Did You Feel That?

Did you feel that?
that devastating drop in pressure
from summer heat
to a spring storm.
Like the water released
from a bathtub drain
down it all came,
buckets, balloons and sprays
of intense ferocity.
the sky, barking and roaring,
it pawed the ground
restlessly searching
pacing
exploding
and still it continued
with hammer clangs
flashes of anger
and everlasting waves of water
.... did you feel that?

Why not?

Might go to the zoo today with some friends of mine. It was a good weekend. I had so so much to tell you guys, but when I try to think of it everything slips away. Ah well, I am here now and that's something I suppose.

Oh saw Tokyo Police Club over the weekend, they were great! Really put on a pretty good show, crowd was pretty into it, singing along, left side of the crowd was crowd surfing a bit. Oh and me and my brother tried wearing ear plugs to the show. Something we should have done a long time ago that is for sure. They dampen the noise by far, we couldn't hear each other standing right by each other, but the music still got in just fine, I pulled one out half way through the set and the sound was over powering so I put it back in. Better late than never, eh?

Have I told you all of my love for steel drums? They seem to almost have a magical quality about them. They make me think of the deepest part of summer, sweaty, with a cool drink in hand. Of palm trees over head. Of that feeling that anything is possible. The proverbial "why not?" of summer, the sound that kind of reverberates through your body.

I'm not postive these are even steel drums throughout this song, but it reminds me of them, yknow?

Future Islands
Tin Man

Survived to Summer

So I survived Freshman year..I think. There were good parts and bad parts, annoying things, and situations I never expected I would have to deal with, such is life. Hmm I tend to always have great ideas for things to write up until the point at which I sit down and start typing/writing them, so I assure you that ideas were had, great ones at that, that I was very willing to share, but they are gone for the moment, hopefully they will return. Let's see, well finals were hard, some of them anyway. I never want to do four English papers in the same day again, not in anyway fun. I really am just kind of burnt out of school work and what not and need to recharge, but now I have to work again. Ah well...
On the brightside: Its summer! and I am home for the time being. Both are things that I am happy about. Although I have never preferred summer as a season the most because I do feel that it tends to get a tad overheated at times. Tentative plans for said summer include: post on here a decent amount(I want to try to get up to 100 posts by the end of the year, or should it be the anniversary of when I started? bah whatever), write a story maybe, take some bike rides to book stores or crocker park, build something, see the sunrise(I should figure out what time that would require waking up..), swim some more, go to concerts, hang out with friends, read a lot of books, watch many movies, and have some adventures.
Okay I said a lot but didn't really say much of anything yet again, this might be a hidden talent..On the music side of things there are quite a few videos I have in mind to showcase for you all. Lets start with some Bishop Allen, who I put up here for one of my very first posts.
Bishop Allen
Dimmer



video is pretty sweet, its got maybe stop motion and projection and some other sly effects that I cannot identify.

Ciao for now.

I Seem to be Forgetting how to Walk

Not sure why this is, but it is happening. Maybe it's always happened and I never realized it. As I walk my right heel kicks my left ankle(which might be slightly hard to imagine). So yeah, not every step, but sometimes when I'm not paying particular attention I kick one foot into the other. Perhaps my right foot is angry at my left foot; or they could both together be just telling me its running season(strange way to say it but they're feet so..best they can do?). Whatever the reason, its kind of getting on my nerves.

Damn, there are quite a few really sweet looking movies coming out this summer/year. That is one thing I am definitely excited for. Also bike rides, book stores, record stores, seeing friends from home, and no homework. And I just hope its a constructive summer, I want to build something, or do something. Something so that the summer is worth the time off and worth the work I will have to do. So I will hopefully be cooking that up in the back of my head.

But right now I've got papers to do and subjects to study. And I have got to hold steady, Once I get these papers done, everything is downhill from there. One step at a time.

So time to kick some paper ass and get this done. Hopefully, nothing distracts me.

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