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[07 Nov 2009|07:32pm] |
So I was on the bus and there were a lot of really annoying people on it - they kept singing stupid songs loudly in what they thought were really good voices, and they were making those lame jokes that stupid insecure people like.
Anyway, they bothered me so much i turned to the girl next to me on the bus and I said, "I'm going to kill everyone on this bus."
and she was like, "W...What?" stammering nervously.
then i realized my comment could be misconstrued as a psychopathic kind of thing, so i said, "good thing i get off at the next stop!" and I grinned. she laughed and smiled nervously
I take great pleasure knowing that i scared the hell out of someone
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[05 Nov 2009|05:57pm] |
If his heart is on his sleeve, believe I'm making it a t-shirt
Half the wit of me will then proceed to speak when he blurts
Trying to struggle free from all the jagged daggers stabbing in
A double sided weapon with no handle, like him haggling
A master swordsman learns to fence and build defences easily
So leaning on that fence before you speak is really needless, see
If words you plan to use against me really exist, better speak it be-
cause if you cannot speak your mind, I'll blow it so you cease to be.
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[05 Nov 2009|02:03am] |
It's annoying when guys call girls fat. It doesn't make sense because most of the girls they call fat are pretty skinny in the first place, just not like, 100 pounds. How do they think that makes me feel?! I haven't weighed 100 pounds since like, sixth grade. Back then I thought I was fat because all my friends weighed 80 pounds but now I look back on my pictures and I'm like "Damn, I was so skinny."
Anyway, I digress. Guys shouldn't be calling girls fat in the first place.
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| Psalm 19 |
[04 Nov 2009|11:56am] |
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1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge. 3 There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, 5 which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course. 6 It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is hidden from its heat. 7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the LORD are sure
and altogether righteous. 10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb. 11 By them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward. 12 Who can discern his errors?
Forgive my hidden faults. 13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression. 14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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| Doggy |
[02 Nov 2009|04:37pm] |
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Teal'C is very lion like.
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[02 Nov 2009|04:27pm] |
I sometimes wonder how people see me in the music sense. By sometimes, I think ‘more often than not’ is probably more applicable. You see, I take to new music pretty easily. I give a new artist, song or experience as much enthusiasm and energy as I would something I’m excited about. If I have a chance of hearing or experiencing it live before I hear an MP3, watch a video or hear a cover version, then that’s what I will want to experience first because I want to know how badly they want it.
I want to see how much effort, emotion, interaction and ambience is included in their set. I want to know if they can perform the songs they have on record, and if they’ve a sense of humour about it all. I want it to feel fresh and to be amazing.
When it comes to new music, some people’s opinions I trust more than others. If we are friends on Last.fm (http://last.fm/user/jonandbt) and at a Very High or (surprisingly most common) Super, I will take you at your word and go see the artist perform before hearing them on mp3. If its a friend of yours I may download a song first or YouTube them. If you’re a musician I like who recommends someone, there’s a 50/50 chance either way.
What I wonder, though, is whether people see that I am open to new music or just see someone who jumps into a new band and artist excitedly without thought. Whether they’re using me or whether they genuinely think this is someone I could get excited about.
I tend to only tell friends about a musician I think they will either love or that I think is worthy of a larger audience. Therefore, if you’re reading this and I’ve been kind to you, it is because I think you deserve the audience’s attention, and I want to support you. You don’t have to say thanks but I kind of hope that you’d be someone decent enough as to not abuse that. I felt that the LP fans were completely taken advantage of with the Street Team, even though that’s what they signed on for, I don’t think any of the positive sides were seen after 2004. I don’t really want that to happen 5 years on.
Currently sitting here listening to Amber Rubarth’s ‘The Stairwell’ from her Good Mystery CD. I really get excited about music. I don’t know if it’s obvious anymore but when I hear a piece of piano or a guitar solo, a certain lyric or pitch or note, a particular cadence or rhythm ... I don’t know, it just touches me in ways that I feel are neglected in the rest of my life.
Next week will be a nice combination of highs for me. Cheryl and I will see Backstreet Boys the same day that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is released. I then see MUSE with Vanesha and finally Tegan and Sara. I can’t remember if I do the final show alone, but I am excited to see them play live. I have heard a lot of really positive things about them, and Davina, Allison Weiss and four thousand other people I like have all mentioned how much they enjoy them. Wonder how many guys will actually go to the show though, seeing as their audience is mainly women who like women.
“Late at night, when I wake up with you on my mind, I need a song to thank the stars that you are mine” Song to thank the stars – Amber Rubarth.
See blogs. This is another day for me.
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| Neglecting you |
[02 Nov 2009|02:38pm] |
Dear LiveJournal
For 9 years, we have been involved in this semi-serious relationship. I've mothered your communities and fathered your comments, I've fed and provided countless hours of inane drivel, borderline-intelligent entries and wistful lyrics about happier times and through all of this you have waited patiently.
I have hosted thousands of photographs, and walked hundreds of miles with you but I have to be honest and say, you're not exactly Tumblr, are you? I mean sure, you're not that same image reposted three thousand times, and you don't do the cruel thing and give us tumblarities, but at the same time, do you tell Twitter when I update? Do you let me follow musicians I happen to be a fan of? Do you have as friendly a layout or as interactive a means of communication?
Are you six clicks away from an update?
What is it that we have now? A bunch of user icons and you barely know who I am? Do any of my friends still update over here? Do I need to go through individual pages? I skipped back 400 entries and there were three people and the rest communities. You supply music and films for me, and I appreciate that, I really do. But do you really help me let go?
No-one exists here. When I update I am complained at because the rules here are different than those at Tumblr. Words are to be seen, not pictures.
Images don't automatically resize to fit the screen.
Paragraphs are in this terrible font.
Friends pages get full much like a Twitter stream.
Role players have to write so much more to create that same level of basic interaction.
What exactly are you, to me?
Are you the escape I want? No-one really follows this any more, so the privacy of a private lyricist returns. But I left you. Do you want to know why?
I left you for these reasons:
Whilst I was here, people learned about who I was. The guy that I was becoming, the friends I had, the music I liked. They learned about me but what they didn't do was adapt with me when times changed. They knew me as the guy who liked A and B, but really I had grown beyond just A and B to the rest of the alphabet. My final affair was with Pokemon, and when that was done, I had a whole bunch of new Pokemon-friends who I shared nothing more than the game with. I had nothing to talk to you about other than something I was done with.
When I was done with Linkin Park, that happened.
When I joined Tumblr I was free of that. As I gain new followers daily, I remain free. On Twitter, few know me well enough to type cast me.
I want people to continue learning, and to grow together. I want Davina's Last.fm suggestions. I want Sara's photograph updates. I want to know how people are doing in relationships. I want to see what films are worth seeing. But I don't want to just be that one typecast. The Star Wars guy. The poet who wrote that song but hasn't really wrote in so long because he doesn't want to abuse his ability for a temporary wow.
Sometimes, people are busy. I get that. I really do. But it doesn't make it any easier when I spend hours pouring my heart into something and all I'll see back is a 'oh ok'. Then again, why should I do it for them?
I should do it for me. Maybe that's what I'll do. Lets see, shall we.
Jon.
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[01 Nov 2009|05:37pm] |
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"The opening image of 'Stray Dog' is an extradiegetic image of reflexivity, which marks a moment of the film's self-reference, thus foregrounding its discursiveness. Profoundly concerned with the terms of its own constitution as a discourse, 'Stray Dog' is full of rhetorical complexity and undecidability and therefore demands us to examine it closely as a text, that is, 'as a generative, open-ended, non-referential grammatical system and as a figural system closed off by a transcendental signification that subverts the grammatical code to which the text owes its existence.'" -Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, in Film Studies and Japanese Cinema
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[30 Oct 2009|02:27pm] |
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Happy Birthday Khalid aka Medaphore. Hope you do something big with your kid and everything's wicked fun.
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