I wasn’t kidding in my previous post titled, “A Fierce Battle Is Approaching.” Apparently, a temporary employee for a Walmart in New York was killed on Black Friday during the store’s 5:30AM opening. He fell to the ground and was ignored by all the anxious customers entering the store. Police and witnesses state that he was probably trampled on by over a hundred people before someone could come to assist him. The full story can be found here.
It’s all really sad. Someone’s life is worth far more than some discounted item.
In preparation for Black Friday, I found an article with a ton of ridiculous pictures of stores preparing for the upcoming onslaught. This video was with those pictures and is equally as ridiculous.
I just realized that YouTube has changed to widescreen for all their videos. Kind of weird seeing the left column of the site so wide. I guess I’ll just have to get use to it. I suppose this means I should experiment with widescreen settings for my upcoming videos.
I read “An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge” yesterday and thought I’d share it with everyone; it’s quite good. The story is split up into three parts and follows a young man named Farquhar. It’s based in the late 1700’s/early 1800’s, during the times of the American Revolutionary War. Sad story, but definitely the type I’m into.
Earlier tonight my Mom called me into her room to show me something on TV; something that turned out to be incredible. She was watching a young boy on the news named Rex. Rex was born with a cyst in his skull that resulted in him acquiring symptoms of autism.
Despite the flaws he was born with, Rex has found his own art and true calling in playing the piano. Though he doesn’t understand many human emotions and feelings, his talent exceeds many of his fellow piano and band students. Did I mention he was also blind?
The interview focused on his piano playing and I found it amazing how well he was at improvisation. During the interview, his piano teacher asked him to play a popular song. After, he was asked to play the same song but was told to improvise the song in the classical style of Mozart. Needless to say, he did it flawlessly. The interview concludes with him improvising a duet with a young woman, which was equally amazing.
It simply shows that human defects shouldn’t control what we love to do.
“The fastest way to a woman’s heart is through her ribcage, I suggest using a long needle to avoid causing a mess.” Ahh, I knew there was an easier way.
It was very cold today… and I raked leaves. That wasn’t too much fun. However, it’s a nice relief being done with my homework for the week. Though, I’m sure I’ll procrastinate again for the assignments I have due on Wednesday.
However Thanksgiving is the next day, so that just makes me totally happy. Just thinking of Thanksgiving food going down into my stomach makes me moist. Moist like gravy on stuffing, or turkey, or freshly baked biscuits. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Thanksgiving is better than my birthday. I’m being srsly here.
When animals get hurt; that makes me sad. When loved ones pass away; that makes me sad. When someone creates sheet music like this; that makes me sad. (And that’s just the first page. Second page is here.)
However, you have to love the random, yet relevant quotes they have scattered around the sheet music. For instance, “gradually get agitated”, or “release of the penguins”, or “Rigatoni”. (Isn’t that a type of pasta?)
I bought WALL-E on DVD earlier today; you should too. I watched WALL-E earlier tonight; you should too. I’m posting about WALL-E because he’s awesome; you should too.
