How you guys been? It's been so long since my latest post. That's cause I got a surprise for you guys. A couple weeks ago my Birthday passed as some of you may already know. And my mom decided to have it celebrated in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It was an incredible trip which I of course have pictures of which I will be uploading to Facebook and imgur for those of you non-Facebook users. So yeah, going to Punta Cana was an amazing experience, I got to learn ho to surf, scuba dive, and experience some of the many things life has to offer. It was actually at the same time of Summatives which are BIG end of the year projects that are worth 1/3 of your final mark. I'm still glad I went to Punta Cana because it was DEFINITELY worth it, I got back just at the right time and I managed to finish all of my projects with surprisingly good results. And then shortly we had exams, which for some I didn't study at all but they were easy surprisingly. And not easy in the sense that I answered everything fast, but easy in the sense that I understood everything asked of me and I knew how to answer it all to my best ability. Well everything other than the stupid Math exam, but that's math :P So yeah, I got off easy with my vacation in terms of timing and coming back to school. Ok let's just continue this in the next paragraph.
It's been a great year overall, in terms of the school year. Grade 10 was the year I immersed myself just a bit more than I did in Grade 9. I joined Stage Crew, which is a BIG plus for me. Thanks to Crew I get to experience real life teamworking exerience where it counts on my scale, I have learned A LOT not only in terms of technical experience with lighting and sound but also with Stage Management and Stage Movement. Next year is going to be interesting because we'll only have around 5 people on Crew since all of the Seniors are leaving for University and whatnot. But I'm more than sure we will be able to pull it off thanks to Rachel and Adam which will be our Stage Crew Heads for next year and probably until all of us leave. Unfortunately we had a member of our Crew leave this year, but he's only Grade 10. This is because Seth is going to be attending an all boys school, still in Toronto but I'm afraid we won't be seeing him until maybe by the time Fashion Show rolls around. It's a bittersweet goodbye because we are all going to miss Seth A LOT, but we are all VERY happy for him that he has this kind of opportunity to go somewhere new and to an INCREDIBLE school. Seth has been a great addition to Crew. Him and his muscularness and skill has proved that he knows what he's doing when it comes to working on and off of Stage. The guy has a great sense of humour and isn't afraid to make fun of people for wearing deliciously sexy white pants ;) Seth will undoubtedly be missed, it's been one hell of a year man, we won't forget you! And my hat(s) go(es) off to all the Seniors leavin this year. Thank you guys SO much for teaching me everything you knew about the Auditorium and telling us about you past wild experiences, I couldn't have asked for a better year at Crew and it's all thanks to you guys. No year will ever match the year I had with you guys, I've learned A LOT not only in terms of Stage Crew but in terms of life experiences. Thnx4thememories.
The School year has just been a BIG learning experience for me. I changed my blog from a place where I rant to a place where I can just come and share what's new and happening and my opinion while controlling it at the same time. I entered NT Idol once again, but this time with my Loopstation which got me to the 2nd Round but unfortunately not the 3rd, that's my goal for next year. I grew as an artist in terms of music, lately I've been VERY proud of the songs I'm writing, because I am finally writing about what matters to me and not just creating hype. I'm still working on it, writing more and more, exposing myself to more and more music artists and new genres. It's a learning experience, I have NO idea where it'll take me but I'm hoping I'll go far with it. This Summer I'm planning to sell my VE-20 and buy a new RC-300 Loopstation and SYB-5 Bass Pedal so that I can finally have a proper layout. And I've also learned how to record in the Auditorium so I might be starting to release songs little by little. Maybe 1 every 2-3 weeks or even 1 per month or so. I've written A LOT of songs and I've thought out a beat for every single one of them but there's only a select few that I would be proud releasing. Thank God for Stage Crew, it's going to be a BIG advantage having the auditorium to use as my studio. My grades are also catching up, I'm starting to work a bit harder as every test goes by. I've also advanced in my Photograpy, this year I acquired a Nikon D3100 Digital Camera. I miss the riskyness and fun of film which I have NO doubt that I'll go back to soon but for now I'm still exprimenting with Digital which is quite fun. Flm Photography was a big part of my life, not only in terms og Photography, but because it was the best Summer ever and I managed to capture it in the best way: film. My relations with people have grown, I've been making more and more friends, and adding months worth of relations with other close friends that have been helping me so much and I cannot thank them so much for jut being themseles. And now, sitting in Russia with a cat on my lap, I feel very proud of the year that has gone by. I went through a breakup recently, missed A LOT of the school during the year for Stage Crew, made mistakes on Crew, but it has been one hell of an experience and I don't regret anything. Because from every bad thing and mistake I made I learned A LOT, it's been one hell of a year.
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you guys I'm at Russia right now. And the time is 13:37, we use 24-hr time here and it just so happens that it's 13:37 :D It's really nice here, nothing has really changed. There's a cat, a dog, and even a bunny!!! I'm going to get A LOT of great photography done while I'm here, I've already started to compile a hundred or so pictures and it's only my 3rd day here. So right now I have 2 surprises for you guys. The first is that I managed to write a song on the plane ride over to Russia which I shal post soon. In the middle of it I rant about N-Sync and boy bands and trashy music, but I scratched that because I realized that I'm done dissing other styles of music and whatnot. Yes you guys know my opinion on all of that but I just think it's better if I just do me and let them do what they do. That way I'm not super opinionated, which I learned through experience will get people to hate you really easily really fast. The second surprise is that since yesterday I have started a Travel Log in my little leather notebook that describes what happened on each exciting day. I'm not going to write about EVERY day, just the exciting ones. Otherwise I'll have around 20 worthless posts and only around 12 good ones which will be an imbalance and waste me precious time when I could be doing something fun! Oh yeah, and I came up with one of those Summer Reading lists, it's more like a list of books I started during the year but never finished :P My lists consists of: The Games (no, there's no Hunger in between the two words), Body Language, How to Win Friends and Influence People (I'm CONSTANTLY reading this book, it's too good to put down) and I'll probably find some more books to read soon. So yes, I will be posting the song below along with my Log for Day 1 of my trip. Song first, Log last because it's been too long since you guys have seen a song from me :)
24th of June 2012
Life Takes Flight
Chorus:
Breathe in breathe out
Now that's what I'm talking about
Breathe in breathe out
Let the flow hit the floor an let it run about
Breathe in breathe out
Take a seat, sip a drink, there ain't no need to shout
Verse 1
Life is complicated
We got tese Red Bulls and Vicadin to keep us medicated
People need to slow down and smell the Roses
Otherwise we miss the beaut and see the hopelessness
Derived from the needyness and the greedyness
From mankind's strive to be the best at this
This life is so full of beauty
This ride was meant to be for you and me
This mind that we all have is full of beauty
We can create, or destroy, or rebuild our city
Revolutionize, evolve from the child within
Our souls, our body, our minds
Just pieces of the puzzle in the scheme of our lives
Chorus X1
Verse 2
You must think you're so clever
Nobody's planned their life out and kept it all together
The beauty of this is the riskyness
Having never thought out who you're going to meet or even kiss
Adds the beauty and fun into our lives
When we really need to open up our eyes
And realie the path we're going down is full of lies
Our parents taught us all about morals and stories
So that they would keep us safe without any worries
From the future, the unknown state of negativity
And our struggle to reclaim the positivity
From this world that is rapily increasing
In chaos, population, revolution, and disagreeing
Reaching maximum speeds of sharing and relocatio
Our youth has become so numb to their sensations
They'll settle for anything with public consensus
We're so diracted by advertisements and entertainers
So we can never start aything new let alone get it
Done, that's what this life never is
We hve a growing amount of actions, jobs, skills hat we all miss
And sometimes we all unite and tether
To celebrate this life is better done when we're together
Chorus X2
I really hope you guys like that, please add a comment or two below this post and tell me what you think about the song or even on my etire post. I'd love to hear some feedback from you guys! So here's my Day1 Log for my Trip to Russia
26th of June
Vacation to Russia: Day 1
The flight was surprisingly great. No crying babies, chilled with my music, even managed to write a song I'm REALLY proud of. My Dad thinks my Russian has improved, for some reason he's right. "Call me Maybe" was on the radio today, funny how news ges around. Anyways, so far things are good. Getting good photography done, going places like the Moscor River on a Ferry :D, this Summer is only beginning. Shish Kebab for breakfast is something everybody should try, it's delicious!!! Also, never leave bunnies on furniture otherwise you might find yourself watching what looks like sitting when in actuality he/she is taking a crap. Going to be a great Summer, I might even do a little film photography if I get the time.
Alright guys, so that's my post for today. I think that's enough writin for one day :P I apologize that it's been so long since my last post, in all honesty I've been lazy. I just haven't taken the initiative to tell you guys what's been going on. But I think what matters more is that I finally wrote another post and that I'm going to keep you guy updated on my Daily Adventure!!! To conclude, it's been a great year overall, Stage Crew has been amazing, and this Summer is going to be incredible. Life is good :) Oh and by the way, I don't hav any featured artists, so instead I posted 8track links which are just as good if not better!!! So I guess it's time to Read it, Learn it, Live it, Love it, and Post it!
Cheers, MarkL
It's been a great year overall, in terms of the school year. Grade 10 was the year I immersed myself just a bit more than I did in Grade 9. I joined Stage Crew, which is a BIG plus for me. Thanks to Crew I get to experience real life teamworking exerience where it counts on my scale, I have learned A LOT not only in terms of technical experience with lighting and sound but also with Stage Management and Stage Movement. Next year is going to be interesting because we'll only have around 5 people on Crew since all of the Seniors are leaving for University and whatnot. But I'm more than sure we will be able to pull it off thanks to Rachel and Adam which will be our Stage Crew Heads for next year and probably until all of us leave. Unfortunately we had a member of our Crew leave this year, but he's only Grade 10. This is because Seth is going to be attending an all boys school, still in Toronto but I'm afraid we won't be seeing him until maybe by the time Fashion Show rolls around. It's a bittersweet goodbye because we are all going to miss Seth A LOT, but we are all VERY happy for him that he has this kind of opportunity to go somewhere new and to an INCREDIBLE school. Seth has been a great addition to Crew. Him and his muscularness and skill has proved that he knows what he's doing when it comes to working on and off of Stage. The guy has a great sense of humour and isn't afraid to make fun of people for wearing deliciously sexy white pants ;) Seth will undoubtedly be missed, it's been one hell of a year man, we won't forget you! And my hat(s) go(es) off to all the Seniors leavin this year. Thank you guys SO much for teaching me everything you knew about the Auditorium and telling us about you past wild experiences, I couldn't have asked for a better year at Crew and it's all thanks to you guys. No year will ever match the year I had with you guys, I've learned A LOT not only in terms of Stage Crew but in terms of life experiences. Thnx4thememories.
The School year has just been a BIG learning experience for me. I changed my blog from a place where I rant to a place where I can just come and share what's new and happening and my opinion while controlling it at the same time. I entered NT Idol once again, but this time with my Loopstation which got me to the 2nd Round but unfortunately not the 3rd, that's my goal for next year. I grew as an artist in terms of music, lately I've been VERY proud of the songs I'm writing, because I am finally writing about what matters to me and not just creating hype. I'm still working on it, writing more and more, exposing myself to more and more music artists and new genres. It's a learning experience, I have NO idea where it'll take me but I'm hoping I'll go far with it. This Summer I'm planning to sell my VE-20 and buy a new RC-300 Loopstation and SYB-5 Bass Pedal so that I can finally have a proper layout. And I've also learned how to record in the Auditorium so I might be starting to release songs little by little. Maybe 1 every 2-3 weeks or even 1 per month or so. I've written A LOT of songs and I've thought out a beat for every single one of them but there's only a select few that I would be proud releasing. Thank God for Stage Crew, it's going to be a BIG advantage having the auditorium to use as my studio. My grades are also catching up, I'm starting to work a bit harder as every test goes by. I've also advanced in my Photograpy, this year I acquired a Nikon D3100 Digital Camera. I miss the riskyness and fun of film which I have NO doubt that I'll go back to soon but for now I'm still exprimenting with Digital which is quite fun. Flm Photography was a big part of my life, not only in terms og Photography, but because it was the best Summer ever and I managed to capture it in the best way: film. My relations with people have grown, I've been making more and more friends, and adding months worth of relations with other close friends that have been helping me so much and I cannot thank them so much for jut being themseles. And now, sitting in Russia with a cat on my lap, I feel very proud of the year that has gone by. I went through a breakup recently, missed A LOT of the school during the year for Stage Crew, made mistakes on Crew, but it has been one hell of an experience and I don't regret anything. Because from every bad thing and mistake I made I learned A LOT, it's been one hell of a year.
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you guys I'm at Russia right now. And the time is 13:37, we use 24-hr time here and it just so happens that it's 13:37 :D It's really nice here, nothing has really changed. There's a cat, a dog, and even a bunny!!! I'm going to get A LOT of great photography done while I'm here, I've already started to compile a hundred or so pictures and it's only my 3rd day here. So right now I have 2 surprises for you guys. The first is that I managed to write a song on the plane ride over to Russia which I shal post soon. In the middle of it I rant about N-Sync and boy bands and trashy music, but I scratched that because I realized that I'm done dissing other styles of music and whatnot. Yes you guys know my opinion on all of that but I just think it's better if I just do me and let them do what they do. That way I'm not super opinionated, which I learned through experience will get people to hate you really easily really fast. The second surprise is that since yesterday I have started a Travel Log in my little leather notebook that describes what happened on each exciting day. I'm not going to write about EVERY day, just the exciting ones. Otherwise I'll have around 20 worthless posts and only around 12 good ones which will be an imbalance and waste me precious time when I could be doing something fun! Oh yeah, and I came up with one of those Summer Reading lists, it's more like a list of books I started during the year but never finished :P My lists consists of: The Games (no, there's no Hunger in between the two words), Body Language, How to Win Friends and Influence People (I'm CONSTANTLY reading this book, it's too good to put down) and I'll probably find some more books to read soon. So yes, I will be posting the song below along with my Log for Day 1 of my trip. Song first, Log last because it's been too long since you guys have seen a song from me :)
24th of June 2012
Life Takes Flight
Chorus:
Breathe in breathe out
Now that's what I'm talking about
Breathe in breathe out
Let the flow hit the floor an let it run about
Breathe in breathe out
Take a seat, sip a drink, there ain't no need to shout
Verse 1
Life is complicated
We got tese Red Bulls and Vicadin to keep us medicated
People need to slow down and smell the Roses
Otherwise we miss the beaut and see the hopelessness
Derived from the needyness and the greedyness
From mankind's strive to be the best at this
This life is so full of beauty
This ride was meant to be for you and me
This mind that we all have is full of beauty
We can create, or destroy, or rebuild our city
Revolutionize, evolve from the child within
Our souls, our body, our minds
Just pieces of the puzzle in the scheme of our lives
Chorus X1
Verse 2
You must think you're so clever
Nobody's planned their life out and kept it all together
The beauty of this is the riskyness
Having never thought out who you're going to meet or even kiss
Adds the beauty and fun into our lives
When we really need to open up our eyes
And realie the path we're going down is full of lies
Our parents taught us all about morals and stories
So that they would keep us safe without any worries
From the future, the unknown state of negativity
And our struggle to reclaim the positivity
From this world that is rapily increasing
In chaos, population, revolution, and disagreeing
Reaching maximum speeds of sharing and relocatio
Our youth has become so numb to their sensations
They'll settle for anything with public consensus
We're so diracted by advertisements and entertainers
So we can never start aything new let alone get it
Done, that's what this life never is
We hve a growing amount of actions, jobs, skills hat we all miss
And sometimes we all unite and tether
To celebrate this life is better done when we're together
Chorus X2
I really hope you guys like that, please add a comment or two below this post and tell me what you think about the song or even on my etire post. I'd love to hear some feedback from you guys! So here's my Day1 Log for my Trip to Russia
26th of June
Vacation to Russia: Day 1
The flight was surprisingly great. No crying babies, chilled with my music, even managed to write a song I'm REALLY proud of. My Dad thinks my Russian has improved, for some reason he's right. "Call me Maybe" was on the radio today, funny how news ges around. Anyways, so far things are good. Getting good photography done, going places like the Moscor River on a Ferry :D, this Summer is only beginning. Shish Kebab for breakfast is something everybody should try, it's delicious!!! Also, never leave bunnies on furniture otherwise you might find yourself watching what looks like sitting when in actuality he/she is taking a crap. Going to be a great Summer, I might even do a little film photography if I get the time.
Alright guys, so that's my post for today. I think that's enough writin for one day :P I apologize that it's been so long since my last post, in all honesty I've been lazy. I just haven't taken the initiative to tell you guys what's been going on. But I think what matters more is that I finally wrote another post and that I'm going to keep you guy updated on my Daily Adventure!!! To conclude, it's been a great year overall, Stage Crew has been amazing, and this Summer is going to be incredible. Life is good :) Oh and by the way, I don't hav any featured artists, so instead I posted 8track links which are just as good if not better!!! So I guess it's time to Read it, Learn it, Live it, Love it, and Post it!
Cheers, MarkL
