Do what you want, and live the life that happens.
Do what you need and live the life you want.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Decriminalization in GR
This is a blog to congratulate the city of Grand Rapids: the officials as well as the citizens. This is a blog to congratulate democracy for working as it should. This is a blog to congratulate a core group of people who had a vision, and made a change.
On August 14th it was announced by DCGR (Decriminalize GR) that they had received enough signatures to officially hold a spot on the local ballot. Months later, the people of Grand Rapids agreed with DCGR, by voting to make the possession and use of marijuana a civil offense, with a maximum fine of $100. This is an accomplishment by DCGR, the city of Grand Rapids, and the ideals of democracy that have the potential of making this country great.
Once again, I say congratulations to the core of DCGR, to those who signed the petition, to the officials who heeded the voice of their citizens, and to the citizens who voted to pass the decriminalization of marijuana in Grand Rapids.
On August 14th it was announced by DCGR (Decriminalize GR) that they had received enough signatures to officially hold a spot on the local ballot. Months later, the people of Grand Rapids agreed with DCGR, by voting to make the possession and use of marijuana a civil offense, with a maximum fine of $100. This is an accomplishment by DCGR, the city of Grand Rapids, and the ideals of democracy that have the potential of making this country great.
Once again, I say congratulations to the core of DCGR, to those who signed the petition, to the officials who heeded the voice of their citizens, and to the citizens who voted to pass the decriminalization of marijuana in Grand Rapids.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Joy
Everyone has life to deal with. Difficulties and hard times to process daily. But I promise that today can be a good day if you let it. I promise that it can feel good to be a part of the human race. I promise that it can feel good to look in the mirror and see your own face looking back. I promise that that face can be filled with joy and happiness. Step aside, and let today be uplifting. The only person that can stop me from having a good day today is me.
Welcome to the only day, the current day, the best day: welcome to Today
-Evan
Welcome to the only day, the current day, the best day: welcome to Today
-Evan
Monday, October 22, 2012
Animal
What if all of the standards of our society were lost? Would you still have any power? Would you survive? Darwinism exists in our society, but in a different way than it has in the past. I want to be powerful beyond politics and money. I want to be powerful through the sharpness of my mind and the fitness of my body. I want to fight someone and win. I want to exert physical force that is greater than my enemy's.
I am a man existing in a spiritual state, but I am also an animal existing in a physical state.
I want to master both.
Welcome to Today
-Evan
I am a man existing in a spiritual state, but I am also an animal existing in a physical state.
I want to master both.
Welcome to Today
-Evan
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Power
Bane: [to Stryver] Leave us!
Roland Daggett: No! You stay here, I'm in charge!
Bane: [puts his hand on Daggett's shoulder] Do you feel in charge?
[Stryver leaves]
Roland Daggett: I paid you a small fortune.
Bane: And this gives you power over me?
(Quote from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000208/quotes)
Roland Daggett thinks that his money give him power over others. Bane knows that his physical strength, intelligence, and the loyalty of his men gives him real power. The wealthy feel entitled because of what they have done with their money, but there is no power there. Power comes when people understand the power of your will; the integrity of your soul. Money can buy an army of mercenaries, but only loyalty can create an army of comrades.
Where do you draw false power?
Where can you draw real power?
Reach into your soul.
Be powerful.
Welcome to Today
-Evan
Roland Daggett: No! You stay here, I'm in charge!
Bane: [puts his hand on Daggett's shoulder] Do you feel in charge?
[Stryver leaves]
Roland Daggett: I paid you a small fortune.
Bane: And this gives you power over me?
(Quote from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000208/quotes)
Roland Daggett thinks that his money give him power over others. Bane knows that his physical strength, intelligence, and the loyalty of his men gives him real power. The wealthy feel entitled because of what they have done with their money, but there is no power there. Power comes when people understand the power of your will; the integrity of your soul. Money can buy an army of mercenaries, but only loyalty can create an army of comrades.
Where do you draw false power?
Where can you draw real power?
Reach into your soul.
Be powerful.
Welcome to Today
-Evan
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Writing Music
Lately I have been trying to learn myself about how to write music. It's harder than I thought. I am jamming on a few different riffs, and making some rad beats, but the lyrics and catchy melody are so difficult to make natural. I know what sort of message I want to send with my first album, but I don't know how to say it all in an artistic way, full of flow without the weight that I've come to know in this life I live day to night and this love I live tomorrow or later tonight.
I want to ask the same questions that I ask in this blog, but I need a lightness to be mixed in. I need some songs to be crushingly emotional while others are whimsically releasing. I need my personality to be embodied in song. I want to create a real, perfectly authentic expression of my soul.
If I can do all these things, I can do anything.
But first I must be responsible to both the life I have lived and the life that I want to pursue. The past me has created some baggage that I need to fell, and the present me can't help but look towards the future and towards my dreams. The past will be handled on the way to the future. I have a plan, and it will be marvelous.
Welcome to a dark, wet, but surprisingly warm Today
-Evan
I want to ask the same questions that I ask in this blog, but I need a lightness to be mixed in. I need some songs to be crushingly emotional while others are whimsically releasing. I need my personality to be embodied in song. I want to create a real, perfectly authentic expression of my soul.
If I can do all these things, I can do anything.
But first I must be responsible to both the life I have lived and the life that I want to pursue. The past me has created some baggage that I need to fell, and the present me can't help but look towards the future and towards my dreams. The past will be handled on the way to the future. I have a plan, and it will be marvelous.
Welcome to a dark, wet, but surprisingly warm Today
-Evan
Friday, October 12, 2012
Falling
In the same fashion that feathers fall from birds, so too do we fall. We are all united in origin, but fall in such different manners: one straight down; one flipping end over end; one being swept away by the wind; and yet another floats gracefully down. We all fall from the same origin, and land at the same end, but my fall will be magnificent, and I will land where I love. The wind will sweep below, above and around me; falling in spiraling swirls.
I will fall and be felled, as will you. I will move and be moved, by and with you.
Today I shift my weight and fall this way; tomorrow I hold my weight and fall with the wind.
Welcome to Today
-Evan
I will fall and be felled, as will you. I will move and be moved, by and with you.
Today I shift my weight and fall this way; tomorrow I hold my weight and fall with the wind.
Welcome to Today
-Evan
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