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This is the first blog I've ever had! You'll have to bear with me because I'm still learning how to do this whole thing. I'll admit that it's bit of a mess right now. I started blogging for "The Soundtrack of Your Life"  and I couldn't just let it end there! I don't think there's any point in keeping a separate blog for all of the blogging groups I want to join. I'm going to keep them all in this one so I can grow into an eclectic pot of confusion.What you'll find here:  My opinions on everything. Blog prompts for various groups. A different song everyday that means something to me. Experiences I've had in lifeWARNING This blog is rated GC and will contain offensive language, stories, and opinions. Please don't read if you're easily offended! My intentions aren't to offend anyone, so trust my warning and turn back now or forever hold your peace!  Things I'll be using this blog for:  "The Soundtrack of Your Life"  "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"  "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" I want to hear from you! As I mentioned before, this is my first blog. I'd love to hear from anyone who reads this. Leave a comment, rating, or review. Let me know what you like to read about. Have a suggestion for me to write about? I'd love to hear it. The best thing about a blog is the exchanging of opinions between bloggers and readers. I want to keep us all interested. Plus, it's just nice to get a little love sometimes. Let's get to know each other.   Charlie ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only **   ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only **
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Artist: Langhorne Slim Album: The Way We Move Song: The Way We Move [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] Lyrics I figured I'd try to get this done a bit earlier since I have such a busy day ahead of me today. I'm not getting done half as much as I'd like to on here, but I don't have as much time as I'd like to either. I'm sure you guys understand. Real life just takes precedence because it's super important and all that. I'm not sure when my next full day off from work will be, but it most likely won't be until the middle of next week, and that's if I'm lucky. It's getting so warm out now and I love to stand outside and feel the sun and the warm breeze. I've been walking a lot instead of driving, just out of pure enjoyment of the season. Every time I go to look at an apartment, they want us to drive to the model apartment and it's usually like across the street from the clubhouse. I'm not sure what people's aversion is to walking outside, but if I were working at a apartment, I'd enjoy the fresh air. Or maybe I wouldn't. That was kind of a stupid thing to say. How do I know what I'd do if I worked at an apartment complex? ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 9, 2014 Prompt: Whats the most dreadful, or wonderful, experience youve ever had as a customer? How could it have been better or worse? Well, I'm trying to think of a single customer service story that has even stuck with me and I can't really think of one, so that's not a good sign. Um, really, I just try to be a pleasant person to deal with in every situation involving customer service. I assume that they've already dealt with demanding people all day, so I try to get in and out and not expect too much. Honestly, the worst customer service I've had is in hospitals. I know that's not what we'd typically think of when talking about customer service, but it is a patient service job at the very least. People like me don't get treated very well by nurses especially. I'm not sure why, and of course, that's a wild generalization that is inexcusable. But I find it to be the case often for me at least. I've had everything from nurses telling me I'd be better at starting my own IV because of my track marks to nurses telling me that they're "not going to feel sorry for me" when I'm going through withdrawal. I think it's sad that people dedicate themselves and their lives to that job and others have no interest in actually helping people. They're just there for the paycheck. It's one job where I think you need to have some compassion. Yeah, it would be great if there weren't people addicted to drugs, being sick while you're at work, but that's the job. You don't always get to deal with the "innocent" patients who don't deserve to be there.   ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 9, 2014 Prompt: The wind has been blowing here in Las Vegas for the past several day. Write a story or poem about a seasonal wind. I don't know much about seasonal wind or writing poems on the spot. I fail at this prompt.  I've been on beaches before though and they're always windy. I don't really like the wind that much. I mean, I'm cool with a light breeze. I really like warm breezes, which I don't think most people like. I don't like when it's really windy though and my hair's flying everywhere. Don't tell me to get a haircut! I refuse.  Kira is getting her hair cut Monday and then mine will be longer than hers.I'm getting off topic here though. The point is, I probably couldn't live somewhere with heavy seasonal winds because I don't like the way it feels when I'm out in it. Plus, then Kira wouldn't wear skirts because she'd be too afraid they'd blow up in the wind. She has this weird thing where she'll check the MPH for the day and that determines whether she wears shorts or a skirt. Hey, I like skirts! In the belly of the whale In my bedroom I can’t sleep And all my friends got crooked tales That’s the way I like it, That’s the company I keep |
| ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** 30DBC May 8, 2014 Prompt: You have just recognized the girl or guy in the elevator with you. She/he is the person you loved from afar in high school but never asked out. The elevator stops between floors. You two are alone and stuck for at least an hour. What do you do? Welllll... Are you sure you wanna know?   *nudgenudge*No, but really, I've never loved someone from afar before. I was honestly only in high school for a couple of years and I've never been the type to develop crushes on people that I don't personally know really well. I do know that one of my friends in school was totally in love with a girl from my Music Theory class that he had never spoken to. I thought it was the weirdest thing because he'd get all clammy and start stuttering if I even brought up the fact that he should just go talk to her. Life's too short for all that, in my opinion. I don't try to win people over. If I have a thing for a girl and she's not into it straight away, I'm not going to spend my time trying to make her "see the light". Plus, the couple years I was in school, I used to hang out with a whole group of friends, guys and girls, and it was a lot of fun. I spent pretty much all of my time with them when I wasn't in school. There was a girl there who was an artist. You could name anything off the top of your head and she could sketch it up in minutes with realistic detail and everything. I thought she was the coolest, but I wasn't attracted to her, so I didn't really pursue it. It would be so cool to run into her in an elevator now though because I haven't seen her in so long. I'd ask her to draw me up a Blogging Banana Bar or something cool like that. Oh, plus, I'm married, so I'm definitely not into getting myself in trouble with past flames.  |
Artist: Built to Spill Album: There's Nothing Wrong with Love Song: Car [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] Lyrics Does anyone know if Fivesixer  is around? Or is he still waiting to upgrade? I haven't seen him in like a week. Never mind, found him. So, I'm going to have a busy weekend of house hunting again. We're looking at houses, apartments, townhomes... Whatever we can find really. I figure you might as well check out every avenue before making a decision. Man, if only our rent wasn't going even higher here. I'm gonna miss this place. The good news is, I'm getting over being sick, or I think I am at least. My head doesn't feel like there's a train on it, so that's always a positive in my book.** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 8, 2014 Prompt: What are your plans for the summer? Well, you just heard some of them. June is probably going to be a busy month for me. I'm moving and, yes, still planning to go to rehab after the move is finished. I don't know what's going to end up happening, but I'm still keeping my hopes high that I'll make the right decision when the time comes. I don't know. I guess you just do what you can and let the chips fall where they may. It's easy now to say that I'll go and everything will be cool, but that's because I'm not without it right now. Whenever I'm high, I always make these grandiose plans about how I don't need it anymore and I'm really going to make a change "once and for all".  Ah, words are words are words.Other than that, I've got some concerts I'm planning on going to, if I'm able. I have a couple trips planned as well, but I have a feeling a lot of this won't actually happen. I mean, I have to make a choice of what I'm going to do this summer, but it's probably going to be a rough one. Cheers to living in the moment!   ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 8, 2014 Prompt: Has something simple (for instance a smile) ever changed your entire attitude or mood or both? Tell us about it. I do think this has happened before to me. I've worked customer service jobs before and you never know the difference an exchange of smiles can make. When someone is having a bad day or when you're having a bad day, a simple gesture of kindness can be the only thing you need to brighten up their day or for them to brighten up yours. I can't think of a specific incident, but I kind of just hold this as a general rule in life. I like to treat people well until they give me a reason not to. I wanna see it When you get stoned on a cloudy breezy desert afternoon I wanna see it Untame itself and break its owner I wanna see it now |
| ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** 30DBC May 7, 2014 Prompt: Nobody knows that I . . . Oh, boy. YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH. Sorry. That had to be done. This is a kind of hard prompt for me because I have shared so much here that I never thought I actually would. Man, I shouldn't have shared so much because then I'd have a super awesome response to this and everyone would be like, "Whoa, dude. No way!" Wait a minute. Are you in on the GoT challenge? I'm onto you. "Oh, yeah, let's have everyone share something that no one else knows about them." Well, guess what? It's not gonna work. No way. Uh-uh. Okay, so maybe I'm just buying myself time. I'm going to keep this lighthearted. No one knows that I secretly like really horrible chick flicks. Not even Kira knows that. She'll want to watch them and I groan about it, but I enjoy it. I ENJOY IT EVERY TIME. |
Artist: Father John Misty Album: Fear Fun Song: Nancy From Now On [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] Lyrics I'm having, like, a really shitty week. My energy is just drained and I'm not getting anything done that I need to get done. I've been sick on top of that, so it's just a lot of negativity right now. I feel like I'm being thrown all this negative energy and I'm trying to convert it into something positive, but I don't really have the time to do that with being so busy and sick. I'm trying to take things just a little bit at a time, because if I get too overwhelmed, I know I won't get anything done and everything will be even worse. I've been working double time because I have something I need to get done in the next few weeks and I realized I'm not where I should be with it being this far along in the project. The worst part about having a bad week is that I feel like I have misguided resentment at those around me. Like, "Oh, because I'm so busy, sick, and stressed out, you're getting on my nerves now." I don't want to treat people poorly because of things that they have no part in. I just feel like I'm the type of person who doesn't give more than they take, so I can hardly stand it when I feel like people are taking, taking, taking from me and giving nothing positive in return. Everyone should pay their dues and it will make everyone a lot happier. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 7, 2014 Prompt: Write about a book that you recently read that stayed with you after you closed the last page. I haven't read a full novel in a long time. I'm trying to even think of the last one I read. I don't have much in the way of an attention span anymore, so I tend to read poetry and short stories more. I'll basically read anything I can finish in one sitting or I know I won't pick it back up. I did read Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King a couple months ago, which was really fun for me. My family used to watch the movie quite a bit when I was younger, along with Misery. Now that I think about it, those are kind of weird movies for a family to watch together. I'm not sure if my parents liked Kathy Bates or if they liked Stephen King? Hmm...Anyway, it was really interesting to read the book after watching the movie so many times in my youth. It was cool to compare the book and the movie. I kind of liked the movie because it was based in my home state, too. Of course, Stephen King and I are also from the same state. What I really love about Stephen King is the way that he creates characters that have more depth than the average person I meet in real life. He has such a knack for creating sympathetic characters that you half hate and half feel terrible for. I don't have to tell you guys why a Stephen King book would be enjoyable to read and would stay with you after you finished reading. I don't think I've seen anyone on here say that they just don't like Stephen King. I think that might be heresy.  I've always enjoyed Stephen King's books, and I picked up Misery recently because I think reading it will give me that same nostalgic effect from my childhood because we did watch the movie so often. I'll hopefully find a minute to read it soon.  ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 7, 2014 Prompt: On http://soulpancake.com/ conversations http://soulpancake.com/conversationsasks different questions. One of those questions is "What do you proclaim?" It gives the definitions of proclaim as "to announce" or "to show" Prompt: Tell us what you proclaim. I proclaim that: If you’re a bird, be an early bird— But if you’re a worm, sleep late. Wait. That was Shel Silverstein. Okay, wait. I got this. I proclaim that Shel Silverstein proclaimed: If you’re a bird, be an early bird— But if you’re a worm, sleep late. There we go. Oh pour me another drink And punch me in the face You can call me Nancy |
| ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 6, 2014 Prompt: DARK or GOTHIC? Choosing dark. I'm a fan of all things dark. I like the nitty gritty, if you will, in life. My favorite kind of "dark" thing is dark comedy though. I've often been told that I have a dark sense of humor, which, I think means that I like to make light of serious events even when it's inappropriate or not the standard. The thing is, humor is the way I deal with bad situations. If you can't laugh about it, who can? Plus, trust me, I don't exempt myself from the rule. I love it when someone makes a joke about a messed up situation I'm in because it helps me see the bright side of things. Besides, if I laugh or even just crack a smile, it's worth being picked on a little bit. Now, dark humor can be the most offensive thing ever and I know a lot of people absolutely despise it, so I don't use it around those people. But really, making light of a bad situation is still bringing it the forefront. You're still talking about it. Just because you laugh at something terrible that happened to someone, doesn't mean that you're doing anything wrong, it just means that you're able to find humor in every aspect of life. I think there is a general rule here: If you can't take it, don't dish it. If you can't take being made fun of when you're in a bad situation, don't make fun of someone else's bad situation. If you're the one making jokes at your own expense and the expense of others, feel free to do so as long as you don't do it around anyone who could be potentially offended. Without further ado, here are some horrible, terrible, rotten jokes that you should never repeat or even read:  I've spent the past two years looking for my ex-girlfriend's killer, but no one will do it. I heard a great one about Jonestown, but the punchline was too long. Why is divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it. What do attorneys use for birth control? Their personalities. Why did OJ Simpson want to move to West Virginia? Everyone has the same DNA Where does an Irish family go on vacation? A different bar.Okay, Okay. I'm done and I'm sorry. |
| ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 6, 2014 Prompt: If you were to put a message in a bottle and send it out to sea, what would you write? Would you meet the person that finds your bottle? If I were to put a message in a bottle, I'd try to act like a psychic reading their future. I'd tell them something super ominous that's going to happen if they don't leave a bag of cash outside a restaurant located conveniently near my apartment. Worst case scenario is they don't respond to the message in the bottle. Best case scenario is that I get a bag of cash. But, I wouldn't want them to try to pull something funny when I go to get the bag, so I'd give some random guy ten bucks to go grab it for me. I'd find someone who wouldn't ask any questions because, it is ten dollars after all. Basically, I'd threaten blackmail the poor soul who finds my bottle by saying that a microscopic device was implanted into their fingertip when they touched my note and something horrible was now going to happen to them if they didn't meet my demands. I'm such a nice guy! |
Artist: The White Stripes Album: White Blood Cells Song: Fell In Love With A Girl [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] Lyrics ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 6, 2014 Prompt: Do you consider your glass half-full or half-empty? I think my glass is half-empty but I consider it half-full. Wait, I guess that, by default, makes me consider it half-empty. Really though, I think I'm a lucky guy to have all of the necessities in life and then some. I think my glass is filled right to the middle. I make the decision to dump more out or pour more in. I try to keep positive in life because I've found that being negative doesn't benefit me in any way, and I'm all about benefitting myself. I understand people that have a half-empty outlook though. Sometimes it's hard to be thankful for the things that we have and face the negatives head on. But all in all, I'd say I'm a pretty happy person. I enjoy my life and the people around me. If someone around me is outputting negative energy, I try to cut them out of my life because it isn't worth being brought down by someone. I encourage those around me to cut me out too if I'm holding them back or bringing them down. I just want to be surrounded with positivity.   ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** May 6, 2014 Prompt: What current musicians do you think will stand the test of time? It kills me when I hear people say that there's no good music these days. It's true that you have to search harder for it because a lot of it isn't in the top charts the way it once was, but it is there. I don't know how recent we're talking here, but I'll try to do ones that are somewhat current. I should preface by saying that I don't think there will be another Bob Dylan or another Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, etc... The reason is because they were pioneers of their genres. It's like saying there will be another Edgar Allan Poe. There just won't be. But that doesn't mean that there aren't current authors who will be highly regarded in their own rights. Another big reason that artists don't seem like how they used to be is because of the formatting in which we get that music now. For example, I can go record something on my piano right now, upload it to the internet and potentially gain a following. I mean, it won't happen, but it potentially could whereas artists in the past have had to work from the ground up and make themselves be heard. Now, people just record themselves through their webcam, upload it to YouTube and get famous. Or they go on one of the singing shows and suddenly have a record label contract. It just doesn't have the same purity and sweat/blood/tears that was once put into the art. But okay, let's go with my number one. Jack White will stand the test of time. I can guarantee it. Everything he touches turns to gold. He has been current in music since the late nineties. He goes a lot of different directions with his music, but for most people who are into music, it's just common sense that if Jack White is involved, it's going to be good. Radiohead and Modest Mouse are a couple more. I don't know if you would consider them current exactly, but Radiohead is already considered classic, in my opinion. People will be listening to Radiohead fifty years from now. I personally think that bands like The Strokes and the Arctic Monkeys will have a place in music in the future, as well as Arcade Fire. I think future generations will listen to Tool and Nine Inch Nails, too. But, look, here's the bottom line. If you don't listen to good music now, you're not going to listen to it in the future and the same goes for the generations that go beyond mine. If they listen to pop music from the radio, they'll probably consider Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber classic. There isn't a lasting appeal there in my opinion, and I think it's unlikely. The more likely outcome is that those people would listen to whatever YouTube or American Idol star is popular in their time. But, for those people who actually seek out good music, I think they'll find the aforementioned bands and enjoy them well into the future. I mean, I doubt that people would have thought in the sixties and seventies that a twenty-two year old in 2014 would listen to T. Rex. I don't listen to T. Rex because they're on the radio or are especially popular or highly regarded. People fifty years ago most likely wouldn't have said they would stand the test of time, but if you seek out music, you're going to stumble upon them. That's just one example, and the future generations will do the same thing. Fifty years from now, there will be someone listening to Elliott Smith on a regular basis. It may seem unlikely now, but it'll happen. Oh, also, Eminem and Kanye West, if you're into rap music. They'll probably be popular forever. Nirvana is already a classic and will be held in the same regard as The Beatles. Can't think of anything to do My left brain knows that All love is fleeting She's just looking for something new And I said it once before But it bears repeating |
May 4, 2014 Prompt: DRAMA or MYSTERY? Choosing Drama. Drama is my middle name. No, really. My name is Charles Drama Abney. By the way, my last name isn't actually Abney. In case any of you ever wonder. This is what I did when I signed up to WDC: "My name is Charlie, so I'll make my username Charlie. Oh, but that will already be taken. I need a surname. Yes, a surname! But I don't want to just use my full name either and I'm definitely not using a bunch of numbers." It was quite the dramatic scenario indeed. Don't worry though. I got it figured out. I went to a website that had last names in alphabetical order. Guess what was number one? Yep, Abney, right before Abrams. Now, I don't try to be drama. It just comes so naturally! If drama was a degree that you could major in, I'd be the professor teaching the class. But the question really is, what makes a good drama? What is it about a good drama that is so deliciously good? For my own personal case, I know why I have endless quantities of drama. Does anyone want some drama, actually? I have some to spare. How about this, I'll give one drama to my favorite comment. In terms of movies and books, the drama genre is one of my favorites. Basically, I have a formula for drama. Everyone wants to see suffering. You may not think you do, but trust me, you do. But it's not because you're a bad person. It's because you want to see the main character beat the odds. If you want to write a good drama, you have to rip the emotions from the reader, stomp all over them, then make them feel okay with the fact that you just did that. You have to get them emotionally invested in the characters. They have to be able to see the character's positive qualities, as well as the terrible things that make them so unlikeable at times. In the end, a drama is just grey area. It's negative space. It's when your emotions are torn about how you really feel. A good drama will make you question your own moral beliefs and preconceived notions. A good drama will stress you out just by going through the roller coaster of emotions with the characters. It's like a contact high, but way more tense. When a good drama is over, you don't forget about it. It sticks with you and you find yourself thinking about it the next day at work. You find yourself in the shoes of the main characters. You think about how you would have reacted. You think about what way would be the "right" way to react. Above all, a good drama makes you think. |
| ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** 30DBC May 5, 2014 Prompt: As a director of Maleficent, how would you start and end the movie? Give a brief summary for the beginning scenes and brief summary for the ending scenes. Be creative. I've read this prompt like six times today and watched the trailer twice. It's like my brain isn't registering things properly. This is the first I've heard of Maleficent. I mean, I looked it up and I guess it's a character from Sleeping Beauty. I did see Sleeping Beauty as a kid, I think. But I don't remember much, if anything, about it. At first I was like, oh yeah, it's the one with the dwarves. But then I was like, wait, no, that's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. So, basically, I don't know the story and I don't know anything about it. From the trailer, I gathered that the villain curses the main character (a baby) to fall asleep (forever?) on her sixteenth birthday. I guess a good opening scene would be to give a little background on why the villain decides to do this and where the cursed girl is from. But, if I were to direct, and start near her sixteenth birthday when she knows that her time is limited, then I'd do flashbacks on the beginning of her life when she was cursed. I don't know how the real story ends, so it's hard to say how I would end it. Hey, at least it'll be a total surprise for me if I watch the movie when it comes out. In the end, I would do the classic thing and make the villain perish forever and just as it was panning out, her finger would twitch so we know that there's going to be a Maleficent 2. How 'bout that? |
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