Snake Spirit's Blog

[Snake Spirit]

After seeing several people put their blogs here, I decided to put one of my own. The entries in this blog will be about things that I’m going through and my thoughts and opinions on some of the things in the world.

Entry #1

I am currently up to following things: studying for my remaining finals (I only have three finals left) and writing poetry (which I’ve been doing a lot). I’m on my last week of college, and then I’ll be on summer break. I’ll be getting a part-time job during the summer as something to do and a way for me to get spending money for my next year of college.

For almost the past year, I’ve had some kind of feeling or desire in me to do some writing every day, regardless of whether I’m writing a poem, song lyrics, a rant, or a long run-on sentence. I don’t really know why I have that feeling and I don’t know when, or if, it’s going to go away. Even if I try to tell myself not to write, that ends up not working, either because inspiration unexpectedly comes across or because original lines and lyrics randomly pop up in my head when I least expect them to. To be honest, it’s kind of like an addiction to me.

On a note that reminds me a bit of writing, I sometimes wonder why things that are simple and don’t take much talent become very popular while things that take talent and have lots of work put into them don’t become very popular nowadays. There are also times when I wonder why things such as certain music, TV shows, commercials and movies of now don’t have the same golden punch as they did in the past. Are those things being milked for the money, are the creators running out of ideas, or what? When I listen to a bit of the music or watch a bit of the TV shows, commercials or movies of today, I sometimes feel glad that I was a kid during the 90’s. If I was a kid right now, then I likely wouldn’t know what I was missing from the 90’s. To take this a little further, I’m kind of ashamed of growing up in part of this generation because of talentless people, stupidity, fakeness, and unimportant stories that just make me go, “Who cares,” getting pretty much all the attention in the media. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve stopped watching TV and listening to the radio pretty much entirely. When I sometimes think of what this generation is likely going to be remembered for, it just makes me want to gag.

That’s all I’m going to say for now. There will be more in later entries.

[Cross Marian]

Good entry. The media nowadays, is... pretty much ruined after all, specifically when it comes to music at least. The fakeness is almost a genre by now. xD And it's really inspiring that you are doing those long run-on sentences.

Either way, this is really interesting. Keep writing.

[WhiteFang]

Very interesting and insightful. I share your thoughts, especially those about how our generation has lost that "golden punch" That's a great way to put it.

For music, I can definitely say this. It has deteriorated beyond belief. And its true for all genres. True pop, trance, hip-hop, rap... all of it.. its beauty is dead now.

[Snake Spirit]

Thanks for the responses, everyone! :hug:

Time for another entry.

Entry #2

I finished my second year of college a little while ago and I’m back at home for the summer. For now, I’m spending my time writing poetry, hanging out with one of my friends, and getting back into meditation.

I first got into meditation a few years ago after reading a bit about Buddhism and Hinduism. When I started meditating, I usually did breathing meditation and occasionally did mantra meditation. I stopped doing mantra meditation after a short while, and some time later, I stopped meditating altogether as other things took up my time. I started to get back into meditation a few months ago.

Meditation is something that’s relaxing and somewhat spiritual for me. I find it an easy way for me to be away from the hustle and bustle of the outside world and get more in touch with myself. I usually meditate when it’s quiet so that it will be more relaxing for me. Even then, it’s not completely quiet, as I tend to listen to songs in my head while I meditate (which is something that I don’t mind at all).

When I meditate, I usually imagine myself in a peaceful forest all alone. Sometimes things that I already saw in real life appear in my head and sometimes I get visions. Every now and then, I particularly get visions of a four-armed snakelike humanoid in a forest for some reason. I don’t know why that is, but I do know that it’s not because I have a conscious or subconscious want to have those visions (they just happen).

One thing that I started doing a little while ago (for something a little different) and have been doing more often recently is meditating while wearing only a loincloth. To me, it feels really comfortable and kind of makes me feel more in touch with something, but I don’t really know what that something is.

For something a little different, I’m going to end this entry with a little poem that I wrote. Some parts of it might sound strange or confusing, but that’s how it came out of me and how I decided to keep it.

Sole-Sighted Focus

Your eyes move around and around
Looking at the prepared selections
Take a quick-moving grab with a tight grip
No sweat or liquids to bring up a slip
Focus is only on one section
Satisfied at what has been found

Tell me if there are other roads
Any detours from the preferred routes
And if you are aware that they exist
Don’t think that it is some confusing twist
Just take what’s inside and let it out
No matter the size of the load

Until next time, cheers!
-Snake Spirit

[Snake Spirit]

I haven’t updated my blog in quite a while, so I decided to post a new entry. Unlike my other two entries, this entry has two parts to it because I felt like getting two different (and unrelated) things off of my chest.

Entry #3

Part I: Recurring Dreams

For the past one-and-a-half months, I’ve been having recurring dreams that involve certain scenarios, and they’ve been bugging me a bit for some reason.

The first scenario in these recurring dreams is that I’m being comforted by a male four-armed snakelike humanoid. In those dreams, the snakelike humanoid comforts me either by hugging me or stroking my hair with one of his hands.

The second scenario in these recurring dreams is that I’m told by someone that there’s much I have yet to learn or that I will learn as time goes on. In those dreams, I’m usually told either of those things by a male four-armed snakelike humanoid (although there was a dream where I was told one of those things by a green Western dragon who called me “Aruk”).

The third scenario in these recurring dreams is that a green Western dragon who calls me “Aruk” (I have no idea why he calls me by that name) talks to me (usually with one of his talons underneath my chin). I don’t know who he is, but in one of the dreams that I had with him in it, he said that he was my guardian and that he would protect me.

I’ve been trying to think of what those dreams could mean (if anything), but so far, I’ve come up with nothing.

Part II: A Rant About Fans

Disclaimer: In this rant, I am only talking about fans who go psychotic when someone has a different opinion than they do and have no respect for opinions that are different than their opinions. Also, not all fans are like this; there are fans out there who actually respect opinions that are different than their opinions (and thank goodness for that).

Now, on to the rant.

To me, there are two types of fans that exist nowadays: normal fans and insane fans. I classify “normal fans” as fans who respect opinions that are different than their opinions, and they’re the type of fans that I am perfectly fine with. As for “insane fans”, I classify them as fans who have no respect whatsoever for opinions that are different than theirs and sometimes try to do whatever they can to have other people’s opinions match their opinions. Unlike normal fans, insane fans just irritate the hell out of me, and I’ll now explain why.

When it comes to insane fans that have no respect for opinions that are different than theirs, nothing good ever really comes from them. They seem to think that everyone else having the same opinions as they do amounts to goodness, but it doesn’t: it only amounts to evil (and boring evil at that). Likewise, they seem to think that people having different opinions than they do amounts to evil, but it doesn’t: it only amounts to goodness. For some bizarre reason, they can’t seem to grasp the fact that people are allowed to have different opinions than they do and the fact that people will hate what they like. Instead, they seem to think that people having the same opinions as they do is some kind of law or something (when, in fact, it’s not) and/or seem to think that merely hating what they like doesn't fall under freedom of speech and/or freedom of expression (when, in fact, it does).

The things that particularly make me find insane fans to be irritating are the following:

1. They go to lengths that are too far just to try to get things to be how they want them, and they do it all over different opinions. For example, I saw a video on Youtube that showed two people burning a copy of Twilight. One might think that the people who like Twilight would not be watching that video, right? Wrong! They did watch it, and it didn’t stop there. From what I’ve heard, some of the people who like Twilight flagged that video (it’s back up, though), and in one of the comments on that video, someone said that posting a video of burning a book is a violation of Youtube’s Terms of Service (when in fact, it is not).

2. They constantly tell people who hate what they like things such as, “Keep your opinions to yourself,” or, “Don’t say that you hate ,” and act like ignorant dictators in the process, all while seemingly forgetting that people are allowed to express hatred towards what they like (it's called freedom of speech) and that hatred is inevitable.

3. They sometimes tell haters to respect them when they themselves have no respect for haters. If they want the haters to respect them, then they should respect the haters.

4. They sometimes wish death or some horrible fate upon people who hate what they like [i]just because those people have different opinions than them. In my opinion, if you wish death or some horrible fate upon someone all over a different opinion, then you’ve gone down to a low level that’s full of overreaction.

5. Some of the things that they say to people who hate what they like (such as, “You’re just jealous,”, “You need to get a life,”, “You have no clue of what you’re talking about,” “Why can’t everyone accept the fact that [insert opinion stated as fact here],” or “How can you not like [insert thing here],”) are overused, absurd, completely empty of logic and common sense, and are sometimes hypocritical.

6. Some of the other things that they say to people who hate what they like or say about hatred of what they like just scream of delusions of grandeur and ignorance. For an example of such a thing being said, I was looking at comments on a video about crazy Twilight fans or crazy Jonas Brothers fans (I don’t remember which fanbase it was) on Youtube and I saw a comment where someone said that he or she was sure that the people who made the United States Constitution were not including hate videos when they were referring to freedom of speech. :facepalm:

Honestly, what in the f*** has happened with the attitudes of some of the fans in the world today?! Why the f*** do they have to stoop to the low level of overreacting, being stupid, immature, ignorant and delusional, and acting like dictators all over the fact that someone has a different opinion than they do?!

If anything, I honestly feel that these insane fans have sold their souls, minds, hearts and common sense to the Devil just for the sake of fandom. People like them are why I’m losing hope for humanity, losing faith in humanity and worrying about the future generation. The amounts of stupidity, immaturity and ignorance in them seriously make me want to break something (as long as it’s not something valuable or one of my bones).

If you’ve gotten this far and you’re still reading, I appreciate you for sticking with me.

To end this rant (and entry), I have a little something to say:

Don’t be afraid of those who are different. Be afraid of those who want everyone to be the same.

To be continued...