Yes, It's true...

Funnest Paper I've Ever Typed.

2005-01-31T16:22:00.000-08:00

It was fun....Just read....Totally thoughtless too hahah. I enjoyed my incorrect use of tao

The Tao of Creativity
What is creative? Who really knows? Creativity is a personal thing that society uses to describe something they can’t label. Creative is what a school paper will turn into when the writer isn’t sure of the assignment. With their waning hope of a decent grade they will spit out something entirely thoughtless in hopes of getting close to what was wanted. I’ll give you one better; creative is when someone redefines something in their own way and runs with it.
For this assignment I’m going to be creative. I’m going to write a 500-1000 word paper on what creativity really is. Then, in the end, if I was actually correct on my assumption of the assignment I will have lost all attempts at being creative and will have just done what I was supposed to. Okay, 135 words thus far.
Creativity- "An arbitrary harmony, an expected astonishment, a habitual revelation, a familiar surprise, a generous selfishness, an unexpected certainty, a formable stubbornness, a vital triviality, a disciplined freedom, an intoxicating steadiness, a repeated initiation, a difficult delight, a predictable gamble, an ephemeral solidity, a unifying difference, a demanding satisfier, a miraculous expectation, and accustomed amazement." (George M. Prince, The Practice of Creativity, 1970)
Do you really understand what ol’ George was saying? I sure don’t, but think deeper. Maybe we can’t understand what he’s saying that creativity is because we’re not supposed to. Is creativity really understandable? Is it a physical thing that we can grab hold of, hug, and taste? No, creativity is a name we give something when we just flat out don’t get it. Think of Picasso for example. To me he was extremely creative because I had NO CLUE what the heck they were usually of. Look at Monet’s late paintings; just a blur on a canvas, impressionistic art, Dr. Seuss, Adult Swim, and calculus. They’re all creative because does anybody really understand what is going on? This takes us to a whole other definition. Creativity is a different perspective.
In the grand scheme of things whose perspective do you really understand? Yours and Yours alone. People may claim to understand how others view things, but do they really? You’ll never understand someone until you walk a mile in his or her shoes. Then once you’ve walked that mile you still won’t understand and on top of that you’ll be a mile away so you won’t be talking to them trying to figure them out anytime soon, (and you have their shoes he he) but think of that? Is that not the entire point of creativity? Not understanding what you’re seeing or hearing and calling it creative.
So follow along; creativity is a different perspective; we don’t understand any perspective except our own; in the end what we don’t really understand we call creative. So then is the whole world creative? What can we truly call creative? Is it the crayon art our two year old makes on the walls? Is it the figures we make with our mashed potatoes at dinner? Is it the result of when a deaf guy saws off piano legs and beats on some ivory? You tell me, because I’d really like to know.

2005-01-30T20:30:00.000-08:00

I tried to be perfect
It just wasn’t worth it
Nothing could ever be so wrong
It’s hard to believe me
It never gets easy
I guess I knew that all along

If you believe it’s in my soul
I’d say all the words that I know
Just to see if it would show
That I'm trying to let you know
That I’m better off on my own

Update and Goals

2005-01-24T22:35:00.000-08:00

So here's an update on my plans for my education. I got accepted to BYU so I'm going to be going there starting Fall 2005. Right now I'm looking at majoring in Biophysics or Developmental and Physiological Biology. I'm also thinking about going to med-school. Something on the lines of a Rehabilatory Doctor (physiatrist). This summer I'm hoping to get an internship at Pacific Northwest National Lab. I'm starting to get an idea of what I want to do with my life. It feels good.

On the short term I had a really good weekend. No work, just relaxation. Went to Richland High's Tolo dance and had a grand time there. Met some new people and talked with others who I hadn't seen in FOREVER. Saturday I had a DDR party and watched Without a Paddle (total biography of the beo's and I). As for now I'm going to bed. NIGHT

A "deep" weekend

2005-01-16T15:17:00.000-08:00

Last night I went and saw the new movie "Coach Carter" (based on a true story) with some people. Hands down...it is one of the BEST movies I have ever seen. Not only did it have the sports aspect along with being funny and having some good looking girls in it, but it touched you. It sent a message to you. During the duration of the movie Carter is asking one especially troubled boy named Cruz what his deepest fear is. Throughout the movie Cruz doesn't answer him until the end. He stood up and started quoting something that sounded vaguely familiar to me and as soon as I got home I began searching for the quote and in no time at all I found it.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
- Nelson Mandela

Go see Coach Carter. Its worth the money. I've never seen the same movie in theaters twice. I just might for Coach Carter.

Life is fragile

2005-01-13T21:40:00.000-08:00

You never think of it until it's put right in your face. My good friend Matt is having heart problems. They're not that serious, even though his heart does periodiclly stop I guess it is not as serious as it sounds. I'm really not sure. It's a really long story, but the lesson learned is short. It just takes one thing to go wrong and it could all be over. A slip here, the wrong food, the wrong button, the wrong turn, taking your attention away for one millisecond and SNAP its over. I'm not going to say "Live everyday like its your last" because honestly I think thats such a stupid saying. Thats a horrible outlook to have. I can't really explain why I think its stupid, but I do and thats good enough hahaha. That is the end of my rant.

Lyrics are incredible-

I don't feel the way I've ever felt
I know
I'm gonna smile and not get worried
I try but it shows
anyone can make what I have built
and better now
anyone can find the same white pills
that take my pain away

it's a lie
a kiss with open eyes
she's not breathing back
anything but bother me
(It takes my pain away)
nevermind these are hurried times
Oh oh oh
I can't let it bother me

I never thought I'd walk away from you
I did
but it's a false sense of accomplishment,
every time time I quit
anyone can see my every flaw.
it isn't hard
anyone can say they're above this all
but it takes my pain away

Life is Beautiful

2005-01-02T21:01:00.000-08:00

Theres this show that I'm sure most of y'all have heard about. It's called "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". In a world full of reality shows like "Cheaters" and "Who's My Daddy" this one is actually worth watching. I have watched it a couple times before and thought it was really cool. My sister says she cries when she watches it. Now, I've never actually felt like I could cry from watching it. That was until tonight. The Abott family (i believe that was their name) is not your typical 4 person family. The parents are deaf and with two sons I'm sure life isn't the easiest. Stefan is a normal teenager and Lance (who you just want to hug) is blind from birth and also developed autism later in life. The family just amazed me. The crew for the show made their house very friendly to their disabilites. They made everything labeled and soft for Lance to touch and gave him his own areas he could escape to. Autism is a disability where you don't process information correctly. People affected by autism get sensory overloads and just shut down. So just imagine Lance. He can only hear and feel what is around him. It isn't hard for him to shut down in loud circumstances. So all the softness and comfort they provided for him...yea it was just amazing. Then you look at Stefan; the guy is amazing. He is the member of his family who isn't disabled in any sort. He is the bridge of communication between Lance and his parents, but boy he sure got the hook-up. Not only did the crew make it possible for the family to function with out his help all the time, but he was given a $50,000 scholarship to help pay for his college expenses. Then you just look on the impact it had on the crew. They were all bawling. Even the big tough guys. Anyway...in conclusion Life is Beautiful.

Pray for Southeast Asia

Guess what!!!!!

2004-12-14T22:25:00.000-08:00

Drew needs a new job!!!! Because folding clothing BLOWS! : ) This job alone has motivated me for my future and convinced me of two paths I could possibly take my life through. A) Go to school get a Ph.D in something and become a doctor so I can spend all my money on my wife (I'm not being sarcastic I like to buy people things) or B) Marry rich. Mwhahaha ingenious I know. I'll track myself down a doctor or something. I can be a stay at home mom and I can spend all my wife's money on her.

What should I do with my life?

2004-12-12T21:41:00.000-08:00

So I'm applied for college. BYU and BYU-I. Oh, by the way I'm LDS. So, these last few months were pretty nerve wracking for me. I didn't know where I wanted to go to college. So I finally just sat down and drew (hahaha Drew) out the pros and cons of every school. I was considering UW, WSU, CBC, BYU, and BYU-I. CBC was the first to go because even though I don't want to leave behind everyone in this area I love I don't think a community college is a good plan. Plus I need to learn to live on my own (Yes, I'm kind of apprehensive about moving out). This left me with all the 4-year colleges. Now when you break it down all the schools pretty much offer the same quality of education. I mean seriously Harvard is not that superior. It is just a name and for the most part you are paying for the chance to say you go to Harvard and the abilities to eat caviar and be able to turn coal into diamonds with your buttocks. So I started writing out prices and the general enviroment in each place. First UW. Rather expensive and located in uber-liberal and tree hugging Seattle. WSU cheaper than UW, but still more than I wanted to pay and located in the good ol' Palouse, small town Pullman where the only thing to do is apparently drink (so I've been told) and since I'm such a BIG drinker WSU doesn't soundl ike my place. Next BYU and BYU-i. BYU-i=byu idaho. Rexburg to be exact. Small town rexburg. Sure i dont know the place, but when you're a small LDS college town most of the population is going to be LDS. Sure, it is my religion, but one thing you learn is that it'll be a crappy place to live. Someone will call the authorities is youre caught drinking Dr. Pepper or if you kill a seagull (for all of you who think i worship seagulls...i pity you). Now, BYU. Located in Provo, UT. Lots of family is there and % of LDS people is quite a bit lower than Rexburg. Which is kind of an attraction, but I know Provo...and that place bugs the crap out of me. Ok...SO! I don't really lke any of the areas. What to do? I decided on BYU and BYU-i b/c mostly of price vs quality of edu. BYU is one of the top schools in the nation. WIth tuition being 1600k a semester who would NOT want to go there. I know i sure wanna get a part of that deal. Plus i have grandparents and siblings in provo. SO byu here i come. Now im just waiitng for that letter saying "Welcome". And if i dont get into BYU, but BYU-i wants me. WHo knows what i'll do. Because i really dont want to go there. Well THAT WAS REALLY LONG. Love Drew

Oh. i was supposed to mention this frosh Heather Belts. Shes got cool eyes. (is that good enough?)

The Simple Things

2004-12-04T23:19:00.000-08:00

So yea...my last post was a little crazy, but i sure was feeling special. im not a very moody guy and im generally happy, but i do have to have my occasional bad weeks. things are better now. sure i failed my ap bio test, but at least i nearly aced the essay. i've done nothing but enjoyed the simple things this weekend and its made me happy. im wondering if im in a mid teen life crisis. ya know, afraid to grow up so im going back to all thing little things i used to love and apparently still do (i just had to find that love) It started off with a little aladdin and some cinderella. ahhh those disney classics "gus gus" ahhh that fat rat cracks me up. tonight was...boring? yea kind of, but it was still fun. drove around for 2 hours before we decided onsomething to do. went to burger king and mcdonalds when we had planned on blockbuster. and then we watched some "you got served" buisnass and mocked the dialect of the hood. ahhh i love the simple things

How to celebrate Veterans Day. Violence!

2004-11-11T21:16:00.000-08:00

veterans day rocks. we got today off so none of the teachers take the week seriously. we kicked off v-day by having a halo 2 fest last night. it got so crazy the cops showed up.... LITERALLY. i was totallly bushed from playing for 5 hrs that i came home and watched "Walking Tall" where the rock kicks buttt and takes names with a piece of cedar. this morning...or afternoon i wake up and started watching "the alamo" the davey crocket...i see why texans are in love with themselves now. those guys were pimps. so my day of has been fairly violent. so i go to melissa's to make our sadies shirts and escape the violence. silly me...escape violence and melissa dont mix. a water fight/lipstick fight ensued (yes melissa you did start it) i was victorious. i may be down one hand but im still up 100 lbs. ahhhhhhhh veterans day. what a great day to reflect and be thankful for our peaceful lives.

Bittersweet ending. Oh wait...just sweet

2004-11-09T17:24:00.000-08:00

So today we turned in our football pads. Usually I'm sad about this day, but i have never been happier to give my football pads back. This year ruined football for me. I had ZERO fun. I was nothing but let down and dissapointed this year. It disgusts me how the Frosh and JV teams can go 8-1 and 7-2 just last year where we were allowed to just play. Now we can't win a game. This has just foibled my mind. Not really, I know why, but Oh well. At least I don't have to worry about it anymore. Good riddance to it all. Most high school sports are crap....correction most varisty sports are crap.

I feel happier now after that

Boo Boo

2004-11-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

So I busted my pinky last Tuesday. typing is too hard so i ve done very little and i keep it to a imn on keystrokes we'll see if i need surgery tomorrow i shattered the stupid thing. i sat out the last football game. that was cool instead i froze my booty off. now i have like no purpose to life. im just going to come home after school....something i havent done in 10 weeks. SWEEEEEET!

The weekend...one giant mood swing

2004-10-24T20:26:00.000-07:00

So the weekend comes and everyone is very happy. Then the weekend goes and we all feel like crying. Its like a going up a mountain. We're excited more and more and more. Then it peaks about 2 AM on Saturday and then you slowly descend. This weekend was just like that. It was more like a plateau though. It peaked at about 5 PM when I rolled into Burbank for the most unformal formal dance I've gone to. Then finally at about 12:47 when I got in the car to leave is when I fell off the plateau (that was a really fun analogy).

I went to the Burbankian HC with Melissa yesterday. It was probably one of the funnest nights I've had in a while, but I can't decide why. Maybe it was the death grip on my arm during "The Grudge" and then the gurgling noises that would piss her off. Or it was looking at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit calender while she looked at the Ponies *wink*. It may have been the driving through the trailer park and back alleys in search of the big bright light. Or maybe it was making the dad cheat on his wife with the hot maid, having the maid move in, having the wife kick the husband out, then having the maid get impregnated by her new boyfriend. While one daughter made out with the other daughters boyfriend (
I played the Sims 2). Or maybe it was just the company ; ).

And now I spend my Sunday dreading the coming weekend and remembering what homework I need to do. And how SCREWED im going to be when our grades come for the quarter. My parents want to get me a Pre-Calc tutor. They say go to the turtoring after school. The problem is tutoring is for the stupid stupid kids. Unfortunatley im a smart stupid kid. Im in smart classes but stupid at them.. Unlike the Seniors who are in Applied Math and failing. Geez us smart kids have it so unfair its gay. Why don't we have turtoring sessions. Or AP Bio. They want us to tutor bio kids. HOW ABOUT WE GET TUTORS FOR OURSELVES!!! frickin A. gah...and i was so happy a paragraph ago.

Drew and Forward Motion

2004-10-21T20:50:00.000-07:00

See this stupid picture. My plans were to post up a bunch of my photo's that I have taken over the time of my photo-life. However, after my long education of posting pictures on this stupid thing I decided it's not worth it. So I don't feel like deleting this picture because of all the work it took to get it on. So now I'll talk about what I meant to talk about in the first place.

I take pictures. It is something I've found I'm good at and takes very little effort on my part to do. They just turn out good and I'm like wow I did that. Word G. So this is an example of one of my latest photos. (I actual hate this one) but what can you do.

I hate New York

2004-10-20T21:06:00.000-07:00

I hate the Yankees. I hate New York sports fans. I hate New York sports in general. So nothing would make me happier than having the most unfair team in baseball history making baseball history. Losing FOUR straight games in the ALCS doesn't happen all the time. In fact IT HAS NEVER HAPPEND. So all you New Yorkers can shut up and go eats some canoli's because "Y'all just got served." Ahhhh life is great. So now Giambi, Jeter, A-rod, Lofton, Rivera, Williams, Olerud and the rest of the future hall of famers can go call up Malone, Payton, Bryant, and Shaq because they both of something in common. They have the greatests names in their sports yet can't win a title. At least the Lakers GOT to the Championship games. AHHHH I love Pro Sports.

Ever want to jump off a building?

2004-10-19T21:29:00.000-07:00

I am thoroughly enjoying this concept of a blog. I should've lost my blog virginity sooner. I feel like I now have a medium to rant about things I'd never do in person. So life is driving me nuts. Even though I'm making it sound more stressed out than it is. AP Bio is a lot more work than I'm willing to put in. I'm Pre-Calc retarded and can't do squat correctly. The one class I love I'm way behind in because I have no oppurtunities to shoot pictures because I get home after dark from football. The apple of my eye lives eleventy billion miles away so the occasions of visual contact are few and far between. I have found a solace though. My part of the day I look forward to. Reading. Yes, believe it or not I've become a fan of reading (which i wasn't before). Currently I'm reading Grisham's "A Time to Kill" in every class and Dan Brown's "da Vinci Code" before I go to sleep each night.
Know what? I may seem like a total downer in this last paragraph, but I have the best life EVER. I wouldn't change it for anything. My parents are the coolest ever. My mom made me grilled cheese and tomato soup along with chocolate chip cookies for lunch today. Sadly I only had 10 minutes to enjoy this meal.

"This world that I've found is too good to be true" - The Starting Line <--- Good thing it is true though

Yessssssssssssssssssss, It happend

2004-10-18T20:57:00.000-07:00

The man who has spent most of his life opposing blogs has conformed. In my moment of weakness brought on by AP Bio lab after lab after lab I've broken down into a state of depression and decided I should use my time in a more effective manner. With that ingredient you add a little suave and a whole lot of cool and out pops Drew's blog. I guess you could say I've lost my blogging virginity. YAHOO!!!

So Homecoming.Even though the music kind of blew (YMCA and the Hustle? seriously WTF mate?) We can all thank uber-conservative Mr. Baddley who still wants to be able to fit an elephant between each dancing couple. It was still pretty good time. Props to my leadership homies. When you combine my money saving skills and an awesome date that equals a fun homecoming (regardless of the awesome music) and a lot of extra "bling" in my pocket. It makes me laugh how guys spend hundreds of dollars on some homecoming nights. While they complain about all the money they spent and how much their date DIDN'T eat at Outback I just throw my head back and laugh then go off and play with the two Furby's I bought with the money I saved. Gosh I love Ebay.