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My first ever 2 part blog. It's big.

Do you believe?

I was going to write some hurtful words because a hurtful situation has come up in the life of a friend. I don't need to say what it is but it's obviously not cool.

I was talking to my mother about the situation, and to my surprise, she calmed me down. She told me that you are just as bad and inconsiderate as the person(s) involved in the hurtful situation if you say bad stuff.

So I changed my plan, and here are some different words.
In my words I believe in the following:

Things happen for a reason
Sometimes it just takes
a little push
to get you moving
in the right direction.

That little push might hurt
and that push
might take some time to heal
but at the end of the day
you are better off

It's better to have
a some hurtful thing
happen earlier on
instead of fifteen years
down the road

Don't fret and especially
~do not regret~
everything that has come to be
you are better off in the end
than those who hurt you

What counts the most is
Some true friends
are not always around
but, they will always be there
to stand by your side
when it counts the most

Amen.

Who reads this crap anyways?

For real.

Who are you?

What is your claim to fame?

Do my deepest and darkest thoughts benefit you by any means?

Do these jeans make my ass look fat?

Rap vs. Rock

Tonight i went out with my great friend Nathan (and by association, his wife Natalie, also a great friend, don't let the brackets confuse).

With them I saw my first ever live rap show, starring The Game (from 50 cent's G-Unit). First off. If a someone famous gives themself a value less than a dollar, I question the value of themselves, alongside the amount they charge for their show. The fact i had box seats (thanks for the invite) for no charge, was cool. The fact that I don't think i got my money's worth, says another thing.

Now, due to many facts which I will point out in a bit, I will never watch another live rap show live again, even if it is free, and if I do have a prime seat.

This is my live show critique.
Rap vs. Rock - Con's vs Pro's

Rock = Pro's

- They don't show up late
- There are pyrotechnics, I don't care who you are, fire makes things cooler and way more exciting
- Most of the band members have instruments which equal musical talent.
- Guitars occupy your hand movements
- They will cater to the fans, that equals more fan involvement (that is huge)

Rap = Con's

- They show up late, time doesn't really matter, but when your fans are waiting an extra half an hour, it shows you really don't care or that you are trying too hard to be cool. Regardless, people spend their hard earned cash to see their favorite artist. Respect their time.
- No flash to their show. It's boring. Five guys running around with towels in their hands isn't really something I'm wanting to see unless I'm at the gym. At least the guys at the gym have a use for their towels.
- Hand movements. I guess that is where the towels/t-shirts come from. Why does it take five guys to say "uh," "yea'," "word," "throw yo' hands up!" when one can fill that position? Put a guitar, sintar, flute, i don't care what, into those other four posse members' hands and pump out some musical worth, otherwise wasted time and effort comes from them.
- Rap artist's do cater to the fans, only when it's okay with that rap aritist. As a fan of music, that sucks ass. The fans should base what your actions are.
And why is someone head-lining a major event when they only have one album? One fucking album! How the fuck can you be a headliner when you don't even have ninety minutes worth of material???? You are a baby! You should be playing at Cowboys!

Why do local/home grown artists open for another artist when that artist has less material than the local "guys"? In my eyes, that's total bull-shit. The person/group with the more albums out should be headlining. Makes sense, does it not? I dunno, maybe I am patriotic.

Seems like I am more prone to the rock than I am to the rap. Maybe I am more prone to the deserving than I am to the famous. I'm all about the underdog. The fact remains that I would drop $100 no question to go and see and promote K-OS, a canadian rap artist, as opposed to "The Game", a G-Unit (a 50 Cent member) product which I saw for free, but would ask for my money back if i were to ever see again.

Maybe I am biased.
Rock vs. Rap.

In my mind, rap has nothing on rock. Maybe I am too concerned on time, but when if i were to spend $80 plus on a ticket, i would want the artist (i don't care who it is) to be punctual, and to bring all they had and more than my money's worth. If one person is willing to drop a quarter of their paycheck on a certain band (nevermind drinks, or weed, or whatever party favors) it had better be worth their while.

Besides the point. It is me, it is you, it is the fan, which makes the artist rich.

Exception to the rule

Or as it may be in this case, to a law.

Now i spurted off "an original quote" about taking all things into consideration. This is true.

But my exception to my own rule is that sometimes when you are living in a moment, you may not realize what you are doing, nor the consequences. Both what i had mentioned earlier, and what i mention now, are true. It just took a bit to realize that.

I was happy to associate two quotes/laws together. I felt smart. Then i realized that having stated that i added a "personal feel" to the quote, i was stepping into the shoes of a hypocryte.

Here's an explaination:
I am a nice guy
I do take most (if not all) things into consideration before acting I am human, which means I can have two left feet on the dance floor of life. "To err is to be human."
I refrain from calling my past "possibly inconsiderate actions" a mistake, because they were not mistakes. ~Any of them~
I had my head in the clouds not to have thought things through whatever the situation was. (Is that really a bad thing? Think about it the next time you are experiencing a "moment" where nothing else matters but the next second, if you can.)

On the flip side of that, I enjoyed the events, the memories good and bad, the experience, the people in my presence, the moment.

So watch as I will surely continue to dance with my two left feet, and continue to stumble all over the dance floor, thank you very much.

Many strive to, but nobody is the perfect dancer.
If you are, that means you are an alien, or on Dance 360... that's good viewing. (Yo! Yo! When you hear the DJay scratch the beat, you scream Tag yo' man! Tag yo' man! ~~Erlyn -- Channel 59, dunno time though..)
Cool beans, I know some that would be interested in meeting you.

Mr. Murphy

He's very close to me, even though he is non-existant.
I'd like to share some of his laws.

Nothing is as easy as it looks.
~
If there is a worse time for something to go wrong, it will happen then.
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If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
~
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
~
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
~
Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
~
Every solution breeds new problems.
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Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.


Mr. Murphy sticks his nose into everything no matter who you are, and what situation you are in.

It seems like my life is based on Murphy's Laws, maybe that's my problem. In almost every situation I head into, i side on overkill with preparation rather than jumping into the unknown. Writing that, yes, the unknown scares me, but it also intrigues me. I really do not know what it is like havnig a leap of faith without having considered the possibilities. That goes for all aspects of my life.
I was taught to plan ahead and look to the future (long term). I really don't think i have looked day by day, and let chance lead me to any kind of result.

That scares me. I dunno why. Maybe I am a control freak, but in turn i am very relaxed in any (most) situation(s) and let things happen they way they will.

A famous law from Mr. Murphy, "Nice guys finish last."

Here's something that i found.
Lyon's Law of Hesitation: "He who hesitates is last."

Maybe Mr. Murphy and his laws have a flaw.

Here's my original quote based on association and personal experience, "Nice guys hesitate because they have taken everything into consideration, even if that means to let someone they love leave their arms because they might seem happier in someone else's."

Damn technology, damn it to the end.

I had written about 1hr 15mins worth of material and then my comp froze. I'll try to sum it up in a tenth of the time.

I love my friends and family. Without you i would not have any hope in humankind.

Study notes on what I had written:
Fuck society.
Fuck technology, I hope someone somehow destroys the internet. What would you do/where would you be without the internet? (Think about it)

I hope that people realize and embrace common sense.

I hope people realize the difference between positive and negative, and which one really matters in the end.

I hope people will learn what respect is.

I hope that everyone can find happiness.

I hope i will be able to share my happiness with another.
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Life is a learning lesson, only you are able to grade yourself.

Summary:
Thank you for being around to help me put up with the world.