Blog #1

What’s good?

I have been wanting to make a blog for a long time but never really followed through with it until I had to make this website for an assignment. She requested no blogs though, so I had to wait for a few weeks until now to start writing it. I still have no idea what I’m doing but here I am.

I really want to start writing more but I don’t feel like writing professionally for this blog. If you, through some act of god, made it to this website, you probably want to get to understand me more and get a glimpse into my life so I am going to write about things that interest me and write in the style I prefer. I would rather that no one reads this so I have the freedom to write whatever, so there won’t be any promotion. If you found it, just keep it to yourself.

I thought I would start this blog by writing about something extremely divisive like politics or abortion or whether Seinfeld or Friends is the better sitcom (Seinfeld), but I realized I don’t know enough about 2 of those subjects to really get people going. I try to remain as ignorant and uniformed as possible about the daily news because that is the only way to stay happy. People who watch the news everyday and comment on news articles blow me away because I don’t know how they can stand it. Most of the news you see is not going to affect your daily life and will usually only serve to divide you from your neighbor, so why look at it?

I will usually pay attention to the major events, such as the current fire and deforestation of the Amazon or the school shooting of the week, but I don’t wake up eager to hear about what events happened that night or who said what in the election cycle. I follow news about music, basketball and my favorite TV shows and that is about it. It is blessed ignorance and, while many will hate me for this blog, it is essential to living my life happier.

That isn’t to say I am without a heart because I still attempt to be a positive force to those around me even though I often fall short of that. I just know that I have to be able to know when to help and when to focus on the blessings that I am given as well. Think globally, act locally.

Did any of that make sense? Probably not. But it’s my blog so I get to sit here and write and you can either read or look away. I am just doing this so I don’t forget how much I used to love just writing for fun.

To close this out, I’ll rank my top 4 most listened to artists of the last month.

1. Daniel Caesar- “Case Study 01” is a masterpiece and did not get near the level of credit it deserved. Superposition? Ughhhhh John Mayer and Daniel Caesar is a match made in heaven.
2. Bon Iver- “i,i” is definitely another great edition to the discography of Justin Vernon or Bon Iver. Hey, ma and Marion are the favorites off this album so far but, as is the case with all of his albums, I feel as though I am only scratching the surface and have yet to fully appreciate everything this album was. Worth noting that For Emma, Forever Ago is my second favorite album of all time, only behind Frank Ocean’s “Blonde”.
3. Mac Miller- I still will not get over the fact that he is actually gone and won’t release new music anymore. I listen to Swimming on repeat and it was my most played album of 2018 even though it came out in October. Mac was one of those artists who never grew stagnant and stopped being hungry for more. Every single album showed how much he had matured since the previous and Swimming was no different. It was introspective, it was ambitious, it was melancholy and it came at a time in my life where I needed to hear it. Out of all the celebrities who have passed, his affected me the most and still makes me sad. He gave some classics though. Might have to make a whole blog post on his music.
4. Kanye West- The biggest creative genius of my time, even if he is a little erratic. Every single album is still argued as being his best yet and the fact that an artist can have a career spanning two decades and 8 solo albums and still have debate over which one is his greatest is astonishing. He forever changed hip hop and inspired and created more rappers than I care to count. Every album is different and tends to revolutionize the genre. Will rank his discography later.
5. Billie Eilish- Billie is lowkey a guilty pleasure and makes some seriously creative and unique songs. She has such a distinct vibe and I know a melody is hers before I even hear her voice. “When we all fall asleep, where do we go?” was one of my most played albums this year but I feel like there is a stigma against openly liking her music so usually I keep it quiet.

Alright, later.