The ever so famous Greg Young.
As he is the one that will guide you
through this convoluted mess.
Joke or Stupid Thought of the Day
Pictures From Various Locations
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The ever so famous Greg Young. As he is the one that will guide you through this convoluted mess. Joke or Stupid Thought of the Day Pictures From Various Locations |
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Darren
and Sunil Play Music Together - This is very similar to
Those
Incredible Suckers except for one thing: no Chelsea. This changes
up things quite a lot. First of all, when it was just
Darren
and I, we would always play things on his bass, and every once in
a while I'd drum along, because the drums were too lonely. Most
of
the time, it was just a time for Darren to learn more songs on his
bass.
Being the Rage Against the Machine fan that I am, I started to
play
their music a lot, and Darren liked the bass tunes to many of
their
songs. This was quite a milestone in his bass career,
because
he started to pursue the Rage bass tunes. Listening to
their
music a lot started to influence his own writing, and on top of that,
his
own ear for interesting bass lines. There was one thing
that
seemed to catch me a lot, and that was that he was listening to
Rage
now, after telling me how he did not really like them months
ago.
Now, they were completely taking over his bass playing, and really, he
has created his own Rage-esque style of playing. Other than
the influence on his bass playing, our collaborations would be
another
way to strengthen a young friendship. That is the real
lasting
impact of anything we have done, and would show in this event
also.
Where do I see myself and Darren without playing music together?
Other than the Rage-esque style of playing, I do not see any forms of
bass
playing that I would enjoy. Hey, we never really did listen
to the same music from the start.
100
Most Influential People of the Last Millennium Video - Played in
our
World History-Geography class, this video brought many ideas into my
head.
I really enjoyed this video, and pretty much everyone else in the class
did too. There were a lot of inaccuracies and topics to debate,
because
some people were placed too high or too low, but overall, it was a very
entertaining film. I guess I cannot ruin the video for the people
who have not seen it, so I will not say who was number one. Ha,
only
the people who had Barnes would know. But anyway, if you
have
not caught on, this video was the sole reason that I even attempted
this
anniversary update (the events page), and so it is up on the
list.
I was planning on placing it much lower, because all it did was trigger
what I am doing right now. Soon I was to realize what the events
page really means. Believe it or not, the most influential events
of the past year will be treasured for many years to come. We do
not know what this page could trigger, but the way I see it, the page
has
lots of potential. I know that I am taking a risk but putting
this
event up so high even though what it triggers could be many years down
the road. All I can say is the events page could possibly bring
good
memories, bad memories, or even remind everyone of the bad and good
that
happened this year. Something like that would deserve to be this
high on the list. Here is my first risk on the events page, but I
am confident that belongs here.
The
Finale of All (May 16) - This day happens to land on the end of
the
first year of the website, hence the name, "Final of All.' On May
16, I received a package which contained the camera I had been waiting
for. It had been months since the fun of the camera, and it was
to
start all over again. Including the camera, we received our
yearbooks,
which closes the year with memories. The school set up us a
yearbook
signing session, in which our group of friends all attended.
Here,
we concluded each others' years by signing every book we could in the
amount
of time we had. Along with the signing, I was having fun taking
pictures
with the camera I just recently received, and it was almost like old
times.
The digital camera is indeed one of the best inventions I own.
The
Finale to All is a significant event for what will happen down the
road.
If I were to not have my camera, I do not really know how I would have
as fun as I do. On top of that, my yearbook is something to
treasure
of this interesting year. I know I will look back on what has
happened,
all the people I have met, and all the things they had to say to me
this
year. If there is one thing I hold on top of everything else this
year, it is my yearbook. I could not believe how much people had
to say about me, and everything being positive (except for Greg
Young).
I do not what to say to everyone who made my year signing my yearbook
to
their full potential, but honestly, it really has touched me. And
many people can see that in their yearbooks, after what I have
signed.
This is a moment of sincerity on my page of laughter, but it needs to
come
out. I will thank everyone here for doing what they did.
They
are what I consider friends.
Rubik's
Cubing - Very late into the school year, a new trend had hit every
nerd (and even some others). No, it was not Abercrombie and Fitch
or yo-yos, but yes, Rubik's Cubes. About a few months into the
Nerd
Club, Darren started to ask me how to complete a cube, and I tried to
help
him. Of course I included my stupid comments that were to
purposely
annoy him, but eventually, he finally was able to finish the cube by
himself.
Actually he completed his first cube on April 20 (420). From
there,
Christopher Dean asked me how to finish his cube, and I taught him,
five
days after Darren. Soon Darren and Chris were teaching people
that
were asking them, while I continued to give lessons. This created
a phenomenon. If someone were to walk into an honors class, there
would be numerous amounts of Rubik's Cubes there. At one time I
remember
seven in one classroom at one time. Everyone continued to buy
cubes,
and races started forming. Speed cubing caught a hold of all of
us,
and we received sub-1:00 cubing times. It had turned into a
craze,
it honestly did. But what exactly did this influence? It
was
everyday life, basically. More importantly, we influenced people
to waste their money on cubes. There is not much to say about
Rubik's
Cubes, other than they brought a bunch of people together to share
their
Rubik knowledge (metaphorically inferring bringing a group
closer).
I mean, if over twenty people had cubes at school, how could it not be
influential?
Darren
Invests in a Bass - There have been many events on the page
regarding
Darren and his bass skills. Obviously, this would not be reality
without Darren's choice to buy a bass. Late in November, Darren
informed
me that he had purchased a bass and he would start playing. He
also
brought up the fact that he had a bass, I had drums, and Cameron had a
guitar. He was inferring that we would possibly create a band or
something like that. I then reminded him that Cameron did not
like
me too much at the time, so that idea dropped. Also, at the time,
I never even thought that I would actually play with Darren. I
was
thinking to myself, "Ha, Darren, I don't really know him too well;
we're
just going to make a video for History. Playing music in the
future?
Hah." It proved in the next few months that my thought was
completely
opposite, because I play with Darren quite a lot. In fact, his
bass
lives at my house, and I even get ot play on it whenever I want.
The influence of his investment is shown on earlier events on this
section
of the site. A few examples are playing music together and with
Chelsea,
which brought up the idea that Darren and I became better after playing
music. It is also weird to me that I cannot even think of Darren
without a bass. I see him so often playing it, talking about it,
or tuning it, and it has clicked in my head that Darren is a
bassist.
I only really became friends with him after he bought a bass, so that
could
be a reason for this, but even then, it is still an interesting
thought.
Darren without a bass hurts my head, seriously. That is why it
found
its way to this spot on the countdown.
Oscar's
and Bowling Night - During an early date in February, a group get
together
at Oscar's took place. After Oscar's, everyone went bowling to
conclude
the night. The people who attended this significant night were
Candice,
Robin, Brittany, Cassie, Chris Wenz, Chris Spencer, Darren, and
myself.
This was only the second time we had a group outing of this size, and
that
is why it is remembered by most of us. The night officially
started
when everyone bought the food they wanted to eat, in which consumption
took place afterwards. Raccoon Man was with us and it was the
first
time he would see many of the people there. We fiddled around
with
the stuffed head for a while, finished our food, and left. The
group
headed toward Kyrene Lanes, where we bowled for an hour or two.
After
bowling, it was still early and everyone had time to burn, so Darren
suggested
that we just "fat around" some place. I am not sure the girls of
the group liked what we did, but I sure loved walking around aimlessly
doing nothing pertaining to my future. When Cassie and Chris W.
left,
we headed back toward the bowling alley, where we played Duck Duck
Goose.
It actually was a pretty fun game to play, and I surely enjoyed
it.
After than, we hung around Chris S.'s Tahoe and just played music for a
long time. I jumped onto his car's roof and did dumb things up
there
to waste time. Once we were all ready to get out of the area, we
said good-bye to our friends and returned home. The night was
over,
but many more group hangouts were to come after this. Because of
this day, the people that ate food at Oscar's and went bowling all
became
closer friends. In just a few days, I went from having a few
friends
to having many. Though there were a few people in our current
group
that were not at the bowling night, that day still ranks up high.
It does not receive an extremely high spot, just because it did not
contribute
to the group idea the most. It was the first real group hangout
(there
was one before it, but it was not of this caliber), but not the most
influential.
Keep looking for more group hangouts on the countdown. There is
definitely
more to come.
Tha Creator Enlightens - In mid-December
of 2000, I had announced to
Darren that I was finally going ot shut down my site. Obviously,
he took this very harshly, because my site was a way to keep himself
sane.
I told him that if he could possibly get ten people to tell me to keep
my site up, I would overturn my decision. The truth is, after the
first few, he became lazy, and he never finished his job. He did
not get ten people to tell me to keep my site up, so I was forced to
close
down my site. I did tell him though that if I were to have some
kind
of dream that told me to keep my site up, or some kind of phenomenon
that
convinced me I was doing the wrong thing, I would reconsider.
That
night, I envisioned many things, and I came to the conclusion that my
site
was to stay up. I added a press release to announce what I saw
that
night and obviously all the people devoted to the website were
happy.
Actually, at the time, I I think the only person that cared about the
closing
of the site was Darren, but that does not matter anymore. Though
this event seems like it is a big deal, it ends up not holding
much.
I mean, after all this time, no one even knows about this, and really,
it has not changed much. There is one thing for sure: if I was
never
enlightened, there would not be all these new jokes. And my page
without jokes is weak. So that is why it is quite high up here,
because
you do not really know where my site would be without the jokes.
After all, the page really does revolve around the joke page, so if
there
were none, the site would lose pretty much all content it had.
Except
the autobiography, of course.
The Visitors That Visited For Months - So
there was this day that my
father told me my aunt and uncle were going to join our family for the
summer, and I thought, "That'd be pretty nice for a while, I
guess."
The truth is, they stayed for much longer than the summer. This
forced
me to move into the master bedroom, because if I did not, I would not
be
able to use the computer late at night. Also, I had so many
people
running around the house it seemed like the place was lively.
They
were in town the whole of first semester and then left at the end of
February.
They created a lifestyle in the time they were here, and that is how
you
can calculate the impact they have had. First off, like I said
before,
they made me move rooms. Secondly, because of them it was why I
started
the Insight on Issues page (which lasted a very short time).
Third,
it was the fact that I had people around the house to actually get
things
done. The first point can be taken to a further extent, but that
is saved for later. And because that is going to be viewed later
on the countdown, there is not much to say about this, other than they
did ultimately trigger the shifting of living quarters (bound to be
higher
than this event). Now that I think about it, I remember that I
wanted
to move rooms back to my old one, because I was so attached to that
place,
and my dad told me it would be fine, because they were only going to
stay
for a few weeks. Apparently, they stayed for over six months, and
that locked myself in the current living area that I have. And
that
is not a bad thing, mind you.
Early 2001 Music - Only three days into
the Millennium, Joel and Vinay
came over to play music all night. At first, it was just a bunch
of covers we planned on recording (which we did), but then it changed
into
actually working on a song that was ours. Because the night was
such
a successful night in terms of songs recorded, it really made us think
of taking things to a higher step, such as record a whole CD full of
covers.
Also during this night, we walked down to Circle K to get food, and
people
scared us on our way there. First off, because of this night, I
know
not to walk down 48th past 9:00, because people will scare you and
lower
your self-esteem. Okay, maybe that is something stupid to list
when
it is this high up on the list, but the actual work we did strengthened
my musical abilities. Being able to listen to different songs and
just picking up instruments and playing them became a normal day's work
after that night. I learned from playing Smells Like Teen Spirit,
and so did the others. We completed a five minute song in about
thirty
minutes time, without previously playing it. Along with that
ability,
I also changed my style of playing a little bit. Before that
night,
I used to only play beats and random snare rolls during songs, but I
started
to add random things into beats like broken rolls and other things my
drum
teacher said would sound good. When I was playing with Vinay and
Joel, I realized how easy it was to implement those fills, and how cool
they sounded. Another thing that makes this day stand out is that
we never played again with such success. After that day, we said
we would do so much more music in the future, and accomplish much more,
but we never did that. The next time we played, we were not able
to record anything and the practice was pretty much a failure.
That
makes the music making in early 2001 all the more special.
Actually,
we also took pictures of stuffed animals playing instruments, and that,
too, makes it special.
Everyone Leaves in Random Directions - Actually
now that I think about
it, everyone left my house in the same direction. From February
of
2000, my grandmother had lived at my father's house and took care of it
with all she had. In July of the same year, my aunt and uncle
joined
us and lived at my father's house for a few months. The three
parts
of my extended family took care of themselves quite well, and also
helped
me around the house. In late February of 2001, my aunt and uncle
announced that they would be leaving for Dallas and Buffalo, and
probably
would not come back to Phoenix. My grandmother then said she was
going to join them, wherever they went, and they come back after a few
months. Because all three of them were leaving, it left my
father's
house completely empty. As many of my friends know, this is the
reason
they hang out at my house so often. When all of them left, it
left
my house as a party center for friends. If I were to have family
over when I was inviting people to just chill at my house, a lot of my
friends would have been discouraged some. The house is known for
its lack of a chaperone, and so anything can go on in the house as long
as I let it happen. There is one reason why this event does not
find
itself so high on the list and that is because parties still would have
occurred if they were around. I still had parental supervision
during
the parties I held, so the fact that my aunt, uncle, and grandmother
left
would not make a difference. On another note, the event did
change
a lot of things in respect to people living here. Though parties
were never held in my house unsupervised, hangouts were always going on
after school without any parents around. Sometimes people would
just
show up at my door and we would do something together. This was
the
life I liked, but the "arrive at Sunil's house whenever" idea has
mellowed
out over the past few months, and recently, there has not been much
activity
here. Who knows, maybe it is just an after school thing.