Whistle while you work.

If I were stranded on a island the record I would bring is Copeland: You are my Sunshine. This is one of those albums that you can listen to over and over again and it will never get old. I was introduced to this band my senior year of high school and was skeptical at first but after repeatedly listening to the album I got hooked. After high school I did a year of mission work and my work eventually led me to Mexico. During my week their I would listen to this album as I was constructing a grotto for the town I was in. At night I would also lay in my hammock and fall asleep listening to this album. Still to this day the songs never get old and if this were ever to happen I would be better off with it because it keeps me mellow and always reminds me of good times. On the other hand another one of my favorite albums that I can always listen to is G-Units first album. I don't know what it is but I can always jam and sing along to it. Although, I don't know if it would put me at ease or help me sleep so Copeland it is.

10/28/11 Post

I am writing this blog from 4 days ago and if I had a chance to be able to tell myself that everything was going to be alright those 4 days ago I would have. I took off a whole week for thanksgiving and the friday before so I could go on a vacation to long island. Now the past previous weeks I have been really stressing about my job because of the one guy who hated my guts. Every day was a battle and since now I was moved up to the reception area I needed to be constantly doing something or I would get yelled at and harassed for not being busy. The entire week on long island I was stressing about what was going to happen when I returned the following monday. Walking up to the office monday morning I was freakishly terrified about what the guy who hates me was gonna say along with all the other people that I work with. Another thing I was worried about was getting my paycheck on time. Luckily though nothing happened and it turned out to be a great week at work along with an awesome paycheck. I love my life right now. Thank God

Crossing Boarders

My group was the Gypsy Kings and this review was written in 1995 before a show at the Atlantic City Trump Plaza.

The public response to the pop make-over was immediate. Suddenly the Gipsy Kings were a Top 40 phenomenon throughout Europe, and "Bamboleo" an inescapable dance track. Reyes says it didn't matter then -- and it doesn't matter now -- that the vast majority of the people buying the band's records can't understand the lyrics. "The way the music is created and performed is so passionate that people understand the emotion -- that's what important. It just come right through the rhythms and the voices."

The Authors review is a great one and accurate one. The gypsy kings have such a unique sound that anyone can easily listen too. 

While the current tour coincides with the release of "The Best of the Gipsy Kings" -- a greatest hits collection that includes "Bamboleo," "Volare," "Djobi Djoba" and the current single "A tu Vera" -- the band has already recorded a new, as yet untitled album for release next year. In the meantime, Reyes says the group and its five accompanists are looking forward to the stateside jaunt. "We always listen to American pop and soul when we are there," he says. "We like early James Brown and Ray Charles and especially Frank Sinatra. We even do 'My Way.' 

I think it impossible not to like the the way this band does music. They have appeared in movies like toy story and have put their spin on classic music that really does the song justice. Gypsy Kings will always be a group that I enjoy

The Stresses of Life.

Last Thursday at work i got chewed out pretty hard by my boss about not being productive. For the past two months I was given a project with no real due date because it was not really that important. Everytime I would be working on it though, the CEO of the company would walk by and ask what I was doing and I would tell him that I was working on the competition spreadsheet. Now I can see how he would get the idea that i was doing nothing when everytime he would come around I would be working on the same thing, but what he failed to realize is that it was not the only thing I was working on. I was doing other projects for other people but all he noticed was me doing the spreadsheet. So he calls me into his office last Thursday and just grills me for having done nothing since I've worked here and all I can really do is take it and move on. Since then though he has nothing nice to ever say about me and I can tell that he just hates my guts for really no apparent reason because I'm such a quiet but nice guy . The only thing I can do is pray for this guy to stop hating me and realize that I am an intern and interns are suppose to many projects on their hands. I'm glad I could vent finally.

It's the end of the world?

Honestly, I totally forgot that it was 11/11/11 and i had no idea that it was suppose to be apocalyptic. I have no idea why people believe this mumbo jumbo. Only the crazy people believe that the world is going to end on a predicted day. I figured the Mayans just got tired of writing the calendar so they stopped. How many people have predicted that the world was going to end and at the end of the day we are all still here. Maybe its time people stopped trying to predict and actually live their life to the fullest potential. In my opinion no one will know when the end of days will be so why waste my time guessing or following some cult that thinks they do. If the world does end next year then so be it most people will be able to say that they lived their life. Others who were afraid and lived their lives in fear of the end will just regret it and have nothing in their life to be proud for. That page with the stones in Georgia is pretty cool i had never heard of them until now. It is amazing to see how many people believe in this ridiculousness and actually fear that their lives are going to end. I would rather live my life to the fullest than in fear of the end.

devil went down to ?

I do not think Robert Johnson actually sold his soul to the devil I just think people thought he did because he was musically talented and to be that talented must have been a sign to other people that he was full of evil powers. I think robert johnson acknowledged the idea that people thought he had sold his soul so he wrote the song crossroad to relay to everyone that he might have or might have not. It was simply a publicity stunt to get people to listen to his music and make him more popular among the people. I know that back in the day people were more prone to superstition but in all reality a person can not literally sell his soul. I think it is more of an analogy. One can ruin his soul by committing mortal sins and worshiping the devil, but I don't think johnson did that I think he loved the attention he got from playing the blues.  In all Robert Johnson was just a forgotten and then refund soul. He was thought to have sold his soul but in my opinion he just wanted the recognition and publicity. The devil did not go down to the crossroads and he was not looking for a soul to steal.

News that does not make sense

Yesterday in the news specifically ESPN, I watched as Magic Johnson addressed the fact that 20 years ago he spoke to the public about how he was diagnosed with HIV. Now I am in no way criticizing the fact that this man has aids but how is this relevant to anything. I could understand if he had died twenty years ago but the fact that they have a 20th anniversary of him proclaiming the matter baffles me. News today tends to cover some really stupid stories that later end up on Leno or the daily show. Stories like what celebrities name there babies and what clothes they decide to put on for the day is not news and I do not see how normal people find this entertaining or relevant. News should be reporting us on important news like how this nation is on the brink of economic collapse, or how Europe might see the same collapse. Nobody realizes how important these issues are and how they can severely effect people around the world. So for those 99% of people who are obsessed with celebrity and social news you need to start focusing on the real matters at hand.