The Rejuvenation and Reflection

Wow, it has been almost two months since my last post, which, to date, is only one of two. Well, I am back! I can't say that I'll be blogging extremely frequently, but I'll try to blog more regularly now, it shouldn't be too hard considering school is almost over.

Having said that, the subject I wanted to write about today was the "Retro Blast" day at my school. Every year we have some sort of special day (formally known as Beach Day) toward the end of the year with a certain theme, that includes a variety of different carnival-style games, a barbeque and even live bands performing. I really enjoy the day because its such a nice break from school, where you can come to school and really just hang out with your friends all day and have fun. Since being bombarded with work in all my classes, I've been really stressed out lately and have honestly begun to develop an apathetic attitude toward doing any work whatsoever. But today was an amazing break from all the trials and tribulations of school and I almost feel reinvigorated, and ready to work hard until the final days of school dawn.

Another thing I wanted to talk about was the fact that today marked yet another day that I found myself reflecting on my high school experience, and the fact that I will be leaving for good very soon. At several points during the day I kind of just looked around at everything around me, taking it in that this will be my last activity day ever, and that this September I will be in a whole new environment. I'll really miss high school for a ton of reasons, and just seeing my friends all around me, having fun and even performing in the bands, made me think about how I'll miss doing things like this with them and how hard it's going to be to see them next year. The idea of losing touch with any of them terrifies me, and I hope that we can all get together once in a while at the least, because four years with them was definitely not enough.

I feel like high school happened too fast and I really wish that I had taken more time to appreciate it; spending more time with my friends, getting more involved and seizing any opportunities I've had throughout the last four years. But most of all, I have an overwhelming feeling of fearing growing up, moving on from what's familiar to me and going into the real world, I wish I could just stay young, without any major worries other than how I'm going to do on some test. I'm sure my opinions will change as I go to university and begin a new chapter in my life, but right now its just so hard for me to let go of this one and let it come to an end. High school has definitely been an incredible experience full of several memorable moments, needless to say, I'll look back on these years thoughtfully.

The 60s

One thing I neglected to mention about myself in my last post is that I absolutely love The Beatles. I've been exposed to their music ever since I was a kid as I always heard it being played at family events and even by dad at home, but I really began to listen to them a lot in grade 6. Since then my music taste has grown to encompass the entire genre of classic rock.

Music is a very important part of my life, and so, in listening to classic rock, namely The Beatles, I've always had a deep desire to live in the 60s so that I could really experience music, as well as the lifestyle associated with it, at that time. Things seemed to be so much more care-free and overall, happier, and just as important, people were not consumed with technology. And while it is ironic that I am blogging about this, I really think that I would be able to survive without all of the technology that I accustomed to now, and be able to adapt to a simpler lifestyle.

But Anyways, that was just a thought that came to me while I was watching a video of The Beatles on youtube, but, as you can probably guess, this feeling resurfaces often. I'm going to end off by leaving the link to the video I was watching (it won't led me embed the video) to show you what inspired me to write this. You could say it's one of my favourites, but then again, everything The Beatles did is one of my favourites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pvt2YK88MI

I

This post, like many others to come, has no meaning. I'm not really inspired to write anything right now, but I want to get my first post out of the way, so I've decided that I might as well tell you a little bit about myself.

- My name's Dylan.
- I used the first two words that came to my mind in combination with thesaurus.com to name this blog.
- I am Catholic.
- I am pursuing a career in a media-related industry.
- I really enjoy photography; film and digital.
- I'm almost 6 feet tall.
- I have a pretty versatile taste in music.
- I am a ninja.

That's it for now, see you around.