hey there, my name is eric. welcome to what is the first of what i hope is many interesting, funny, engaging, and thought provoking blog posts about stuff i like.
"why only stuff you like?" you may ask...
well it is
my blog. i think it would be pretty lame if i wrote about stuff i wasn't interested in. that's like mr. rogers writing a blog about someone else's neighborhood, or justin bieber
(this one's for you lacey) writing a blog about needlepoint. (i really have no idea...he may totally be into needlepoint...canadians do some weird stuff)
the first problem i ran into today once i decided to start writing a blog was:
what the heck should the title be???
a blog title is an important thing...its the essence of your entire blog. its the first thing people see. it's how you refer to it. i felt like i was naming my first born, and trying to come up with some awesome cool name so all of the other blogs didn't make fun of him on the playground. i wanted it to be clever, witty, and full of wordplay. i wanted it to describe me as a person without being too specific or too general. i wanted it to welcome in those who would be interested in reading it and shun those who weren't.
ok, i was getting a little carried away on the importance of a blog title. but i felt like it was still important to capture the theme somehow of what i hope to accomplish here. i've always felt like the things i engage myself in are a pretty eclectic mix of different things. my brain needs a variety of stimuli to keep it happy and satisfied, especially when it comes to music, but other things as well.
I came up with "eclectic blend"
ok, first thing out of the way...naming the blog...phew that was rough...
now comes the fun part...writing about things i like!
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first of all, i love Jesus. He's a pretty awesome guy, and His dad is pretty cool too. He's helped me through a lot, and i found Him at just the right time (well technically He was always there, i just wasn't to keen on looking for Him)
i was down in the dumps. failing out of college. addicted to this silly computer game called world of warcraft
(seriously stay away from that crap, it sucks you in and never lets you go...but that's a whole 'nother blog post for another time), and a pretty sorry excuse for a human being at that point.
long story short
(if you wanna read my testimony you'll have to go on my facebook and read it, i'll wait till you come back) He brought me out of nothingness, blessed me with so many wonderful new opportunities and friends, and i strive to be more like Him everyday.
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secondly, i love music. as you can see from the above picture i have a slight addiction to guitars. i love playing music, listening to music, sharing music, receiving music, music
music music music!!!
ok....it's ok....im calm. i just get a little excited about things sometimes, especially music. chances are if you see me somewhere i will have a guitar with me, in hand, or in close proximity. if you haven't noticed the background of the blog (please divert your attention there now, i'll wait) is my favorite guitar, my taylor. more specifically a Taylor 414CE with a few modifications. i have removed the pick guard, replaced the bridge pins, and there is a gold cross on the headstock. i'm glad you two could meet. out of all of my guitars, it is the one i have spent the most time with getting it just the way i like it...and i'm very happy to have it in my arsenal.
theres just something about music that moves me...i love listening to most any genre...but every once and awhile i come across something awesome. i can explain why i like certain things, theres just a feeling i get deep down while listening to something and i instantly know that i can always come back to that song and relive that same awesomeness forever. hopefully soon i can introduce you to some of those songs, but for now i wil move on for the sake of time.
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thirdly
(not sure if that's a word...but im making it one) i like taking pictures of fairly ordinary situations in unique ways. i'm
always taking pictures with my phone at random times...sometimes inspiration hits and i see something i want to try and capture in a picture, so i try my best to do so. then i fiddle and faddle until i get a cool result, hopefully from a unique and interesting perspective.
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fourthly, i love coffee. grande americano please, no cream, no sugar. now that i have a full time job that requires me to get up on a regular basis, coffee has become a good companion in those early mornings where i just can't get started on my own. i just find it interesting the sheer magnitude of different drinks that can be concocted from a humble little bean. tea is also a big favorite of mine, but coffee has something that tea can't bring to the table...it plays with so many other flavors so well.
so if you haven't noticed by now, i haven't really formatted this blog very well. it's probably full of gramatical, punctuational, spelling, and many other things that would make an english teacher cry.
im not an english teacher people! i don't really care enough to spend the time figuring out the proper way to use a semi colon
(i always laugh a little in my head when i say colon)
one thing i've just avoided almost completely is the shift key, and especially the caps lock button. I FEEL LIKE IM YELLING WHEN I USE ALL CAPS AND THATS NOT THE KIND OF PERSON I AM. see that was very unpleasant, i didn't like it either. i'm sorry, i didn't mean to yell...i was just making a point
(props to Lori for probably the most entertaining conversation about nothing in gmail chat today, simply by using the caps lock button)
well, i hope you had fun reading my first blog post...i had a ton of fun writing it
(making myself laugh hysterically multiple times along the way)
hope to see you again soon, hopefully with something more specific, but not too specific...........
