If You're Not Crying, Why Are You Singing?

During my days as a person, I have continually called upon a man named Jon Foreman for my bits of daily wisdom and musical satisfactions. (Did that make sense?) Anyway, the point is I think Mr. Foreman here is brilliant. Would you like to know how I know this? Watch the video at the top of this post.

Probably my favorite quote from that video is, "If you're not crying, why are you singing it?" More and more I've found this to be true. In fact, I find myself crying when I sing a song more often then not, even if the song isn't sad, and I think this is the measure of good music.

If a song doesn't make you cry, if it doesn't make you want to do something, anything, to change the world or who you are, it's not worth your time.

Believe me, there's plenty of music I listen to that doesn't make me cry, but the stuff that does is going to be around for a long time. This is the truth of the matter; a good song stirs your emotions. A great song makes them overflow.

See ya,
Nova

A New Look

That's right, I have changed my layout! Those wonderful pictures you see were taken by an amazing photographer named Susan Lloyd. I would czech her flickr photostream out if I were you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/susieq3c/

I have to go now. I promise to post some more later. Goodbye friends!

That's all, folks!
Nova.

My Donkey Is River Waffle Big Sausage Fat.

Now that that's out of the way...

My social studies teacher pisses me off. Why? During the lesson yesterday (I think it was yesterday) he said that the United States abolishing slavery virtually abolished slavery all over the world. He said that because of us there is no longer slavery. Anywhere. I wanted to punch him in the face. That is so wrong I don't even know where to begin, so I guess I'll start here: http://www.love146.org/ is a perfect example. Love 146 is an organization dedicated to stopping human trafficking. More specifically, child sex slavery.

Wait. What was that?

Did you say slavery? That can't be possible. He said slavery was gone! Well it isn't. While it may be illegal, it's still very much alive today. It's just to big a business to crack down on and eliminate.

The other thing he said though, really just backed up an opinion of mine that I've had for a long time. Americans are self-righteous and self-absorbed jerks. We were talking about the Declaration of Independence and Natural Rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness) and he said the reason we have troops stationed all over the world and the reason we are in Iraq is to protect those rights. That just plain angers me. In order to protect ourselves we have to go shove our noses into other people's business? Get over yourself, man! That's just a stupid thing to say. So we aren't in other countries to help them, we're in them to help ourselves. Go die in a whole, selfish people.

I have to go watch Simpsons now. (heh. weird transition)

That's all, folks!
Nova.

#beatcancer

Ebay/Paypal and MillerCoors are donating 1 cent per hashtag of #beatcancer. (On twitter, a hashtag is like a tag for your tweet, identified by #) This annoys me. Yes, cancer is a bad disease, but people are dying of other horrible diseases, too. The only reason people are so concerned with cancer is because it hits close to home. I heard once that "one death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic." That couldn't be more true. People know people with cancer, but no one knows a dying child in Africa who lives on no more than a dollar a day. I'm not saying it's wrong to support cancer research, it's a very worthy cause. All I'm saying is that there are plenty of other worthy causes no one seems to recognize.

That's it. I'm going to go eat some food. Awesome.

See ya,
Nova.

Like I Said Before,

I LOVE being ignored. Really. It's one of my favorite past times, you know. When I wake up in the morning, I think to myself, "I would love to get ignored today. That would be just fantastic." When I go to sleep at night I think to myself, "I hope I get ignored tomorrow!" The thing is though, I don't think I strike people as a person who needs much attention. I think people pass me off as one of those people who can take care of themselves with no outside influence, and while I can take care of myself, I'd like some people to show they care. Why? Because I'm a person, and people need other people. There is a level of interaction that needs to go on that isn't. I do things that I want to have attention brought to, and I want people to see what I can do. One of those things being my pictures. Another being this blog right here. Last but not least, my singing.
I love to sing, and I believe I have a voice. What angers me is when people don't recognize this. Not because someone has a better voice, but because they happen to have an emotional bias. Keep your relationship out of your music. That isn't where it belongs. Just because you are head-over-heels in love with her doesn't mean everything she does is perfect. Now get over yourself and your biases, because if you don't I won't be able to stand for it or you anymore.
And about my blog, I take pride in the mature and rational way I talk. Also the organized way I post and how you can tell I honestly thought this through. But who cares if I have something important to say? As long as people like you more and think you're more interesting.

I have to go to sleep now.

That's all, folks.
Nova.

Tomorrow's Just a Song Away

Song Away by Hockey is this weeks music video of the week this week. It gets replaced tomorrow so be sure to go download while you have the chance. The main reason I mentioned that video though is not because it's a good song (which it is) but because it's so insightful. Or, I really don't know how to describe it. You need to listen to the song to get the full effect. And it's not that I'm completely in love with it, it just hit a nerve. Not really hit, more like brushed. The kind where you turn around to look to see if someone bumped into you. I guess that's it.

In other music related news; I am downloading things like crazy. I think I'm currently up to
Forget and Not Slow Down - Relient K
Swoon - Silversun Pickups
The Bird and the Bee Sides - Relient K
Absence - Paper Route
Plans - Death Cab For Cutie
The Resistance - Muse
Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie
We Have Cause to Be Uneasy - Wild Sweet Orange
I'm really liking all of them, but I think this may just be a music overload, you know? I need time to associate myself properly with all of the songs and records and bands separately. While I have previous relations with some bands, each record is always different. I'll probably be listening to all these albums in a single playlist for a while, though, so I may be able to handle it. Also, I can't forget all the single songs I bought. But I won't mention those.

That seems to be enough for today. I'm going to go take my picture for Reflections.

That's all, folks!
Nova

I Love Being Ignored

Especially by my friends. It's as if I'm not interesting enough for them. And the only time they do pay attention is when i have something they want. Interesting. They're like almost every other person on the planet. I hate that people are so selfish and immature. The immaturity is the worst part. I'd like it better if people were selfish and mature, but it'd be better if people weren't either. The nerve of some people. Which reminds me; yesterday I was getting stuff out of my locker when this girl comes up to me and asks for food. [There is clearly visible food in my locker.] I looked at her and said, "[the box] is empty." That was a lie. Why did I lie? I didn't want to give her food! What on earth was she thinking? This is a girl who blatantly made fun of me in the sixth grade, and now she's asking me for food? Excuse me, but I don't like you. I'm not going to give you food. If I had said that, though, it would've been really mean.

On a lighter note, I'm home sick today and my sister is watching Ni Hao Kai Lan. That show has the cutest animated animals I've ever seen.

Aren't they adorable? You haven't even seen the elephant or the ants yet. I love them. And earlier, I was watching another show with Emily, and it was about animals that had wheels instead of feet. It was called Jungle Junction. It was amazing. Animals with wheel feet. Hahaha!\

That about wraps it up for me. See ya later kids.

That's all, folks!
Nova.

The Science of Silence

Some people annoy me. Most people annoy me. I have no follow-up for that. I have nothing to say today, really, nothing at all. I was told I should post again. Do I need to post everyday? No. So I don't. Mostly because I'm out of clever things to say.

In un-clever news, Brand New Eyes by Paramore came out last week. It's very good. Go out and buy it.

That is the extent of my typing today.

That's all folks,
Nova.