R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

I posted on Instagram the other day about how terrible it is to be a grown up. But after thinking about it, I realized that I had made a mistake. It's really not so bad being an adult in the "real world." It's just a challenge. I could talk about the negative aspects of being an adult all day, but I'm not going to. There is no good in doing that. It would only scare the small children.

I will admit, I do sometimes regret leaving public school. I miss being around my friends (or even having friends). I miss band.
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That's about it. Even though I don't like that I left school, there are times that I remember why I did so. If it wasn't for me leaving, I wouldn't have been able to get started on my life. I'm working at a job in my chosen field. Soon, I'll be able to have the job and lifestyle that I want, all at an earlier age than most. Sure I won't get to experience what it's like to be a senior, but then again, that could be a good thing. I no longer have to deal with the stupid high school drama. I don't have to worry about being corrupted by my peers. And I don't have to worry about grades. The best part about starting life early, is that I make really good money for my age. You can bet I won't be getting a piece of junk for my first car.

I'd like to speak some truth into your life. It's true wen they say that after you leave high school, no one cares about you anymore. Someone might mention you now and then, but after a year or two, people forget about you. After four years, no one knows who you are. It's like you never existed. For someone like me, it sucks because I didn't have many friends. I was forgotten faster. But what makes this terrible is that I'm not only forgotten by the people that I considered acquaintances, but also by my closest friends. There is no worse feeling in the world than losing all of your friends. The people that you could confide in. It sucks. But I suppose it was bound to happen anyway. I was not the greatest friend in the world. I treated people poorly and in return, they treated me poorly. Now, I want you to know, I'm not posting this because I want pity or sympathy. This is just a segway to my next thought.

Looks like the Golden Rule really is true. You must give respect in order to earn respect. I hear all the time that people need to earn respect before it is given. While this is true, people make the mistake of being jerks to others then expecting to be respected.


Here's an example. This video was popular a while back. Some kid, Jeff Bliss, attended a school in Duncanville, TX, somewhat close to where I live. This kid tells off his teacher, basically telling her that she sucks and needs to get off her behind and actually teach something. He does this in front of the entire class, disrespecting her and setting a bad example for the other students. I'm not going to defend the teacher, but I'm not going to defend this Jeff guy either. While I do applaud him for taking a stand, I think he could have done it in a more civilized manner. Because he said the things in the tone that he did, the teacher respects him less and in turn will treat him worse than she did previously. Things would have been different if one of them had just been more respectful towards the other. It didn't matter who it was, but it needed to be done. Someone has to start it.

Now that you know where I stand on the issue of respect, tell me what you think. Was this guy in the wrong? Have you been faced with a situation like this? Let me know in the comments or send me a message.

Until next time...
God Bless You and God Bless America
-Rachael

Blogging is Hard

Believe it or not, blogging is really hard. It's difficult to find things to talk about that are appropriate for the general public. I try not to talk about my personal life too much, but it's hard not to. We usually draw our topics from personal experiences. I'd love to write about serious things all the time and get on a really deep level. But I'm not that person. Maybe it's not that I'm not that type of person, but rather that I don't think on that deep of a level. At least, not yet.

I sometimes read other really good blogs. Terri Brady writes from personal experience, but she shows how it teaches a lesson. And would you believe I actually found a good blog in while using the Nav bar? Like I literally found it 30 seconds ago. It's called Hearing is Believing. It hasn't been updated in a long time (2010), but from what I have read so far, it is exactly the type of blog I want. This person writes about their favorite songs. How they found it, why they like it, a video of it, and the lyrics.

Here is the link in case you want to check it out:

http://incredibly-creative-blog-address.blogspot.com/?expref=next-blog

I guess the only way to have a good blog is to just continue posting, even if the posts aren't good. I'm not that good of a writer yet, but with practice, I can be great. Practice makes perfect. 

I do my best to post every week at least, but I'm quite disappointed in myself for not keeping up. I wish I could post daily. I'm just too busy with work. But let's face it, you don't care about my excuses. No one does. So how about this, I promise to try my best and do better with posting. Is that okay? Cool.

Well until tomorrow?

God Bless You and God Bless America!

Raaaaccchhhaaaeeeelllll 

Freeeeedom Friday

I know one of the greatest Americans on Earth. His name... is Clif Gibson. Man this guy is really swell. The swellest. He always has the coolest ties. I was told that he's actually in a "tie club." It makes total sense, especially if you've met him. He taught my dad about this thing called "Chatoyancy." It's like an optical illusion found in gemstones. I guess some companies thought this was totally cool and started manufacturing material to mimic these gemstones. You should check it out sometime.

Besides Mr. Gibson's formidable education in ties, he is very passionate about our freedoms in America. I love hearing him speak truth into people's lives. He may not have the credentials of a professional speaker, but man can he speak. He talks a lot about how we are losing freedoms everyday in America. Some Tuesdays, he speaks at our live open meetings. And while showing the plan, he will usually add in something about how the people have more control than they think. Unfortunately, he only has a certain amount of time to talk and doesn't really get to dig into how we can REALLY change America. I know this guy has some great ideas. But the cool thing is, I don't think these ideas came from him. In fact, I know they didn't. See, what makes Clif brilliant, is that he listens and understands. All of what he says comes from people "much smarter than [him]." People like Orrin Woodward and Oliver Demille (Top Leadership Guru's and Authors of Leadershift).

I can't wait until Clif starts speaking at seminars. He will be (already is) great. He, like many of the men he associates with, is doing something great for this country. The greatest day of all will be when he achieves the level of Policy Council. I want to be there when he delivers his PC speech. In fact, I want to be front row. I might not be in his association, but I want to be right there cheering him on. I wish I could go into depth about how he speaks and his lessons, but I'm so not on his level. I don't want to sound like a fool, in turn making him sound like a fool. So I'm not going to try. Instead you should hear him for yourself. Just you wait and see. This guy will be on so many audio CD's. If you ask nicely, I just might loan some to you.

There are too many nice things to say about Clif and I really wish I could say more. I would love to get into really deep thoughts about how super cool he is, but I'm not that deep. Yet... So as I am still working on being a great writer and edifier,  feedback is much appreciated.

Thank you for reading this unintentionally short post.
God Bless You and God Bless America.
-Rachael

Other Blogs And My Blog

One of the features of Blogger is being able to randomize your blog search. On the top of the page, there is a Navbar, in which you can navigate in between blogs. The thing is, there are some pretty lame blogs out there. I'll occasionally use the Nav feature and if I'm lucky enough, I will find a pretty decent blog. But the only stuff I find are blogs in Spanish, and blogs about people's children. I understand that some people are totally obsessed with their children, but to create a website showcasing the mediocre achievements they make, it's kind of weird.

It's difficult to find blogs like mine. But that's my own fault. So far, I've only seen two blogs that are like mine. (terribradyblog.com and i-gave-up.com) Maybe I should be doing research. What is a blog? I always thought it was just something that people write their feelings and things that happened to them that week. Like a diary. Blogs can be so much more. It's a website. You can do whatever you want with it. Literally. You can have a blog even if you aren't trying to get people to follow you.

I created this blog back in March because I was bored and was hoping for some type of interaction. That never happened. But as I did research and started posting more, I knew what I wanted to do with the blog. I wanted to talk about music. It is my first love after all. I decided that I wanted to turn this into a music blog. Now, I don't really know how to write content for a music blog, which makes this pretty difficult. I've looked at other blogs, but what they do is talk about indie bands that no one has ever heard of. And all I can think to do is review songs, albums, and artists. I could go to a few concerts and what not, but who really cares? People want new things. I simply don't have the resources to do that.

BUT, who says I need to be limited to only talking about music. This is my blog. So technically, I can do whatever I want. I have a bunch of ideas and it's like, if no one likes them, it doesn't matter. I don't get paid to do this. (For the record, I don't ever plan on accepting money from this website. IF it were to happen that I was offered compensation from this site, I plan on donating it.)

I've thought about it some more, and I think what I've been doing is just fine. I don't need some set schedule (except Mondays. I really want Music Monday to be a thing), and I don't need to limit myself to one topic. There are so many things I want to talk about. Politics, family, life experiences. The point of this blog is to relate to people and give an insight of how my mind works.

We'll figure this out together. God bless you and God bless 'Merica
-Ra-Ra-Ra-Rachael

Music Monday!

When I was a Junior, every Monday (or almost every Monday), I would post a picture of what I was listening to on Instagram. That was my thing. IF you haven't noticed by now, I'm a music junkie. So now that I don't really care for Insta anymore, I will be doing Music Monday on my blog! I know, so exciting. I'm not really sure what I'm gonna talk about. The best thing, I think, would just be to start talking and see where that goes? I'm still open to suggestions...

Something I really love to do is just sit on the couch  for hours listening to music. I'll turn on Pandora, make my hot tea, and sit there. Luckily, I have a bluetooth JBL stereo in my living room. And it's not some cheap stereo you get in a little Radio Shack. It may be small, but it has HUGE sound. I love it and would recommend it to anyone looking for a stereo like this. 

JBL OnBeat Venue - MSRP: $199.95

 

When I was in school, I would listen to Alt. Rock and Alt. Metal, my favorite genres. There were some classes that we were allowed to listen to our iPods. I was the person in the back or side of the class that was gently headbanging in my seat. One time, the guy that I sat next to tapped me on the shoulder and asked if the music I listened to made me angry. I wanted to laugh, but he did have a point. The music should make me angry, but it doesn't. It makes me really happy. There's something about Alternative that really gets me pumped. Maybe it's the fast paced tempo, maybe it's the fact that male Alt. singers have the most amazing voices. Whatever it is, I feel as if I couldn't live without it. 

I grew up listening to alternative. My dad was big on Disturbed, Drowning Pool, and Godsmack. My mom liked Metallica, Linkin Park, and others. I got most of my love for 80's music from her. And from my dad, I got my love for loud music. In 2002, he got a really cool truck with an AMAZING sound system. We would jam all the time. Our favorite song to listen to was Indestructible by Disturbed. Great song. Great to listen to. If you have a good sound system and haven't heard that song turned up really loud, you haven't lived. You should try it sometime. That song is like my dad and I's theme song.

If you're interested in seeing what kind of music I'm listening to, which you probably aren't, follow me on Pandora or Spotify. I'm always adding songs to my playlists. Check out "A Little Bit of Sunshine." That's the playlist where I keep all of my favorite Alternative songs. 

Give me Music Monday topics please! I can review songs, videos, albums. You name it, I'll do it. We are on our way to being the greatest music blog EVER. Now if only I knew how to correctly do a music blog. 

Until next time...

God bless you and God bless america!

-Rachael