When I was young, about 4 to 5 years ago, there were many, many young boys my age who lived in the neighborhood, but slowly, over the course of about 2 years, they all moved away from the neighborhood. Leaving me without friends, and reducing the chance of making more, because I lived right down the street from my elementary school, and I wasn’t able to stay there and do extracurricular activities, due to my sister, who I had to walk home and watch over. Which put me into a tough spot, as a young kid, I had done so many things that faded away as my friends had left, I used to play street football, street basketball, and just in the street, my fun in the woods near my house diminished, as I had noone to play with, no other minds, no other people …show more content…
I learned that my music tastes are as varied as my moods, from classic 80s like Journey and Boston to modern alternative like Imagine Dragons, and then the little known musical artist Wolfgun (Not the heavy metal band from Spain, the other one), whose music is almost as if I had written it. The fact that I can better learn through what I see, rather than what I’m told, I’ve started learning to read people, a very useful skill, brought on by my distrust of the other kids I have to share this world with. My love of the sky, and all its components, the moon, the stars, the sun. Nothing is better than a raging storm, my connection to nature brought upon by my imagination and the need for connections, for I am a raging storm, with no control, no limits, nothing that can stand in my way, except for I-44, and the fact that I can be as destructive, nothing like being a scumbag. Though, I have accepted the fact that people might dislike me, yet few do, that’s a breakthrough, as to why they like me, that I have yet to make, maybe it’s the honesty, but I digress. Though I was alone for a time, I am no longer alone, for I have my brothers, and I’d never betray my
So, on a cold and rainy night, I went through my computer looking up different bands that could resemble types of music that were involved in how I felt. listening to classic and contemporary rock music such as Pink Floyd, Green Day, and Nirvana were my inspirations. Then I grew interested in other types of music like rap and Twenty-one Pilots. It was a way to vent all
I began listening to a variety of music and explored different interests in school and my community. I decided to enroll in the most meaningful and enjoyable class of my entire high school career: The History of Rock and Roll. This is where I was first introduced to countless artists and genres, from the roots of the Mississippi Delta Blues, all the way to Liverpool to meet my most favorite band, The Beatles. Learning a simple blues scale lead to the discovery of my passion for playing various kinds of music, but it has also given me a tremendous sense of personal and professional accomplishment.
Aziz Shavershian, Aka “Zyzz” once said “If you do not enjoy it and you want to do it just for the end result, might as well give up, because you wont be consistent.” Zyzz’s quote has motivated me to love what I do, and achieve more than the everyday mundane lifestyle. Zyzz has helped me through my path of obtaining a greater self esteem. I felt like a nobody,but then gradually I have risen to being positive about myself, to living life interesting and fun. I have learned to love what I like and to achieve it before I start hating on someone else for doing it.
Going to college has always been a dream of mine, I never knew what I wanted to major in or any clue of what career I wanted to go into. It all started with my love of finding out more about the world around me I thought is was just my curiosity like everyone else but it was something different. That’s when I found my love for science. At first I really didn’t see my love for until sophomore year of high school when we would get on a subject and wanted to learn more about the particular subject not just what was in the book. Around my junior year is the when I knew had to start narrowing down my college choices.
Each and every time my mother responded either by doing what I asked, like cuddling with me, or by answering my questions and saying, “You were deathly allergic to an antibiotic they gave you. You can’t leave just yet. Who’s Brunner? You missed the volleyball game last night and the girls are worried about you. Today’s Friday Jocey.
In the beginning things seemed to be just fine, we’d walk around the neighborhood cracking jokes, go to each other’s houses and play video games, or we would simply hang outside and enjoy the Floridian sunshine. Unfortunately, this did not last long for me. As time went on I got a point where I began to feel a level of disconnect and isolation with my neighborhood. I was always a weird individual and most of the neighborhood kids learned to except that but as time went on my weirdness really began to show in unfavorable
The prompt for this essay is quite simple: write about how your involvement in sports, community service, leadership, academics, and other extracurricular activities have affected your overall character. However, I feel as though this essay would be better if focused on my career in lacrosse and how it’s changed my life over the past five years, helping me throughout the good and bad, the simple and the challenging. Lacrosse has been a part of my life for about five years now. I started playing when I was in fourth grade, simply because I wanted to branch out and try something new, exciting, and a little bit out of my comfort zone.
As I began to get older, I start to fall in love with a quote by Mark Twain, “whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” Consequently by the time I recognized what the quote actually meant I was already too far down the rabbit hole and life was pulling my legs closer to the bottom. During my freshman year and like many other great tuba player in marching band I fell and broke my leg while square dancing in our show. Luckily during this part of the show I was not carrying my tuba, but after that year and moving to a different school, sad to say, I didn’t join marching band again.
C.S. Lewis once said, “I believe in Christ, like I believe in the sun- not because I can see it, but by it I can see everything else.” I have used this quote as a guide for myself throughout my journey to finding the Lord. Putting my faith into someone “intangible” and having faith in Christ has not been an easy task for me, given I was not raised in an extremely religious household. However, I was about fourteen when I discovered God’s word, felt my heart swell with happiness, and fell in love with Christ. That day changed my life entirely, and completely changed my outlook of the world.
Knowing how to sing is a blessing that may come naturally to some people, but to others it requires practice and effort to learn how to properly develop this gift. Having seen many live performances and having a dad who could sing was an inspiration for me to develop such a talent. Music has always been my passion, and I knew that singing would give me another exciting opportunity to enjoy the feeling performance creates. I did not have a natural voice from a young age so learning to sing was challenging and pushed me beyond my orchestral limits--emotionally and physically--but with the strong desire I had and the toil I was willing to endure when learning this art, I persevered to becoming a singer.
My mom always told me I am a very purposeful person. I never really got the meaning behind her saying this even though she used to tell me this plenty of times when i used to live with her . Growing up, i always had an upper hand in academics. Especially math. But being where I was from it was harder to make a good living off of what you have.
When I was growing up, I experienced many hardships that most people don 't endure. I grew up in the city of Phoenix, Arizona with little to nothing. I had one little sister and an older sister and brother. Even though I was young I knew how difficult my parents had it. My mom worked three jobs and my dad worked in construction just to barely support us.
As 7th grade started, my social life came to a definitive close. I struggled greatly with friends, primarily because one of my good friends had left Trafton in 6th grade to receive home schooling, and because all of my other friends from elementary schools attended other schools. I attempted to reach more friendly terms with people who I previously
We sang all different kinds of music. We pulled the music apart, we deciphered the lyrics; I soon began to understand that there was a greater meaning to music than just taking me to a mythical
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything” (Plato). If my childhood was filled with anything: it was imagination. From my earliest memories of my cousin, and I putting on a sold out concert on my papaw’s front porch; to putting my baby dolls to sleep with lullabies. Music has always been a big part of my life: it was the one thing I could always count on, no matter where I went; and that still stands true today.