Self-confidence!

Wow... I actually cleaned up and look nice. I haven't felt this way in quite a while. I feel very attractive, and it's nice. I'm going out to dinner in a few minutes with some friends. I really am looking forward for an evening out with them. I doubt it'll be very eventful, but I'm sure it will be nice.

Anyways, more coming later, I must be going now. (I got roped into driving...)

My apologies for crappy webcam picture. It was the best I could do.

Ideaism

Well... I've been having something of a dry spell since I returned from my trip... I have only one real source of inspiration, and... I dunno, I want to try to write about something that isn't so... bittersweet.

So, in the least original manner I can think of: Writing ideas? Anyone?

Feel Good Inc.

Well, as much as it pains me to do this (in both good and bad ways), I must add a new band to my top 10. I'm not quite sure who I'd kick off at this point (most likely either Smashing Pumpkins or Arcade Fire), but a new band must me named... or rather, and old band who's always had a special place in my heart must be given the crown they deserve. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Gorillaz.

From a singer who had both of his eyes pushed into his skull in two separate car accidents involving the same driver, to a satanist bassist who hired a whale to keep the singer captive in his semi-underwater fortress (he suffers from a severe case of Cetaphobia (fear of whales)), to a drummer from Brooklyn who is a kind, soft spoken soul, (a preacher's son, actually) but battles with demonic possession, to a 10-year-old Japanese guitarist who is actually a secret weapon project for the Japanese military, there is no doubt that the Gorillaz have one the most interesting back story of any band, despite the fact they don't actually exist.

Did anyone notice the greatest run-on sentence I've ever written? It was a whole paragraph long. That's pretty impressive, I think.

So very tired.

7:30-8:30am - Marching Band
11:30-1:00pm - British Rock
2:00-3:30pm - Concert Band
4:00-5:00pm - Jazz
7:00-9:30pm - Pep Band @ basketball game
11:00-1:30am - European punk-rock

Today is a musical day.

Slide

I don't suppose I'll ever know-
What it means to be a man...
It's something I can't change.

I wanna wake up where you are.
I won't say anything at all.

Let's just let it slide.

Goo Goo Dolls- Slide

Seriously, when in ignorance of what it's written about this is one of the better love songs written in the last ten years. It's catchy, touching, rhythmically pleasing, and feels distinctly genuine, which is a rare feat for most recorded love songs. Once the real meaning is discovered the song really changes though. It goes from beauty, shelter and promises to pleading, consolation, and reality-bending tragedy. The song is written about frontman, Johnny Rzeznik's very strained relationship with his fiance after she chose to abort her and Rzeznik's baby upon deciding she wasn't a suitable mother yet. It's really heartbreaking if you think about it... not too long after the song was written and recorded the relationship fell apart.

It's really sad the way that love can die like that. One day, you're on top of the world, and everything is bright and joyous, and you feel like nothing can bring you down. It takes only a moment for everything to come crashing down. Hearts broken, thoughts lost and confused, emotions without direction, and scared spirit. It hurts when love dies.

In the end though, we all know it's worth it. Everything that comes out of knowing that you belong with someone is worth all the pain and risk.

Alive!

Today I truly felt like a teenager in all the best ways. I was wide-awake and able to focus on all my classes. I received my Chemistry test from last week, and discovered I did fairly well, which put me in a good mood. However, the single best part of today was when I went outside at noon, and discovered not only that it wasn't cloudy, but that the sun was shining in all it's glory, and it was warm! I was able to shed my jacket, and feel the sun on my arms for the first time since October, and it was fantastic. It really reminded me how much I'm looking forward to Spring. Knowing the crazy climate of this place, we could very well have a snowstorm tomorrow or something, but for now, I'm enjoying the fantastic weather.

Anyways, after breaking out my ultra-sexy sunglasses, and skipping play practice, two of my close friends and I drove into the city, and hit up all the music stores, making happy and glorious noise, cruising around the streets windows down and the speakers blaring, with a passion justified only by my young race. As the open window made my hair blow in the wind as I watched the sun set from the backseat of a Kia, wearing a pair of cheap sunglasses and a smile. I bonded with my friends, making stupid jokes and illegal traffic maneuvers, laughing off the danger. We're invincible! We could take on the world, and make it out grinning from ear to ear. I'm young, and I'm alive in a perfect day.

Anthem for today- Smashing Pumpkins, "1979"

God Bless Canada

Yesterday, Canada won gold in Men's Hockey, which is without much doubt the biggest event in the Olympics. As a Canadian, I care about my country, but I've never been a very strong patriot, but yesterday was a small changing experience for me. I felt extremely proud of my nation and what we really are capable of. In Vancouver 2010 we really proved to the rest of the world what we truly are capable of, and to me, that's a very powerful experience. We came together, and consequently, came out on top. You can say what you like about out little country, but like William Shatner said in the closing ceremonies, "To survive in the final frontier, you have to learn to dream big."
Mr. Shatner, I agree whole-heartedly.

This is Canada, and this is what happens when we put our tough hearts to it.
I'm proud to be Canadian- From the true north, strong and free