Now that it's been a while since my last post you should be about on the edge of your seat waiting for me to feed you again with my vacuous insight. I'm sorry to have kept you. Since I've made you wait so long, I'll give you something extra good today.
In my last blog I mentioned a couple things that you may find on my mind, one of which being "music is good for your soal and memory". In my recent past as well as my ancient past I have been very fond and connected to music. Not only because I was a musician (wannabe), but because many things I experienced as a child and in my adult life have been connected with music. Now, this is not just because whenever I hear music the autidory cortex in my brain is activated, nor is it because the dorsolateral frontal cortex works with the auditory cortex to remember the song while the music is held in working status in the brain by the inferior frontal gyrus. No, that is just nonsense! The reason my (and maybe your) memories are so connected with music is because you associate things in your life with what is around you. You remember where that McDonalds is at that truck stop because you remember being at a truck stop and seeing a McDonalds, not because your memory tells you where every McDonalds you have ever been to is located (Remember my last blog I said JUNK FOOD is BAD, McDonalds is JUNK FOOD, how is it not?). Music is the same way, when you hear that Nirvana song on the radio and think of the time you payed that song in a concert and smashed your guitars against a cinder blcok on stage, that's music memory connectivity (not an actual scientific event), and it happens whenever you connect music to a memory.
"So why is it good for your soul and memory?" (don't you love it when I ask questions for you?) Well, it's good for your memory because when you hear that song, you struggle to recall that moment in your life. Sometimes it takes you several minutes to think of it, but you eventually get it because of the strong bond between music and memory. Bringing up those old memories excercises your brain and helps keep it in tip-top shape (this is why my wife would claim I never listen to music!). And it's good for your soul, too, because I say so; don't argue with me, you know I'm right. That little part of you that agreed with me when you read "it's good for your soul, too" is how you know I'm right (it's ok to admit).
Through all this, if you enjoy music even a little, you are a good candidate for music memory connectivity. So go listen to your music and make memories.

(notes on this post: everything in this particular blog about music is based on nothing. No studies were done and no studies were even studied to give you the information within this post. Although I have never heard of "music memory connectivity", you may use the phrase as though you heard it in a college lecture, just remember where you got it...)

*here's a fact for you - I once wrote a song and recorded it but don't remember any of it*


While I'm writing, I'd like to add a few comments on my last post. One of my (first and last time) readers made a comment to me about how I was so wrong about my theories on working and family. This person wrote something to the effect of: "You're wrong". This person claimed to have a completely opposing ideology, being that the only thing you should do is work work work, fish, eat, and work some more. Although this is in opposition to my comments I have to claim that this persons is 100% right in that I am not wrong at all (I love to fish!!!). I believe you should put family first, if putting family first requires you to put family last (ie. you are broke and need more money to support your family). In my example this person is broke, so putting his family time last so he/she can work, is putting his/her family first by making sure he/she can support the family. And to give you an updat, I DID go out and find that second job, and now I'm looking for a third to fill in the other times I can work... TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY!


Here is a little picture for those of you who like pictures to make memories. This picture is of a black hole emmitting a plasma gas... It's pretty cool. If I knew when I was going to die, I would plan a trip to a black hole in outer space (as opposed to "inner" space) so that I can get sucked in and experience a death no one else on earth has ever experienced! That's how I would make history books, first human to be sucked into a black hole (never mind the 1,073,972 years it would take to get there travelling at 1,000 MPH).

Wow, here it is, my very first blog; my first attempt at getting people to read what's on my mind in the form of a cool internet site. What better way to spend your free time than on a cool internet site that gives you entertainment, information, and a way to tell me and others about what you think of what I think... "So what do you think" You ask? Well, I'm glad you asked, but you're going to have to wait for that answer, because before we get into the "nitty-gritty" of my thoughts I'd like to cover some other things.
First of all, welcome to my site! I'm glad you're taking the time to visit and see what's on my mind. Some things you'll find on my mind are:

Family is always first!
Music is good for your soul and memory (I'll tell you how later)!
Junk food is BAD!
Mt. Dew is GOOD (not really "good", but GOOD, if you know what I mean)!

just for starters. You'll also find some helpful tips, tricks, and information that you may (or may not) find interesting, helpful, wrong, or a waste of time (hopefully a good combination of these things). Check out some of my other thoughts, ideas, and even inventions on the sides of this page.

So now that we're off to a good start I'll give you something to think about, hopefully something that will get you up and working towards your life goal!
My life goal has been to rais a family. Since I was a young child I thought about how much fun it was going to be to have a family of my own. Having a clan of my own would mean i had freedom from my parents and their rules, I could live the way I wanted without having to worry about making it home in time for my curfew (which I normally didn't). Now I do have a family, a wonderful wife and two beautiful daughters. We live in a home which we own (or will "own" in thirty years). I have a great full time job which is exactly what I've always wanted to do and has great potential. We have found a great church which we enjoy attending. All this that I (we) have is what I've always wanted, and what I've found isn't really what I originally had in mind or expected.
I have freedom, the freedom to go to work every day in order to pay all our bills and make sure my family can eat. I can live the way I want, as long as it's within budget (budget??? yeah right). No worries about having to be home in time to make curfew, I can come home as late as I want... to see my family and help put the kids to bed, and mow the yard, and pay the bills (there's the bills again...). Truth is, this whole family thing is't what I expected. Maybe it was "adult-hood" I was looking forward to, who knows, but either way I would not trade it for the world! I love my wife more than I've ever loved (or will ever love) anyone. My daughters are a perfect reflection of my wife and I, but I can't hold that agains them... they make up for that part by being adorable, smart, cuddly, and worth every second.
My point is, family is all you're ever going to have that will last. You can work 150 hours a week, make billions of dollars a year, have all the earthly pleasures you could dream for, but in the end what "will" you have? I'll tell you; you would have tons of money that you're past and divorced wives, their new children, lawyers, and any business associate you've ever had, all fighting over what you gracefully left behind (may you rest in peace... and be out of their way). I'm not saying that family won't do that when you're gone, but at least you will have been loved for who you were and not what you had. So this "Family First" I mentioned that is so important to me means this: What would you do if tomorrow was your last day to provide for your family? Would you go on that fishing trip you've been wanting to go on? Would you try and put the kids to bed ealry so you can play that new video game you got from your brother? Would you put off the bills for just one more day because you just don't feel like doing anything tonight? Guilty...Guilty...Guilty as charged! Truth is that you don't know when your last days are going to be, so we have the luxury of putting things off in ignorance, that's right I said ignorance! We are all ignorant; we are all ignorant to the fact that we could be dead in a matter of minutes. If I were to die right now typing this drawn-out blog (would you be happy it's finally done?) I would leave my family in a bad way! So I'm going to try and find that second job to get our credit cards paid off, I'm going to try and think of new ways to channel our money so for once we will not have more month when our money is gone. I'm going to put my family first because that's all I have!

*Here's a fact for you, if for some reason i couldn't have had a family, I would have gone to be a sniper*

I hope you enjoyed my firsf blog! Feel free to make any comments you want, and please come back to visit!