Favorite Bands:
The Academy Is..., AC/DC, Aerosmith, AFI, Aiden, Alesana, All Time Low, The Almost, Amber Pacific, Angels & Airwaves, Anti-Flag, As Blood Runs Black, As I Lay Dying, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Basshunter, Bayside, The Black Dahlia Murder, blessthefall, blink-182, The Blood Brothers, Boys Like Girls, Bring Me the Horizon, Bullet for My Valentine, Chiodos, Circle Takes the Square, Cobra Starship, Converge, Cute Is What We Aim For, Dashboard Confessional, A Day Away, A Day to Rememver, The Devil Wears Prada, Dr. Acula, Dr. Dre, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Elysia, Eminem, Envy on the Coast, Eyes Set to Kill, The Fall of Troy, Fall Out Boy, From Autumn to Ashes, From First to Last, Goldfinger, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hawthorne Heights, Head Automatica, HeavyHeavyLowLow, Hellogoodbye, Hit the Lights, Hollywood Undead, The Hush Sound, Ice Nine Kills, I Killed the Prom Queen, I Set My Friends on Fire, Linkin Park, LoveHateHero, Mayday Parade, The Medic Droid, Mindless Self Indulgence, Motion City Soundtrack, My Chemical Romance, Nickelback, Nirvana, NOFX, Panic at the Disco, Paramore, Parkway Drive, Pennywise, Protest the Hero, Queen, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Rise Against, The Rocket Summer, Saosin, Say Anything, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Set Your Goals, Silverstein, A Skylit Drive, Sublime, Sugarcult, Sum 41, System of a Down, Taking Back Sunday, Therefore I Am, Thursday, Underoath, The Used, Vallon, Vanna, Weezer, Wheatus, The White Stripes, Wolfmother, Yellowcard, +44
Favorite Books:
Rule of the Bone, Harry Potter
Favorite Video Games:
Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda
Favorite TV Shows:
Spongebob SquarePants, Scrubs
Heroes:
my friends and family.
Sexual Orientation: bi
Ethnicity: white_caucasian
Relationship Status: in_relationship
Religion: Agnostic
Philosophy:
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Makes Me Happy:
friends, music, singing, going to shows, photography, caffeine, satire, the city, moshpits, rollercoasters, the beach, hugs, cuddling, video games, computers, soccer, football, snowboarding, glowsticks, animal rights, hair, piercings, hardcore dancing
well i haven't written a blog for a while, and i figured the start of a new year would be a good time to do so.
i've been thinking (for a change).
2007 was in many ways one of the hardest years of my life, but it was at the same time one of the best. i went through periods of depression, dealt with stress from school (all honors classes for my sophomore year of high school... i like to make myself seem smarter than i really am :p), etc. but i also learned a lot, and changed a lot over the past year.
i learned to think for myself. i learned to not care about what others think of me. i learned to be self-confident. i became a vegetarian, because it's what i think is morally right, not because i wanted to be seen a certain way. i've made a lot of new friends and became closer with a lot of people. which i'm really happy about, because i love these people to death.
i've learned to be more open. with myself and to others. i've learned that's okay to be different, that it's okay to speak up for what you believe in, regardless of what the majority may think. i've learned to come to terms with myself, that it's okay to feel how i feel and to be who i really am, that those who judge me before getting to know me aren't worth my time to begin with.
i've learned that i'm not alone, even when it feels like there's no one around. i've learned there are people out there like me and there are people who care and things can and do change. i've learned not to give up hope.
going into 2008, someone asked me if i had any new years resolutions. after thinking about it for a bit, i told him my only resolution was to live 2008 with hope and with happiness, and to make 2008 a really good year. and that's what i plan on doing.
and i hope that everyone else can do the same. because i think making 2008 a really great year is something we all want. and it's something that i think everyone can accomplish, if they realize the things that i've realized. that you're not alone, and that being hopeful is an ability we all have, and can attain.
if anyone has any desire to talk about anything (serious or not), please feel free. what makes me happy is being able to make others happy, and if there's any way i can do that, please let me know. knowing that you've impacted someone and helped improve their life in some way, no matter how small, is such an amazing feeling, and is one of the reasons that i'm able to continue living. i love you all. cheers for 2008, let's make it a great one.
That doesn't seem too bad. My day was alright. Kinda stressing but that's what I get for trying to make plans last minute. =P I'm planning on having a few friends over tomorrow for my birthday (which is on Sunday). I hope you have a good weekend. Take Care.
hi! guess what, i finally posted a blog! it's the first of many strongly opinionated blogs about current events and things that bother/interest me. i promise you will not be disappointed ! xx JD
