In My Life_ (Unfinished)

In life I've experienced many memorable moments. Sometimes hilarious, other times scary. For the most part though, interesting and enjoyable. I really don't have any "greatest ever" moment. I'll save that for my wedding someday, if that should ever happen. Up until now I've just had a lot of good times, and bad ones. As expected in anyone's life. Luckily I've had many more good times than I have had bad. Shows with my band normally add to the good. I love playing shows. My bands been together for awhile now so we have nice looking and more importantly sounds gear. Also we have road cases for everything. There's nothing I enjoy more than rolling in all our cases to venue when you know it's sold out that night. It's such a cool and indescribable feeling. Then when the venue starts filling up with people and your one of the headliners, it's really awesome. As I said, I don't have a single greatest moment, only a stockpile of memories that will be with me for the rest of my life.

Spring spring go away come again some other day.

My favorite season of the year has to be… well anything but spring to be honest. If I had it my way summer would start when winter ends and fall would remain the same. I love the heat of summer which brings with it a taste of being somewhere tropical, especially when I go out to rushford lake and go boating and such. Strangely, I also enjoy cutting the grass and doing different activities and work outside in the summer. Then there’s fall. It brings with it beautiful sights, cooler temperatures and a relaxed, cozy atmosphere. It makes you want to just relax. Take some time to yourself, drive around, and submerge yourself into your own little world. Then after thanksgiving the snow starts coming down and fall turns into winter. Let me get something straight. I absolutely love winter. I love the snow, the bare trees, the bright moon reflecting off of the fresh snow, I love it all… for about two weeks. Then I start wishing it were summer again. Winter’s great for holidays such as Christmas and New Years because it really adds to the feel. After that those holidays it just becomes miserable. Your body misses the bright and beautiful sun which used to shine so brightly, and now everything is just cold, barren looking and miserable. Winter also seems like it lasts forever. By mid-February it makes me want to move to Florida, or Texas, or anywhere else besides here. So if I had it my way January fifth to September fifth would be nothing but summer. Then from September fifth to November twentieth it would be fall. From November twentieth to January fifth it would winter. That would be perfect. No spring, winter when needed, fall and a long summer. Mother Nature, would you like to arrange a meeting?

FaceBook, the face of evil or the future?

FaceBook has over five hundred million users, and consider myself one of them. With millions of users, opinions are strong regarding the use of FaceBook. Some claim it as a time waster, a stalking service; others say it’s a way to keep in touch with long lost friends and relatives. I find myself in the middle of these two mindsets. As a human I always try and lean to the positive side of things, I personally think Facebook is great. It’s a way to get in contact with basically anyone. You can share different parts of your life in ways you never could before. You can be on vacation and upload photos for all of your friends to see. It works especially well for me because I’m in a band. Facebook makes it easier than ever to communicate with fans and reach out to new ones. A simple status update can send a message to thousands of people with just a click. It truly is a great form of updating people. Although, as great as FaceBook is, it still possess negativity. First off, people can say whatever they want. While sitting there you think, well, anyone can say what they want whenever anyways. You’re correct, but it’s a lot easier to say things you normally wouldn’t say in real life on FaceBook. It removes a certain social filter on some people which results in posts and comments which can come off as ignorant, cruel, and sometimes just plain stupid. Also sometimes people make the mistake of putting their entire lives on it, for everyone to see. Recently colleges and employers have been using FaceBook as a tool for finding more out about people than they are willing to put on an application or resume. It sounds scary right? It’s not, at all. Just like anything else FaceBook is something that needs to be used responsibly. It’s not the service that should be blamed for problems; it’s the users who use it in the wrong way. If used right, FaceBook can be a great way to know what’s going on with your friends, and keep in contact with anyone you want.

Interests and Influences

There are many things I feel comfortable about. Most likely because of how many different things I’m interested in. At the same time I do believe there is a bit of difference between an interest and a passion. A passion is more of an interest that’s become, in a way, emotionally attached to who you are. I know that I can say that I’m passionate about film and music. I really enjoy shooting, editing and producing short films, commercials and soon, weddings. As for music, I’ve always had a strong connection to that. More and more I think I get that from my mother’s side of the family. Her grandfather was a great musician in his time, and one of the more prominent musicians of Buffalo and the northeastern United States for that matter. So I have two things in life that I’m truly passionate about. Besides those things, I have a ton of interests. Flying, driving, boating, cars, guitars, macintosh, apple, and working are just a few of the many. How I obtained all of these interests I have no idea. I’ve always been into technology and media. It started at a young age when my parents used to spoil me with the sounds of The Beatles and giving me an old laptop. I would sit there whenever I could figuring out all the mysterious keys, musically and physically. I think influences when you’re a kid can really influence who you are and what you may turn out to be.

How you like me now?

How you like me now?

A review of the film, Horrible Bosses.

Some critics call it raunchy, others, hilariously satisfying. Either way you’re bound to be laughing at some point during the movie. How could one not relate to the idea of disliking a superior? In this movie three friends, Nick, Kurt, and Dale, all have what they consider horrible bosses. Kurt’s boss is a psychotic man set to destroy his father’s business. Dale’s boss is a woman trying to wreck his marriage. Lastly, Nick’s boss is the typical arrogant, emotionless, and cold boss. While having dinner together one night the idea of the bosses being gone came about. They laughed it off, but soon realized how great life would be without them. This is one of the most well written movies I’ve seen in a while. It has everything the American movie-goer looks for, suspense, romance and most of all comedy. The unsuspected humor from the three takes away the sometimes heightened suspense and makes the scene that much more enjoyable. Unlike many movies, this one features a story line which, for the most part cannot be thought of before it actually happens. Situations and events happen that I never expected coming. The writers did an amazing job with this movie. The producers and directors also did a fantastic job. They used the Panasonic Genesis camera to film the movie; a digital camera. While movies for the past one hundred years have always been film, more and more studios are starting to use digital cameras. They’re much easier to work with and look just as good as film cameras, sometimes even better due to their high definition. Altogether, this movie is excellent. It’s obvious that the writers, actors, crew, and producers really knew what they were doing and did it in a way that made it one of the top movies of the summer.

Everything Happnes For A Reason

Thinking back now to my various years of school I have to say my favorite was actually my junior year. First let me say, it was probably one of the worst years I’ve had. It was my favorite year because of how much I changed and how much better of a person I am now because of it. Taking the courses I took last year was hard enough. What really stressed me out the most were my personal relationships. On one hand I had my band and my band mates, people I consider family. On the other hand I had my actual family, and with all of this I had a girlfriend. Not a great one. At the beginning of it all I thought it was going to be a great year, I was happier than ever. Things changed though, and so did people. During this year I really found out what I liked about myself, and what I had a love for. I found out who were my true friends, and also that my family would always be there for me. It was by far the roughest year I’ve ever experienced but it made me push myself harder than ever to have the ideals and mindset that I do now. I currently am single, working a great job, writing new songs with my band and playing larger shows than ever. There’s nothing I can do to change what happened last year and everything that didn’t go my way but that’s perfectly fine to me. Every day I can wake up and know that my life’s headed in a good direction now and I’m happy with who I am and where I’m at. I’m a senior in high school; I have my entire life ahead of me. Everything does happen for a reason.

Be who you love, do what you love.

I want to accomplish many things this school year, mostly out of school. I believe that this year should be about taking classes that relate to what I want to do with the rest of my life and also things that I’m passionate about. I plan on going to college for two years in Buffalo, and then moving to Chicago to study film production at a private academy there. When creating my schedule for this year I really thought about what was important and what would most greatly help me with what I want to do. I’m taking English, a required economics course, band, digital imaging, and media production. All courses that relate to what I want to do in life. Sure I could be stressing myself to no limits with courses such as calculus and physics, but I want to be a producer, not a space engineer. This past summer I’ve started my own little film project and saved up for some professional equipment. I plan on creating or filming short films, commercials and weddings. I’ve already done a commercial for a local animal shelter and I’m doing a wedding in October. I’m really passionate about shooting, editing, and producing movies. I also have a love for my band and this year we will be recording a new five track CD. We plan on recording drums at Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Doll’s studio in Buffalo and then everything else with our producer in New York City. It should be an exciting and busy year, full of following things I really care about. The experiences I have this year will most likely affect me for the rest of my life. I’m excited for them because I know that if I’m doing what I love, I’ll be happy no matter what.