Just Another Try

I don't have any filosofees or mind boggling thoughts today, just a burden. Everyone knows how it feels to be on the short end of the stick. Nobody likes it! Who wants to be talked badly about or mocked, especially behind their back? Some of my friends, I love them, but they are so disrespectful and rude. And it isn't even just my peers but the teachers too, about students and other teachers. Something about that isn't right. I mean I don't mind if people talk about me behind my back or do an impersination of me, but mocking, that would grieve my heart.

I guess the only thing I have to say is think about whether or not you would want someone to do what you're about to do to/about you.

Be All You Want - The Human Association

Exciting

Last night I waited from 8:30pm to 12am for the midnight release of Halo 3 and needless to say I was very excited about the whole event and game. While I was waiting in line I was thinking about how no one gets excited anymore. When was the last time you got truly excited about something? I don't mean being happy that The Bourne Ultimatum was in theaters, beacause I know I was, but I mean genually and literally excited. Jump out of your seat and dance excited.

People need to be extactic about things now-a-days. Children today trust so much and are joyful about new toys or a trip to grandma's house while adults smile and maybe say "Man I am so excited" but they never show it.

But then again maybe people don't show excitement the same way I do. The way people express themselves is a testament to how intrekit (or however you spell it) the human mind is.

Excitement should be an emotion commonly expressed.

The News

When I seldomly watch the news I constantly think to myself, "Why aren't they reporting what really matters?" I mean I am all for keeping the public informed on the President and the Bull Market but let's get some exciting happy news happening on these stations! Wish people 'Happy Birthday' or personal interviews with Average Joes.
Personally I would rather there be a moment of silence for the people who died in an alley today than know whether or not Tom and Katie went on a cruise! Why isn't there a TV or Radio station that notifies parents on what is really going on. and I don't mean ratting kids out but I do mean having someone to say, "Hey parents, have you hugged your kid today?" What is the matter with having someone who encourages helping people like we KNOW we should and would want people to do if we were in their position.

We should just lend a hand, man.

Screw 'The Man', man.

2 Fingers

Today in SAT Prep. we had a story about Django Reinhardt, one of my favorite jazz guitarists. Previously unaware, the story describes Django as to only have 2 working fingers on his left hand. I knew Django was know for his picking patterns but never would I have guess he was "disabled". Muhammad Ali once said that "motivation was more important than skill when mastering a skill." This inspirational story not only allows me to think about getting to know people before I judge them, but to inspire me into - I am not going to say that if a two fingered person walked up to me I would think of them disabled. However if someone who only had two fingers came up to me looking for a guitar, I think I would be in a little disbelief. Never again will I have prerequisits of someone different.

Monthly A-Z Playlists - September 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is September 2007:



1. Let's Stay Together - Al Green - R&B - Greatest Hits

2. Loser - Beck - Alternative - Mellow Gold

3. 1989 - Clem Snide - AltFolk - Your Favorite Music

4. These Rather Large Hands - Dal Conner - Acoustic - unreleased EP

5. My Father's Gun - Elton John - Pop - Elizabethtown

6. Myrtle Beach Days - Fantastic Shakers - Beach Music -

7. Easier - Grizzly Bear - Alternative - Yellow House

8. Barracuda - Heart - Rock - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack

9. Jesus the Mexican Boy - Iron & Wine - Folk - The Sea and the Rhythm

10. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor - Folk - Greatest Hits

11. When You Were Young - The Killers - Rock - Sam's Town

12. Everything's Just Wonderful - Lily Allen - Hip Hop - Alright, Still...

13. $20 - M.I.A. - Hip Hop/Rap - Kala

14. Trash - New York Dolls - Hair Metal - New York Dolls

15. Riverside - Ollabelle - Jazz - Riverside Battle Songs

16. Slow And Steady Wins The Race - Pedro the Lion - EmoRock - Winners Never Quit

17. Killer Queen - Queen - Classic Rock - Greatest Hits

18. Paranoid Android - Radiohead - Alternative - OK Computer

19. Wait - Sequoyah Prep School - Emo -

20. A Living Dance Upon Dead Minds - Thrice - NuMetal - The Illusion of Saftey

21. Dubbing In The Back Seat - The Upsetters - Soundtrack - Stranger Than Fiction (Music From The Original Motion Picture)

22. Long Haul - Voxtrot - Rock - Raised by Wolves

23. Unit 7 (1965) [ft. The Wynton Kelly Trio] - Wes Montgomery - Jazz - Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar

24. Dear God - XTC - Rock - Skylarking

25. Y Control - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rock - Fever To Tell

26. You're My Flame - Zero 7 - Electronic - The Garden

Monthly A-Z Playlists - August 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is August 2007:



1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - A*Teens - Pop - The ABBA Generation

2. The Great Salt Lake - Band of Horses - Indie - Everything All The Time

3. The Power Of Love - Celine Dion - Pop - All The Way... A Decade Of Song [UK]

4. Pheonix - Daft Punk - Dance - Homework

5. Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money - Rock - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack

6. (Just Like) Starting Over - The Flaming Lips - Rock - Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur

7. Move With Your Lover - Ghostland Observatory - Elecno - Paparazzi Lightning

8. Naptown Blues (1969) - Herb Ellis with Oscar Peterson - Jazz - Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar

9. Dig - Incubus - Rock - Light Grenades

10. Phantom - Justice - Dance - Cross

11. Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson - Pop - Breakaway

12. Everything's Just Wonderful - Lily Allen - Hip Hop - Alright, Still...

13. The Great Escape - Moby - Electronic - 18

14. Jet Boy - New York Dolls - Hair Metal - New York Dolls

15. Just One More Day - Otis Redding - Soul - Otis! IV

16. This Way - Psapp - AltFolk - The Only Thing I Ever Wanted

17. Killer Queen - Queen - Classic Rock - Greatest Hits

18. Black Star - Radiohead - Alternative - The Bends

19. Bodies - Smashing Pumpkins - Rock - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness: Twilight To Starlight

20. A Bottle Of Buckie - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Rock - Living With The Living

21. Daysleeper - Under The Influence Of Giants - Rock - Under The Influence Of Giants

22. Long Haul - Voxtrot - Rock - Raised by Wolves

23. The Promise - When in Rome - Soundtrack - Napoleon Dynamite Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

24. The Meeting Place - XTC - Rock - Skylarking

25. Pin - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rock - Fever To Tell

26. Legalize Marijuana - Ziggy Marley - Reggae -

Monthly A-Z Playlists - July #2 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is July #2 2007:



1. Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqua Lung - Easy Listening - Still Life

2. Play It Through Me - Boys and Girls - Electronic - Grow Up

3. Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band - Funk - Guitar Rock 1976-1977

4. Cheers Darlin' - Damien Rice - AltFolk - O

5. Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65 - Dance - Europop

6. Easy - Faith No More - Oldies - Angel Dust

7. Deep Sea Diver - Grizzly Bear - Alternative - Horn Of Plenty

8. Let It Go [ft. Dion & Talib Kweli] - Hi-Tek - Hip Hop/Rap - Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip

9. Speeding Cars - Imogen Heap - Pop/Electronic - Goodnight & Go (Single)

10. Emily - Joanna Newsom - Folk - Ys

11. Sam's Town - The Killers - Rock - Sam's Town

12. Steal My Sunshine - Len - AlternRock - Go OST

13. This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan - R&B - This Is How We Do

14. Jesus Is Just Alright - Nick Andopolis & Millie Kentner - Rock - Freaks And Geeks Official Soundtrack

15. This Will Be Our Year - OK Go - Alt & Punk - Future Soundtrack for America

16. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - Classic Rock - The Wall

17. I Want to Break Free - Queen - Classic Rock - Greatest Hits

18. Bullet Proof...Wish I Was - Radiohead - Alternative - The Bends

19. I'll Be There for You · Rembrandts - Shola Ama - Hip Hop - Passion: Songs for Lovers

20. Day After Tomorrow - Tom Waits - Alt & Punk - Future Soundtrack for America

21. Down, Set, Go - Underoath - Hard Rock - They're Only Chasing Safety

22. Volcano Girls - Veruca Salt - Rock - Eight Arms To Hold You

23. There Goes My Baby - The Walkmen - Soundtrack - Stubbs The Zombie

24. That's Really Super, Supergirl - XTC - Rock - Skylarking

25. Modern Romance - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rock - Fever To Tell

26. Love Is My Religion - Ziggy Marley - Reggae - Love Is My Religion CD

Monthly A-Z Playlists - July 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is July 2007:



1. One Armed Scissor - At The Drive-In - Rock - Relationship Command

2. The Dull Flame Of Desire - Björk - AltElectronic - Volta

3. London Calling - The Clash - Punk - The Best of The Clash

4. The Bagman's Gambit - The Decemberists - AltFolk - Picaresque

5. Angeles - Elliott Smith - Indie - Either/Or

6. Tymps (The Sick In The Head Song) - Fiona Apple - Pop - Extraordinary Machine

7. Float On - Goldspot - Pop Rock -

8. My Piano - Hot Chip - Electronic - My Piano

9. Whispering - I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business - EmoRock - I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business

10. D.A.N.C.E.- Justice - Electronic - D.A.N.C.E. - EP

11. I Changed My Mind [ft. Kanye West] - Keyshia Cole - R&B - The Way It Is

12. Don't Speak - Leela James - R&B - A Change Is Gonna Come

13. Crazy In Love - The Magic Numbers - Folk

14. You Get What You Give - New Radicals - Pop - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed 2

15. Mr. Sandman - Oranger - Soundtrack - Stubbs The Zombie

16. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel - Rock - Hit

17. Somebody to Love - Queen - Classic Rock - Greatest Hits

18. 29 - Ryan Adams - Rock - 29

19. So Beautiful - Simply Red - Alternative - Greatest Hits

20. I Was A Lover - TV On The Radio - Alternative - Return To Cookie Mountain

21. When The Sun Sleeps - Underoath - Hard Rock - The Changing Times

22. Oh! Sweet Nuthin - The Velvet Underground - Soundtrack - High Fidelity Soundtrack

23. Icky Thump - The White Stripes - Rock - Icky Thump

24. Grass - XTC - Rock - Skylarking

25 I Luv It - Young Jeezy - Hip-Hop -

26. Legalize Marijuana - Ziggy Marley - Reggae -

Monthly A-Z Playlists - June 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is June 2007:



1. Schools Out for Summer - Alice Cooper - Classic Rock - Schools Out

2. Pioneers - Bloc Party - Alt Rock - Silent Alarm

3. Square One - Coldplay - Rock - X & Y

4. Respect Me - Dizzee Rascal - Rap - Showtime

5. Blinded By The Light - Electric Light Orchestra - Rock - The Essential Electric Light Orchestra

6. My Moon My Man - Feist - AltFolk - The Reminder

7. No Love - The Get Up Kids - EmoRock - Four Minute Mile

8. You Ride, We Ride, In My Ride - Hot Chip - Electronic - Coming On Strong

9. Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Hawaiian - Facing Future

10. If You Ever Need A Stranger (To Sing At Your Wedding) - Jens Lekman - Easy Listening - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog

11. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang - Soul - Legends Of Soul

12 Fly Away - Lenny Cravits - Rock - Best of Lenny Cravits

13. Bury Me With It - Modest Mouse - Rock - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

14. Sieze the Day - Newsies - Showtunes - Newsies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

15. That Thing You Do! - The One-Ders - Oldies - Songs For My Buddy Buddy

16. Young Folks - Peter Bjorn And John - Indie - Writer's Block

17. Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen - Classic Rock - Greatest Hits

18. Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones - Punk Rock - Mania

19. Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel - Classic Rock - Old Friends

20. Since U Been Gone/Maps - Ted Leo - Rock - UGO Interview

21. Where the Street Have No Name - U2 - Rock -

22. La Petite Fille De La Mer - Vangelis - Soundtrack - Stranger Than Fiction (Music From The Original Motion Picture)

23. Ask - Walter Walter - Pop - How Soon Is Now?: The Songs Of The Smiths By...

24. Funk Pop A Roll - XTC - Rock - Upsy Daisy Assortment

25. 85 [ft. Big Boi] - Youngbloodz - Rap - Against Da Grain

26. Today - Zero 7 - Electronic - The Garden

Monthly A-Z Playlists - May 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is May 2007:



1. Come Together - Annie - Pop - Anniemal

2. All Around The World - Boyz II Men - R&B - II

3. Dorothy At Forty - Cursive - Rock - Happy Hollow

4. Til The End Of Time - DeVotchKa - Soundtrack - Little Miss Sunshine
(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

5. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton - Rock - Unplugged

6. Brandy Alexander - Feist - AltFolk - The Reminder

7. Falling in Love With Love - Grant Green - Jazz - Jazz Masters Vol. 2

8. So Free - Hot Chip - Electronic - All Filler, No Killer

9. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube - Rap - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

10. I'm Gonna Find Another You - John Mayer - Blues - Continuum

11. Cayman Islands - Kings Of Convenience - Acoustic - Riot On An Empty Street

12. Kick, Push - Lupe Fiasco - Hip-Hop/Rap - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

13. Blackout - Muse - Rock - Absolution

14. Say It Right - Nelly Furtado - Pop - Loose

15. Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars) - The Oscar Petterson Trio - Jazz - We Get Requests

16. Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel - Rock - Hit

17. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen - Classic Rock - We Will Rock You

18. Remind Me - Röyksopp - Electronic - Melody A.M.

19. Reptilia - The Strokes - Rock - Room On Fire

20. Already Too Late? - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Rock - Mo' Living [EP]

21. Dubbing In The Back Seat - The Upsetters - Soundtrack - Stranger Than Fiction (Music From The Original Motion Picture)

22. Moondance - Van Morrison - Classic Rock - Moondance

23. Woman - Wolfmother - Rock - Wolfmother

24. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul - XTC - Rock - Skylarking

25. Benjamin - Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer - Classical - Appalachian Journey

26. Dirty Dancehall - The Zutons - Alternative - Who Killed...... The Zutons

Monthly A-Z Playlist - April 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is April 2007:



1. I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls - 80's - The Best of A Flock Of Seagulls

2. Heart Of Glass - Blondie - 80's - Greatest Hits

3. I Wear My Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart - 80's - The Best of Corey Hart

4. Fame - David Bowie - 80's - Best of Bowie

5. Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics - 80's - Greatest Hits

6. Waitin' For A Superman - The Flaming Lips - Art Rock - The Soft Bulletin

7. All Will Be Well - Gabe Dixon Band - Pop - On A Rolling Ball

8. And I Was A Boy From School - Hot Chip - Electronic - The Warning

9. Anna Molly - Incubus - Rock - Light Grenades

10. Gravity J- ohn Mayer - Blues - Continuum

11. Under the Ivy - Kate Bush - Rock - Hounds Of Love (Special Edition)

12. Never Let It Slip Your Hands - Loney, Dear - Alternative - Citadel Band

13. Dance Hall - Modest Mouse - Rock - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

14. Face: Face - Norma Jean - Hardcore - Solid State Vol. 4

15. Crazy Train - Ozzy Ozbourne - Rock - Battle for Ozzy

16. When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best of What's Still Around - The Police - Rock - Zenyatta Mondatta

17. We Are The Champions - Queen - Classic Rock - Greatest Hits

18. Jesse's Girl - Rick Springfield - 80's -

19. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor - Pop -

20. Advice for the Young at Heart - Tears For Fears - 80's - 20 Years Greatest Hits

21 .Sweetest Thing - U2 - Rock - The B-Sides 1980 - 1990

22. And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison - Classic Rock - Moondance

23. Don't I Hold You - Wheat - Soundtrack - Elizabethtown

24. Ballet For A Rainy Day - XTC - Rock - Skylarking

25. Tick - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rock - Fever To Tell

26 Moons And Horror Shows - The Zutons - Alternative - Who Killed...... The Zutons

Monthly A-Z Playlists - March 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is March 2007:



1. 4 - Aphex Twin - Electronica - Richard D. James Album

2. All You Fascists Bound To Lose - Billy Bragg - Easy Listening - Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg

3. Eat, Sleep, Repeat - Copeland - Emo - Eat, Sleep, Repeat

4. Cold Beer and Cigarettes - David Bazan - AltFolk - Fewer Moving Pieces

5. Day 6 - Explosions In The Sky - Rock - The Rescue

6. Mushaboom (Postal Service Mix) - Feist - Electronic - Open Season (Remixes And Collabs)

7. Best Won't Do - Ghostland Observatory - Elecno - delete.delete.i.eat.meat

8. Careful - Hot Chip - Electronic - The Warning

9. Pictures of Trees - Inlets - Blues - Vestibule EP [Luv012]

10. The Book Of Right-On - Joanna Newsom - Folk - The Milk-Eyed Mender

11. I'd Rather Dance With You - Kings Of Convenience - Acoustic - Riot On An Empty Street

12. And I Won't Cause Anything At All - Loney, Dear - Alternative - Loney, Noir

13. Roscoe - Midlake - Easy Listening - The Trials Of Van Occupanther

14. Always Love - Nada Surf - AltFolk - The Weight Is A Gift

15. Stalag 414 - Oscar Pettiford - Jazz - Jazz Masters Vol. 2

16. Bloods On Fire - Pinback - Folk Rock - Summer In Abaddon

17. Body Language - Queen - Classic Rock - Greatest Hits

18. Trouble - Ray LaMontagne - Folk - Trouble

19. Breathe Me - Sia - Electronic - Colour The Small One

20. Bleeding Powers - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Rock - Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead (Plus Solo)

21. All Because Of You - U2 - Rock -

22. Soft & Warm - Voxtrot - Rock - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives EP

23. The Hardest Button To Button - The White Stripes - Rock - Elephant

24. Ball And Chain - XTC - Rock - Upsy Daisy Assortment

25. Black Tongue - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rock - Fever To Tell

26. Zuton Fever - The Zutons - Alternative - Who Killed...... The Zutons

Monthly A-Z Playlists - February 2007

Each month, I make a playlist consisting of an artist of every letter of the alphabet. This is February 2007:



1. Moments In Love - Art of Noise - Daft - Electronic

2. The Pioneers (M83 Remix) - Bloc Party - Silent Alarm Remixed - Electronic

3. Fix You - Coldplay - X & Y - Rock

4. Billy Liar - The Decemberists - Her Majesty The Decemberists - AltFolk

5. Walls - Emery - The Weak's End - Rock

6. Breathe In - Frou Frou - Details - Rock

7. The Message - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five - - Hip-Hop/Rap

8. The Chip - Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip - Hip-Hop/Rap

9. Such Great Hights - Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle - Folk

10. Fire And Rain - James Taylor - Greatest Hits - Folk

11. Rose Of Sharyn - Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache - Metal

12. Knock 'Em Out - Lily Allen - Alright, Still... - Hip-Hop

13. Your Taste - Milosh - You Make Me Feel - Electronic

14. Carry On Tradition - NAS - Hip Hop Is Dead - Rap

15. Bad Town - Operation Ivy - - Ska

16. The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - Rock

17. Come On Feel The Noise - Quiet Riot - Greatest Hits - Hair Metal

18. Trouble - Ray LaMontagne - Trouble - Folk

19. It Was Supposed To Be So Easy - The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free - Hip-Hop/Rap

20. The Eraser - Thom Yorke - The Eraser - Electronic

21. Simple And Clean - Utada Hikaru - Kingdom Hearts II Soundtrack - Soundtrack

22. Für Elise - Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (Remastered) - Soundtrack

23. White Moon - The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan - Rock

24. Respectable Street - XTC - Upsy Daisy Assortment - Rock

25. Black Tongue - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell - Rock

26. This Fine Social Scene - Zero 7 1- The Garden - Electronic