Email System

A lot of these posts are probably going to be composed in classes. Specifically US History. Normally I just read in here instead of doing work, but I’ll mix in some blog post making too. Right now we’re watching a movie, so I don’t have ... and the sub kicked me off my chromebook. And I'm assuming she's not going to let me start reading (we're suppose to be doing a KQL (Know-Questions-Learn) worksheet, but they barely take any effort), so instead I took out a paper. I'm writing this out, and then I'll type it up later.

Except I forgot that I already typed up the rest of this blog post before I started making this portion, so I guess I'll start writing a different blog post. Don't know what I'm going to talk about, but I'll brainstorm a little, and probably write random stuff.

This chromebook email system is super annoying. You’re only allowed to be signed into one email at a time. And it doesn’t like signing in from different sources other than email (as in, I can’t sign in from youtube, or blogger (except maybe you can? I don't know, sometimes it works, other times it doesn't)) so every time I want to check my email or google classroom I have to sign out of whatever email and sign in to my school email. And then if I want to sign into my normal gmail account so I can look at my youtube subscriptions/emails, I have to sign out and then sign in with my normal email. And then if I want to write or publish a blog post/edit lists, I have to sign out and sign in with my parent’s email. I’m constantly having to shift between which emails I’m using, and it’s incredibly inefficient. I think I have finally figured out a way to connect other emails to my blog, so I think I might be able to start using my normal email to do stuff on my blog, and that would make things a little simpler.

Oh, and I'm posting this on Nevada day, so Happy Nevada Day!

¿Posts?

Reverse question marks are great, btw. I'm not sure if the meaning I use them in comes across, but.

Some have made it known to me that they wish I posted more. I do too. It's actually incredibly weird to have this new section of an audience. Yes, I've always had my family, but now I have a couple-few friends along for the ride of whatever I desire to put out into the world. (so, point being, ¿I'm going to post more?)
My one rule of thumb, however, is if I am going to try and commit myself to posting more, I refuse to feel any form of guilt if I do not post for a long period of time. I can do whatever I want. I'm sticking to my blog's name. Currently, though, my wants and desires happen to align with others.
So, yeah. We'll see what happens. Normally I don't make these sort of posts, and just tell myself what the plan is; that way I have no form of commitment, but this case is different, I guess.

Also with this perhaps increase in blog posts, shorter posts (like this one, for example) will become more of a thing. Which is fine, of course, I just wanted to point it out both to myself and to everyone.

Thoughts on Music and Such

'Such' first (aka, random stuff (even though that's not how I use 'and such' normally, but that's what I'm using it for here)):

I've been wanting to write more. Naturally, of course, my blog is my first spot to go to (although I totally want to get into more writing stories and such etc. Not necessarily actually writing, but the theory behind it all or whatever, and then maybe later getting more into writing itself if I feel like it). Although I rarely know specifically what I want to write about, so I write about everything and nothing.

Random thought: Am I hearing silence (in between me typing (because obviously I can hear me typing)) or am I just hearing a form of ambient noise? Have I ever heard true silence? Or at least anywhere close to it?

Oh, I also wanted to talk briefly about the new section I added. It tells you the changes I make to my lists and when I made them. I don't know long each individual notification section thingy will stay there, but I'll get rid of them periodically. It's for my use because I think it's cool and useful for me, but it's also for any who care because beforehand it was difficult to see if anything changed without me dedicating a whole blog post to a list being revamped. So, yeah, that's a thing.

Anyway. Music.

Music is scary. I'm scared of what it can do to me (and what it can do to others, but I'm just going to talk about me because I can do what I want). If you know I'm going someplace, and have one of a couple certain songs (of which I won't reveal) playing when I arrive, I'll basically just shut down. A simple song can do that to me. It's like I'm scared of the power others have over me if they know what those songs are or something, idk. At the same time it's kind of nice? Vulnerability makes people seem more human, so having something like that isn't all bad.

It holds such power. It not only can break me down, but build me up. Make me feel better. Make me feel determined. Make me feel resolution. Make me feel the Spirit.
Just one note can invoke such raw emotion in my heart. Especially when I play it myself on the piano. Playing the opening note to Implicit Demand for Proof and just holding it, closing my eyes, and filling my soul with the sound. It's incredibly peaceful.
But the moment only lasts so long. Eventually you have to continue with life. You get lost in the moment; only those emotions are there. You escape the world and enter your own heart instead. It's a beautiful, serene moment, but it comes to an end. And that's life. We have to deal with that.

I used to not listen to music; for why would I want my emotions to be changed? (I've been using semicolons a lot recently, and it's cool, but I actually don't know if I'm using them correctly all the time, but that's fine). My emotions are mine and mine alone. But, even though I still agree to an extent with my past self, music is so much more than that. It's the art of it all. It's the connection, both with the song and those around you. It's the awesomeness.
I could talk a little about my original philosophy, and why I mostly disagree with it now, but I don't feel like it. I would relate it to some of Breeze's talk about emotional Allomancy in Mistborn and other things, but nah (update on reading: Reread Mistborn and am now on to The Well of Ascension. After that I'll reread The Hero of Ages. Then I'll glance back over Mistborn and start making a book report on it, I think. By then Oathbringer will have been released, and I'll jump on that amazingness (A week ago or so I had a dream where Oathbringer was just terrible, and that sucked. But I have full faith in Brandon and everyone who helped him to make it to make it into epicness. I can't see that book being bad. It's just not a possibility.)).

I'm sure I could write more, but this is good for now.

Continuing to have no specific topic

Getting four cartons of ice cream is one of the better parts of birthdays. It's like a present in and of itself. Ice cream is really good (is really well? English still doesn't make sense (not like it ever did in the first place, but still))
Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 is being released at the end of this month?!?!?!?!?!?! According to CoolStuffInc, expected release is October 26th, and I am so ready. I kind of want to replay the first season again; maybe with more brothers? That would be really fun. Eric and I, of course, would stay silent with our knowledge. I suspect that I probably forgot a lot of the things that would help us, though, so I'm not sure if I would affect it all too much.
Finished Words of Radiance again! It was super good (of course). Still think the ending was a bit rushed and was kind of confusing, but it made more sense on my 2nd read. Oathbringer might be, like, the best book. Currently Hero of Ages still places #1 for me, but I could see Oathbringer changing that.
Jobs are nice. The money that comes from them is also nice. Got a tutoring job at the High School that I start tomorrow, so that's exciting. Hopefully people will only come in for math, since that's what I know best. It'll be good to help people, have additional job experience, and have some extra cash, of course. Although I've just been chucking all my money into my bank account, so it's not like I really have any more money in my wallet or anything. But if I really do want to buy something, I'll just go for it. I won't worry about what is my "spending money" vs. "saving money". Since I'm finding myself not really wanting to buy anything, I think I'll be fine. Basically, I mean, that whenever I want to buy something, I'll figure that I'll have saved enough money in what would be my "spending money" category to buy it. So I do. I hope that made sense.
NAT type is still D, which means I still can't play Splatoon 2 online, which sucks. I haven't tried to fix it recently since it just makes me frustrated, but I really want to play that game. It makes me really sad that we can't. Although, granted, I haven't really spent that much time playing video games recently, but I would play some more if that game worked. I also haven't been watching anime recently either. In a middle of a season, so I should really just finish that sometime. And then I can have as long of a hiatus as I want. Stopping in the middle of a season makes little sense.
Speaking of hiatuses: twenty one pilots. I'm waiting. I'm excited. I don't know what's next, but I want it.