Is It Just Me, Or Do I Just Have A Weird Taste In Music??

"Where Words Fail, Music Speaks."

One Summer's Day - Spirited Away

As a child, I wasn't really one of those kind of kids who really invested their time on solely watching TV shows; like Arthur, Sponge bob, the Magic School Bus, and all those other popular shows on PBS Kids, I was more like STUDIO GHIBLI and as the director Hayoa Miyazaki was probably one of my favorite role models, while for other kids my age it would have been Bob The Builder, or someone like that. I watched many films of his, like did you hear the one with tiny little people; Arrietty, or did you ever watch Ponyo. Some of the popular ones like My Neighbor Totoroa and Princess Mononoke. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6RCTw415n8

I Miss You - Clean Bandit

For me especially, this song I would say it was really similar to the situation when my family and I had moved during the middle of when I was a 4th grade, and it wasn't the type of move that moved you a few blocks from your old street, it was the kind where it would take you about 1 hour to drive to go back and visit, because of this I felt incredibly awkward and really alone, the weird looks people gave me, I literally had no where to fit in too. it was a really hard time for me, but things started getting better. I had met and talked to interesting people, though  no matter what there was never a time I forgot about my old friends, old neighbors, old house, old school, and teachers. I never forgot them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VKIm0sWW4U

One Punch Man - JAM Project

I'm sure you all already know how I am just a fan of Anime. Watching. Listening. Binging. You name it. I just love Japanese culture. It's interesting on how in America we call it "Comics" (I would say that's a really boring way to put it.) while the Japanese call it "Manga." I really do find it really cool. So anyway I just finished this particular anime a few days ago, and decided to put this up as one of my songs. Though I may not have the super power strength as Hero Saitama, this anime after finishing it was a really fun experience. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atxYe-nOa9w

Dinosaur - AKMU

This is probably one of my newest songs, and probably one of the songs that I've been playing a lot and frequently these days. If I were to give a synopsis or review of this, I would say it's one of those rare/ and unique songs. Oh and did I tell you that this particular song will probably not make any sense to you except for maybe about 1 or 2 of you who do ever get a chance to actually to read over this, now for the people who can't I'll give you another link for the English translations. (Your Welcome) OOOh I've got a good one, so I'm just going to assume you looked through the lyrics and as well as you may not know it, life can give you many surprises, kinda like life giving poor kids dreams of random dinosaurs, and trust me I had some weirder dreams then dinosaurs. Going through wierd dreams?? If you want you can comment below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPbvdvEfA8 

https://popgasa.com/2017/07/20/akmu-dinosaur/ English Translation

Death Was Arrested - North Point Inside Out/ Seth Condrey

This is a God- related type of song. If any people are still confused, I will clarify: I am a Christian. (Oh my gosh Sharon's a Christian, like oh my gosh..) I'm guessing that's probably what you were saying or at least thinking. Please calm yourselves. And yes I am a Christian. Going back to what I was saying; I could have chose many other songs for this, but for me I think this song really almost showed it all.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMsMiluCUUI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H80dzOPQAI J-Gen

                                                                     

"Awaken."

I opened my eyes, feeling like I'd heard someone's voice. It was dark. Nighttime, maybe? But not pitch black. There were lights. Fire. Above him. Some kind of lightning. Candles, it looked like. Small ones fixed to the wall. Not just one, but many, spaced evenly, continuing as far as I could see.

          Where was this place?

           It was kind of hard to breathe.

I tried touching the wall, it was hard and rocky. This was no wall. It was just bare rock. No wonder my back was sore after lying against it. My butt hurt, too.

           Maybe I was in a cave.. A cave? Why would I be in a cave...? Those candles were pretty high up. I might be able to reach one if I just stood; that was how high they were. Moreover, they didn't even give off enough light for me to see my own hands and feet. But I sensed the presence of others nearby. Listening closely, there was a faint noise that sounded like breathing. Humans? What if they weren't? I might be in trouble. But they sounded human, somehow. 

         "Is anyone there?" I asked hesitantly. 

         "Uh, yeah," a man's voice shot back. 

         "I'm here called another response, likely that of a woman. 

         "Another mans voice gave a short, "Yeah."

         "I figured as much," another person added. 

          How many of us are there?

         "Should we count?"

         "And...where are we anyway?"

         "Dunno..."

         "What? Doesn't anyone know where we are?"

         "What's going on?"

         "What is this?

Seriously. What the hell was this? What was I doing in a place like this? And why? How long had I been here? I clutched my chest tightly as if trying to claw something off of it. I had no clue what was going on. Why was I here? When I began to consider the situation, something began to tug at the back of my mind. But it suddenly vanished before I could latch onto it. I didn't know. I didn't know anything. I was a complete loss. 

       "Sitting here won't solve anything," said one man in a low, husky voice.

There was a sound, like someone stepping on pebbles. It sounded like the man had stood up. 

       "Going somewhere...?" a woman's voice asked. 

       "Following the wall," the man answered. "Going to try heading towards the light." The man's tone was surprisingly calm.

Wasn't he scared? Why wasn't he shaken up by this? The man was now beneath the second candle from him and he seemed very tall. How could make out a bit of the man's head in the candlelight. The men's hair wasn't black. Was it...silver?

       "I'm going, too," the woman said.

       "Me too, I guess," a man's voice said.

       "H-hold on, guys! I'm coming, too, then!" called another man.

      "There's the other direction too," said yet another person. 

The voice sounded slightly high-pitched, but it was probably another male.

       "We can probably go that way. There's no candles though." The silver-haired man said, "If you want to go that way, be my guest," and started walking.

It looked like everyone would be following the silver-haired man. I had better go too, then, I thought. I stoop up hurriedly, not wanting to be left alone. I nervously stepped forward, keeping a hand on the rock wall. The ground wasn't smooth. It was uneven but easy enough to walk on. There was someone in front of me and someone behind. I didn't know who, though. Judging by their voices, nobody here was all that old. I don't any of these people...at least, I don't think so, I thought. Who were the people I knew? Acquaintances. Friends. But just exactly who were they? Strange. I couldn't think of anyone. No, it was more like whenever I tried to work backwards from the faces that did some to mind, they would suddenly vanish. I didn't know. It didn't just happen with friends. Family, too. It wasn't that I didn't know them at all. It was more that I ought to have known them, but I was forgetting.

       "Maybe it's best to think about it," I said out loud.

       "Did you..." asked a voice from behind. Definitely a girl's voice. "Did you say something?"

       "No, it was nothing-"

I stopped. Nothing important? Really? Nothing important? How was it not important? I shook my head to clear it. At some point, I seemed to have stopped walking. I should continue on, I thought. I needed to keep walking. It was better not to think about it. The more I tried to remember, the less I felt like I knew. The row of candles continued. There was no end in sight. How long had I been walking? Had I walked a long way or not? I couldn't say which. My sense of time and become dulled. 

         "There's something here," said someone up ahead. "It's bright. There are...lamps?" The silver man said, "It's an iron grate."

         "D-do you think it's the exit?!" exclaimed a different man, his voice shrill and excited. 

The sound of the heavy footfalls lightened. Even in the dark, I could tell that everyone was hurrying ahead. I could see the light sources now. They were much brighter then the candles have been. Those were definitely lamps. Were they hanging on the wall? The lamps were illuminating what looked like an iron grate. The silver-haired man grabbed the iron grate. Not only was his hair silver, the man was dressed like a gangster. He shook the iron grate violently-like a gangster would-and it began to move.

         "I'm opening it," the gangster called, pulling the grate inwards. 

With a creaking noise, the iron grate door opened.

         

One Year = 365 Opportunities

(In case if your wondering, this is the New Years post, I'll do the one with Christmas later.)

Ah. So it's another new year. And of course we are all caught up in making those so-called resolutions, and oh don't forget about those random bursts of enthusiasm, and it's not just you, it's people all around us who take part in it too, there also times when you might go through public activities that might even cause your own friends to feel puzzled. "We may also find ourselves bearing witness to surprising commands and seeming self conscious new years manifestos whereupon we are summoned to behold what changes may come - resolutions for impending dispositions, impossible diets, and impenetrable forces of of discipline." If you're anything like I am, you might have mixed feelings about New Year's resolutions. It seems like a natural time to make important changes. It's like a universal pressing of the "reset" button. Maybe that's why 45% of Americans make New Year's resolutions in the first place. But here's the thing, only 8% of us are successful in achieving them, from this point, we could all agree it's just not that simple when dealing with these resolutions.