Post by Emerson on Sept 4, 2018 13:02:24 GMT -5
When I was 12, I was in 6th grade. And I really wanted to join band. But the only free instrument the school had to give out was a trombone. All other instruments you either had to rent from a music store or buy. Well 13 of us joined band that year and 12 were playing trombone haha. We were all poor in our neighborhood.
As a musician, yes I considered myself a musician even though the only song I mastered was Mary had a little lamb. Hah. Our teacher was cool he would play Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin for us and help us hear the differences in each song, what we thought was cool music he taught us to listen for nuances and music that wast really music. It was cool.
Anyway by 8th grade I had quit band. It just wast for me. Usually when I got home from school I would help my father setup crates for the work he would do. I had to help out and pull my weight, we all had to. My sister helped out a lot.
So most days my sister and I would help our father. We never had much chances to go out and play like other kids. Summers were even busier since there was no school we’d wake up really early and mom me and my sis would go to the garage and start stacking cardboxboxes on the crates, and we’d do that till 5 or 6pm, by then we were too tired to really hang out with our friends. And that was our paltry lives. But it wast all bad. Its not like I was a slave or anything. At the end of summer dad would give each of us a 100 dollars and we’d go off to the mall and we’d just buy whatever we wanted. My sis would usually buy some sort of cool radio or find something cool at the swap meet.
Me, id spend my money on hot wheels or some toy. But by age 14 I was spending my 100 bucks on cool Nike or Reebok shoes like what the other kids sported. High school was all about what you wore and who you were with. It was stupid and I cared about all that up till 11th grade then I stopped caring. I was never sure if I was ever cool or not, but I knew I didn't care. So I went off the rails, I didn't go to prom. I never went to school dances, and I became an outsider. But funny thing was there were several like me, they were all in the unofficial official smoking area hah.
And why am I even telling you this? Not sure, I guess for some reason I been thinking a lot about the past. You see the past usually defines who we become and who we are today. I know that's the way for me. But some of us, some of us don't have a past or at least not a real one.
So this brings me to Jaime. What shaped you? Whats your story? Your real story? I doubt one day you woke up being the hispanic version of captain America. Something or someone shaped you as the way you are, a big hulking walking talking road rage of an individual. You like to lose your temper a lot don't you? You should be careful that might cost you, that might cost you a lot.
Me personally I don't lose my temper very much. I am kind of an easy going person if you haven't figured it out yet. I get along and go along. I take care of my own business. And if I win I celebrate, and I try to enjoy the moment, because in the end all we have is moments. Our lives are made up of singular moments. And if I lose and trust me when I say I have lost a lot. Then I move forward and I go on to the next moment. I cant win them all, anyone who thinks they can are playing a fools game.
And I guess that is all I have to say for today. I will have more to say but for now that’ll do.
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As a musician, yes I considered myself a musician even though the only song I mastered was Mary had a little lamb. Hah. Our teacher was cool he would play Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin for us and help us hear the differences in each song, what we thought was cool music he taught us to listen for nuances and music that wast really music. It was cool.
Anyway by 8th grade I had quit band. It just wast for me. Usually when I got home from school I would help my father setup crates for the work he would do. I had to help out and pull my weight, we all had to. My sister helped out a lot.
So most days my sister and I would help our father. We never had much chances to go out and play like other kids. Summers were even busier since there was no school we’d wake up really early and mom me and my sis would go to the garage and start stacking cardboxboxes on the crates, and we’d do that till 5 or 6pm, by then we were too tired to really hang out with our friends. And that was our paltry lives. But it wast all bad. Its not like I was a slave or anything. At the end of summer dad would give each of us a 100 dollars and we’d go off to the mall and we’d just buy whatever we wanted. My sis would usually buy some sort of cool radio or find something cool at the swap meet.
Me, id spend my money on hot wheels or some toy. But by age 14 I was spending my 100 bucks on cool Nike or Reebok shoes like what the other kids sported. High school was all about what you wore and who you were with. It was stupid and I cared about all that up till 11th grade then I stopped caring. I was never sure if I was ever cool or not, but I knew I didn't care. So I went off the rails, I didn't go to prom. I never went to school dances, and I became an outsider. But funny thing was there were several like me, they were all in the unofficial official smoking area hah.
And why am I even telling you this? Not sure, I guess for some reason I been thinking a lot about the past. You see the past usually defines who we become and who we are today. I know that's the way for me. But some of us, some of us don't have a past or at least not a real one.
So this brings me to Jaime. What shaped you? Whats your story? Your real story? I doubt one day you woke up being the hispanic version of captain America. Something or someone shaped you as the way you are, a big hulking walking talking road rage of an individual. You like to lose your temper a lot don't you? You should be careful that might cost you, that might cost you a lot.
Me personally I don't lose my temper very much. I am kind of an easy going person if you haven't figured it out yet. I get along and go along. I take care of my own business. And if I win I celebrate, and I try to enjoy the moment, because in the end all we have is moments. Our lives are made up of singular moments. And if I lose and trust me when I say I have lost a lot. Then I move forward and I go on to the next moment. I cant win them all, anyone who thinks they can are playing a fools game.
And I guess that is all I have to say for today. I will have more to say but for now that’ll do.
Fade to black
