Slice of Life #15

     This last week has been probably the most eventful week I've had in a very long time. It started off on Thanksgiving when my cat, Roscoe, ran away from home when my brother was letting our dogs out to go to the bathroom. I didn't even know he was missing until I got home from Black Friday shopping at 4 the next morning. On top of that, Sunday I came down with the flu and still hadn't seen Roscoe. I got over the flu and life became normal once again, or at least as normal as it could get without my cat. That all changed though a couple hours ago when my family and I were at my brother's basketball game and we got a call from our neighbor saying that Roscoe has been living in her attic for the past few days. I could hardly contain my excitement when I found out and we rushed home as soon as we got the news. At the beginning of the week, I wasn't too thrilled in the slightest but now that it's lighting up, it's not too shabby.

Slice of Life #14

   No matter what you're talking about, time is essential. Whether it's what day and time you're going to this concert or when you plan on doing that homework assignment you were given 3 weeks to do. Time is always the big factor. It seems as if we always have too many things to do and not enough hours in the day to do them, and we're always counting down the days until something, whether that be Christmas or summer vacation. We're so worried about what's happening later on in life we don't stop and contemplate what's going on now.

Slice of Life #13

 Lately I feel as though recording studios will produce literally anything. Personally, I am no a fan of rap because I believe anyone who can speak quickly, such as auctioneers, can be a rap superstar. First of all, this genre doesn't include any instruments, rather computer generated sounds and quite a few "artists" use autotune. Secondly,  the lyrics lack quality and make no sense. Here's just a few examples: "Thirty -eight revolve like the sun round the Earth," (Jay-Z, "It's Hot"), "Never let me slip, cause if I slip, then I'm slippin," (Dr. Dre, "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang"), and of course "I'm hungry for cheese like Hungry, Hungry Hippo," (Project Pat, "Ballers"). I wish more songs could have deep, meaningful lyrics like, "To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die," (The Smiths, "There's a Light That Never Goes Out) or "On the day that you were born the angels got together, And decided to create a dream come true, So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair, Of golden starlight in your eyes of blue," (The Carpenters, "Close to You".) I didn't intentionally choose love songs for the last two examples, I just thought that they showed how today's music lacks sustenance. I hope that one day we can go back to the heartfelt lyrics created by The Smiths, Carpenters and smiliar artists.