Cleaning House

today i cleaned out my junk drawer. in this drawer i found broken pencils, pictures, crayons, pens, markers, paintbrushes, gum, starbursts, sweet tarts, bad chocolate, good chocolate, doodles, noodles, a macaroni picture frame, wooden picture frame, pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, canadian coins, belt buckles, shoe laces, shoe cleaner, shoe shiner, books, books about shoes, books about art, books about writing in the works by susan blau and kathryn burak, borat, slingshot swimsuit/halloween costume, emeralds, diamonds, rubies, label for bag of fake emeralds, rubies, and diamonds, lease information, floorplans, wood flooring, movies, season dvds, drugs, legal drugs, drugs still waiting for govt approval, government documents that i stole when i was a spy, spy kit for when i was a spy, sunglasses for when i was a spy and it was sunny, raincoats, umbrellas, cotton balls, cotton shirts, cotton undershirts, shirts from underneath the books, wall hooks, captain hook, robin hood and his merry men, friar tucks tights, that one girls tights, note explaining why i have that one girls tights, lighters, fire ignitors, alcohol, more alcohol, rubbing alcohol (explains the cotton balls), snake bite kit, bandaids, gauze, medical tape, empty box that says first aid, kool aid, more sugar for the kool aid, sugar for nothing at all, sugar pie honey bunch, honey bunches of oates, minute rice, giant size model lice, mice eating the freaking good chocolate, arsenic, moonshine/rat poisoning, pipe, pipettes, pipe cleaners, lollipops, lollipop wrappers, crown royal bag full of the best chocolate (take that mice!!) and finally the real prompt for this blog. glad i got that off my chest.

Traveling to a New Perspective

During spring break 2005 my family and i went to Buena Vista, Colorado to go white water rafting. when we arrived in the small one stop light town, the true scale of the mountains surrounding the tiny valley city hit me. i had no idea that mountains of this size existed. it made me feel as if i were still an embryo growing inside my mothers womb. i felt so small and made me aware of the size of the world, it made me want to explore every inch f the globe, twice. i was so intrigued by the surroundings that it made me think,”if there is this much new stuff her, imagine other places more vast than this.” i was ecstatic to be in the presence of such great mountains as the Rockies. even more mind numbing was the adrenaline rush from white water rafting. it was amazing to be flowing with little control in a raging river. i felt a numbing feeling over my entire body every time i saw white water. it was like a David and Goliath like battle between the raft and the river. we were under the control of the river and wherever it wanted us to go, we went. like being tugged around on a leash over hot coals. the experience was overwhelming however, i loved the numb feeling. i felt like i was impervious to harm. like a tiny version of Superman. (i was a very scrawny kid at the time)

My Favorite Movies

i love watching movies and do whenever i can. comedies attract the majority of my attention being that i am a funny and laughter-filled person. some of my favorite comedies include, Zoolander, Blazin Saddles, and Pineapple Express. i also love any Apatow film, Knocked Up, SuperBad, and Taledega Nights are some Apatow films that i thoroughly enjoy. all these movies have been trumped by the recent box offfice hit The Hangover. this film is about a bachelor party that goes terribly wrong when a member of the group slips roofies into a bottle of Jagermeister. i think that it is definitely going to make an oscar run for best picture of 2009. just speculation however. i am also a big fan of action and sports movies with my number one favorite sports movie of all time, The Sandlot. The Sandlot os based on a group of young children who play baseball on a make shift baseball field behind the house of the estranged beast/dog of Mr. Mertle. when the new kid on the block hits his first home run into the yard of Mr. Mertle, there is an epic struggle to free the autographed baseball from the grips of Hercules, or The Beast, as the kids call it. the movie actually inspired me to buy a pair of PF Flyers, the shoes guaranteed to make any kid run faster and jump higher. unfortunately for me, this was not true and i was sorely disappointed.

Blogging

i’m sure that i haven’t been doing this blog thing right, being that i always do them last minute and have little time for true self expression, but i feel that they are a good way to get an opinion out and keep sane. i have grown to like blogging actually, just sitting here now, my fingers are running a thousand miles an hour, pumping my ides and thoughts form my brain to the computer and coincidentally the world. i definitely will continuing blogging or if not blogging, i will keep a journal or diary. there is something about putting pen to paper that really intrigues me however, which is why i do not think that blogging would last. i do think that it would be a once in a while, just to catch up deal. i enjoy it, i do, but i will not always have a computer, whereas i most all the time have a notebook and pen. i also doodle a lot, and what i do is comprised of mostly propaganda. when i draw an idea or opinion i feel more justified and satisfied that i have shown my true colors. a picture is worth a thousand words they say. i do have respect for bloggers too because anybody who can truly express and convey their words and ideas have a true talent.

Sing Sing a Song

creativity is certainly one thing that i do not lack in my life. i often draw, sing, write lyrics, and play my saxophone. though i do participate in these activities, i believe that there is at no point too much creativity. in fact, those who are excessively creative are the ones making big money capitalizing off of their talent and creativity. i often challenge myself to be more creative, i am always listening to music and taking samples from songs that i like and mixing them into my own concoction of musical genius. (in my opinion) i also like to think of crazy unlikely plots in my head and act them out, yes it sounds crazy but it is also a good vent for positive creativity and negative creativity. now most people would ask,”well, what is negative creativity?” my answer would be: creativity for the sake of creativity. those who force themselves to crank out ideas and try to enact them will never have the satisfaction of some one whose mind flows free. creativity, no matter who you talk to, will be described as a waterfall of self  awareness and self realization. when we are creative we notice things about ourselves that, if forced, we would not see. those who can let their soul run free like hansel and gretel AND pick up the bread-crumbs will be a person that is perfectly competent and happy with who they are.

Stress Relief

when i want to relieve stress, i listen to music or sing. i dont just listen to the radio or anything in general. when i am stressed i listen to jazz music. Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and Chet Baker are a few of the artist that i prefer to listen to. Nat King Cole is also a great artist whose music i love and enjoy listening to. this method f stress relief began my junior year of high school when i joined the jazz band. unknowingly, by joining jazz band, i had found a new way to relieve my stress and beat out my previous method, both in the legal perspective and the health perspective. after only a few weeks i quit the act which not be spoken and relieved my stress with the swinging, warm toned, beautiful sound of a trumpet or saxophone improvisation. i also found that by singing i could take out a lot of stress, i sang mostly in a practice room or my car when i needed to get rid of stress. i can recall many nights after studying all night, id walk out to my car and put a slow rhythm and blues song or even old school disney tunes on and just sing my butt off. through this i even noticed an improvement in my singing, better tone, more unique style, more mellow sound and powerful range were apparent after a few weeks. i guess you can say that i learn better by doing, a hands on stress reliever.

Assessing Ourselves…

Since the beginning of the year, I have changed quite a bit. I have learned to become very independent and not look to others for much. Because of this new feeling of independence, I have now decided to transfer to a university and live on my own. This change of dependency has also helped me to overcome some rough patches along the way. I recently went through a break up and took it rather hard. For the first couple of months I didn’t know what to do. I soon came to realize that she was not everything and I needed to move on. This has been one of the main reasons why I have become so independent. I have definitely become a stronger person since the start of the year. Although it was not easy getting through the break up, it has helped me to become a very independent and strong person. I have definitely become much stronger since January. One thing I wish that I had accomplished was finding a new job. I got caught up with school this semester and did not find the time to go job hunting. Although I wish that I had found a new job, I was not too disappointed because I know that I am lucky to even have a steady job right now in this economy.  One thing I did accomplish was starting and keeping a good workout regimen. I am very proud of myself for being able to stay on top of this healthy habit. Over the past few months I have grown tremendously as a person and could not be any happier with these changes.

Blog 12: Movie Review…

I was born in 1988 so my movie is Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. In the movie Dustin Hoffman’s character is an autistic savant who was left a fortune by his late father. Tom Cruise who plays his brother Charlie is a hustler who is all about himself. Charlie kidnaps Raymond (Hoffman) and drives him all over the United States trying to get the money from him. This is a classic bad seed turned good apple movie. In the beginning I had a kind of loathsome attitude toward Charlie due to the fact that he could be driven to kidnap his autistic brother in an attempt to get the money from him. As the movie went along I got annoyed at Raymond because of his repetitiveness but understood that it was just brilliant acting. Dustin Hoffman did a great job playing Raymond, who most people don’t know is based off a real person. I thought that it was funny how Charlie would sometimes get so frustrated because Raymond had his ways and Charlie couldn’t do anything about it. I can remember on scene where Raymond said Kmart about 20 or so times. Sometimes it just makes you bust when he pisses Charlie off as he does, almost like he is a child. The two, on this road trip, reconnect as if they hadn’t been apart for two days and by the time they reach Los Angeles they are almost inseparable. This is a heart-felt movie that I think any and everyone should see. Rain Man is a great story of life, brotherly love, and the trials that some people face every day.

Enlarging Your World…

For my Blog Review I chose Josh524’s blog for Saturday June 27, 2009. In this blog he discusses the trades made in the recent National Basketball Association Draft. In the draft player from both college and the NBA alike are put out the market. This is like trading Pokemon or baseball cards. The players from college are scouted and drafted by the teams who either have a higher spot in the pick list or those teams who are willing to give the players more money and longer contracts. In Josh524’s blog he states that trading Shaquille O’neal was not a big deal and will not present a problem for the Cavaliers. Igreatly disagree, LeBron James is too much of a physical and hard driving player to have some one Shaqs size blocking the lane. This spells disaster for the Cavs even though the presence of a big playmaker is needed. Shaq might have been that person when he was in Los Angeles but now he is old, overweight, and a roadblock for LeBron James. Other than the fact that he thought that the trade just discussed was a good idea, we agreed on most every other point. If I was to meet this guy or communicate through the Internet I think that we would have several issues but in the long run put our differences aside and agree that if the Dallas Mavericks do not do something quick, the chances of a NBA championship title will dwindle away forever. Not really, but doesn’t it feel like that.

http://josh524view.blogdrive.com/

Connecting…

For my connecting blog I chose Mefti’s cleaning house blog. It turns out Mefti and I have a lot in common when it comes to cleaning our rooms and life in general. I knew that many people just pushed all their stuff under their bed but what was interesting was that in reading her blog; I was inspired to clean under my bed as well. I found shoes, candy wrappers, drawings, more shoes, and a skateboard broken I half. I have met Mefti, which might be cheating a bit, but singing to some one creates a kind of connection. I do think that we could become friends on account of obviously we have some stuff in common and also we both seem to be happy and likeable people. Even though we might disagree about some of our favorite movies I think the pros outweigh the cons. Mefti and I both going off to college next year and during my cleaning I felt the same way in that I felt as though cleaning my room was just a precursor to what was ahead. Moving away from home is a big deal and cleaning my bed kind of made me feel like I was starting my new beginning, the first day of the rest of my life. I even started packing. I will be going to the University of North Texas in the fall and could not be more excited to be moving out and living on my own.