will actually call back, but if it's a Christian girl it's more along the lines of 40% chance I'll ever get a call back. I'm not saying this is how it is it's just the way I think; which is again unfortunate.
So here's the deal I hate it, but am very aware that a stereotype people...a lot. I will not even try to be friendly with certain people based on what group I associate them with and I hate it. Why do past experiences need to be indicative of new ones? They don't. People don't fulfill my needs; never will. In the end only Jesus can do that. And only through that will I ever truly be able to stop USING people and start LOVING people.
[Oh and leave me comments people, especially since I think sometimes my writing can be abstract. Plus always want to improve. Later]
More I thought about the more I realize sometimes I don't even try. I'm an intuitive type of person so I observe people's personalities usually long before I will ever try to hang out. I'll often only make the effort if I see something in their personality that would benefit me. And here lies the problem.
I have kind of cynical view of friendships and by connection the cell phone. Many people I call I'm already anticipating leaving a message and never getting a call back. It happens often and I just assume it's gonna happen again, especially with certain groups of people. I literally will predict a person's likelihood of calling me back based on the group they hang out with. So for example, if it's a person I'm calling who was on my dorm floor last year there's about a 70% chance they will actually call back, but if it's a Christian girl it's more along the lines of 40% chance I'll ever get a call back. I'm not saying this is how it is it's just the way I think; which is again unfortunate.
So here's the deal I hate it, but am very aware that a stereotype people...a lot. I will not even try to be friendly with certain people based on what group I associate them with and I hate it. Why do past experiences need to be indicative of new ones? They don't. People don't fulfill my needs; never will. In the end only Jesus can do that. And only through that will I ever truly be able to stop USING people and start LOVING people.
[Oh and leave me comments people, especially since I think sometimes my writing can be abstract. Plus always want to improve. Later]
Monday, May 4, 2009
Very Random Thoughts
So I have writer's block of sorts so I thought I just be random, yep who would have guessed:
Black and Missing
Apparently it is incredibly difficult to find news coverage Missing and Murdered people of color even on the internet let alone in the normal news. Personally it's disturbing how much more news coverage is given to those who are shall we say, WHITE. Stupid, so please pass this blog along to people cuz I don't know about you, but I don't enjoy racism.
Facebook
There is apparently a new pirate option on Facebook. Scale down to language options art the bottom of the home page and click "English", now change it to "English (Pirate)". Now instead of "Friends" you have "Mates". You're welcome and I give credit to this one to blogger Lo Ling.
Music
I love music so I'm constantly listening to new stuff. Right now really into Led Zeppelin (again) and teaching myself (read "attempting") how to play blues on guitar...the internet is awesome for that! If you're into Metal at all check Mastdon's Crack in the Skye, it's like if Pink Floyd and Metallica had a baby Mastodon would be their child. Really enjoying Harmonic 313 an electronic album that I can't describe except to say INSANE! The bass intro on the first track blew me away! And for those who haven't listened to it yet check out Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago it's raw (very little editing) and captures the writer's emotions better than anything else I've heard within the last year.
P.S. Leave me comments I can always use new ideas.
Black and Missing
Apparently it is incredibly difficult to find news coverage Missing and Murdered people of color even on the internet let alone in the normal news. Personally it's disturbing how much more news coverage is given to those who are shall we say, WHITE. Stupid, so please pass this blog along to people cuz I don't know about you, but I don't enjoy racism.
There is apparently a new pirate option on Facebook. Scale down to language options art the bottom of the home page and click "English", now change it to "English (Pirate)". Now instead of "Friends" you have "Mates". You're welcome and I give credit to this one to blogger Lo Ling.
Music
I love music so I'm constantly listening to new stuff. Right now really into Led Zeppelin (again) and teaching myself (read "attempting") how to play blues on guitar...the internet is awesome for that! If you're into Metal at all check Mastdon's Crack in the Skye, it's like if Pink Floyd and Metallica had a baby Mastodon would be their child. Really enjoying Harmonic 313 an electronic album that I can't describe except to say INSANE! The bass intro on the first track blew me away! And for those who haven't listened to it yet check out Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago it's raw (very little editing) and captures the writer's emotions better than anything else I've heard within the last year.
P.S. Leave me comments I can always use new ideas.
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