My new toy.

From the moment I set foot in the commercial gathering place that is "the mall", and I travelled deep into it's corners, and found what is known as "The Apple Store", I knew that there was something about that place that truly brought me inside. The Macbooks. Those beautiful, ridiculously perfect little machines. Before I wanted an iPod, before anything else came out, I knew that I wanted one. Badly.
Last year, I began to save up for one. It was not until this year that I truly began to make that saving up an actual goal, and today I bought my very own macbook. With my own money. It is perhaps the best thing I own right now. It is going to allow me to get so many places musically, first of all. The podcast is going to be improved very much with it. Second, I am going to be able to edit great amounts of photography with Abode Photoshop, and great amounts of film footage with iMovie. Basically, this computer is exactly what I wanted, and I got it. I am very happy right now. I am sorry if it sounds like bragging, but I feel like I deserve this.

On another note, I saw Juno for the second time today. I really, really love that movie. A lot. It's such an amazing film. When it comes out on DVD, I am going to buy it and watch it many, many times. I am going to buy the soundtrack at some point.

Tomorrow, or well, actually later today I shall finish my homework, and on Monday I will return to school. I am not very happy about going back, because of midterms, and homework. But I am happy to see my friends again, and have Ancient Civ. classes.

Lately, I have been having an on-going conversation via e-mail with this great guy from Pakistan who e-mailed me and my co-host on our gmail account for the podcast, saying that he would appreciate it if we would give his music a listen and play it on our 'cast. We did, and we loved it. To the point where we did indeed play his music, and then we let him know. He replied to our e-mail almost immediately, and I took the initiative of talking to him. We began to discuss music, starting the topic with me mentioning how much I was dissapointed in Bon Jovi's music, and that I only liked it before he cut his hair. The conversation took off from there to talking about how he began to make music, and deep conversations about the direction that music is taking these days, and how record labels no longer care about talent, but mainly just appearance and quick money. About draining bands that look good and sound okay, but can whip out catchy singles and videos and make appearances at a bunch of places with investing the least amount of money possible. About how music has taken a turn for the worst because of this, but that there are always those bands out there who still come out that care about their music more than any appearance and record label, and do what they want to do knowing that even though they are not ridiculously famous, they will get fans who appreciate the music for what it is, and for it's true and authentic value.
He told me that he cannot really read music that well. He told me he was mainly a musician of hearing, and that he would have his entire songs circling around in his head, and he would get the guitar and the vocals squared perfectly, and he'd have people he knew well, and who knew him well to help him work out the rest, but in the end he was the one who made everything. He is truly an inspiration to me, because his songs are so passionate and real, you know? And the fact that he doesn't know all the fancy names for music clearly does not slow him down. I mean, sure, knowing all that would help in getting everything exactly right, but in the end it is the talent and the inspiration and your own personal ideas that make you a good musician. I told him how I don't really know much, but that I've tried recording some stuff mainly from boredom and curiosity of what people think about it, and he encouraged me to continue doing it, and that soon people would see if my music was good, and they'd encourage me the way that I was encouraging him, as a musician.
It really got to me, you know? To think that, first of all, I am having this great conversation about music that started from signing up my crazy podcast onto a massive podcast website, and that I was getting to know this amazing musician that was from the other side of the world.
Now I really wish that I could get a little band or something together, with people who I know well, and who can bring their own personality to the group and see where it goes. The amusing part is, I know plenty of friends who can play guitar, but not that many who can play much else. And the few that can, don't really want to get in a band .__.

Alas, I am in no rush. There are many things to keep me busy in my life, but I think that music is definitely something I want to try to pursue, as well as drawing, and photography, and perhaps writing. I have been told that I have a knack for all that is art. I guess I was born to be an "artist". Now I just need to figure out which art truly makes me happy.