A Brief Philosophy

Some people say, "What is art?" I believe art is anything that has emotion involved beneath the surface of something. It doesn't matter what it is, it's the emotion involved that makes it art.

A Little Poem

Longing, Sorrow

Are what is felt

To see the aspiration

And realize just how far

Gaze never straying

From such a distant

Powerful

Passion

Worry, Fear

That what is seen

What is desired

What is sought after

Is only a figment

Of all it was hoped to be

Scared to find that all the time

Spent longing was in vain

Even if success comes forth

Love, Hope, Faith

Are what holds the course firm

The belief that what is desired

Is what it was imagined

Hoped

Dreamed

To be.

The Advantages of Learning to Play a REAL Guitar as Opposed to Playing Guitar Hero/Rockband

At one point in my life, I was at a party, and like most parties of today, there was some Guitar Hero being played. People were showing off their fabulous skills that must have taken many hours to perfect. One instance I remember in particular was an exceptional fellow who was having problems because the projector was causing a delay, which hindered his ability to play. Nonetheless, he was able to complete "Through the Fire and Flames on the Expert difficulty setting. I myself am not a Guitar Hero/Rock Band expert, and I consider myself lucky if I am able to complete a song on medium in some cases. These people must have hundreds of hours of experience. They spend hundreds of hours perfecting an impressive skill that can only be applied under certain circumstances. At this point I began to wonder, what if all that time had been spent playing a real guitar? I myself have always been much more impressed by actual guitar playing rather than its virtual counterpart. It was this occurrence that prompted me to take up guitar playing. The learning curve for guitar is much steeper than it is for Guitar Hero/Rock Band, but the end result is much more rewarding, plus you don't need a TV, gaming console or plinky plonky plastic guitars to showcase your skills. All you need to have is a functioning guitar. plus, being able to play guitar allows you to play whatever music you want, rather than playing a pre-selected set of songs that cost you money if you wish to buy more. At this point in time, I am not a stellar guitar player. I also have not been playing very long, and you have to start somewhere, which is almost always the bottom.

Are The Jackal and Jack Carver the same person??

Back in 2004, a game was released called Far Cry. It's a first-person shooter that features large, luscious landscapes on a tropical island. The protagonist of the story is Jack Carver, who was going to go on vacation, and his boat was blown up, discovers that there is a mutant soldier project, and goes out to stop it, etc. Four years later, a game was released called Far Cry 2. this game, while it is indeed a sequel, is almost completely different from it's predecessor in every way. This installment takes place in an unnamed nation in Africa. You don't play as Jack this time around. So whats the connection between the two games? Well, the overlying objective in the game is to eventually supposed to kill a man named, "The Jackal", because he is an arms dealer making the region unstable. You encounter him several times throughout the course of the game, but you never actually complete your objective. He is remarkably similar to Jack Carver from the previous game. They are very similar in appearance, they both wear patterned red shirts, the list goes on. Also, the first Far Cry takes place in the future, while Far Cry 2 takes place in current times. At the end of Far Cry 2, The Jackal disappears. A while later, a man named Jack Carver turns up in the U.S., and not a lot is known about his past, which would make sense if he had been an arms dealer in Africa for a period of time. I believe that Jack Carver and the Jackal are one and the same. It would explain the connection between the two games, and why Far Cry 2 is a sequel, or rather, a prequel, instead of having a different title entirely.

Here we go!

Right now, I am sitting in class, and its pretty neat since i finished my Economics course in 3 days, so I'm just chilling in the computer lab for the rest of the semester! :)) So I thought, "Why not dig up my old blog?" "That's a very good idea", I replied, while onlookers stared at me with a mixture of hostility and curiosity. After I found my old blog and actually decided to use it for once, I noticed how my typing speed was significantly higher than it was at the end of my computer literacy class 2 years ago. "Wow, where did all the change occur?" I asked myself. The deduction I came to was that all the time i spent IM-ming my friends must have had some effect on that. Hmm, interesting..

Well, heres my blog! :))

This Blog was made like 3 years ago, and has since never been used, SO! now its gonna be used, and its going to showcase my thoughts, philosophies, observations, and random crap that nobody cares about, so while what you find here may not be very compelling or fascinating, thats okay because you don't have to read it! :))