The City Rises

March 28, 2010

I was browsing the internet today when I saw a post that started a thread that asked “What is something really simple that makes you happy?”  I responded to the post with something that I have been enjoying for quite some time but I am almost always alone when I get to see it, which [...]

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I’m the Rhyhtm in Your Tune

February 10, 2010

For as long as I can remember, I have loved music and ever since I was about ten years old, I have considered myself a drummer, moreover, a percussionist.  My best friend, who is absolutely amazing on the guitar, and I have been playing music together since we were about fifteen.  We have known each [...]

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Lights

January 27, 2010

The song by the same title is one that always gets me thinking.  There are a lot of different people who live in that song, but you’re the melody.  I am writing this for you. I know that we have not always seen eye to eye and there have been days, many, in which we [...]

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Take This Advice, Live By Every Word

January 24, 2010

Last night I was having a text conversation with my best friend after I got home.  There are some people you just know so well and who know you so well that you can understand the underlying statements in what they say and vice versa.  Well, best friend, I got everything you were really saying [...]

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Rhythm, You Either Have It or You Don’t

January 21, 2010

Do you know what it’s like to hear a rhythm in everything?  I feel it in every song, every syncopation, every pattern becomes a rhythm in my head.  When I study, I associate the material to a song and when I need to recall it, I play the song back in my head.  This is [...]

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A Lesson in Forgiveness

January 16, 2010

I do not know who instilled this sense of forgiveness and acceptance in you, but it was one of the most loving acts I have witnessed in a very long time.  Betrayed by your closest friend, I watched you accept the past and forgive, absolve your friend of his sins, and vow to protect his [...]

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Raising the Bar

January 13, 2010

Too often, I think, people get so caught up in everyday, mundane activities that they don’t realize they have let some of the bigger issues and ideas get pushed so far back they can’t even identify them anymore.  Now, I am certainly not an expert in psychology or anything, but I do have my hypotheses [...]

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Synchronicity

January 13, 2010

I asked myself once before in regard to a particular situation, what are the criteria we use when deciding if something is worth it?  I think I’ve discovered what my main criterion are.  I can’t believe I didn’t realize it sooner, honestly.  The main way I determine if something is worth it is, does it [...]

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Protected: Pretty Girl

January 12, 2010

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Love Story

January 6, 2010

I was watching a movie a little while back about a gay teenager who tried to explain to her mother that she “loves differently.”  I had to stop for a second and process this.  I find this to be impossible, really. How can somebody “love differently?”  You say potato, I say…potato.  How many ways are [...]

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