You Can

I have been spending way too much time on youtube lately, but a related story was sent to my by my dad, and being the kind of person I am, I had to learn more. I found this touching video and had to fight back the tears as I watched it. It doesn't really explain the situation any, but the music choice and the imagines are heart warming.

The story is that of a man and his son who compete in races and triathlons together. The son, Rick, however, was born with the umbilical chord wrapped around his neck, causing no air to get to his brain and causing irreversible brain damage, and lack of control of limbs and motor skills. But Rick was very smart, and his parents could tell that. They figured out a way to let him communicate, using a computer. The racing started with a fund raiser 5 mile run for a disables teenager at Rick's high school. He told his father that he wanted to do that, and it grew from there. "When I run, Dad, it feels like I'm not disabled anymore," he told his father, which melted Dick's heart.

It's truly touching, how devoted this man is to his son. It's amazing that people are still good in a world that is so screwed up sometimes.

Genius Idea

So, as I was thinking about my flight in a week, and it occurred to me – what if they put a UP, Fed-Ex or USPS store/service station right outside where people go through security. There are people all the time that get things confiscated or have to throw them away because things are not allowed on airlines anymore. The shipping companies would make a killing with this, because people would be free to ship these items to themselves at the destination or back to their homes instead of just losing them all together. Not to mention, it would really help those people out, saving them the money loss of having to possibly buy this thing over again.

Just a thought.

Music

I think someone, be it God or someone else, is trying to tell me that I’m not cut out to be a musician. Between high school and college and extra-curricular things, I keep getting screwed over.

Music was pretty much my life in high school. I did English stuff too, of course, but music was the one thing that I was in non-stop all four years of my career. I was the vice president of the Tri-M my senior year, as well as a constant member of the marching, jazz and concert band. I never got an elected position at all in the four years of the band. I competed in tons of Solo and Ensemble competitions as well as honor bands, but I never saw anything from it. I was not even able to hold on to first or even second chair my senior year. And when the award season came up – I didn’t get any of the scholarships available, nor did I even get any of the recognition of outstanding anything in music. I dealt with this for a while, maturely and as much as I could. It hurt, but I took consolation in the fact that there were just people more dedicated and better than myself. Now, I want those things even more. I just wanted something in music – since it’s the thing that I thought I loved the most.

And now in college, I am in a feud with the Department chair of Music. There was a stupid misunderstanding and now I seem like an ass. I gave up a weekend to do something nice for them – And I’m not even a music major. I am doubling with a music minor with my journalism minor. Well, not anymore. This is just too stupid. I can’t stand getting taken advantage of anymore. I work hard. I always have been. I am not one to give up, but this is ridiculous. I am dropping the minor – staying in band and my lessons until the end of the semester and am still thinking on if I will pick them up in the fall or not.

The only reason I’m in them is for Ravens, and I got fucked there too. The mellos are always getting screwed, and things just don’t matter anyway. I don't know about Ravens yet, but I'll make that decision later.

So, whoever wants me to give up – whoever keeps sending me these messages – you win. I don’t care anymore. I’m through sacrificing things for music. It’s not worth it.

Cutest Girl Ever

This girl is ADORABLE. I was surfing youtube and found it and it made me smile huge!