Why I shouldn't have changed anything..

I believe that throughout my high-school career i have made some pretty good choices. partly to be that i am known to assess all possibilities and results from any given decision, rendering very cautious and calculated outcomes. I have made the time at the school what it was, and changing what i did and what i could, and letting others slide as they did. I know many would say that i could have become more organized and procrastinated less, but i completed everything that was important to me and others and i completed them on time. It also shaped me into who i am today, and for that i couldn't be happier, I'm pretty happy with who i am now, and what i have done to get here.

Music Video Thoughts

Music is a beautiful thing, and it should able to be interpreted in many different ways. Because we are all unique from each other, many songs can mean many things to a number of different people, resonating within their past experiences, present troubles, or future dreams. The music and video in conjunction should be used as a way to connect with others and provide a medium of vivid colors and emotions, telling the stories of human trials and tribulations, that's what real music is in my opinion; Pure. Music should be utilized as a personal escape, but also and just as importantly; it need be shared. To connect others and bind people together.

I believe that the artists when making a music video have to use the ultimate form of creativity and either give the listener one kind of "take" on the meaning, or to make it completely different. In all cases, the music video should be able to compliment the rhythms and melodies of the music, but never tell the meaning blatantly or straight out. The music video should create more of a stir to the music behind it, and should create more mystery and evoke more emotions than previously thought. Unfortunately enough, many artists mostly being that of mainstream types of music such of pop, are completely changing the magic of music videos into blatant acts of publicity, and is used as a tool to prolong the "shelf life" of a song. It should be used as another medium to express band character and creativity! It is also a way to have a producer not only hive his view of the song, but to give homage and honor the band.

In addition, it should be used as fun way to make their personality shine to the fans who are watching, so they can be idolized with multiple dimensions, instead of being just a voice in the darkness.

Music Videos are an art in themselves, and should accompany the band's mythos where ever it might go and is one moment in which one meaning of the song can be shared amongst a group of people, connecting them in one way or another.

Childhood... REBORN.

This last spring break wasn't too eventful for me, merely working outside, or relaxing inside. But one thing is for sure I enjoyed the time off from school very much, and did manage to have my own myriad of good times. Although closer to the end of the break, I invited some friends over for a casual hangout with a board game. Although it doesn't sound like the most exciting thing to do, it was surely needed.

So the gang came over quite effectively and we had refreshments and set the game up, and from then on for a few hours more, people left, and more people came and the game caused us to laugh hysterically, and the vibe was a very happy one, after we finally completed it, and darkness fell, a new game awaited us...

Next was an eventful intermission between the chaos, merely just a simple dog walk, with three St. Bernards weighing more than one hundred pounds each. Legs tangled, people pulled, and even an unsuccessful attempt at "mine sweeping".

A classic game of hide and go seek awaited us after the dogs plopped into their respite. In the blackness of the night, we hid, hunted and frightened. In the end everybody had a professional hiding spot that fooled us all at one point or another, and everyone had their good share of laughs. As time passed and curfews were met, we eventually had to end the amazing night.

This night wasn't about texting, or online gaming, and was free from any teenage stress and drama, it was more about good friends getting together and going back to the roots of the primordial ooze of childhood fun and great memories. Definitely one of the highlights of the break by far.

Literal Loss of Language

The deterioration of our generations vocabulary is becoming a problem that is often brought up into today's society. With the world relying on smart technology such as phones and computers, many people are shortening and abbreviating terms in language for hopes of communicating faster and more efficiently.
There are several different ways of viewing this modern-day movement as either in a good light or bad.
In today's busy world this can be seen as a constructive way of communication, faster, gets the point across for more efficiency, which is the main reason why people choose to use this modern lingo. Another reason why I believe that this is beneficial is that throughout history, everything in existence has to adapt to survive, in order to not get "wiped out". In this case, language is evolving into a different state. Many people do not speak this way, nor write this way other than in casual text messages or in social media sites. If you take a moment and look back at the diction of Shakespeare, today you almost need a translation or a summary to determine it's value and meaning, well in this light, one should heed that all languages constantly evolve with the changing world and if controlled to smart gadgets such as personal computers and cellular devices, we can curb the transition and still hold the true roots of our language.

Instead in the novel 1984, the party is constantly and deliberately destroying words in order to shorten vocabulary terms that are deemed unfit for the party, in turn forcing society into only the feelings they know how to express, anger towards enemies, productivity for the state and above all, extreme loyalty to the party and it's interests.

On the other side of the debate lies the greater number of people who believe that technology leads to the imminent destruction of social interaction and our diction that is understood today, and is a very well proved concept. With the continuation of "text language" throughout the world and it's phones we continue to convert more and more words into the language, eventually encompassing the whole language itself and the destruction of language and in turn, civilization itself.
There is also the problem of loss of emotion while reading and writing messages sent from screen to screen, which constantly affects a wide range of people all over the world. A friend could be drastically offended at a mere joke, while a manager could mess up an international order by a simple misunderstanding.

The article indicated in the link described that the increase in technological advances not only will deteriorate language, but also will destroy the social life of society, in this argument, clearly focused around teens. With our preferred choice of social interaction through a screen such as a phone, or a social media website like Facebook. This is what I believe we have to worry about, a loss of interaction and emotion at the same time, but in face life itself depends on social interaction, the results could be catastrophic if extreme severity was met.


As a result, we the people of civilized society must heed these views as likely possibilities and take the needed precautions seriously. Social events to be encouraged and the amount of texting and use of social media sites controlled, that way we do not need to worry about any of these risks affecting our language and diction in how it is expressed today, and just as a conservation team saves a river, we have to apply the same amount of precision and realistic goals that can deter the likely deterioration of language itself.

Post Grad!

After I graduate, I plan on designing games in every single way possible. From directly out of school, I will be purely focused on making money, and leaving to school. Preferably to the Vancouver Film School, or the Centre for Arts and Technology in Kelowna. The field of game design has very much interested me because of the unlimited amount of creativity involved in the process. Truly there is no limit to what you can create for players to play, directly from what you envision in your mind. Through this career I hope to foster all of my creative energy and focus it into a project that includes drawing, writing. There are so many prestigious companies and studios I dream working at, EA, Lucas Arts, Bethesda, Rockstar, Treyarch, 2K, or Visceral games just to name a very small few, or perhaps to create my own studio, what a dream that would be. If for some reason it doesn't work out for me, or something pops up that holds me from it, I will surely fall back on my love of acting and film making, or perhaps becoming an archaeologist, an inventor, pilot or soldier.

I also greatly wish to travel, to explore the vastness of the world that is unknown to me. To get another perspective on life before I put it into final action, to truly discover myself and have many experiences that I will hold onto for the rest of my life. Europe, Oceania and South America play big roles in the idea, but to go anywhere fast would be what I'm looking for.

But reality is that I need pure capital before i can do anything, and as of now that is my primary goal. Making and finding money, is what i'll be doing while on my rough and very rewarding road to graduation in June, and that is a given fact.

53rd Grammy Awards!

I am quite glad that the Canadian rock band "Arcade Fire" won over the other artists. It was brilliant, a surprise that nobody expected, and it was refreshing. Arcade Fire's album "The Suburbs" provides listeners with music that entails crafty lyrics and meanings, as well as bringing rich melodies and riffs, that pleasure the ear. The music industry has been focused on pop and rap music for almost a whole decade now, and I would like to think that this sparks the revival of the real appreciation of Rock. It has stayed out of the limelight for quite sometime now, only resonating in the passionate and loving fans that hold on for the time to come when rock will truly comeback once again. Because no matter how many times pop titles repeat their repetitive choruses and meanings that often point to sultry themes on the radio over and over again, real meanings and lyrics are found in different places and will stand out. I believe that the guild realized this with Arcade Fire.

The songs vary in tempo and perspective, and the band truly experiments with a myriad of different styles in the album. "Ready to start" really highlights the album and compliments the other songs well, songs such as "We Used To Wait" is very calm and pleasing, while the flagship song "The Suburbs" play a very happy mood and song, but the lyrics tell of a different story. A paradise turning into apocalypse, or perhaps the lives spent in the suburbs that was spent before the world was supposed to end, when it didn't. This song is haunting and enchanting at the same time. A true quality of music that represents itself in every song in the album, "The Suburbs". I am glad that other people will now, because of the Grammies, hear and respect Arcade Fire, just like I am. One word to describe this album. Rich.

Doritos: The End is Written.

Flavor master stands up, her hands in the air and her head spinning, sparks fly around the room, older man and his chips fall to the floor and get sucked away up a dastardly vacuum cleaner. He is then shown with many old short failed chipmakers and their products both whom are cursed to the vacuum for all eternity. Back in the room, chips fly down from the air and the O&K maker war cries to music.

Legendary

The West. One lonely word says it all, not a direction, but a movement. A scarred landscape filled with legends, and tales that are resonated in our minds today. The story of heros, and murderers, the tales of people of the frontier, a life dominated by the unforgiving sun, and the nature of man.

The hardcore conundrum of human behavior. A land where Cheaters stole for their own greed, gangs plagued honest people, drunks lived in bars, sheriffs bribed, and politicians corrupt. But in the midst of all this dishonorable conduct stood the heroic acts of some hardworking as well as spirited individuals, like the romanticized gunfighters and bounty hunters, as well as the beautiful women, loyal deputies and upholders of the good of man. Many of these characters often portrayed in modern films. The whole lore of the West holds many stories and tales, just waiting to be fabricated for film, song and other mediums.

A time that could be categorized as a simpler one. Where the bond between a man and his horse is opaque and the constant threat of problems was faced by the people on the frontier.

Emotions dramatized, tensions extended, and justice; swift. But what is so mystifying with this whole mythos is the iconic shootout. The entangling of men's fates, the twitch of an eye, the conclusion that only one man will stand in a few seemingly frozen seconds. Their way of life dangling in their leather holsters, an age governed by the six shooter. Truly a time that consisted of such emotion, and drama, as well as heroics and treachery. The stuff that legends are made of, ones that stand the test of time, and what a legendary time indeed.