Thoughts (stolen from myspace blog)

Well Myspace has a built in blog, so might as well make use of it. I suppose I'll just use it to put my thoughts into writing, and to share it with whomever cares to read it.

One idea that has been repeatedly coming to mind recently is the need to be completely real. To be yourself no matter what the circumstances are, and the importance of this has become clearer to me as time passes. In life we do many things to accomodate for others, or to avoid trouble. I say being yourself is worth any temporary trifles it may cause. Because even though being yourself can at times cause trouble, the feeling you get when you know you have truly made a stand for who you are and what you believe in is one of the most empowering.

We can hide certain aspects of ourselves because they clash with what is acceptable but when you make yourself out to be something you're not, you'll begin to hate yourself. Sure you may fit in better and have a more active social life but, as the immortal Layne Staley put it, "when everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself" When we act like something we're not it makes us not like us, and when you're alone you have to anser to yourself.

Maybe even more important than that is the fact that you have to consider what you will be remembered as. Personally, I can firmly say that I will be remembered as a distinct individual, who stood up for his opinions and beliefs no matter what, but also listened to the opinions of others and took every chance possible to learn. I want to be remembered for who I am, and I know that I will be, what will you be remembered for?

First Blogger Blog!

It's a new day, (and a Friday at that!) and a new blog. Here lies a blog that will be filled with the machinations and oddities of my mind. Maybe even some link or videos to things that I find interesting. God forbid I may even include excerpts of some of my writing or projects I'm involved in from film to literature to music. Diversity is the spice of life after-all, but I can't help but wonder what the spice of death is...