i am on a road trip with my family [part 3]

this is all i have to say:
thee more shallows: book of bad breaks
so good.

counting your blessings
as they hatch and grow
you'll start to feel uncomfortable
as each one takes off far away

you read them stories from the book of bad breaks,
every night, when they were sleeping safe inside their eggs.
hoping to impart at least a premonition
about the dangers they'd face.

but barely two, they're lost to you now.

i am on a road trip with my family [part 2]

today was really cool. we went on two different tours of the (beautiful) kartchner caverns here in so ar. it's pretty sweet here. it's basically the same thing as so cal but in arizona. and oh yes, i made that one up.

today, for me, was one of those days where you end up getting a glimpse of something way bigger and more beautiful than yourself.

this glimpse of mine occurred inside of these kartchner caverns. i love it so much when that happens. plus it was really cool to already know a lot about the caves from the geology class i took last semester. rocks rocks rocks.

also, this rv-cation is going 100% better than it was when i updated last. my family is really great.

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i like bats.

i like them because sometimes they live in caves.
and inside of caves, there is no light.
there's only other bats, bugs, rocks, and dark.

bats are always safe because they travel in large packs.
which also means that every bat has a lot of friends.

i like bats because they can fly.
they're not so different from us humans, you know.

i think i will spend the rest of my life figuring out how i can become a bat.
because then i will be truly happy.

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confession: i really have no idea who reads this blog anymore. well, i know some of you. but not all.

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i wonder if you do. i really have no idea. being of the avid blogger variety, sometimes it's nice to think that you still read mine. even though i hardly post anything substantial often enough to merit even a semi-regular visit. also i'm pretty sure you hate me. i think i have a problem with making some people do that. i wish you knew how sorry i am.

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previously mentioned in this blog of mine were two goals that i've set for myself.
the one about me finishing 10 songs is coming along really well.
i can't wait to get home and record moar stuffs.

buhbye

i am on a road trip with my family [part 1]

okay so RV's are weird.
at the beginning of this trip i was way more excited than i am now.
it almost seems like more of a hassle to go on vacation in an RV than just chilling at home. though i'm sure things will start go upwards on the awesome scale when we finally get to our destination. hopefully.

anyways. it's super late-ish and i just finished watching the shawshank redemption (got it for christmas wooo). this is probably the 3rd time i've seen it. and this time i was so struck with a particular message in it that i felt compelled to share my thoughts here in my blog. but i'm tired and i want to sleep soon so i'm gonna try to keep it short.

but anways, with that in mind, you should stop reading here if you've never seen it.

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okay so throughout the movie there's this idea of being institutionalized by routine, and that change from this routine is (most of the time) inevitable. and when it comes, we have to choose how we're going to deal with it.

if you don't know what i'm talking about, it's basically the contrast between brooks and red, and how they deal with being freed from shawshank after both doing a considerable amount of time there. long story short, brooks is freed after doing 50 years but quickly ends up killing himself because he can't cope with not being a part of the prison institution anymore. he became so accustomed to it that he almost completely forgot that anything else existed, and so when he was presented with freedom, the giant fear of the unknown and unusual overwhelmed him.

that, coupled with the fact that he was really old and a little crazy.

in contrast with brooks, there is red. who is released after doing 40 years, and is faced with the same overwhelming fear that brooks felt, but instead he is able to overcome it and he goes off and lives happily ever after with his best friend andy dufrain.

ack i am so tired.
if you read all of that, you're a champ.
it's hard for me to be all analytical and whatnot when i'm tired.

OKAY SO BASICALLY
what i learned/was reminded of tonight:

things change, and the best things to do are:
- recognize our inability to go back to the way things were.
- fight like hell to overcome the fear that freedom and the unknown present to us.
- this is best done by having placed your hope in something good. like God perhaps.

which coincidentally is also a part morgan freeman has played (bruce almighty).
that's weird/cool. asdfghjhfdgfh

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in other news, i'm making music and stuff.
i've been posting some of my songs on this myspace i made. they're all works in progress, so i feel reluctant to share. but feedback is a great thing, so feel free to check them out if you would like. and i would love to hear what you guys think.

www.myspace.com/kennychiwa147

goodnight!

all i see is new to me

it's good:


blakroc is a collaboration project between the black keys and a bunch of sweet hip hop artists.
awesome guys like q-tip, raewkwon, nicole wray, jim jones, and mos def. it's a freaking solid hip hop/r&b album in my opinion. but that's all i'll say about it. it's definitely worth checking out if you like hip hop.

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last night as i got into my bed, i realized that i spend far too little time in it.

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10 finished songs by the start of spring semester and biola by fall of next year.
these are my goals. say hello to them.

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try saying "pika" the second before you sneeze, it makes you sound like an angry pikachu.
also if you don't laugh when you do it, there's something wrong with you.

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that's all i've got for now.
sorry.