I'm Back

Hey everyone, I'm SO sorry that I didn't get to post for 3 weeks. Let me explain. I decided to punish myself for not doing something so common sense that you'd have to be an asshole to pull off. And I had one of those moments where I was an ass. My mom didn't punish me so I decided to do it myself. I'm glad to be back and I've got TONS of new for you guys, which is why this post is gonna be EXTRA long just for the occasion!

First thing, I deleted my facebook recently. Let me explain, I was on facebook so much that it was taking over my time that I needed to use on something else. Like writing lyrics which I haven't done in a LOONG time. Or practising harmonica, or even reading which I do very little nowadays. Sadly. But anyways, why didn't I just sign on less? Because it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to do that. Once you have a good assignment and you're bored the first thing you want to do is facebook. 90% of us will say HELL YEAH!!! But the other lucky 10%, I bid you farewell on your journey on work. I just couldn't handle all the status updates and everything. I realized that it's just better to call people and Em@il them because it's more contact than Facebook. So from this day forward, I shall NEVER have Facebook ever again. I'll just stay on here and Em@il and I'll be awaiting your calls on my phone. If you think that what I did what stupid then that's you, but this is how I chose to live my life. If you don't like it then that's YOUR problem, not mine. Let's move onto the next big topic shall we?

I've been listening to beter music on a daily basis, I recently dug up some old Nickelback songs and Whiz Khalifa. I'll be posting them both on my blog as soon as this post is done. You may not like them, that's your choice. But this post is about my opinion, not yours, that's what the pages are for. I've been listening to Nickelback's song: If Everyone Cared. Straight from the title I can tell that it's going to be a compassionate song right from the heart. Which is what I'm looking for in the artists I listen to. Whether they write songs from the heart or from generic topics like money, drugs, babes and boobs. Then as the song progresses in the video I see stories of musicians and other famous people that fought what they believed in because it was the right thing to do. The song itself is half love song and half retribution. Here's a sample of the lyrics:
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed ther pride
Then we'd see the day, when nobody died
 Immediately I try to relate to these lyrics, at Don Mills if everyone cared there woudln't have been any fights or anything. But I'm glad that it did happen because if it didn't I wouldn't be thankful today for what school I go to. After being in a hellhole for 3 years it makes you think of NT as a haven for everything possible. The second line also relates to what I've been through. There wasn't as much loving as there was lying in my life. Sadly almost everyone I met has lied to me, and it wasn't just a little lie. It was more of a "I'm gonna cut myself if you don't fix my family problems" lie. Imagine if someone loaded you with their own life problems while you had to go through your own. Imagine how much of a torture that is, knowing that you can't fix something that is already broken but you try anyways and get no results. I'm just glad I'll never talk to that skuzzbucket (you know how hard it is not to swear? Eventually you have to make up words :) Then the 3rd line, one thing I was proud of at Don Mills was that we swallowed our pride when we needed to and we shared on a regular basis. If you had accomplished somethign big then you felt good and people around you congratulated you. Then it was over and done with, and that's the way it should be. It shouldn't last for 5 minutes, imagine how annoying that would be. That would be like watching the Titanic sink, sitting in the audience you're probably thinking "HOLY CRAP SING ALREADY!!!!!!!!" But that's just me. And the 4th and final line, is the truth by itself. If we did all of these things then human rights would would be celebrated everywhere and nothing would be taken for granted. But we all know that won't ever happen. Know why? Cause the world would be boring if it was like that, just think about it and get back to me. Now to rate Whiz Khalifa's - Young, Wild, and Free. In the song the chorus goes like this:
So what we get drunk
So what we smoke weed
We just having fun
We don't care who sees
So what we go out
That's how it's supposed to be
Living young, and wild, and free
Right off the bat I can tell that this song is going to be about drugs and freedom. I only uphold freedom, not drugs. I'll save that for College. But generally speaking the song is about going out with friends and hanging out and living free until you reach adulthood where you won't have enough time to do that stuff. I'm happy Whiz incorporated that message into the song, and not kept it all about drugs, and alcohol, and babes. That's not what makes music. Let's move onto the next topic shall we?

Before I deleted my Facebook account I managed to talk to a 12th grader which is a good friend of mine at NT. And I've been talking to him a while now about how Don Mills is better in some aspects and worse in toehrs. And he had this idea, that I should write an article for Graffitti (my school's paper) and since he has some connections in Graffitii he can help me edit it and possibly publish it. I'm going to be starting to write this article in around the beginning of April, and by late May (hopefully by the 19th) I'll have it written. I'll be sure to post it on this blog when I'm finished it so don't worry, you guys will probably get the first look on the article.  I'll post the 2 versions, undeited and edited so that you can see the major differences and hopefully add your own CONSTRUCTIVE criticism.

I think that that's all the stuff I can write today, I'm hopefully going to be coming up with some of my own lyrics sometime soon. Hopefully by next week I'll have them done and they'll be posted by then. I might be making my own version of someone elses lyrics in the future, but I like doing my own stuff rather than using somebody elses. By the time you've finished reading this I've already posted all my videos and you can go check them out. Remember that if you have a review to post then make sure to do so in the comments or inbox me. Or even contact me by Em@il which is: mlofichenko@hotmail.com. Oh and if you have any of your own stuff to post that you'd like to see on my blog then Em@il me a pic or a text document or whatever it is that you have that you'd like to share and I'll make sure it gets up on my blog. Until next time: Read it, learn it, live it, love it, post it.

Cheers, MarkL

P.S. it feels SOO good to finally say that!

JB's birthday and some other stuff

Hey everyone, how you guys doing? No seriously, I want you guys to answer that in the comments. I'm doing great, thanks for asking. Currently listening to "I Made It" by Cash Money Heroes. I suggest that you listen to this song after you have accomplished something big. It just raises my spirits to listen to this song after overcoming a big obstacle no matter what it is. I recently finished my science project WITHOUT my project partner. Oh and here's another tip for you guys that have chosen bad project partners and they're not doing any work, well then continue working on the project by yourself. I mean what else can you do? Sit and complain and hope it gets better? Ok once you finish doing that let me know how that goes for you. Well now that the intro is done let's move onto an acutal topic shall we? Justin Bieber's birthday is today, WAIT, just keep reading and don't touch that X button on your internet browser. The point of this post is to talk to you guys about him. if you don't know him then here's a little bio: he's a 17 year old popstar which gets all the girl, clothing, and money. In other words he's the EXACT opposite of me. Now 90% of guys that know him don't like him or his music, I'm not sure about the percentage (we're probably looking at 1%) And here's the problem with that. I don't like his lyrics but his beats are good in his songs. Like I've mentioned before I only listen to some songs because of their beat (this doesn't include JB, but when someone playes one of his songs I like the beat) But I don't like the lyrics of his songs. He's writeen many songs about how he wants a girl, or how he wants a girl back. Ok Justin, what are you doing writing songs when you can be getting that girl that you sing about millions of times over? Justin, I give you much respect for your dance skills, and you can sing well (not VERY well, but he can sing) But I don't respect how you ruined music. Music ain't about writing lonely songs (yes I know he wrote Never Say Never, but how many times has that been done?) Literally MILLIONS of musicians have written about lonelyness and getting girls and never saying girls. Music is about expressing yourself and writing something original, and bringing your A game to the business. Justin is not only not doing any of the above, but he's being VERY repetitive. MANY artists have sang about love and lonelyness. Some of them had an original sense and VERY original sense. But many artists have been writing songs today for money, they've also done it in the past but now it's become a MUST in the music industry. What I'm trying to say is that you can't hate a person unless you know them for who they are. You can only hate what they do, like what they sing or what they write. But that's only if you don't know the person, and I'm sure that many of you have NEVER met JB in person and talked to him. And if you're reading this Justin, you have to understand that your lyrics are awful, you can do so much better. You just haven't realized your full potential. Look at Black Eyed Peas's past songs like Union, those were SUCH good songs. But like you Justin Bieber, they too started singing about clubs and girls and were making TONS of money because of that. That's my present to you Justin: my opinion on you. The most valuable thing I could give you, and because I can't give you musical genius for your bday that's all I had at the moment.


I'm taking a suggestion that someone recently put in the comments section. The suggestion was that I should put an indent every time I write a new idea in my posts. I just don't know why you people never told me any of this earlier, that's what the damn comments section is for. Guys, I can't stress enough how much I want your opinions. My blog isn't just a place for me to share mine, it's your space too. That's what I made the pages for, I want to see what stuff you guys write, what you guys draw, or what opinions you guys have. I know how important it is to share your opinion, and that's the opportunity I'm giving you guys. I never had the opportunity to share my opinion for a LONG time without being judged, so this is a space for you guys to share your opinion. It may not mean anything to you but to me I would LOOOVE to have that kind of opportunity and space to share what I do best. Ok let's get onto the topic at hand, reading my blog. Recently my friend told me that he speed reads my blog. I was glad and sad at the same time. Glad because he read my blog, and sad because he speed read it. Here's a question for you guys: why does an author write a book? He/she write it because they want you to read it word for word and cover to cover. That's EXACTLY how my blog works. I want you guys to read it word for word, otherwise you would miss ALL of the important parts. Like how much I want you guys to write comments because it keeps me going, or how much I want you guys to submit your stuff to: mlofichenko@hotmail.com And if you guys keep speed reading then it won't get you as far in life as real reading would. When you speed read it's more efficient, but you lose most of the important parts in the text and skip the parts you'll need to understand the rest of the writing. So please don't speed read my blog, I write alot for a reason. I write my blogs for you to read EVERY single word because it takes me a long time to write these blogs. Which is what makes them so significant. Well I guess that's all for today's post, I'll be sure to write another one tomorrow or possibly 2. Just be sure to send me your stuff to: mlofichenko@hotmail.com and comment on my posts because you guys know how much I want you guys to comment and how much it means to me. I'll see you guys later, for now just :Read it, learn it, live it, love it, and post it!

Cheers, MarkL