12/28/10

I just got done reading "The Things They Carried" By Tim O'Brien.... Probably one of my top ten favorites i've read.
The book was incredible. Based on Tim's life in the war at vietnam. It consisted of all his war stories and his buddies, how they had fun together, and died. The upbringing and the downfall. Throughout it all he talks that as an older man he goes to sleep and thinks and writes about back when he was younger. He relives some of the most epic nights of his life and writes about them. He writes how no true war story is true and how all fake war stories are real... Trip huh? Go read the book you'll understand what he means ... it's insane how some of the most terrifying parts of stories are the true parts and the little things are what just makes it sound better. Anyways.. he ends the book with the sad story of his first love and how as a 9 year old his first love dies from cancer. and how he saw his first love's dead body. His first real dead body. I'm not even gonna lie on the internet.. I'm an enough to admit that i teared up reading it. such a powerful story. I began thinking.. if he remembers his childhood and teenage years so well, does everyone? He mentioned how him or his friends regretted stuff, they did, did not do blah blah blah blah. I hope when i get old i can write or tell stories of how i lived my life to the fullest and did what i felt was right and was a great positive influence for my peers and generation! like i said before my favorite quote says... "Life is a ride, don't waste your time waiting in line."

Life's a ride, Don't waste your time waiting in line.

All my life i've met people, and have talked to people everyday. I've seen/met/hung with all kinds of different people from your school nerd to tech geek or tech genius to musicians to your jock to deuche bags i mean anything you can think of i've probably been there. I've been able to see them grow into great things or nothing or even become less than what they were are or could have and can be.
I'm soo tired of people just getting lazy and taking easy way outs. Everyone was made and built to do something in this world. Everyone is needed to make this world function. from the plumbers to the rich inventor dudes to the government peeps.
EVeryone has something to do. So when people say they have all the time in the world.. i disagree. We don't! Times running out every second stop doing nothing with your life and do something. i'm tired of people just giving up and not doing anything. We gotta live life, Do something with it. We can't just wait and see someone live it for us. it's our job to live our own life. It'd our experience. You can't go to an amusement park and watch someone ride it for you and say you had the same experience they did.
So go do what your destined to do. go fulfill your dreams. don't let someone do it for you because the truth is.. they can't.
I hope i said that the way i thought it.. :/

influences (random blog)

Influence- the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.

Influence: Everyone has at least one.
There's someone you desire to be like. Could be your mom, dad, brother, uncle, cousin. or..
Your boss, that famous artist, blah blah
EVERYONE has one. Whether you know it or not.
It could be good or bad however. not all of us choose the right role model.
I believe that an influence should be a positive person who is or is going towards a place that you wanna be either in work, the world, or just life in general.
If you can't name an influence right off the back, go find yours.
And study what, and how they got to where they're at.

Goodbye '09 Hello '10

So a new decade begins.
'09 was fun. '10 is gonna be bigger and better.
Um my last few weeks if the year was great.
I accomplished a few goals as well.
My band went to the DFW area and recorded a single with an amazing producer. I learned a lot about hardships and just kinda trying to bring good things out of bad things.
Throughout the year i made new friends and realized that i lost a bunch as well!
And i don't think it's a bad thing. I'm happy with where my life is right now.
It's going great.
So to end the year i spent new years eve in longview texas which was the half way stop for me and 89 other people as we went on a road trip to join 21,000 other people in atlanta at passion 2010.
A conference for seniors in high school and college students.
It was amazing to see that many people in a city for the same reason.
It was even cooler to see the streets flood with people around my age in under 20 degrees weather. it was intense.
THe experience was amazing from what i learned to what i saw and heard. I'd write it but.. i'd rather just say it in person. You can see my emotion that way. But the past month has definitely changed my life.
So i'm about to really begin the year 2010. So many things to accomplish, i'm excited to see the outcome.