Thoughts of Trent: The Evolution

When I started this blog 2 years ago, it was a chance to share my opinion about things. What it evolved into was a chance to write articles. Articles take time, require structure and are more work than just posting thoughts. The last year has been one of the busiest of my life and consequently the blog suffered. I just didn't have the time in my day to write a fancy article for every bit of media I encountered.

Now I am not saying life is going to change and I will find more time to blog, because that isn't going to happen. I simply want to redefine what this blog is going to be about which will allow for more content. I guess overall I'd like to lower the bar on what I write here. I'm not going to feel the need to write a long witty article that I secretly hope would end up on The Daily Beast. Instead this will be like my online Moleskine, you know those hipster journals made famous by Hemingway. Now, with that said this will not be my diary or journal where I share my deep dark secrets. I will not use this as a passive aggressive tool to make a point.

Content will vary:
Sometimes the writing will be deep and sometimes shallow.
Sometimes I will post content I've seen other places and sometimes I will post content I've created.

Content will be fluid:
Posts will not be definitive. For instance, my opinion may change or something new may come up. If that's the case, I will simply add to my existing post and change the date so it gets a bump to the top.

Content will be about everything:
I will write about things that I've seen and my thoughts. Just because I write about something doesn't mean I'm endorsing it. Everyone needs to use their judgment about what is good for them to watch.

So, I we will see how this new direction goes. I hope you enjoy the ride. I hope that you discover some new things threw this blog. I hope that you agree and disagree with me, but comment accordingly. I hope that my blog becomes a representation of who I am, not who I want to be.

I am doing this...

Thanks to Darin

If you want to be in my 15 seconds of this masterpiece, let me know.

I am not going to do Eharmony...

...but I would totally do a video if it came out like this!

horrible

usually my blog is giggles and criticism, but today I had to post something different cause I can't stop thinking about it.
I read a news story today...This 4 month old baby is dead because some gang members got in an argument. Some petty fight over ridiculous gang crap has lead to an innocent life being taken away. This is horrific. This makes me sick to my stomach. Thinking about this brings up an anger from my core. I hope that these 2 murderers that committed this crime don't sleep tonight. I hope that they have seen this picture on the news. I hope that it haunts them. I wish they would walk into a police station with their hands in the air and tears in their eyes because every other scenario I think about involves retaliatory evil.

This week I broke up a little scuffle among a couple middle schoolers. They're good kids, and just got on each others nerves. We talked it out, and how it didn't need to get to the point where it's a fight. It was just pettiness and they didn't handle it like human beings. They were selfish and just escalated the situation by not bending. We can't all get our way all the time. We have to let little things go. This murder of a child is a product of the same thing that these two students dealt with. Unwilling to yield, having to prove your status, all of it has to stop. It has to stop at the start. We have to get in the habit as kids, and if we are grown then we need to see how we're acting like kids.

Sorry for babbling, but I am just so disgusted. I have compassion for the family that has lost this child, but my sense of justice is through the roof right now. Today is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. I long for a price to be paid here. I hold to hope for a day when these kinds of things will pass.

I hurt.

my mom says I have a good voice...

but this right here is why I don't record myself singing and put it on the internet. I have serious fear that I look and sound like this.


Get to at least 1:26 where she forgets the words for a second...priceless.