"I am the weirdest person you'll ever meet."
I just looked at her. She didn't know I was the real thing.
"My writing is...scary. (Chuckles.) Sometimes I question my own sanity."
I didn't question mine. I both knew I was and wasn't crazy at the same time. Many times I did crazy things--heinous things--but I was in control of myself when I did them.
She shoved a notebook into my chest. "Here," she said, looking down. I heard a few more words come out of her, too, which I'm not even sure she knew she was saying: "Take it, look at it. It probably isn't much, but, this represents who I am--take it or leave it."
We made eye contact and I looked down at what she had written. This is the trainwreck of words I then read:
He sees me
But I don't see him
I see him and imagine
Killing him
Biting his neck as the vampire
As he kisses me
A chandelier shatters
"Um, interesting. Do you...imagine doing this to some guy?"
"No, I was just, yaknow, sitting around, and the thought just sorta came to me." She was shaking her head around and opening her eyes wide whenever she thought she said something crazy. "The last line was, yaknow, just something that came afterwards. I liked the alliteration of those words. They sorta stuck out to me, yaknow."
"Hm, yeah, yeah," I said aimlessly. "I was um, wondering about that."
"You know, what's really scary is I've thought that I could be crazy enough to do something like this!" Her eyes were as big as golfballs.
"Hm, yeah," I said. "You seem pretty crazy." We were friends, so I could talk like that to her.
"Yeah, yaknow, that's me!" With a jump of the eyebrows she turned and walked off.
Wow, wow, wow. If she knew what I do, she'd stop entertaining the idea of being crazy. I guess it helped her confidence, behaving like she did. Accepting that you're crazy lowers expectations of your social abilities, so when you're rejected in some way, it won't hurt so bad. But what spontaneous crap that confidence had caused her to write! I don't blow a horn and announce my personality over a megaphone. I'm not always spontaneous, either. Always I have to choose to write, even when inspired. My muscles don't move on their own. This girl was not inspired--she was infected. People think spontaniety is the wellspring of genius. Not true. Well, of course, I've been trying to discover myself what is genius; what is great. However, I know we don't gain an avenue by writing a bunch of nonsense. Ideas are out there, and--in my personal, individual, singular opinion--writers should strive to write out these ideas as best they can. These "Spontaneous me" fanatics aren't on the right track. If there is no system or control of their expression, how will they then communicate?
I'm the real thing. I write from a conviction that there is something to be written about. It isn't just something inside you, waiting to be spoken by a moment of supposed inspiration. Sorry for not explaining the part about my heinous acts. I will not go into that--so again, sorry--for mentioning it.
(note: this isn't necessarily me talking, even though I've obviously infused some strong opinions, as the title of this post suggests. This narrative is fictional.)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
'\o Things cha-aaaaaa-a-a-aaange... '\o
Ah! I love this song.
Interesting video, too. I can't tell if her expressions are funny or scary. I think they're something on the brink of both.
Interesting video, too. I can't tell if her expressions are funny or scary. I think they're something on the brink of both.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
The Start of a story...
When I was alive, I was a very enthusiastic sort of guy, both in mood and in mind. Especially in my mind, though. For, even when people are mellow or down in the dumps and their outward actions are somewhat droopy, their minds are usually working. These droopy times in body and physical expression are likely the periods in which our minds are most active. Imagine you’ve been insulted by someone you wanted to be your friend. If you’re me, outwardly you’re sort of a mess: you become pensive and keep your feelings mostly inside, but everyone can tell you’re troubled. You get depressed and it shows (unless you’re one of those people who put a smiley face mask in front of them whenever they go into public; I’ve never understood you.) However, though more or less bored-looking on the surface, inside you’re going through all the ways in your head how that other person could fall into some kind of misfortune that’s related to you and see the error of their ways. Your mind is going crazy about it. Is it like this for you? No? Well, I tried to relate. Anyway, this story isn’t about relating to you. In fact, it’s about a very unrelated experience. But before I tell about that, I must continue to explain the reason for which this story started in the first place.
Like I said, very enthusiastic; lively mind, all of that. At nights it was the worst. If society would let me, I would have become completely nocturnal. The darkness provoked my imagination and that’s the time I was most productive. If something was on my mind, I wouldn’t be able to fall to sleep. In fact, it was a chore for me to try and make myself become drowsy. This probably had to do with frequently sleeping in till 3pm. However, even when I was good and got up at 8am, and didn’t take a nap during the day, I’d usually have the darnedest time getting to sleep. Whenever a new thought found itself to my head, I would have to actively dismiss and forget it, or else I’d stay awake. Now, it’s a shame having to dismiss and forget good ideas. It’s a blessing to be able to do the same to bad ideas, such as, thinking of all the ways an acquaintance might accidentally injure you and then feel awful about it and apologize to you in tears. But they both kept me up; good or bad idea, they were both nearly impossible to dismiss when all I wanted to do was get out of bed and write a story, or read a book, or watch a film. Simply put, when my mind was unsatisfied with something when I went to bed, I would get up again. The dissatisfaction in this story has to do with not knowing how I died (or was killed), and “bed” means “grave.”
What I remember is it was really late, around 4am, and I was walking around my house. My parents were asleep, and the house was silent and still. I knew outside it was windy and cold, but I couldn’t hear the wind, and inside the house it was comfortable and warm. Before I finally decided to go to bed, I took a notebook and pencil to the bathroom and wrote out a short something as I cleaned out my intestines. Then I got a drink of water from the kitchen, notebook in hand, loose socks on feet, and walked down the hall, silently as not to wake my parents. I was in a strange mood, as always I was that late, and held a piece of writing equally as strange in my hand. I had that feeling that I could almost hallucinate, my mind was that detached. Opening my bedroom door, I imagined some hideous troll standing before me (I said I was feeling strange). See, this was a way of scaring myself. I don’t know why, but people seem to like to excite their fears. In Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas, some of the first words in the opening song say, “Life’s no good without a good scare.” We seem to like to be scared, and that’s what I was doing. I figure I mine as well have been. Nothing was really in my house at that time of night—yeah, so I thought. Hopping onto my bed, I began fluffing up my sheet and pillow. Then I fell forward with a sudden jolt, my sheets were dyed red, and I felt an immense pain in the back of my head. It only lasted for a second though, and then I was dead.
Like I said, very enthusiastic; lively mind, all of that. At nights it was the worst. If society would let me, I would have become completely nocturnal. The darkness provoked my imagination and that’s the time I was most productive. If something was on my mind, I wouldn’t be able to fall to sleep. In fact, it was a chore for me to try and make myself become drowsy. This probably had to do with frequently sleeping in till 3pm. However, even when I was good and got up at 8am, and didn’t take a nap during the day, I’d usually have the darnedest time getting to sleep. Whenever a new thought found itself to my head, I would have to actively dismiss and forget it, or else I’d stay awake. Now, it’s a shame having to dismiss and forget good ideas. It’s a blessing to be able to do the same to bad ideas, such as, thinking of all the ways an acquaintance might accidentally injure you and then feel awful about it and apologize to you in tears. But they both kept me up; good or bad idea, they were both nearly impossible to dismiss when all I wanted to do was get out of bed and write a story, or read a book, or watch a film. Simply put, when my mind was unsatisfied with something when I went to bed, I would get up again. The dissatisfaction in this story has to do with not knowing how I died (or was killed), and “bed” means “grave.”
What I remember is it was really late, around 4am, and I was walking around my house. My parents were asleep, and the house was silent and still. I knew outside it was windy and cold, but I couldn’t hear the wind, and inside the house it was comfortable and warm. Before I finally decided to go to bed, I took a notebook and pencil to the bathroom and wrote out a short something as I cleaned out my intestines. Then I got a drink of water from the kitchen, notebook in hand, loose socks on feet, and walked down the hall, silently as not to wake my parents. I was in a strange mood, as always I was that late, and held a piece of writing equally as strange in my hand. I had that feeling that I could almost hallucinate, my mind was that detached. Opening my bedroom door, I imagined some hideous troll standing before me (I said I was feeling strange). See, this was a way of scaring myself. I don’t know why, but people seem to like to excite their fears. In Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas, some of the first words in the opening song say, “Life’s no good without a good scare.” We seem to like to be scared, and that’s what I was doing. I figure I mine as well have been. Nothing was really in my house at that time of night—yeah, so I thought. Hopping onto my bed, I began fluffing up my sheet and pillow. Then I fell forward with a sudden jolt, my sheets were dyed red, and I felt an immense pain in the back of my head. It only lasted for a second though, and then I was dead.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Ironic Rule #4, plus insight
If you've had a single problem for a long while, and you're so used to it that it's become a part of life, when that problem suddenly disappears, you try to bring it back, or you try to feel the same kind of tension or feeling you had before. It's wacked. Maybe this is just me, I dunno. But it's as if my feelings are bent on moving backward. You know, if you find that you get depressed for no particular reason at times, examine yourself...do you share your troubles with other people with the mindset of not actually wanting to be helped? Do you brag (a lighter word could be used) about what you've been through to your friends? Be honest with yourself. Either you'll face your problem sometime, or you'll remain a kid in that area for the rest of your life. Now if you don't do either of these things, but just get depressed and find that you like to often eat lots of sweets and watch mindless movies or listen to emotionally conducive music, maybe you just need more thrills in your life. Make thrills for yourself. Go out into nature. Take a walk in the evening (though caution to city-dwellers). I've heard doing something for someone else helps you not get too focused on yourself..
Thursday, March 13, 2008
My Emo Parade
I just can't help it...
Hawk Nelson - Something On My Mind
My Chemical Romance - Helena
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Muse - Unintended
Totally.
Hawk Nelson - Something On My Mind
My Chemical Romance - Helena
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Muse - Unintended
Totally.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Priorities
Now I like having my day planted by a schedule. As you can see (at 2/13/08 anyway) my header is BOY I LOVE HOMEWORK--well, I do. It keeps my mind active, and I actually get enjoy myself mentally much more than when I'm just left to sit around and do nothing, trying every once every couple days to produce something.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
I was pretty offended today, because,
I was talking to my friend, and I was
trying to say something I thought was
funny, but she thought it didn’t make
any sense. Then she said, “Ooookaaaay,”
and that made me feel all stupid. I tried
to cover it up by saying, “Hey, come on!”
but she told me it didn’t make any sense.
I can hardly stand feeling stupid. It’s
something that’s bothered me a lot through
the past. It had to do with being in football
and being called a “crack-head” all the time
because I talked slow and had shaggy hair,
and most of what I said sounded strange to
those guys. Maybe I shouldn’t have said
anything. Oh, don’t worry, I won’t get into a
pity party, it’s just that I fear of being
perceived as stupid. Ignorant. “That guy who
doesn’t know what’s goin’ on.” I’m sure this
has to do with my desire to really know what’s
going on in a situation, and to have control
over it. I hate not being able to have control
over something. It causes me to blunder into
saying something to someone that doesn’t
always make sense. Then I try to cover it up,
or I get scared that I’ll start to look stupider,
and I go off and regret what I said. I’m not
regretting too badly right now, because this
was a good friend of mine. But even in front
of my friends, it’s hard for me to let go of
hating the feeling of feeling stupid.
This is incredibly personal, and the only reason I'm posting it is because Nat will come heckling me about it--and as she puts it--"NEW POST, PLEEEEASE". Well, there's somama' stream-of-conscious writing, completely unabridged!
I was talking to my friend, and I was
trying to say something I thought was
funny, but she thought it didn’t make
any sense. Then she said, “Ooookaaaay,”
and that made me feel all stupid. I tried
to cover it up by saying, “Hey, come on!”
but she told me it didn’t make any sense.
I can hardly stand feeling stupid. It’s
something that’s bothered me a lot through
the past. It had to do with being in football
and being called a “crack-head” all the time
because I talked slow and had shaggy hair,
and most of what I said sounded strange to
those guys. Maybe I shouldn’t have said
anything. Oh, don’t worry, I won’t get into a
pity party, it’s just that I fear of being
perceived as stupid. Ignorant. “That guy who
doesn’t know what’s goin’ on.” I’m sure this
has to do with my desire to really know what’s
going on in a situation, and to have control
over it. I hate not being able to have control
over something. It causes me to blunder into
saying something to someone that doesn’t
always make sense. Then I try to cover it up,
or I get scared that I’ll start to look stupider,
and I go off and regret what I said. I’m not
regretting too badly right now, because this
was a good friend of mine. But even in front
of my friends, it’s hard for me to let go of
hating the feeling of feeling stupid.
This is incredibly personal, and the only reason I'm posting it is because Nat will come heckling me about it--and as she puts it--"NEW POST, PLEEEEASE". Well, there's somama' stream-of-conscious writing, completely unabridged!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Hello, Mr. Zebra. Woww. What possesses...?
Same song, different video, with funny incident (00:53):
Heh, interesting:
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Nat, I am so sorry, to you, really, I am. Maybe a little to myself, too. Here's a guilty pleasure of mine (some nasty content, careful):
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
La dee da
I'm obsessed with Sweeny Todd AND I'LL NEVEEEERR HUG MY GIRL AGAIN I WILL HAVE VENNNNNNGEEEENNNCEE
SEE HOW THEY SMILE, IN THE LIGHT OH MY FRIIIEEEEENDDDDSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah.
SEE HOW THEY SMILE, IN THE LIGHT OH MY FRIIIEEEEENDDDDSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wanting
If I examine myself, I know that I'll find a list of things I desperately (or just moderately) am longing for. Let's see what those are...
I want to get my fingerprints on "Franny & Zooey" (J.D. Salinger)
I want more sleep
I want more motivation to read my books for school
...so that I'm not up late so that I can get more sleep
I don't want to feel hate and tension towards other people, because we've all got our own faults and problems
I want to feel God in my life more
I want to be more confident so that I feel like a whole person and not one thrown around by feelings and what other people say
I want to stop itching from that long, hot shower I took
I want thrill in my life but also diligence so I won't get all caught up in looking for thrill but not finding it because I'm anxious about an agenda I didn't finish
Sigh . . . .
Lots of things. My back is slouched, I have something like a subtle headache from getting too much sleep at the wrong time, and my eyebrows are in a worried, stern position. My last wish is:
I wish I could leap out of my body as a terrifying skeleton and beat my self-centered, -pitying, -seeking, -righteous bit of flesh and muscle into pulp with a baseball bat.
That is all right now.
I want to get my fingerprints on "Franny & Zooey" (J.D. Salinger)
I want more sleep
I want more motivation to read my books for school
...so that I'm not up late so that I can get more sleep
I don't want to feel hate and tension towards other people, because we've all got our own faults and problems
I want to feel God in my life more
I want to be more confident so that I feel like a whole person and not one thrown around by feelings and what other people say
I want to stop itching from that long, hot shower I took
I want thrill in my life but also diligence so I won't get all caught up in looking for thrill but not finding it because I'm anxious about an agenda I didn't finish
Sigh . . . .
Lots of things. My back is slouched, I have something like a subtle headache from getting too much sleep at the wrong time, and my eyebrows are in a worried, stern position. My last wish is:
I wish I could leap out of my body as a terrifying skeleton and beat my self-centered, -pitying, -seeking, -righteous bit of flesh and muscle into pulp with a baseball bat.
That is all right now.
Friday, January 25, 2008
(Sort of) new Myspace site
http://www.myspace.com/jeremycraigweber
Now, these aren't perfect recordings, or really fleshed out much, but they get the point across.
Hope you like the little pictorials that represent the different songs :)
Cheers to the listeners! Thank you all for listening so much already. Makes me feel like a wallet full of two twenty-dollar bills and a $25 Gift card to Borders.
Now, these aren't perfect recordings, or really fleshed out much, but they get the point across.
Hope you like the little pictorials that represent the different songs :)
Cheers to the listeners! Thank you all for listening so much already. Makes me feel like a wallet full of two twenty-dollar bills and a $25 Gift card to Borders.
"Dream Sequence" (a song)
Expressionless
Are the faces
Wanting to make
Smiles
Inability
To write music
That would touch a
Soul
Memories that touch the human soul
Have been too often cold
You don’t have to smile
From what has become this while
After all, as we know
Nothing’s right and nothing keeps
So cry, or smile your way to sleep
Questions of, “Should I try,”
“Should I Cry,” “Should I care?”
Drop care, so you can think
(And) Dream, dream a life
Perfect, in all its defects
Stream, stream your mind
For perfect, in what you’ve lost
Are the faces
Wanting to make
Smiles
Inability
To write music
That would touch a
Soul
Memories that touch the human soul
Have been too often cold
You don’t have to smile
From what has become this while
After all, as we know
Nothing’s right and nothing keeps
So cry, or smile your way to sleep
Questions of, “Should I try,”
“Should I Cry,” “Should I care?”
Drop care, so you can think
(And) Dream, dream a life
Perfect, in all its defects
Stream, stream your mind
For perfect, in what you’ve lost
"I admire" (a song)
I admire someone who’s kind
Who has the voice and the smile
That can illuminate a dark, dreary day
I admire someone who tries
Tries to understand her life
Tries to seek anything that does not spell “strife”
Anywhere she goes she shines
She’s not extinguished by the times
She carries strong her little torch
I would like to know this girl more
I admire her who has substance
Her who has sustenance
Whose sponge is wet and never will run dry
Someone who admits they don’t know
Her who’s not scared to show her weakness
But glows for she knows that by God she’ll grow
I’m not saying I know her yet
Lots of things we must not forget
Of how much I’ve been in love (haw)
Of how much I’ve burned myself
Standing there
I feel like such a child
I’m trying to join in
But beside all the while
From the hall
I hear that awesome laugh
It makes me want to babble, cry, or bask
So I admire a little wit
Pleasantly catches me off guard
As my heart's pounding and I'm bounding past the yard
And all the stupidness I feel
Feels less harmful when you make
One wise crack as my mind's burning at the stake
Anywhere she goes she shines
She’s not extinguished by the times
She carries strong her little torch
I would like to know this girl…
Standing there
I feel like such a child
I’m trying to join in
But beside all the while
From the hall
I hear that awesome laugh
It makes me want to babble, cry, or bask
Anywhere she goes she shines
She’s not extinguished by the times
She carries strong her little torch
I would like to know this girl more
Who has the voice and the smile
That can illuminate a dark, dreary day
I admire someone who tries
Tries to understand her life
Tries to seek anything that does not spell “strife”
Anywhere she goes she shines
She’s not extinguished by the times
She carries strong her little torch
I would like to know this girl more
I admire her who has substance
Her who has sustenance
Whose sponge is wet and never will run dry
Someone who admits they don’t know
Her who’s not scared to show her weakness
But glows for she knows that by God she’ll grow
I’m not saying I know her yet
Lots of things we must not forget
Of how much I’ve been in love (haw)
Of how much I’ve burned myself
Standing there
I feel like such a child
I’m trying to join in
But beside all the while
From the hall
I hear that awesome laugh
It makes me want to babble, cry, or bask
So I admire a little wit
Pleasantly catches me off guard
As my heart's pounding and I'm bounding past the yard
And all the stupidness I feel
Feels less harmful when you make
One wise crack as my mind's burning at the stake
Anywhere she goes she shines
She’s not extinguished by the times
She carries strong her little torch
I would like to know this girl…
Standing there
I feel like such a child
I’m trying to join in
But beside all the while
From the hall
I hear that awesome laugh
It makes me want to babble, cry, or bask
Anywhere she goes she shines
She’s not extinguished by the times
She carries strong her little torch
I would like to know this girl more
A Cert'in Yearnin'
Listen. I want to write a story. Then I want to show it to a bunch of other friends who find writing stories a phenomenon, like I do. Then I want to draw a big picture, 2 ½ feet by 3 and show it to the same friends who also find that creating images is a quality way to spend one’s time. We all love the smell of paint, paper, coffee, and charcoal. I love their company. I can come to them with anything creative I do. They’re always appreciative.
I wish these were my circumstances, that I had a large circle of friends like this. But it’s not like this. I have a busy schedule that doesn’t even allow me to be around one person like this for an extended period of time. So I’m forced to write on my own, to create on my own. All by my lonesome; and it’s not just like writing flows out of me without any effort at all. I have to at least choose to do it, so that’s what I’ve been doing lately. Success comes through committing yourself again and again to your desired goal. Well, I want to be a good writer. Therefore I must write whenever I can, and whenever I feel like it. Once I get going I can keep going; all it takes is for me to start doing it. That’s what I did about 10 minutes ago when I began writing this bit of…whatever it is.
Now, I’ll admit: I’m hesitant to start any big writing project, because that means you have to stick with something. But maybe my fear has to do with having to keep committing myself to the goal. If I can simply keep on committing myself, which isn’t actually difficult for me to do with writing, then I know—well, now that I think about it—that I am adequate to complete a big writing project. Committing myself, again and again…hm. It’s like repenting to God each day and letting him work through you. I pray that God would take my life each day, as well as my writing, and help me produce great things for His glory. That would be awesome. I have to keep in mind that committing to God comes first, then personal creation. I feel dirty and sinful right now.
I wish these were my circumstances, that I had a large circle of friends like this. But it’s not like this. I have a busy schedule that doesn’t even allow me to be around one person like this for an extended period of time. So I’m forced to write on my own, to create on my own. All by my lonesome; and it’s not just like writing flows out of me without any effort at all. I have to at least choose to do it, so that’s what I’ve been doing lately. Success comes through committing yourself again and again to your desired goal. Well, I want to be a good writer. Therefore I must write whenever I can, and whenever I feel like it. Once I get going I can keep going; all it takes is for me to start doing it. That’s what I did about 10 minutes ago when I began writing this bit of…whatever it is.
Now, I’ll admit: I’m hesitant to start any big writing project, because that means you have to stick with something. But maybe my fear has to do with having to keep committing myself to the goal. If I can simply keep on committing myself, which isn’t actually difficult for me to do with writing, then I know—well, now that I think about it—that I am adequate to complete a big writing project. Committing myself, again and again…hm. It’s like repenting to God each day and letting him work through you. I pray that God would take my life each day, as well as my writing, and help me produce great things for His glory. That would be awesome. I have to keep in mind that committing to God comes first, then personal creation. I feel dirty and sinful right now.
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