Life

This was just a little creative writing I did. It's not really my genre, but I kinda liked it.

Life is a bitch. She will always have her way no matter what. Every day, minute by minute, man submits to her will, one moment pounding his fists in defiance, another sitting in a corner, alone. Loneliness is his worst fear; she knows that. It is her weapon of choice, the weapon she wields against his stubborn nature. But in his darkest hour, when there is nothing within reach, a resolution is born. That man, with nothing to cling to, fosters a revolution. She goes on, laughing at his faded pride, scoffing at his feeble strength, yet he gets up, fearless, nothing to lose. He stands tall, knowing his weakness, and stares her in the eye as if to say, “Hit me again.” And it is in that moment that she realizes that she has made a mistake. She awoke a will stronger than her own. Any other creature would have given in by now, but this man stands his ground. He knows her power, and the delicate balance of his very existence, but still he stares, and she stares right back. Enraged, she deals him a fatal blow. He dies, realizing that there is nothing now that she can do to stop him. As he fades, his strength grows stronger, and in a moment he is gone, vanquished, yet victorious. His strength lives on, his legacy immune to her strength. He has won, and she can no longer touch him.

Who Said That White Boys Can't Dance?

My sister, Gillian, turned six on Jan. 26, and we kept having to postpone her party, so my parents finally decided to brave Chuck E. Cheese's. It was the first time that I've ever felt like a racial minority. I'm talking about a black to white ratio of 10 to 1, not that I'm complaining; black women are ten times more entertaining than those stupid spoof movies (take The Comebacks and Meet The Spartans, for example). Chuck E. Cheese's, wow, not the average sixteen-year-old's idea of an ideal fun time. I think we made the most of it though. I played a knock-off of DDR (Dance Dance Revolution), and after a few tries, I was doing pretty well, well enough to attract the attention of some passers-by. You can imagine my impish glee after watching a bunch of black people cluelessly trying to play this dancing game, when I got up there and danced like it was nothing. Who said that white boys can't dance?

Hello Blogger. It's Been a While

Five months, to be exact. A fact hat can be attributed to the Facebook community. But I couldn't help but remember my old blog, left all alone, full of outdated personal information. So here I am now, writing a post to appear on this dull black background (which really needs to change). I'm thinking that I might overhaul this blog and start using it again, so stay tuned; I'll be back.

The Great Escape

I don't think that last night could have been more amazing. There is no other place I would have rather been. Youth group in and of itself was fun, especially the new game we played. By the way, we need to think of a name for it. Any ideas? But afterwards, well that was a blast. Rolling down Ritchie Highway blasting The Great Escape with the windows down. How can it get any better than that? Well it can, but don't let me get ahead of myself. We chilled for a while at Starbucks, where I had my first Starbucks, well, anything. Then afterwards, and this was the climax of my night, it was Beccah, Matanda, DJ, Mike and me in the car. Yes DJ, Mike and me moshed to The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in the back seat. They got pictures of it, so you'll have to beg Matanda to see those. Wow, last night I got to do some of those things that I've always wanted to do. It couldn't have been better.

Her voice is amazing. wow.
You have to take the link to youtube to watch it.

We The Kings

I'm gonna place my bets that sometime in the next two years, probably sooner, We The Kings is going to become super popular. I first heard of WTK back in January when they played at the Recher with Boys Like Girls (if you look back in the January archive of my blog, I actually mentioned them there). Back then I wasn't very impressed with their music, but just recently I looked them up, and they've recorded some new tracks that are amazing (you can hear these at purevolume.com/wethekings). On top of this, they're one of two artists that have been signed to s-curve records, the label that produced the hits Stacy's Mom and Who Let The Dogs Out, which reopenned a couple weeks ago after a two year hiatus. The band's self-titled debut is scheduled to be released this fall, but I have yet to know the date, or where to pre-order. If you love Boys Like Girls, You'll be crazy about We The Kings. I would've posted a song from youtube, but they're so under the radar right now, that there aren't any up. If you become a fan now, then you can say that you were a fan way before they were big. Over and Out.

Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing

I feel so STUPID. I can't believe I haven't heard of these guys yet, They're so amazizng, AND they're coning to the Recher (Towson) on August 18 with THE HUSH SOUND! And the lead singer played a lead in Princess Diaries. Isn't that funny?

Hehe, I changed my profile pic. Isn't it scary?

Brattleboro, Vermont
(I took the time to write this. Please read it and comment)

Something about my mom's hometown really intrigues me. We visit Brattleboro at least twice a year, and there's this connection that I have with it that's so familiar yet so far away. It's so beautiful; the town is set on a hill leading down to the Connecticut river, which searates it from New Hampshire where Mount Wantastiquette provides an amazing backdrop for the town. Up here things go on at about the same pace as the suburbs, but on a smaller scale. The people who live up here all know each other because they're always running into each other. It certainly anything but a sleepy town. Downtown on Main Street there's always a crowd of people walking the sidewalks; it's basically the cultural center for the area. They have just about everything on main street, except of course for large store chains. Sam's Outdoor Outfitters is easily one of my favorites, because they have a popcorn macine right in the middle of the store where anyone can get free popcorn - and I must say, it's good. The culture here is noticeably different. There are a bunch of liberals, yeah, whatever. I've never seen so many long beards then when I'm here, it's really funny, any dred locks are fairly common, not like erybody has them, but you don't have to go far to spot them, even on a white girl. But above all this, I get to see my mom's side of the family when I'm here. Despite the fact that none of them are really Christians, I really enjoy being around my mom's family; It's big. My Aunts and uncles are always so relaxed; they have the best stories, and they're just so cool, and wow, they're all in great shape. Now I could go on forever, but I think I'll spare the reader and leave it there. I'm leaving for home in 3 1/2 hrs. Goodnight.

MuteMath - Transformers Theme

OK, MuteMath can make anything awesome
The Movie was pretty cool too.

1997 - Garden Of Evil

I don't really understand this musoc video, but the song is really good

Flight of the Conchords- Albi (racist dragon)

This is Hilarious

Mute Math - Typical

This is definitely good enough to rival OK Go's Here It Goes Again music video

My Favorite Playlist

There's this one playlist that I made a while back that I keep updating, and I listen to it all the time. I named it Chillin' because all the songs are soft and easygoing (e.g Jack Johnson, The Shins, and, Regina Spektor) I always play this playlist at parties and whatnot. I've spent a lot of time perfecting it, making sure that all the songs belong and that the transitions between songs sound good. So here's the list in play order.

1. "Instrumental" - Braddigan (This guy is a friend of my uncle Chris he also has a band called "Dispatch")

2. "Situations" - Jack Johnson

3. "Better Part Of Me" - House Of Fools (One of my favorite songs ever)

4. "LA" - Message Of The Blues (This is the song from the BP commercial, but with it's original lyrics. You can only download this song from indie911)

5. "We Will Become Silhouettes" - The Shins (Originally by The Postal Service)

6. "Soul Meets Body" - Death Cab For Cutie

7. "My Life Before Today" - House Of Fools


8. "Yesterday Threw Everything At Me" - Athlete

9. "Never Know" - Jack Johnson

10. "Tenth Street" - Valencia

11. "Island In The Sun" - Weezer (What I'm currently listenning to)

12. "Fighting In A Sack" - The Shins (The Shins appear the most on this playlist out of any other band)

13. "We Itertwined" - The Hush Sound

14. "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree" - KT Tunstall

15. "On The Table" - A. C. Newman

16. "Fallin' " - Braddigan

17. "Australia" - The Shins (Wincing The Night away is an amazing CD, you should buy it)

18. "Upside Down" - Jack Johnson

19. "Me And EveryoneI Know" - House Of Fools (Live And Learn is another really good CD)

20. "Suddenly I See" - KT Tunstall

21. "Crawling Towards The Sun" - The Hush Sound

22. "Staple It Together" - Jack Johnson

23. "You Got The Style" - Athlete

24. "Shiny Magazine" - Jet

25 "Gone For Good" - The Shins

26. "Bannana Pancakes" - Johnson

27. "Pura Vida" - Braddigan

28. "Devil In The Wishing Well" - Five For Fighting

29. "Modern Mafia" - Athlete

30. "Fidelity" - Regina Spektor ("it breaks my hea-a-a-a a-a-a a-a-a-a-a-art", yeah that song)

31. "Better Together" - Jack Johnson

32. "Get Happy" - House Of Fools

33. "New Slang" - The Shins (Amazing song)

34. "The Crossing" - Braddigan

35. "NYC Weather Report" - Five For Fighting

36. "Vehicles & Animals" - Athlete

38. "Shine On" - Jet (Another amazing song. Buy the CD)

39. "Phantom Limb" - The Shins (This song along with "New Slang" got me into The Shins)

40. "Robbers" - Cold War Kids (My history teacher of all people introduced me to this band)

41. "Soldier's Poem" - Muse (This song is very uncharacteristic for Muse, extremely mellow)

42. "The Riddle" - Five For Fighting

43. "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's (It's funny how this song is getting so popular all of a sudden since it's been around for a couple years)

44. "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" - Jack Johnson

45. "Eleanor" - Jet

46. "Turn On Me" - The Shins

47. "Seven Years" - Norah Jones

48. "Let That Be Enough" - Switchfoot (This was for their early years when they were fairly mellow)


49. "Lighthouse" - The Hush Sound

50."Live And Learn" - House Of Fools

51. "Kings Horses" - Jet (It annoys me how they left out the apostrophe in King's, LOL)

52. "Shake Those Windows" - Athlete (This song sonds really boring at first, but if you listen patiently, it builds up over it's 4 min. play time)

53. "Black Wave" - The Shins

54. "This Airplane Is A Ribbon" - Sherwood

55. "Daggers" - Braddigan

56. "Fortress" - Pinback

57. "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones

58. "A Commet Appears" - The Shins

59. "Swing Life Away" - Rise Against (It's funny, Rise Against is a hardcore screamo band, but this one song is not only mellow, but brilliant)

60. "Those To Come" - The Shins

Here's What's New

Let me start form the last time I saw all you guys (it's been an entire month, 31 days to be exact). Well, I got a faux-hawk; (pronounced fo-hawk) it's awesome. I've been out of school for 2 weeks, surviving finals was quite a task, but I did it, and my grades were very good. Of course, I didn't get any awards on the last day, but that came as no surprise. About a week later, I packed up and went camping and beach-going with a bunch of friends. Here's the list Carrie Bisciotti, Caroline Kerr, Gilbert Horst, Natalie Stephens, my cousin - Gregg Dwyer, my other cousin - Teresa Belcher, and Erica Lease (just listing the people who were my age). There were a bunch of other people came along to, and we had an awesome time staying up late and going to the beach where the water was numbingly cold. But all good things must end. We had to leave a day early because of a tropical storm, and that was a huge downer.
Alex has been in Europe for the past two weeks, marking the longest we've ever gone without arguing. He'll be home tomorrow.
I've discovered a bunch of amazing new bands lately, but I don't want to bore you with that. I'm probably too late to avoid that anyway. I also bought some cool band T-shirts; once you get over it's annoyingly hardcore appearance, Hot Topic is a great place to buy band T-shirts, and they're really comfortable, but be careful, they shrink.
One last thing, Please coment on music videos, I want to know what you all think of my musical discoveries, and I want to know that people are actually reading my blog. Over and out.

Mika - Grace Kelly

This song is so much fun. I heard it for the first time this weekend when I was camping with a bunch of my friends. It makes me smile whenever I hear it

Paramore - Misery Business

New Paramore song. Definitely moving forward form the debut.

The Cinematics "Keep Forgetting"

The guys from MuteMath have the coolest taste in music. I found these guys on they're myspace top 8. Make sure to watch the Tokyo Police Club vid. too they're really cool

Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the Experiment

My newest discovery, like 15 miutes ago. Pretty awesome. Coming to Sonar August 8.

And I just found out the wierdest thing. Chad Petree, the singer from Shiny Toy Guns (definitely not christian) has a brother named Stephen Petree, who acctually helped write some of STG's songs, who is a christian singer, like praise music. Yeah, wierd.

Deas Vail - Shoreline (Live)

WOW! I can't believe this is live. One of the best super-unheard bands. Deas Vail