ugh.

So lately my blog hasn't been letting me post pictures or change font...

You Never Know...

So tonight I took a break from my reading and homework and decided to go out for coffee with my sister and my parents. Seriously, I feel like my brain is reaching it's capactiy with SLI in the morning plus online courses in the afternoon and whatever thinking I have to do in between. (I tend to lose focus easily so reading is a challenge) Anyways...

Back on  topic.

I love Coffee Culture.  We went there first, but it was full. There was a semi-decent looking guy playing and I was sad to leave his semi-decent singing. But we decided to go somewhere else. I was going to say where, but this is a blog and the more info I write about where I go, the more likely a creepy person could find meeee.

So we were at a certain restaurant that I love and got our coffees. And our waiter was awesome, even though we weren't ordering any actual food. My parents are outgoing and that kinda got passed on to a couple of us kids, so it's inevitable to start talking. We got to know this guy... he's an artist that's actually making money ( <3 ) and doesn't believe in cell phones because he thinks people should be able to approach eachother face to face, and he has a 9 month nephew, and he's interested in history, and he writes.

And,  I dunno, I just kinda thought about how there are so many interesting people in the world. After leaving and saying "he was nice" my mom said, "well you never know if someone is nice until you're nice to them". Simple, yet profound to me for some reason. I guess I never really realized until lately how much little interactions with people mean to me. Even people I will never see again. It's just cool to know we're all living on the same planet going about our lives, yet we're all connected somehow.

Life gets more interesting when we reach out. We individually have to make the choice to initiate. Even in the littlest way. It just reminds you of the good in the world. I mean, how many people's work days could I brighten up by starting a conversation in Subway, or with the barista, or with that same guy at that same corner store when he's ringing through my same immense candy purchase, or whatever.  When you're friendly you get better service too,  just sayin. And I love it when people that come into work are cool. It makes me happy. and better at my job.

So I pretty much fell in love tonight.
Too bad waiter artist is 31.

Good boys under 20! Good boys under 20! Stop being non existent...thanks!

Tori

Brooke Fraser "FLAGS"

Brilliantly meaningful lyrics.
A couple 'meh' songs, but creative concepts nonetheless.
Well-thought-out music to back up smooth vocals.
Duets!! yaay! with Aqualung and William Fitzsimmons.
Sometimes hard to hear what she's saying, but overall, a heartfelt compilation and a unique sound. I am a fan.

Fave tracks:
Orphans' Kingdoms
Who Are We Fooling (feat. Aqualung)
Crows and Locusts
Sailboats
Something in the Water

Everyone connects with emotion

tattoos

LIGHTS is my hero...

I like these...

Not that I would choose this text, but I love the look...

Crap butterly, but I like this location/size...

And a bonusss picture ferrr good measure
A well tattooed boy...

:)

You Might as Well Be a Pile of Dog Crap

Lukewarm's taking over the world.
Grey is a popular place to reside, to resort, to hide when we don't feel like striving for anything of actual depth. Just Grey.
No colour. No life.
Just... pure... apathy.

And it's gross.

If you know me or have ever read my blog before, you know that I can be brutally honest and don't give a rats bum about being blunt. I'm not writing this for the sake of having blog material, and I'm not trying to sound smart. This is just straight up fresh revelation .So here I go...

People are pathetic. I am pathetic. This world is pathetic. I mean, who do we think we are to take up space here if we're living for nothing? Only a small few still stand as an army of warriors carrying this one simple weapon I believe we were created to possess: passion. Passion. Where is all the freakin' passion these days man? Why is indifference such a common default? I think because it requires nothing of us.

I'm not trying to judge or condemn anybody here... dude, I was there, and still go there. Everyone has. But the hardest people still care too. They still look for purpose. They still want something to strive for, to live for. The most dangerous people aren't the cold-hearts. It's the people who know better, yet choose to make their own way. This is lukewarm. And too many of us have fallen into its traps.

Lukewarm is one foot in, one foot out. A lack of integrity. It's contradicting. A lack of self-awareness. It's a recipe for emotional suicide. A lack of power. It's just tiring. Lukewarm holds people back. Lukewarm will deny. Check this out... Lukewarm will get the worst of both worlds. Lukewarm almost cost me my life.

I want be clear. Clear is this... what you say and what you're about matches the way you're living your life. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. It's been said time and time again, tried, tested and truuuue. Just stand. Be confident in it.

I believe that God created us for a great purpose and that He loves everybody and wants us to have relationship with Him. I don't know who is actually reading this blog right now, but no matter who you are... God is head over heels in love with YOU.

Even if you don't believe in God, I encourage you to find something to stand for. Something to give your life meaning. A cause to give your life for. When you are clear, people can respect you for it and believe that you're actually legit.

Because if life's just a party, when the party's over... who do you have left?

Think about it.


Thanks so so much for reading.

Banksy...

... you're so cool.