August 24th, 2009! I turn 19 today. Can't say that I'm too excited. School starts for one of the community colleges I go to today also. I don't really have any plans. My friends are supposed to take me out later in the week I think, but it's a surpriiiiise.

Two posts ago I said that I was going start blogging here again, then I made only one post after that. I guess I lied!

Or at least be more tolerant of others preferences. My Psychology of Women class watched a movie called "Hip Hop: Beyond Beat and Rhymes." It detailed all the problems most people hear about rap music. Hyper masculinity, violence, degrading women etc. I didn't have a problem with what was being said because I agreed with most of it. It was the discussion about the movie later on that bothered me.

I'm a very quiet guy and I never share my thoughts in class, but listening to other people bugged me a little. I get this feeling that when people watch videos like this one they label all rap as bad, which is really unfair. Although Pink Floyd is my favorite band (for now at least), underground rap is my favorite music genre. I think the reason I get so upset about it is because underground rap was really important to me. When I first started high school I constantly felt like crap and then I started listening to underground rap. It instantly became the best part of my day. No matter how bad I thought my day was, I could come home, listen to some music, and I would feel alright.

From the end of my freshman year of high school until about two months ago I listened to only underground rap. That's almost four years. Obviously I got tired of it and decided to try some new stuff. I started listening to a little heavy metal and some jazz and I really liked some of the stuff I heard. Then I came across Pink Floyd. I've never liked and artist/band this. Its kind of bad because 90% of the songs I've listened to in the past month were Pink Floyd. Anyway, the point is, if you only listen to one genre try some new things and you might be very pleased.

It's been almost a year since I've been active on this site. I recently stated posting in OT again, but I haven't written a blog yet. Hopefully people actually read this stuff I was looking at some of the blogs I wrote in the past and it was really......trippy I guess. I used to have such a different sense of humor that I liked way more. I've changed a lot actually. I don't know what happened! Recently my friend showed me a really funny convo we had on AIM 3 years ago and I was really surprised at my own weirdness. Looking at my posts have also been kind of upsetting though because some of them talk about high school. I know people say you shouldn't have regrets but I really regret the way I handled what could have been a great education. I never worked hard in high school and I'm suffering for that now. I know I have the intelligence to succeed, its work ethic that I'm lacking. Wow. Getting way off topic. I guess I can give some background info about myself. I'm 18 years old and I live in Southern Cali. I'm in my first year of college. Unfortunately I'm stuck at a community college because I slacked off in high school. (I'll probably complain about this often) Now that I think about it I don't really have many hobbies I like to play basketball and just hang out with friends but that's about it. I don't really even like doing anything with my friends. I just enjoy talking to them. We're all extremely close so we can talk about anything. I'm really open with them (I'm pretty open with everybody actually. Especially when I'm talking late at night for some reason)

I used to love playing video games but not so much anymore. My 360 broke a year ago and I never bothered to get it fix because it wasn't the RRoD and I would have to pay to get it fixed. I still play every now and then though but I'm not nearly as into the gaming world as I used to be. My favorite music genre is underground rap, but my favorite band is Pink Floyd. I'll also listen to jazz and heavy metal on occasion. I just recently started exploring genres though so hopefully I can find more stuff that I enjoy. Eh that's enough background. People will find out more about me as I continue posting blogs I guess. If you guys and gals have any questions then ask away! As a matter of fact, I demand you ask.

EDIT: Why does it separate some paragraphs and not others?! GAH!