Ryan Dake

Mon Jun 29

looking back…

Over the past few weeks I have not changed very much. As a person i have grown stronger and more independent. I have learned to function by myself and make it by on my own because my parents have let go of many of the strings. My mother still helps me when it comes to remembering appointments and things like that but my father has only helped me when it came to my eagle project and I was stumbling everywhere trying to get it done. The one thing that has effected me more than anything in the last few weeks is my first car crash in my own car. I was in a fender-bender with my friend the other week but on Friday i was broadsided on my back passenger tire in my ‘03 Jeep Grand Cherokee Loredo by a silver pickup (I believe it was a Nissan Titan). The guy ran after he threw a small bottle of liquor out of his car. It was not very traumatic for me. I was rather shooken up and got kicked into a low state of shock but I was okay. It was a big thing for me because if i was a half second slower than i would have been t-boned and probably drug for several yards. I also probably would have not come out of there with only mild neck pain.

my world

I have a diverse world. I am a swimmer and a lifeguard, I can look at many cars and identify them, I can help someone purchase the comptuer that suits them, and I can be the best friend or worst enemy you can possibly have. It is always hard for me to pick one subject to write about when someone asks me to. This is where my friends come in! I am talking to my old friend Val and she is going to pick a webpage to write on for me.

She chose the photo blog a softer world. It has always been one that I have had trouble understanding but this one I throughly enjoyed. I have no connection with the authors or anything of that manner. It is one of those pictures you look at just to make you smile. A softer world in my friend’s words ‘tells a story in 3 boxes.’ Many of them are rather funny. Sometimes they can be quite racist or sexual but regardless they are funny.

http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=448 (pg for sexual content) its a picture

ivan

I went through and picked a blog for the Connecting blog. Ivan has always seemed like an interesting person, just from looking at him I guessed he was artistic. By reading the ‘sick sick sick’ post and found out that he is also a great writer. I don’t think my life experience will be anything like his because it sounds like he has grown up with a pencil in his hand and a sheet of paper instead of the mouse and computer that I have grown up. I have always been online and able to make new friends through the games I play and have had a diverse range of friends that I’ve met so i think its possible for me to become friends with just about anyone as long as they are able to respect me. There is always something new to learn from someone from a different background.

Blog 12: Great Films

As you have noticed, the times on this arent exactly allowing me a very long time for a full movie. I will have to do one of the great films on there that I love, Another One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest. I personally think it is one amazing movie, and this list agrees with me.
This movie was great. It started off with a sane guy going into the mental institute thinking he was going to get off easy and soon realizes he is very deep over his head. People start going off the deep end and one person attacks a nurse. He realizes they all need help to get the situation there better. He tries to help them but slowly falls into the area of the crowd. Soon enough he is also mentally unstable. It has been a long time since I have seen this movie but i do remember it made me feel kind of sad because of the way the film was made, it pulled you right into it.

Blog 11: Soundtrack of My Life

Opening credit: Wapakalypse by Devil Wears Prada

This one is a heavy metal song that reminds me of corn. It is one of my favorite on this album. It is about hating yourself is the ironic part.

Waking up: Ben Has a Kid by Devil Wears Prada
First Day of School: The End (Feat. Lights) by Silverstein
This song reminds me a lot of my ex, Megan. Its a romantic song where they break up but still have feelings for themselves. The title is ironic because the first day of school is kinda the end!
Falling in Love: Vices (Feat. Liam Cormier) by Silverstein
The title is just ironic… love puts you in vices!
Fight Song: Angel in the Night by Basshunter
Breaking Up: Think Twice by Eve6
In the song his girlfriend is a whore.
Prom: Big Pimpin/Papercut by Jay-Z and Linkin Park
Life: The KKK Took by Baby Away (COVER) by Marilyn Manson
I just started laughing when this came up.
Mental Breakdown: Sin with a Grin by Shinedown
Driving: Cry of The Brave by Dragonforce
Flashback: A Beautiful Lie by 30 Seconds to Mars
Wedding: American Dream by Silverstein
This song is about regrets and how he lost feelings for her at their wedding.
Birth Of Child: The Reason by Hoobastank
Final Battle: Next Contestant by Nickleback
His girlfriend is also a whore and he beats up people that come onto her!
Death Scene: Second Chance by Shinedown
Second Chance is a song about saying ‘bye’ and it is giving him a second chance. By leaving, it gives him another chance at a good life. It kinda fits because through death we get a chance in the after life.
Funeral Song: Hate by Drowning Pool
End Credits: You Cant Spell Crap Without “C” by Devil Wears Prada

Some of this list is just flat out ironic.