I Don't Know What To Write

     As I sit here trying to think of that to type, I realize that it really doesn't matter what I type. Nobody really cares do they. I will be honest tho, I'm one of those people. I could type about how I hate sea food, or how much I hate romance movies. At the end of the day why does it matter. I hate using social media. I really do. The only reason I have a Facebook account is so that I can keep an eye on how my family is doing. That's it. I may post something from time to time, but I hate using it. I fail to see the point in how it makes our lives better. You have a million friends you will never talk to or even see in your life time, and it makes you feel special sometimes? I may seem old fashion, but I only consider those that will take the time to actually meet me face to face worth calling friends. The way I see it, you really get to know a person better when you both will give each other the time of day to actually hang out and talk. Every single person that I call a friend, I have spent quality face time with just hanging out, and talking about our lives, and common interests. If you cant do that then what is the point of considering someone a friend. That all I have to say about that. Hey look I found a topic after all. What do you know.

Heavy Metal

Does It Make You Evil?

 

    Lady's and gentlemen, can someone please tell me how the hell heavy metal makes you evil? I had a elderly lady stop me as I was walking into the store the other day and told me that I was listening to the devils music. She had heard me playing the song "Immaculate Misconception" by Motionless In White. A song all about excepting others, but the band mixes a bit of scream with heavy metal. and suddenly I'm listening to the devils music? Someone please explain this to me. If heavy metal is the devils music prove it. Is it because your religion said so. I'm not bashing on anybody's religion but are you fucking kidding me? That's like saying if your religious leader came out and said that if you spent one more dollar at your favorite restaurant you where going to be damned for all eternity. If they said to jump off a bridge, would you do it?. People all these things are things that you need to judge for yourself. Don't let someone else tell you what to think or how to feel. If you really want to know what the meaning behind the song is, look it up online. We have invented this wonderful tool called the internet, use it. Most people that have heard me listening to heavy metal or screamo in where you cant understand what the singer is saying will ask me how I can stand it. To all who think this way, if you are listening to music like this and are trying to understand what they are saying, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you are listening to that kind of music you should be listening to how everything goes together. How the flow off the song goes. The drums and the bass as well as the lead guitar. If you want to know what's being said look up the lyrics. I cant stand people who judge others because of the music they listen to.





MUSH

 

  Lady's and gentleman I'm here to tell you my brain has officially turned to mush! The teachers my ask me what two plus two is and I'll answer, " Potato is my favorite color." I can feel my brain melting as I type this for all of you to read. I have my criminal justice class in the morning, and then I go to astronomy right after. I go from the laws of society and criminal law to the laws that govern the universe and how planets move. That's just Monday's. Tuesdays start with Astronomy 101 for the second time in the week. Thankfully I get a little break before I come to English class. After that I go straight to communications 101 where I need to learn how to give speeches and how to communicate properly with todays society. I think I need a bowl to catch this mush running from my ears because I feel its my brain as it liquefies as all this information is fired at me. If you'll excuse me I have to go pour this back into my head and get back to studying. Until next time have a good week.

 

   

 

NARATIVE

 

 

   In my opinion narrative's are important because they help the reader understand the story and what's going on. With out it the story just becomes a long list of dialog that is totally pointless and nobody can understand what is going on. We all tell story's, in my opinion, to help make our lives interesting. Imagine if we all walked around all day and had nothing interesting to say to each other, we would be board out of our minds. I hate the idea of not being able to use my imagination to keep myself entertained. I often drift into my own little world and enjoy a good laugh at the crazy things that fly threw my imagination. I know that I want to share a few of these crazy things with others, so who am I to say that others don't want to do that to.

 

 

 

 

 



WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY

 

 

 

 In my opinion, a good story consists of a plot line that you can really get into. By this I mean that as your reading it you can picture just how the story's going. You can imagine the main character as he or she is about to fight and what they are feeling. You are able to visualize as they swing their sword or fire their weapon fending off oncoming attacks. Or you can sense the fear they feel as they wander into a dark place not knowing what is behind the next corner. To me if you can make your reader feel all of that, then in my opinion you have created a great story.

 

 

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

Hey everyone. Shivs here. For those of you who are curious as to why I called this blog Shivs thoughts of the week here's a quick explanation. When I was in high school I loved to collect knives and I still do. Well my buddy's called me Shivs due to the fact that I had several knives on me at all times and they all ranged in size from a tiny little pin knife to daggers. So just a little back ground information on me, I'm 22 years old. I was adopted at the age of three and I have 7 siblings. I fall in to the spot of the second oldest in the pecking order. All of my siblings are also adopted. My music taste may make some of you cringe because it consist of music that you may have to look up the lyrics to know what is being said. If you read my previous post you may have noticed that ICP is one of my favorite bands to listen to. I also enjoy listening to Bullet for my valentine, Slipknot, Amon Amarth, Ancient Wisdom, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engaged, All That Remains, and As I Lay Dying just to name a few. If you would like a more detailed list feel free to ask. I grew up in Lowell MI and when I graduated high school I joined the army where I drove the M1A1 Abrams main battle tank for two and a half years. I was stationed out in Fort Irwin CA for that entire time. Unfortunately I never deployed instead I helped train units before they deployed. I dressed up as a terrorist and ran around causing trouble for the unit so that they could learn how to handle the worst case scenarios. I got out in 2013 and moved back to Michigan for a few months. I then moved to Texas and from Texas to Mississippi. From Mississippi I moved to Illinois and finally back up here to Battle Creek. As far as I'm concerned I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. I look forward to working with all of you in this up coming semester.

JUMPING TO CONCLUTIONS 

Hey everyone my name is Will Schmidt. If you are reading this I'm sorry. I'm just kidding. This week I would like to talk about people jumping to conclusions about others. You may not know this, but I'm a juggalo. In other words I am a huge supporter of the band Insane Clown Posse. The band consist of two members, Violent Jay and Shaggy To Dope. The FBI has unfairly classified the juggalos as a gang due to the actions of a few crazy and sick individuals. Be cause of this people who work hard and make an honest living are treated poorly. For instance, if a juggalo was stopped for a simple thing such as a burnt out tail light, and the officer who stopped them see anything that supports the band such as a hatchet man tattoo, or a chain with the hatchet man on it, they can arrest us just for being associated with the group. If any of you have heard ICP's music then you know they have no problem singing about chopping somebody up into little bits with a chainsaw, or torturing sexual predators, but just because this is what they rap about doesn't mean that this is what they are saying that they approve of. Due to their outlandish lyrics and clown face paint, people jump to the conclusion that they mean what they rap about. If anybody took the time to actually look up the band they would find out that both Violent Jay and Shaggy have made huge donations to multiple charity's and both of them have bought their moms brand new houses. The only message they want to get across is that family is the most important thing in life, and that God is real. They may not say it much in their songs, but the message is there none the less. That is why if you ask a juggalo what being a juggalo means nine times out of ten they will answer, "Family". Juggalo's view each other as family. We could find a fellow juggalo or juggalette, a female juggalo, and immediately treat them like we've known each other for a long time. If they need help, we would try and help them with what ever we could afford. The fact that the FBI would label juggalos as a gang is just outrageous. There are juggalos that are doctors, lawyers, teachers all different job types that contribute to society in a huge way. I'd like to close with just this, don't judge a book by its cover.