My Blood is definitely my favorite off of Trench so far.
It's just so good.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Healing Hands
I haven't been feeling motivated to make blog posts for various different reasons lately. And that's okay, I guess?
If I find it a burden to sit down a create a blog post then I will not do so. That is not the point of these.
I have been wanting to make blog posts, however. Which is one major step towards motivation.
Healing Hands
Target player gains 4 life.
Draw a card.
That's a random Magic card that's in front of me. Cycle (referring to the 'draw a card' part) is pretty good in battle card games such as Magic.
That was completely random and not needed, but that's okay.
I was going to try and tie the title of the card into the topic somehow, but I couldn't really think of anything, so that's how it came out.
I guess I'll just make the title of the blog post "Healing Hands" since I have no better ideas.
Yep.
If I find it a burden to sit down a create a blog post then I will not do so. That is not the point of these.
I have been wanting to make blog posts, however. Which is one major step towards motivation.
Healing Hands
Target player gains 4 life.
Draw a card.
That's a random Magic card that's in front of me. Cycle (referring to the 'draw a card' part) is pretty good in battle card games such as Magic.
That was completely random and not needed, but that's okay.
I was going to try and tie the title of the card into the topic somehow, but I couldn't really think of anything, so that's how it came out.
I guess I'll just make the title of the blog post "Healing Hands" since I have no better ideas.
Yep.
Friday, August 17, 2018
Learning Levitate
Eric and I sat down with one of the "Learn to rap Levitate" videos and started the process of learning the whole rap. We got the first part down pretty well, so now we need to start expanding onto other parts of the rap. I'm excited for when we have the whole thing down.
I think minigolf is freaking awesome. I've been watching a lot of Vlogbrothers recently, and in one of their videos Hank and John were playing minigolf and I'm like, "Man, minigolf is freaking awesome. I wanna play some minigolf right now." And that was the moment I realized that I think minigolf is freaking awesome.
Fun Fact of the Day: This is my 300th published blog post. It feels like so little. But at the same time I'm proud of how much stuff I've been able to write over the years.
Hannah and Kaellen got married two days ago!! I'm happy for them. I suppose I could make a separate blog post about them getting married like I did for Ryan. I don't know, we'll see.
I think minigolf is freaking awesome. I've been watching a lot of Vlogbrothers recently, and in one of their videos Hank and John were playing minigolf and I'm like, "Man, minigolf is freaking awesome. I wanna play some minigolf right now." And that was the moment I realized that I think minigolf is freaking awesome.
Fun Fact of the Day: This is my 300th published blog post. It feels like so little. But at the same time I'm proud of how much stuff I've been able to write over the years.
Hannah and Kaellen got married two days ago!! I'm happy for them. I suppose I could make a separate blog post about them getting married like I did for Ryan. I don't know, we'll see.
Monday, August 13, 2018
Pens (NYLT)
Note: Some of these seem to be referring to older things I wrote. (Probably) none of us have read the older NYLT readings recently, so it's a little weird. Anyway, here's the next section from NYLT:
5
My pen runs dry at random times, which is annoying. I just mess with it and it starts writing again, though. Writing with a pen is so much more satisfying than a pencil. I wish I had a better pen than a ballpoint. I feel like I would invest into a really nice pen, but I would be super afraid of losing it. Maybe I should invest into a great pen, but not necessarily a fantastic one. But, like, also, when do I even use a pen? I feel like the only times I do is 1. Official documents 2. When I'm writing something for myself, such as this or a journal or whatever 3. I feel like there was something else, but I'm writing #3 a little later and I forgot.
I just realized/figured out that the back of these Fast Glass papers are entirely blank, so that's convenient. I should be good. I'm glad I've been numbering the pages because it might get a little confusing without them. I've already written quite a bit. I already said this, but I'm curious on how this'll be when in typed form. And I'm curious on how much more I'll write over the course of this week.
6
See/ like right then. My arm was on my arm rest and a spider semi-crawled onto my hand and I just calmly got it off and killed it. But I actually think that's because I was tired and so I just didn't react, but whatever.
5
My pen runs dry at random times, which is annoying. I just mess with it and it starts writing again, though. Writing with a pen is so much more satisfying than a pencil. I wish I had a better pen than a ballpoint. I feel like I would invest into a really nice pen, but I would be super afraid of losing it. Maybe I should invest into a great pen, but not necessarily a fantastic one. But, like, also, when do I even use a pen? I feel like the only times I do is 1. Official documents 2. When I'm writing something for myself, such as this or a journal or whatever 3. I feel like there was something else, but I'm writing #3 a little later and I forgot.
I just realized/figured out that the back of these Fast Glass papers are entirely blank, so that's convenient. I should be good. I'm glad I've been numbering the pages because it might get a little confusing without them. I've already written quite a bit. I already said this, but I'm curious on how this'll be when in typed form. And I'm curious on how much more I'll write over the course of this week.
6
See/ like right then. My arm was on my arm rest and a spider semi-crawled onto my hand and I just calmly got it off and killed it. But I actually think that's because I was tired and so I just didn't react, but whatever.
My Own Rap (WIP)
So I've been thinking about making my own rap or something recently. I've always wanted to make music, but I find that I'm horrible at creating original content. I always slip into other tunes. But a rap would be different for a couple reasons. 1. I've only heard twenty one pilots raps, which means I don't have as many ideas to block my way from being original, if that makes any sense whatsoever. 2. The songs beat and flow would spawn off of the lyrics. That means all I would have to do is come up with original lyrics (which I can do) in order to create an original beat/flow.
I kind of really like the idea.
And one thing I've always loved about raps (well, ever since I started liking raps) is the amount of content I would get to talk about. It reminds me of an AJR lyric. From Three-Thirty,
"If I ever started rapping
They’d be laughing, they won’t believe me
But I got so much I wanna say so
I’m thinkin’ rappers, they got it easy"
I would get to say so much in a short period of time. And it can be whatever I want it to be about. And that makes me excited.
Granted, any of my starting material would probably be trash, but that's the same with anything. But in this case it wouldn't really matter. It would only be for me and my close friends/family. The message would be the important part. The beat and the fact that it's a rap is only a cover-up, in a way, to allow me to say things I wouldn't be able to say in other circumstances. Tyler Joseph talks about this sometimes. One of the reasons why he makes music is that he can talk about things in a song that he wouldn't be comfortable talking about in other scenarios. So genuine lyrics is what I would be aiming for, which I think is achievable.
Plus, I know, like, I'm not bad at rapping. I've got Migraine, Forest, and Message Man (plus many others, but those are the harder ones that are worth mentioning) all down. I really want to learn Levitate, but that might be a while before I get the chance too.
I kind of really like the idea.
And one thing I've always loved about raps (well, ever since I started liking raps) is the amount of content I would get to talk about. It reminds me of an AJR lyric. From Three-Thirty,
"If I ever started rapping
They’d be laughing, they won’t believe me
But I got so much I wanna say so
I’m thinkin’ rappers, they got it easy"
I would get to say so much in a short period of time. And it can be whatever I want it to be about. And that makes me excited.
Granted, any of my starting material would probably be trash, but that's the same with anything. But in this case it wouldn't really matter. It would only be for me and my close friends/family. The message would be the important part. The beat and the fact that it's a rap is only a cover-up, in a way, to allow me to say things I wouldn't be able to say in other circumstances. Tyler Joseph talks about this sometimes. One of the reasons why he makes music is that he can talk about things in a song that he wouldn't be comfortable talking about in other scenarios. So genuine lyrics is what I would be aiming for, which I think is achievable.
Plus, I know, like, I'm not bad at rapping. I've got Migraine, Forest, and Message Man (plus many others, but those are the harder ones that are worth mentioning) all down. I really want to learn Levitate, but that might be a while before I get the chance too.
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
A Variety of Things
Welp, the song came out officially. It's just so different. I'm still adjusting.
Also, the Smash Direct was pretty hype. I want that game. But you already knew that.
I've been playing some League of Legends recently, which has been a good time. I'm actually pretty good, which makes me happy.
I've also been reading Planet Mercenary role-playing game handbook. I really want to do a campaign of it. It seems super cool. RPG's in general are super cool. The system seems really fluid and nice. Hopefully, if I do end up running a campaign, it can run well and be enjoyable.
Eric talked about this in his blog post. We finished Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 yesterday! It was pretty awesome. I liked it less than both SeaFall and Season 1 for me, though. Which wasn't all too unexpected. We got 706 points and delivered the cure (I don't know if saying we delivered the cure counts as spoilers or not, but whatever), which was in the second highest category, so I would say we did pretty well. I'm happy with our result.
Ben is writing up a guest post, so we'll see how that turns out. I might have to go through and correct some things, but maybe I should just leave it in its natural state. It's an interesting guest post because he doesn't have a blog of his own. So he's basically just writing his first ever blog post.
Tennis Try-Outs are this Saturday. The season is officially starting and I'm excited. I feel like I've been playing very well and if I can keep my head then it's going to be interesting to see who I can beat this year. We have a new team in our division this year (North Valley), so it's going to be super interesting to play against brand new players. I want to preform well. And I know I can, if I play like I know I can.
Also, the Smash Direct was pretty hype. I want that game. But you already knew that.
I've been playing some League of Legends recently, which has been a good time. I'm actually pretty good, which makes me happy.
I've also been reading Planet Mercenary role-playing game handbook. I really want to do a campaign of it. It seems super cool. RPG's in general are super cool. The system seems really fluid and nice. Hopefully, if I do end up running a campaign, it can run well and be enjoyable.
Eric talked about this in his blog post. We finished Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 yesterday! It was pretty awesome. I liked it less than both SeaFall and Season 1 for me, though. Which wasn't all too unexpected. We got 706 points and delivered the cure (I don't know if saying we delivered the cure counts as spoilers or not, but whatever), which was in the second highest category, so I would say we did pretty well. I'm happy with our result.
Ben is writing up a guest post, so we'll see how that turns out. I might have to go through and correct some things, but maybe I should just leave it in its natural state. It's an interesting guest post because he doesn't have a blog of his own. So he's basically just writing his first ever blog post.
Tennis Try-Outs are this Saturday. The season is officially starting and I'm excited. I feel like I've been playing very well and if I can keep my head then it's going to be interesting to see who I can beat this year. We have a new team in our division this year (North Valley), so it's going to be super interesting to play against brand new players. I want to preform well. And I know I can, if I play like I know I can.
Leaked Track List, Leaked Song
So, the twenty one pilots new album's tracklist has been leaked and I guessed it correctly! There are exactly 14 songs *party popper emoji*
There are a couple song names that look particularly interesting. The Hype being one. Pet Cheetah being my favorite. All the others are really interesting and it gets me even more excited than I have been to listen to the rest of the album.
I have yet to listen to the entirety of Levitate, the new leaked song. I have listened to about a minute of it (which is actually about half the length of the song) and I'm really really excited to listen to the rest of it. It sounds so different. In a good refreshing way. I don't even know. Ugh, I want them to officially release it before I listen to it, though.
Happy Birthday Thomas! And I suppose Roger Federer too!
I'll (hopefully) talk about the Smash Direct after it's over.
There are a couple song names that look particularly interesting. The Hype being one. Pet Cheetah being my favorite. All the others are really interesting and it gets me even more excited than I have been to listen to the rest of the album.
I have yet to listen to the entirety of Levitate, the new leaked song. I have listened to about a minute of it (which is actually about half the length of the song) and I'm really really excited to listen to the rest of it. It sounds so different. In a good refreshing way. I don't even know. Ugh, I want them to officially release it before I listen to it, though.
Happy Birthday Thomas! And I suppose Roger Federer too!
I'll (hopefully) talk about the Smash Direct after it's over.
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Smash Bros. Direct
There's a Smash Brothers Direct on the 8th (tomorrow), which is pretty exciting. It's a pretty good birthday thing for Thomas. I have some hopes, but I'm pretty sure I'll be super happy with whatever they show off.
Saturday, August 4, 2018
half•alive new song
The new half•alive song is super good. And the music video is even better. It's a good time.
Like, you should definitely give it a watch.
Like, you should definitely give it a watch.
Friday, August 3, 2018
30 Days of TØP in a Couple Days Pt 2
16. Song I wished was played on the radio.
I don't know all the songs that are played on the radio since I don't listen to the radio a whole bunch, but I guess Migraine simply because it's my favorite.
17. Least favorite song?
House of Gold
18. Have you seen them live?
No :( But it's not like I've tried too hard to do so. I know a couple people who have. And I have in one of my dreams.
19. Which rap verse is my favorite?
The Holding On To You rap I mentioned yesterday.
20. Favorite chorus?
I have no idea
21. Favorite album?
Regional at Best
22. Least favorite album?
Blurryface
23. Most emotional album?
Self-Titled
24. Own any of the albums?
All that are accessible. So, Vessel and Blurryface
25. Song I want them to cover?
Something by Bastille simply because they're my second favorite artist
26. Song you listen to the most?
Probably The Pantaloon
27. Own any merch?
Nope, because I rarely wear any clothing with words/pictures on them. That's an entirely different discussion
28. Favorite Lyrics?
That Holding On To You rap
29. Truce or Goner?
Goner
30. Ode to Sleep or Heavydirtysoul?
Ode to Sleep
I don't know all the songs that are played on the radio since I don't listen to the radio a whole bunch, but I guess Migraine simply because it's my favorite.
17. Least favorite song?
House of Gold
18. Have you seen them live?
No :( But it's not like I've tried too hard to do so. I know a couple people who have. And I have in one of my dreams.
19. Which rap verse is my favorite?
The Holding On To You rap I mentioned yesterday.
20. Favorite chorus?
I have no idea
21. Favorite album?
Regional at Best
22. Least favorite album?
Blurryface
23. Most emotional album?
Self-Titled
24. Own any of the albums?
All that are accessible. So, Vessel and Blurryface
25. Song I want them to cover?
Something by Bastille simply because they're my second favorite artist
26. Song you listen to the most?
Probably The Pantaloon
27. Own any merch?
Nope, because I rarely wear any clothing with words/pictures on them. That's an entirely different discussion
28. Favorite Lyrics?
That Holding On To You rap
29. Truce or Goner?
Goner
30. Ode to Sleep or Heavydirtysoul?
Ode to Sleep
Thursday, August 2, 2018
30 Days of TØP in a Couple Days Pt 1
I found this thing on this thing and I went, "Sure, why not", so I'm doing it. All of the answers/questions deal with TØP, hence the title. Some of the answers may not correspond with my list because my list is semi-outdated
1. Favorite Song
Migraine
2. First song I heard
I have no idea since Hannah listened to them before I got into them, so I was exposed to songs, but I have no idea which one was first. I feel like my earliest memory is of A Car, A Torch, A Death. The ringing noise of the song stuck with me.
3. Last song I listened to
Taken by Sleep, although I shut it off quickly for personal reasons
4. Are you a fan?
Yes? I am confused by the intent of this question. Anyone who actually does this is probably a fan.
5. Favorite song off Blurryface
Not Today
6. Favorite song off Vessel
Migraine
7. Favorite song off Regional at Best
Kitchen Sink
8. Favorite song off Self-Titled
Friend, Please
9. Favorite song off No Phun Intended
Blasphemy
10. Underrated song?
The Pantaloon? I'm not quite sure
11. Overrated song?
House of Gold
I love the song and I've been liking it more recently and it may climb up the ranks (when I get to redoing those), but I still think people like it too much. Ex. Ben and Thomas have it in their top 5/10
12. Song that has the most meaning to me?
This question is brutal. I feel like Holding On To You? Simply because of that one rap that's my favorite rap of all time and it means so much to me
"Remember the moment
You know exactly where you're going,
'Cause the next moment,
Before you know it, time is slowing
And it's frozen still,
And the window sill looks really nice, right?
You think twice about your life,
It probably happens at night,
Right?
Fight it,
Take the pain, ignite it,
Tie a noose around your mind
Loose enough to breathe fine and tie it
To a tree. Tell it, "You belong to me.
This ain't a noose, this is a leash.
And I have news for you: you must obey me."
13. Do you know when Tyler's birthday is?
Yes, December 1st.
14. Do you know when Josh's birthday is?
I'm pretty sure it's in June. The 27th? 17th?
I looked it up and it's on June 18th, so I was close. I got the month right, at least.
15. Favorite TØP cover?
Cancer
1. Favorite Song
Migraine
2. First song I heard
I have no idea since Hannah listened to them before I got into them, so I was exposed to songs, but I have no idea which one was first. I feel like my earliest memory is of A Car, A Torch, A Death. The ringing noise of the song stuck with me.
3. Last song I listened to
Taken by Sleep, although I shut it off quickly for personal reasons
4. Are you a fan?
Yes? I am confused by the intent of this question. Anyone who actually does this is probably a fan.
5. Favorite song off Blurryface
Not Today
6. Favorite song off Vessel
Migraine
7. Favorite song off Regional at Best
Kitchen Sink
8. Favorite song off Self-Titled
Friend, Please
9. Favorite song off No Phun Intended
Blasphemy
10. Underrated song?
The Pantaloon? I'm not quite sure
11. Overrated song?
House of Gold
I love the song and I've been liking it more recently and it may climb up the ranks (when I get to redoing those), but I still think people like it too much. Ex. Ben and Thomas have it in their top 5/10
12. Song that has the most meaning to me?
This question is brutal. I feel like Holding On To You? Simply because of that one rap that's my favorite rap of all time and it means so much to me
"Remember the moment
You know exactly where you're going,
'Cause the next moment,
Before you know it, time is slowing
And it's frozen still,
And the window sill looks really nice, right?
You think twice about your life,
It probably happens at night,
Right?
Fight it,
Take the pain, ignite it,
Tie a noose around your mind
Loose enough to breathe fine and tie it
To a tree. Tell it, "You belong to me.
This ain't a noose, this is a leash.
And I have news for you: you must obey me."
13. Do you know when Tyler's birthday is?
Yes, December 1st.
14. Do you know when Josh's birthday is?
I'm pretty sure it's in June. The 27th? 17th?
I looked it up and it's on June 18th, so I was close. I got the month right, at least.
15. Favorite TØP cover?
Cancer
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