Gotta Be Somebody

story telling

i was thinking about how people upload millions of pictures all the time showing their adventures and what not. i suddenly realized that there's no more storytelling, back in the days you had 24 shots to capture your adventure unless you had a lot of film. people could see those 24 shots and be like oh what happened here, it's not the same when you have 240 shots capturing every moment and pretty much explaining the story. storytelling is a dying form of expression. storytelling is a remarkable thing, cus when you hear the story, having not seen anything the storyteller is talking about. you use your imagination to create the picture. no need to use your imagination if everything is displayed for you in photographs. technology is holding us back from expanding our imaginations.

i'm in love......

i've been falling for the fobs lately, hahaha, as funny as that sounds. something about them that's doing it for me... and not just orientals, any type, any country.. haha just not filipino for some reason. maybe it's the idea of something different. something that will be a journey just to understand someone, and a journey learning their language aswell. being attracted to someone so much you'll learn another language just to speak to her and to be able to understand her. that's on a different level.... shit. not to say i'm in that situation.. but it would be interesting. haha i've always got my fob radar on. This show is really funny, they seem to have revolved this whole segment on these really attractive girls, while someone keeps playing really random sound effects in the background HAHAHAHAHA! can't wait to tour asia...





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complete

look what you did Diddy

so here's a picture of cassie from justjared.com

so apparently she woke up and felt like doing it, by the way she only shaved half of her head, its not a mohawk. i commend you cassie, i love originality, but at the same time, i feel like she's gonna regret it one day, whether it be 10 years from now or 10 days from now. one day she's gonna look at a picture of herself from 2009 and think why did i do that? reason i think this is because it's not her, in this picture she's giving the devil horns, usually associated with the rock n roll culture (by the way cassie, you're an R & B singer). i just fel like, if she wanted to be original, she shoulda done something more R & B, and not rock & roll. Theres a crazy blend of cultures (hip-hop and Rock) going on in the Hip-Hop world, and i feel like it's only like that cus lil wayne does it, its a fad like SO many things in Hip-Hop, it will fade, and it will change and evolve into something (most likely another blend of something else, cus thats how it seems to be, they copy something and try to make it their own). I listen to rock music, for the most part, and when i was in highschool, i tried the whole emo bangs thing, and it was cool until i got bored of it, but looking back at it, i kick myself. I look at pictures of myself and it's just disgusting, why did i do that, and that was just something in the culture i follow. All the more with cassie, an R&B artist trying to be rock & roll, this is why i think she'll regret it. I'm not going to say it looks ugly, cus who am i to distinguish something like that, but it doesn't suit her.

another complaint

im starting to feel like holden caulfield here with all these complaints on everyday life. but here's one more. On YouTube, people get into fights in the comment boxes all the time, even the most (seemingly) intelligent people get into E-fights. I used to waste my time on that, but then i realized... yes, it is a waste of time. some people write stupid comments for the hell of it, some people truly believe what they are saying, and stand by it no matter how much rationality you throw at them. there are times when i see a comment and i just snap, and it absorbs my attention like a ShamWOW towel. by the way, why do people act like shamWOW is such a new thing and as if that guy wasnt at CNE (the exhibition) advertising and doing shows on that stuff every single year haha, back then it was under a different name... anyways.
....it absorbs my attention like a shamWOW, and i am pressured to comment, nowadays, the comment i have to reply on must be on the HIGHEST levels of ignorance for me to care. enough people fight about religion on youtube, its sooo stupid. or who's the best drummer, it's sooooo stupid. its crazy cus, i made a realization last year, that realization was that everyone is different, but there's a different between knowing that and accepting and understanding it. all these youtube commenters haven't accepted yet.
the world is full of robots...robots without AI

a necessary change

so i picked up a cd walkman earlier this week. it's a mammoth of a device, but i have good reason for this odd switch. YES, i do have an Ipod.. so why change?... you might ask. well ever since i purchased my first Ipod years ago, i feel like i haven't really been checking out new bands or hearing much new music. and even though i have thousands of songs on my Ipod.. i ALWAYS end up playing the same songs over and over again. what's the point in having such a wide selection if i'm not going to select them? cus deep down i just wanna listen to the really good shit. but even with all these album i download i don't give them a chance to be heard in it's entirety. a lot of the new albums i download end up just more space filled in my Ipod. with a cd player, you are forced to listen to what you have. cus i remember back in the day whens i bought a cd, i would listen to the whole thing and find which songs i like and which ones i don't, cus i don't have much else to listen to. i'm hoping this necessary switch will help me appreciate music more, and learn to be more patient with music, cus lately all i've been looking for are those one hit K.O songs, that just hit you right away, cus i love those ones, how can you not. i burend a few cd's, so i can switch it up every now and then... this is what i have rotating: Meg & Dia - Here, here, and here, K-os - Atlantis, Metric - Fantasies, Bloc Party - Silent Alarm. i think i'm gonna burn some JT and Aaliyah soon. heres a picture of my baby....

the chase

there's something about the pursuit of the unattainable (or seemingly unattainable), that drives people harder...
at the face of failure, still we continue, but that's what makes the prize all the more worth winning. the struggles to achieve it, the tears that were shed, the hearts that bled, the places you needed to go, the people you had to meet, the lives that were affected, the money spent, the time spent, the emotions that took over your body, the awkward silence, the telephone calls, the failed punctuality, the apologies, the flirting, the glimpses of the future, the conversations, the words that needed to be said, the time that was definitely not wasted, the epic moment of clarity,the memories that will always linger, the lessons you needed to learn,

The chase........

anything that comes too easily is forgotten or taken for granted. the things in life that are most difficult to acquire, are those that mean the most to us.

the musicccccc

it's been a while since i could tell one of my friends...holy shit... check out this band, they are fucking awesome. the last time i said something like that was probably about meg & dia, and that was a while ago, and if you're reading this and you've never heard of them, check em out. i seemed to have lost some of the love i had for music.. not all, cus i'll never stop loving music, the fact that i can't go on one day without listening to a song is a testament to that. BUT lately, i've been getting excited about Meg & Dia's new album, "here, here, and here" cus after i finished listening to their last album, i was in love, music made sense again, and ever since i heard about a new album i've been wanting it but not as much as i do now. CHECK OUT THIS BAND
http://www.myspace.com/megdia

the first sunset

I went to Theos house the other day with Sydney (mar 29), but before we went to Theos house, we decided to get some food at subway. After eating, on our way to the car, i noticed an asian guy taking a picture of the sky, i looked to the left and it was a gorgeous arrangement of clouds. This was the first beautiful sunset i've noticed this year, so i pulled out my camera and took some pics. Below is one of the pictues i took. To me, this represents the changing of seasons, the coming of summer because i don't usually see great sunsets during winter. This made me happy, and got me excited about the future. Lately there's been a lot of talk of the future, Skyboy, Satelites, Big Byrd. I feel like life is finally beginning, or at least adulthood. These are the times that will decide our future, wonder or blunder. These are the times that will decide the path we take in life, where we're headed, where we'll be. I don't want to be just another person trying to make ends meet, i don't want to settle for less than i know i can achieve. I'm working with an extraordinary team, and it's impossible for us to fail, so long as we stay focused and keep our eyes on the prize. 2009 has already been a huge year, and we just keep progressing. Can't look down now.....

here, here, and here.

so i pre-ordered Meg & Dia's next album "here, here, and here" from their website today with my mothers credit card, WOOOOT!!!! BOH BOH!!!!! along with the 12' Vinyl record!!!!!!!!!! pretty excited about that. I can't wait to hear the studio version of "One Sail, One Sea", this is my favorite song of all the new ones i've heard so far. After i made the purchase and recieved the free demo download, i decided to edit a MaD photo i had found on the website, and i just recently made it into a wallpaper. for all your meg & dia fans, i'll post it up here and share it with you all, hope you like it. Oh man... i haven't been excited about an upcoming album since...... probably angels and airwaves - I-empire. There's only 4 bands i know that can come out with an album that I KNOW for sure, will appeal to me one way or another, and i mean that as in... i would easily love most (if not all) of the songs they write. I understand that everyone is different and not everyone has to agree with this, but from what i like, from my taste, there's 4 bands: Blink182, Angels & Airwaves, Meg & Dia, Satelites.... and i'm pretty sure if Boxcar Racer somehow came back, i'd like them too. haha YES i added my band, Satelites. You might find that weird, but i am a fan of my bands music, and i love everything Theo writes, the appeal of the music theo writes is as consistant as the appeal of the music that comes from those other bands. Anyways, here's the wallpaper i edited last night.....

here we go, life's waiting to begin...

had a last minute convo with ron and ricky last night before we left skyboy studios. gonna arrange a serious skyboy meeting some time this week. made me realize that life is coming, we either have to meet it have way or let it pass by. the time is now...SKYBOY.
i'll finish this later, but in the meantime, heres a couple of pics i just recently edited, taken by Sydney Belen.

twitter....?

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What has this world come to, when everyone feels the need to ALWAYS be in touch with everyone, to let everyone know what's going on with them, ALWAYS. i can't believe something as rEdiculous as twitter has gotten as big as it has. This site allows you to share your current state with everyone in the world, and let's you know who actually cares about it, that's pretty much it. websites like facebook, myspace, and even youtube allow you to do the exact same things, and MUCH MORE. but yet, SOMEHOW, twitter became popular, that's an enigma to me. There's a "stay connected" phenomena occuring, ever since the internet was created. It's all great and everything... people staying connected, people meeting new people, people getting in touch with people that they haven't been in contact with in a while. But people get caught up, and over-do it, and that's when it gets in the way of what's really important (whatever that may be).

I don't remember the last time i ACTUALLY missed someone...well other than someone that i really, really like, cus that's easy. nowadays, it's so easy to not miss someone, because of how connected we are. txt, facebook/myspace/youtube/friendster/etc.., email, cell phone, twitter, msn, bb messenger. Even if you hardly know someone, you would still know that they went to mexico 2 weeks ago, they had a martini on the beach with susie and mary on tuesday night, went to the club on friday, took massive amounts of pictures for no reason the next day... etc. If you're this connected with acquaintances, all the more with your close friends. Remember the days when there was no internet, no cell phones, just home phones. Those were the days when you could actually miss someone, minimal communication. How do you miss anyone in this day and age? How can you miss someone when all you have to do is take out your blackberry and bb msg them for free, or talk to them on msn for free, or go on their facebook and write on their wall, or you can even go oldschool and actually call them, all on the same little device, the glory that is BlackBerry. I always see wall posts on facebook saying i miss you this, i miss you that.. which i don't believe. When they say "you" i assume they mean the "you" mind, body, soul. but really, you could get mind and soul connection from them through internet or telephone.. so really, all they're missing is their body, what they really miss, is their physical body....anyways, i'm digressing, let's get back to the topic....

twitter, it's so stupid. you can even connect your facebook status to your twitter status, which i find is the BIG BRIGHT SIGN, telling everyone how stupid it is, cus they're pretty much telling you, "Look how great we are! We are so great that we can get you (the idiot, but VALUED customer) to be an already existing facebook member (a site with with greater capabilities), to sign up with us, cus you can share the capabilities on our great website, even though facebook can do the exact same things on it's own." I only thought of 3 main uses for status changing on facebook/youtube/myspace, or twitter. 1) to advertise, to get a name out, for exposure, because they know people will see it. 2) to teach, to inform the masses with whatever it is you feel needs to be heard. 3) to create attention, because you love the attention, attention whore. i'm not saying that's a bad thing, don't get me wrong, if you love attention, there's nothing wrong with that. reminds me of my ex-girlfriend, i remember she used to like changing her status a lot, to let everyone know what's going on..and back then i never used to change mine, and it confuzzled me, cus i couldn't think of any reasons why anyone would do such a thing. i like to think i'm a practical and rational thinker, so i asked her, cus truth be told, it annoyed me, being practical and all. we got into a fight, her only argument was that she liked doing it, and like i said earlier, if you like doing it, nothing wrong with that. I kept telling her, "oh, cus you like the attention." and that's how we fought, cus she denied it. What other reasons could it be other than for attention? people who don't like attention, write in journals, or make personal messages to individuals, they don't post it on the street for everyone to read. so.. that fight went nowhere, cus both of us thought we were right. But nowadays i change my status on facebook, and yes FOR ATTENTION. BUT, 99% of the time, i do it to advertise music, my band, something i like, or just something that i need to get across to everyone. I'm not gonna say that I've never had a pointless status change, cus i've prolly had one before. "Pointless", as in, Arthur: notices it's raining outside. I think i know why twitter is so popular, because celebrities use it. But what people don't really understand is.. celebrities and people in the media, use it to become more popular, because they NEED people to care about them, or their spark will fade. Deep down, everyone wants to be a celebrity.
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