GATSBY REMIX

"Civilization is going to pieces," broke out good Tom violently. I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read 'The Fault In Our Stars' by this man Greene. " Why no," I answered rather surprised by his tone. " Well it is a heartbreaking book and everyone should read it. The idea is if we don't be careful  two teenagers fall in love with each other and there is a major plot twist in which one of them dies.It's all high school stuff."

GATSBY 2

MY BIG QUESTION

What do we as humans always want more or desire more? That is my big question. It ties in with my question of "why money can't buy happiness". Why if you would have all the money you want, would you not be happy. A lot of adults take on new jobs even though they have a steady paying job? So why risk it? I know half the answer: because taking a risk is just more fun than staying complacent. We all want to be better us. I have experience with this.
          I run cross-country and track for my school. When I started I was at the bottom of the "fast people" pyramid so I trained. Now you can say I rose and have beaten all the people on my team. Never did I think I was going to be where I am at and I thought if I was, I would be happy. Well I am happy to be here but not fully satisfied. Now I have bigger goals and I know that those goals are achievable. So when I do reach those goals, I am still not going to be happy. It is just the human drive. I am never going to be completely satisfied with my current situation. It doesn't make me mad, it just fuels my hunger for being a better me.
      School is the same thing. A 4.0 gpa was once my dream. But little did I know there was all these AP classes. It's funny last year as a sophomore I got a 4.19 gpa and I had been hearing all these things about the scary junior year. Well I lived it last year and it sure was scary. I did it though. I received straight A's on my transcript. (I got a B in AP US History but the teacher gives you an opportunity to change it) It was very stressing and I could've at any time said "fuck it it is the school system that sucks"but that is not me. My second report I had 2 B's which would mean that I would get the same gpa as my sophomore year. The whole rest of the semester I was working really hard to not get that when that is a perfectly good gpa. That was my drive the whole semester.
      To further my investigation on this question I will be reading up on interesting articles about motivation. Maybe i will be more motivated by reading on how we stay motivated

MUSIC AS LITERATURE

Music is literature. It is a whole other genre of literature. It is a branch which in itself has other branches. Music tells us a story. Maybe the composer was feeling strong emotions when he wrote the song so the song is that much stronger. I love hearing stories in my music. Rap is something that really can tell a story because of the way it is structured. There is "bars" or lines. I have listened to Kendrick Lamar's Good kid Maad City multiple times because of the story. The music paints a good story of a young Kendrick Lamar being exposed to the streets. I have listened to other "concept" albums but I feel Kendrick did such a perfect job with that album. Other genres of music tell music in another way. Symphonies is a collection of instruments being put together. It shows how these instruments were put together and how they sound. Music is great literature.

HELLO 2017!

        I have gained great knowledge on how to be successful. Last year January I did not have much going on. I was not stressing so much but this year is really different. At least now I feel that I can balance more of it out. Also with my big question focusing on motivation, I can have better insight to take that intrinsic motivation I have and use it. With the years going by I need to prepare and be ready for the big things in life.