Sunday, October 21, 2012

Heartbreak Hotel: Thoughts on a random text...

I got a text from someone unexpectedly the other day.  You know hey, how are you type....  I didn't see it until an hour after it was sent (ringer is usually off after work and I forget to turn it back on) and when I did I didn't respond and the day slipped away and still haven't responded. I am not trying to be mean.  I'm not even trying to be ignorant. I sorta became numb to it.

Later while walking the dog, you know when I have major epiphanies and what not, I was thinking: you know what, that's the only ONE who broke my heart. Interestingly enough.

One was merely fun and games or at least that is how I see it now. I am not sure my heart was in it. I think my brain was, unfortunately it wasn't looking at the big picture. But this "relationship" helped me to see I needed to grow up a little... It helped me to know that I can not rely on a man to take of me. Breaker of heart he was not...more like a wake up call, that I needed...

The rebound...simple as that...well I was a rebound too...smh....no heartbreak here; I thought it was but soon realized it was just another silly little fling.

The starter...you would think he would be the heart breaker being the first love but that's not how it went down. It was more like a tale of unfortunate events leading up to the conclusion. Like a starter you never want it to end even as it becomes toxic to the both of you. You hope that the night you had that one time is the same night you have every night. You know the night, when the air was just right and you're in his arms and he brushes your hair back and kisses your forehead. You know the morning you both laugh at something and are in hysterics with each other. Silly jokes you have to this day...several years later you know you can text one word and the response will be LMAO.  And still he is not the heart breaker.

No the heart breaker is that random guy you haven't seen in forever who you just happen to message and boom goes the dynamite...a cluster of f*ckery occurs. A whirlwind of up and down...phone calls of drunken hysterics, my form of tough love with words, tears on both sides, I want to but I can'ts, I can't because, we can't because, my job, your job, where you live, where I live, time schedule, money, blah blah blah....my female mentality said that all those things didn't matter we could work through it and his insecure male mentality said no we can't...on to the next one.... and it was simple just like I said it would be simple...just like I said, we probably won't be talking anymore, not every night like we use too, not at all... and its true schedule really played a huge part in it, but the reality is he played the bigger role. and I watched as November became December and then January, than February than March 17th, April, May, Junio, Julio, Agosto, Septiembre, Octubre and then it was November again...(October actually holds more significance but November was the last time I saw this person in person or so I remember) and a year had gone by(although there is that book I wrote that is a few thousand words sort of a novel based on the true fiction that didn't help) and I struggled through ALL of  Prince Royce (and Michael Jackson) and then more months passed before a random text happens to appear on my phone.... and he gets the Heart Breaker status because of the tumultuous time that occurred and the way I felt when it was all said and done...which was just like the joke where someone is standing in front of a crowd and says: F*** You, F*** You and F*** you....

Then I get this text and its not like all these feeling come rushing back or that there's anger or anything...but there was a little resentment I think... so no I didn't respond until now:

"yeah I'm good, and my mom is good, hope you are well...and I think I will forever be connected to the Power Rangers, take care."

FORTUNATELY heartbreak doesn't mean its the end all.... and I have learn recently that what might have crossed your mind may have crossed another person's mind and once someone gets the nerve to say it there can be a connection... and he could be the Happy Ending and I quote:

"It's staying the last and remaining the last."

And the process begins again but hopefully he can stay true to his quote....

Friday, October 5, 2012

Fear's Logic...don't let it hold you back...

I took my flute to the repair shop for new pads and whatever else it needed. Its going to cost me like $100 dollars oh well. Its to participate in Alumni Band for DHS (Dover High School). My mom says to me, I am not trying to be funny or nothing but you should hold the banner. Ok so I suck at my instrument. I always did. Why? Well aside from not being naturally good or talented, Fear. 

Fear can run/ruin your life.  It ruined my flute career. The thing is in order to be good at something like an instrument you have to play and practice. 5th grade when I started playing I practiced here and there, but soon practicing ended for me. Why? Fear Logic. 

Fear Logic is reasoning that is irrational and keeps you from doing something because of this logic. So called Logic from fear. I just made that up by the way. There are these "girl logic" internet memes where it shows the irrational thinking females can have sometimes and the reality is some of it is true. That is where my "fear logic" comes from. 

So my logic from fear said that me playing the flute sounded horrible, so to keep  family from hearing it, thinking I was horrible I just didn't practice. I would practice my flute whenever my mom or dad wasn't home. (I can play in front of my brother tho... weird) But when they got home I would put the flute aside. Now how much time do you think my parents spent away from home, leaving me home alone? Better yet how many times do you think I was home alone and not with my mom? Exactly, so I practiced what... 5 times a year...smh. BUT I was playing WAY more in school at that time...until High School. SMH...at my high school flute career. It was sad. Why? I was in Band Front for 3 of the 4 years I was in High school, I marched with the flag for the most part until concert season, and then again at graduation. I was always in concert band (which to those who don't know it is kind of like remedial for band, ok that is ignorant, ok it is like college prep and symphonic is like honors or AP band) The music we played in Concert wasn't hard in other words. I was very proud to be in concert band though. Very proud even as 2nd to last seat. But I digress, I was 2nd to last because I didn't practice (and that really huge fear of auditioning even in front of Mr. Rinker the band director who I truely loved like a father from 7th-12th grade and to this day. ) It didn't matter. I could not make sound come out in front of him. It was like my anxiety went through the roof probably because like any daughter I wanted him to be proud of me. But there was something I always knew and that was I was no Jesse S. (she was like first seat Symphonic). One year I did practice hard, I wanted to be in symphonic, bad, even if I was last seat, but I got fourth seat concert. Seriously I saw that practice could pay off, and I tried hard the next time but fell further down so whatever. The sound that comes out of my flute is like the squawking that is a seagull. 

But this blog is not to glamorize the fact that I suck at the flute, it is to show that fear gets you NO WHERE. I watched others work their way up to symphonic. It could be because they were good, it could be that auditions where a bunch of bull...either way I know a couple of people who worked VERY hard to get symphonic band, I mean they were practicing all the time. They took fear and nipped in the bud with practice to overcome and I allowed it [fear] to overcome me. I was always playing the second flute part and never first flute. I let that be enough for me. (Flags well that is a different story I can out do a- many at flags, I was very confident in band fronts, I remember auditioning not being nervous at all and I remember watching auditions as a captain helping to choose a co-captain)

I guess many of my blogs have been about fear because I have learned in my old age that fear can no longer keep me from doing things and living my life and making decisions. Fear logic kept me mediocre in band, when I wanted to be better than that. Fear keeps me in Dover, fear keeps me from relationships, fear kept me from driving for about 10 years, fear keeps me from acting, fears keeps me from posting a video of me singing (fear kept me from auditioning for chorus) Fear can't keep doing this to me...fear was about to keep me from writing this post. I was about to be like I am not blogging anything, but I watched Eyeshine 
 I am sure I have had to of mention them before but if not click the link visit their page. They are apart of that bucket list of mine, because the lead singer was a ranger. And for all you anime fans he was Ichigo in Bleach and Vash on another anime; his anime and game voice actor  list is EXTENDED. Anyway his band sends  a POWERFUL message. Never give up. Many of their songs follow this mantra. So I watched the video (you can watch 0-10 on their youtube chanel) immediately after I came up with the definition of Fear Logic but decided not to discuss this idea. Afterwards I was like no I need to blog about fear for the umpteenth time and you know maybe no one is reading. Oh well getting over fear is something that I have to get over ever day. There is a constant battle between my rational logic and my fear logic. Rational logic says: "Dani you can do it, you can be a teacher and you can be a good one"; Fear Logic says: "You should probably take a year off and figure it out." (what is there to figure?) 

According to my definition, Fear Logic would cause this band to quit. They refuse, and it is inspiring. To see everything they have been through, band members come and go, constant rejection, and many road blocks, they push on. Their audience,  usually the kids who are cosplaying anime fans, comic con goers, or Power Ranger Morphiconics (me), the kids who many call weird, strange, nerds and geeks; the kid with Aspergers, the kid with cerebral palsy, the quiet kid, the kid that society has deemed different, the group of kids (and adults) who are just like me, not living because of fear getting them no where; being that their music sends messages heard in songs such as "Cry Call Shout", "Never Gonna Fake it"  and "Let's Play Our Way" I am 100% sure that someone of the "different class" has decided to try again, try harder, keep going, and more importantly, acceptance of self and staying true to that self. 

And if you find that you really aren't into their music listen to Johnny Yong Bosch (the lead singer) and his story of not giving up and getting out of a depression. His story of "I have nothing to lose". His story that tells me that fear can't hold you back...even when others don't believe, you have to believe in yourself. 

Maybe I am not supposed to be good at the flute, because if I was good this wouldn't be a lesson learned to share, but there are other things in my life that need me to practice the skills learned from the lesson...fear can't keep me being the "black quiet different weird geek nerd girl" I am going to be the best "black quiet different weird geek nerd girl" that I can be!!!! 

PS: I love Eyeshine!!!! They are an independent band, they have NO label, they practice and record in garage like so- called regular people. Johnny, Maurice, and Polo put there heart and soul into it and I love them for it!
Check them out!!! 
http://eyeshine.net/News.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/theeyeshineband?feature=CAQQwRs%3D
http://www.facebook.com/eyeshinemusic?ref=ts&fref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/eyeshinefreaks?ref=ts&fref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Johnny-Yong-Bosch/150406464998582?ref=ts&fref=ts
http://theeyeshineband.tumblr.com/