I Love How Life Works Out

I just thought this would be something I should add onto this blog, it explains me a lot. It was my Facebook status tonight:

"Lucas Wagner just got gushers, fruit roll up, fruit by the foot, yogurt, nutter butter bites, and a frozen pizza for dinner. His co-worker responds: "I thought you weren't a pot head" I say no, this is just what I eat whenever I want to, an instance later I am in the car eating gushers and listening to Pink Floyd. I love how life works out."

Muse Muse where are you?

A Muse (according to Dictionary.com):
- the goddess or the power regarded as inspiring a poet, artist, thinker, or the like.
- the genius or powers characteristic of a poet.
- A guiding spirit.
- A source of inspiration.

A Muse can be a being, a person, a creature, something that can talk or is mute, can walk or is disabled, something that is 'real' or imaginary, something that is inanimate or living, etc. It is a 'being' that is 'living' inside one's mind that creates inspiration to the artist inside of you. This Muse can be hiding and dormant within you until you finally come across it, or you could have known your Muse/s all along.

My Muses consist of many people/creatures:
- Luna Lovegood - the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling
- Edgar Allan Poe - author and poet
- Cyrano de Bergerac - the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand
- Dorian Gray - the book The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- The Cheshire Cat - the movie Alice in Wonderland (though I'll be reading the book soon too so it'll be from the book as well)
- Spider-Man - the Amazing Spider-Man comics, etc
- Rorschach - the graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore
- Eric Draven - the movie The Crow (I will be reading the graphic novel soon)
and
- Haruko - the anime miniseries FLCL

All of these people/creatures have been in my mind since the day I met them and have never truly left. They have all influenced me and my artistic creations, sometime even going to far to having me write poems about them (specifically speaking about Rorschach, and I have written two about him so far and everytime I encounter him it makes me want to write another haha). Does anyone else have any Muse/s that help your creative lifestyle?

What is the blue blazes of the bright blue sun in lalaland am I thankful for?!

thank⋅ful
–adjective
feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.

What I am thankful for on this fine day:


- my friends, for without them i would be hopeless
- my family, for without them i would be helpless
- shorewood's drama department, for without all of them i don't know if i would be here right now
- video games, for without them, how would i get more stupid yet more smart at the same time while still having a blast?
- movies, for without them i would not be able to see the beauty in simple shots and angles of life
- music, for without it i would not have made it past sophomore year
- horror movies/books/etc, for without them i would not be able to have an escape for my more crazy side
- poetry and books, for without them my words would be meaningless
- my hoodies, for without them, how else would i be able to feel so much better when i have a headache?
- life, for without it no one else would be alive, therefore i would have no purpose
- facebook, for without it i would have done all of my pointless homework and not have expanded the friendships i have with amazing people
- the comic store, for without it i could not get my thrice-monthly fix of amazing spider-man
- my insanity, for without it i could not be the person i am today. who that person is i have not the fucking faintest clue, but i love being him nonetheless!
- and last but not least, love... that goes without saying... for without love, everything around me is completely and utterly pointless. not just romantic love, every single type of love, for everyone and everything...



specific people i am thankful for, whether i know them or not, whether they are fictional or not:
family (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters)
my drama family (brother- cole; sisters- megan, joy, ciela; daughter- saleena)
my second family (the wellingtons of course)
the IMDB horror board
everyone else in drama
lauren sweeten
kayla erickson
emma doyle
jordan sterland
angelia tran
captain ash
becky dobson
taryn and carter
ms perticulous
kate mcknight
lizzi kudebeh
liz shearer
co-worker nicole
tonya :)
spider-man
the punisher
jk rowling
V
luna lovegood
batman
the macmanus brothers
poe
ray bradbury
rorschach
and of course so many more. every single one of my friends means so much to me and i am thankful for all of you. thank you so much for being in my life. i am sorry i did not name you all, and if you were not named, just know that i love you too!

Truly a Faerie Tale

(Also posted on Facebook)

I am not posting this to get into a philosophical argument about whether or not I am right or not. I may or may not be right, but this is my view on life. This is what I believe. Feel free to post comments and talk about what you believe, but I do not want anyone arguing against me. If you want to get into a debate about whether or not I am right, then send me a message. Don't let that stop you from commenting though, please tell me what you think and tell me your ideas on life and whether or not you agree with me. (I know that sounds contradictory, sorry I'm tired hahaha, anyways to sum it up, post comments telling me what you think and all that jazz, but if you REALLY wanna talk about it and not just comment, then message me and I would be glad to debate) Also, I haven't edited this at all, this is truly my raw thoughts just put down on paper.

Enjoy


Truly a Faerie Tale

Part 1 – Life is Not a Faerie Tale

I had a conversation tonight with one of my friends, whom will remain anonymous. We were talking about her boyfriend and she ended up saying “Honestly I’ve never met anyone like him, he’s amazing.” She then went on to say “sometimes I hate being only 16.” The way I took it, she loved him so much that she wished she could marry him, yet couldn’t because she was too young. I then proceeded to have this thought process. “Oh do I miss the innocence that you have” I said to her. I ended up thinking so much more than I said, though. I thought more of by innocence I am thinking of how the younger people seem to just love and life in life by having the time of their lives, not knowing how hard life can truly be sometimes. I thought to myself, life is not always a faerie tale… I wished that sometimes I could be as innocent as young teens in love seemed to be. But then I thought about it. Is it really innocence that they have, or is more like ignorance? Are they actually ignorant about the harsh world around them, ignoring the attempt to learn and take in what life truly is? Do I really wish to be as ignorant as they are and ignore the danger that surround us? No. Why would I ever want to ignore the truth? The fact is, life is not a faerie tale, and we all just need to accept it.

Part 2 – Life is a Faerie Tale

“Life is not a faerie tale.” That’s a phrase I used to hear a lot when I was younger, usually referring to the fact that we don’t always get what we want. But does that phrase really only mean that we don’t get what we want? What are faerie tales but tales of a person on a quest to have a happy ending? If we go on the ultimate quest, the quest of life, what is stopping us from ultimately obtaining our goal in the end? If you truly think about it, growing up is not about realizing that life IS NOT a faerie tale, but more about realizing that life IS a faerie tale. We all have to power to decide whether or not to enjoy life, to make the best out of life, to search for our Prince Charming or our Cinderella, to finally live happily ever after. That is what we need not forget. People always think that those who believe in faerie tales have never grown up, but I think the exact opposite. I feel that those who have truly grown up are able to truly grasp the fact that life is our own faerie tale. It has it’s ups and downs as all other faerie tales do. What it means to truly grow up and mature and understand that life is a faerie tale is that you can really truly enjoy life no matter what shit is thrown at you, and I stand by this fact, disregarding my earlier statement that life is not a faerie tale. Life truly is a faerie tale, and it only takes the self-realization (and yes, I know this is hard, trust me) to turn your life into what you want, a life that you truly enjoy no matter what.