It looks like it's that time of the season of ghosts and ghouls. Angels and Demons will dine together. A devil or two share will the sunset with a contemperary jesus in flip flops and a tank top. For some odd reason, all of your favorite movie and t.v. characters parade the sidewalks of your neighborhood. The grim reaper is lurking about. You start to get intimidated by the figures in your neighbor's front yards. Curiousity gets the best of you, so you decide to daringly approach that man in a hockey suit sitting on the bench by the front door. "is he real? or is he just another body of hay?" you want to touch him to find out, but it takes you a lifetime to get the courage. And when you finally reach down, you are suddenly grabbed from behind! your heart drums the inside of your chest as you turn, only to descover that you are at the feet of non other than......ELVIS HIMSELF!
Halloween is such a hectic holiday for me. I like the holiday, it's just very hard for me to get enthusiastic about customes. I like as a child, I've a ninja, a ninja turle, a lion, alladin, an x-man or two, and probably a half a dozen batmans. Now a days, If it's not neccassary, I won't go out of my way to spend money on a costume, especially when now it's a little awkward to go tricker treating. If I want candy, my brother is usually willing to give me skittles on demand. This year, I feel a little ablogated to get a custome. A church college group I'm in is having a halloween party, and customes are required. I have a few options, I can be extreme, and be someone like David Bowie from Labrynth, or something simple, like a ghost. I've already scoped out target with my girlfriend and haven't head any luck. I think ultimately, I am going to end up being Harry Potter, cuz I get get a simple suit, and I can manipulate my hair to look like his
Halloween is such a crazy holiday. It was always my favorite holiday as a kid, next to christmas of course. nothing beats the cheerfullness, music, and decorations of christmas. oh and one more thing...presents!. However, I noticed an odd thing redarding presents. As a child, I would get 10 to 15 presents, which usually had my favorite action figures of that year. Now as an adult, I'm happy with one or two good presents, and even more specifically now, I'm especially happy when I am able to give presents to the people I care about. I guess I still have the little kid in me, because everychristmas morning, I get excited to see what I got. People's ideas of toys tend to change over the years, however. Instead of action figures, my toys now, are my instruments, and everything that comes along with that, such as guitar pedals, mics, amps, and so forth. The price of these toys are a drastic change to my old x-men figures, so I don't usually count on getting one of these for a presents. These are presents I have to buy myself.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
This is a short poem I wrote about at a point in my life where I was questioning myself about certain religious aspects. certain question were going through my head and deep down, I was answering my own questions because I already knew the answers. I don't claim to be a poet or anything so don't expect it to be all that good.
Christianity Is Not A trend
"are we no more important than colors?
born from black stillness,
to white avid shudders?
living for today
unconcerned of others.
are we no more important than colors?"
we all have a purpose.
not just to live for ourselves,
but a pronounced desire
to stay conscious.
he who chooses
his own customs
will ultimately lose focus.
we all have a purpose.
"are we not but simply creatures?
evolving equally with nature,
only, dominant in our features?
living solely to survive,
and experience countless pleasures ?
are we not but simply creatures?"
If you don't know God, then disregard everything.
because he who believes in what's false,
will believe in anything.
there is but one truth,
explained in the Bible
it brakes me down
to see nonbelievers trembling.
If you don't Know God, then disregard everything.
"I'd like to know God, but i don't know where to begin.
All i know is,
birth is the beginning
and death is the end.
but to think life goes beyond that,
it's a thought hard to mend
I'd like to know God, but i don't know where to begin"
Christianity in not a trend.
There is no beginning, nor an end.
life is eternal.
If you don't have faith,
your life is full of pretend.
our purpose is to serve the lord.
for some it is to be a leader,
for other's it's simply to be a friend.
Jesus is our savior
we are forgiven only through him
Christianity in not a trend.
Christianity Is Not A trend
"are we no more important than colors?
born from black stillness,
to white avid shudders?
living for today
unconcerned of others.
are we no more important than colors?"
we all have a purpose.
not just to live for ourselves,
but a pronounced desire
to stay conscious.
he who chooses
his own customs
will ultimately lose focus.
we all have a purpose.
"are we not but simply creatures?
evolving equally with nature,
only, dominant in our features?
living solely to survive,
and experience countless pleasures ?
are we not but simply creatures?"
If you don't know God, then disregard everything.
because he who believes in what's false,
will believe in anything.
there is but one truth,
explained in the Bible
it brakes me down
to see nonbelievers trembling.
If you don't Know God, then disregard everything.
"I'd like to know God, but i don't know where to begin.
All i know is,
birth is the beginning
and death is the end.
but to think life goes beyond that,
it's a thought hard to mend
I'd like to know God, but i don't know where to begin"
Christianity in not a trend.
There is no beginning, nor an end.
life is eternal.
If you don't have faith,
your life is full of pretend.
our purpose is to serve the lord.
for some it is to be a leader,
for other's it's simply to be a friend.
Jesus is our savior
we are forgiven only through him
Christianity in not a trend.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Listen To Jazz
These days it is very rare to see younger people listen to jazz. The majority of kids who actually do listen to jazz are the kids who tend to play an instrument in their middle school, high school or college, or the kids who grew up with their parents listening to it. Most of the other kids don't really respect the music.
I personally think jazz is one of the most important aspects of music in American culture. It certainly is one of the first forms of music that is originally American. All other music before that, came primarily from other countries around the world. What makes Jazz so unique is that it would not exist if it wasn't for the diversity the America experienced. It was originated in the south. It started from the lower class people from different countries blending their musical backgrounds together to create something total new. It was a mixture mainly of African tribal music and European classical music. The Africans contributed their sense of rhythm and improvisation mainly with the percussion instruments and the Europeans contributed their sense of harmony and melody.
Arguably, improvisation is what makes jazz, jazz. Most people agree that you might hear something that sounds traditionally jazz, but if it wasn't improvised, and every melody line was pre-written then it is not jazz. The only thing that can be written is the Chord changes. Everything else has to generally be made up on the spot. This in my opinion is what makes jazz so unique and difficult.
It takes years of practice do be able to confidently play jazz and actually sound good. This is why I respect the art form so much. I think if people understood what goes on to makes jazz, then they would respect it also.
I personally think jazz is one of the most important aspects of music in American culture. It certainly is one of the first forms of music that is originally American. All other music before that, came primarily from other countries around the world. What makes Jazz so unique is that it would not exist if it wasn't for the diversity the America experienced. It was originated in the south. It started from the lower class people from different countries blending their musical backgrounds together to create something total new. It was a mixture mainly of African tribal music and European classical music. The Africans contributed their sense of rhythm and improvisation mainly with the percussion instruments and the Europeans contributed their sense of harmony and melody.
Arguably, improvisation is what makes jazz, jazz. Most people agree that you might hear something that sounds traditionally jazz, but if it wasn't improvised, and every melody line was pre-written then it is not jazz. The only thing that can be written is the Chord changes. Everything else has to generally be made up on the spot. This in my opinion is what makes jazz so unique and difficult.
It takes years of practice do be able to confidently play jazz and actually sound good. This is why I respect the art form so much. I think if people understood what goes on to makes jazz, then they would respect it also.
Friday, September 19, 2008
I'm Shawn
Hey how's it going everyone? My name's Shawn and I'm 20 years old. People always comment to me that I have, "...one more year..". What's that supposed to mean? I know what it means. That means that I have one more year until I'm at the legal drinking age. "Are you going to go to Vegas and get wasted???", everyone asks me. Or, "We are soooo taking you to the bar on your birthday!". Yes, that's exactly what I want to do on my birthday; spend it over a toilet seat! I just love the thought of paying money to throw up! What ever happened to the "birthday cake"??? My favorite's an oreo ice cream as a matter of fact.
Why is it so important to get extremely drunk on your 21 birthday anyways? I'm sure that a lot of us have been drinking long before our 21 birthday. The ironic thing is that it's usually the one's who are already border line alcoholics who just cannot wait until their 21 birthday! Im not saying this to offend anyone. I use to be in that position. I was drinking all through high school. It's a miracle that I even graduated. Alcohol really wasn't too hard to get, even though I was underage. And I just could not wait until I was 21! It's so pleasuring knowing that I can now be in the position where I have the option to legally throw my life away to alcohol!
I respect people who have the ability to only have a few drinks and be fine. I don't disagree with alcohol totally. I just have an addictive personality which runs in my family and it's sad watching people throw their life away to something that can be avoided. It took me a long time to realize again that I don't need a substance in my body to have a good time. There is so much more to life than to have a "buzz" or "high". go outside and enjoy nature. Now, if you decide to put substances in your body, then that's your choice. I'm not going to judge you. I just hope you are truly happy with what your doing. I thought I was happy getting drunk and getting high but I just realized for me it was a false happiness. And it left me feeling guilty all the time. Now I am much more happy with the activities I do now. And as for my 21 first birthday, I'll most likely be spending it at home with my family and beautiful girlfriend. Hopefully I'll get that oreo ice cream cake!
Why is it so important to get extremely drunk on your 21 birthday anyways? I'm sure that a lot of us have been drinking long before our 21 birthday. The ironic thing is that it's usually the one's who are already border line alcoholics who just cannot wait until their 21 birthday! Im not saying this to offend anyone. I use to be in that position. I was drinking all through high school. It's a miracle that I even graduated. Alcohol really wasn't too hard to get, even though I was underage. And I just could not wait until I was 21! It's so pleasuring knowing that I can now be in the position where I have the option to legally throw my life away to alcohol!
I respect people who have the ability to only have a few drinks and be fine. I don't disagree with alcohol totally. I just have an addictive personality which runs in my family and it's sad watching people throw their life away to something that can be avoided. It took me a long time to realize again that I don't need a substance in my body to have a good time. There is so much more to life than to have a "buzz" or "high". go outside and enjoy nature. Now, if you decide to put substances in your body, then that's your choice. I'm not going to judge you. I just hope you are truly happy with what your doing. I thought I was happy getting drunk and getting high but I just realized for me it was a false happiness. And it left me feeling guilty all the time. Now I am much more happy with the activities I do now. And as for my 21 first birthday, I'll most likely be spending it at home with my family and beautiful girlfriend. Hopefully I'll get that oreo ice cream cake!
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