So it is 1:33am on Tuesday morning and I should be in bed...
But I had a small coffee at 9:45pm and I hate myself so I'll me up a good hour or two more, figured I might as well write something on here to pass the time.
As all maybe of you who read this know, I'll be back in Lil Rhody this weekend ever so briefly before I embark on my first college spring break experience in Orlando, that will make it up here I'm sure, so wait for that. But I got talking with my classics professor today who just so happened to get his Masters at Brown and spent a bit of time in RI about the puny little state and it got me a bit home sick. Like anyone else who's lived in that place for a considerable amount of time I have a soft spot for it while wanting to be as far from it as possible. Which means I'm pretty excited to spend 3 days there this weekend and then a helluva a lot more there over the summer. There are things you just miss, like the beaches and the food and the familiar roads, and mostly the people. For me, seeing some of my favorite people every time I go back is definitely the best part of the trip. So this weekend I'm hoping to squeeze out some good times before I depart Tuesday night. Hit me up cause I definitely want to spend some quality chill time in RI.
On a totally unrelated note I don't think I've ever shown anyone the scraps of paper in my green note book, I pulled it out of drawer this evening and remembered how cool it was. So if you read this and are interested, just ask and I can show you some of the stupid shit that goes through my head that I unfortunately write down/ draw/ scribble then ask me about it some time. It won't bite... I think.
So that's all for today,
Text, Call, Don't be a stranger,
And good luck on any tests/ finals you have coming up!
Fonts
Monday, February 29, 2016
Thursday, February 4, 2016
If You Don't Slow Down...
whale.
Whale.
WHALE.
LOOK WHAT WE HAVE HERE!
LOOK WHO DECIDED TO SHOW UP FOR ONCE AND WRITE SOMETHING!
~oh~
~hey there everyone~
~long time no see~
~I'm not dead (I promise)~
~and I have a lot to catch you up on~
~please don't hurt me~
So, here I am, in decent health, a semester and 4.5 weeks into sophomore year and finally writing for the first time in a long, long time. Since I last wrote I have been to the World Series, had Thanksgiving, sat up sleepless while my grandma almost died, twice, did Christmas break, hung with the whole squad in bits and pieces, recorded with Chris Piquette for the first time (me personally) got dean's list at school (a lot harder at college) and got back to school, went to Cuba on a life changing trip, organized a cross country road trip, planned spring break in Orlando and managed to work 13 hours a week and keep my grades up this semester.
Now, that may be a little over whelming and if you want more details on any of those, shoot me at text, you know you want to, I'd be glad to elaborate on almost every point. Really what writing that paragraph (run on sentence) showed me was that I have done A LOT in the last 6 months or so and that I should count my blessings and be unbelievably happy with the life I've been given, and I am. But I also am a long term thinker in the sense that I really am always looking at how all this stuff I've done will impact me going forward. And right now I have no complaints, my future is looking like it will be filled with travel, music and friendship with are probably my top 3 things (not in any particular order).
Some details:
Cuba was a life changing experience. For those that do not know, I am half Cuban on my dad's side and this trip gave me just an in depth and unbelievably real look into the life, well being and history of the island 90 miles from Key West FL. The food was incredible, the cigars were impeccable, the rum was well remembered despite our best efforts and the friends were life time on this tropical island that I can foresee in the not too distant future changing drastically. If you ever get a chance like I did, do not think twice, take that chance and I promise you will never regret it.
The World Series: I know a lot (most) [maybe all] of you have no interest in sports, but this is my blog so shut up. The New York Mets have been and always will be my favorite sports franchise and they were in the World Series this year which lead my dad and I to fly into New York on a cold October Weekend and have the kind of emotional experience that I can only relate to being at the biggest concert your favorite artist has ever put on. Slightly different because a concert cannot end in defeat like my dad and my trip went, but none the less it was amazing and I will always remember it.
Christmas break was eventful as all hell, I got to meet my friend C's new girl friend, she's a nice gal and I like them together. I got to meet Gibb's bae too, she gives me a hard time because he like me more, but that's what you have to deal with when you date Gibb. Tom even has acquired ye old ball and chain and I met her for like 40 minutes on New Years, seems nice enough though. Haven't met Maeve's new boyfriend Liam but apparently we have a lot in common, I guess that will come. Some of the best times over break though were just hanging out around campus and stuff with the OG crew, the afternoon at Claire's and Christmas Concert with the old boys were definitely highlights. Finally recording with Chris Piquette has always been a darling in studio and helped us write, let alone record our newest 6 song EP that's gonna be out this May. That studio week was fun as all fun and I love working with all da boyz in Everything or Nothing on these records. So that was my winter break which flew me right back to Richmond where I left the next day for Cuba.
Since I've gotten back to school I've been virtually buried in the day to day of this place. Life really runs here. When you have papers to write and books to read and a 3 hour shift that night and 4.5 hour shift the next day with a quiz... you get what I'm saying. Any way, so I'm writing now because I honestly feel like I'm in the best place I've been, probably ever. Sometimes I like to think back to Senior year which is really when I made a lot of my life long friends and I like to think that that was a huge high point in my life. But looking at myself now, as an individual I think I can say that now, with all those close, life time friends, and a couple hand-fulls of new friends I am in the best place I've ever been. Sure some things could be better, I could always have a few extra bucks, or a slightly nicer car, but that's all gravy on the piping hot plate of food that is my life right now. Long and the short of it is that I think I'm finally ready to dig in and start enjoying it instead of worrying about how things will work out and just trust that they will. I don't want to jinx it but things seem pretty great right now. And I encourage everyone who reads this to look around and count your blessings because I bet for every rotten thing going on in your life you can find three positives. That's just the mood I'm in which is weird because I have to be up at 7:15 tomorrow morning to go shadow a teacher at a high school, which, for all of you non-college students, is an ungodly hour of the morning.
Well I hope this has sated your hunger for the moment. My phone is always on, trust me, so please, please, please don't be a stranger and drop me a text or call me. I promise I'll get back to you that day. If you don't have my number, tough, find someone who does.
And on top of all this, here's some gravy for old times
These are all covers by Scott Bradlee's Post Modern Jukebox, you don't HAVE to listen to the covers, but I highly recommended every single one of them.
1. I Want it That Way (Originally by the Backstreet Boys)
2. Pompei (Originally by Bastille)
3. Steal My Girl (Originally by One Direction)
4. Creep (Originally by Radiohead)
5. Shake It Off (Originally by T swizzle)
6. Titanium (Originally by Sia)
7. Rude (Originally by Magic!)
8. Stacy's Mom (Originally by Fountains of Wayne)
9. Maps (Originally by Maroon 5)
10. Sugar We're Going Down (Originally by Fallout Boy)
Always wishing the best,
Matthew Raul Fonts
Whale.
WHALE.
LOOK WHAT WE HAVE HERE!
LOOK WHO DECIDED TO SHOW UP FOR ONCE AND WRITE SOMETHING!
~oh~
~hey there everyone~
~long time no see~
~I'm not dead (I promise)~
~and I have a lot to catch you up on~
~please don't hurt me~
So, here I am, in decent health, a semester and 4.5 weeks into sophomore year and finally writing for the first time in a long, long time. Since I last wrote I have been to the World Series, had Thanksgiving, sat up sleepless while my grandma almost died, twice, did Christmas break, hung with the whole squad in bits and pieces, recorded with Chris Piquette for the first time (me personally) got dean's list at school (a lot harder at college) and got back to school, went to Cuba on a life changing trip, organized a cross country road trip, planned spring break in Orlando and managed to work 13 hours a week and keep my grades up this semester.
Now, that may be a little over whelming and if you want more details on any of those, shoot me at text, you know you want to, I'd be glad to elaborate on almost every point. Really what writing that paragraph (run on sentence) showed me was that I have done A LOT in the last 6 months or so and that I should count my blessings and be unbelievably happy with the life I've been given, and I am. But I also am a long term thinker in the sense that I really am always looking at how all this stuff I've done will impact me going forward. And right now I have no complaints, my future is looking like it will be filled with travel, music and friendship with are probably my top 3 things (not in any particular order).
Some details:
Cuba was a life changing experience. For those that do not know, I am half Cuban on my dad's side and this trip gave me just an in depth and unbelievably real look into the life, well being and history of the island 90 miles from Key West FL. The food was incredible, the cigars were impeccable, the rum was well remembered despite our best efforts and the friends were life time on this tropical island that I can foresee in the not too distant future changing drastically. If you ever get a chance like I did, do not think twice, take that chance and I promise you will never regret it.
The World Series: I know a lot (most) [maybe all] of you have no interest in sports, but this is my blog so shut up. The New York Mets have been and always will be my favorite sports franchise and they were in the World Series this year which lead my dad and I to fly into New York on a cold October Weekend and have the kind of emotional experience that I can only relate to being at the biggest concert your favorite artist has ever put on. Slightly different because a concert cannot end in defeat like my dad and my trip went, but none the less it was amazing and I will always remember it.
Christmas break was eventful as all hell, I got to meet my friend C's new girl friend, she's a nice gal and I like them together. I got to meet Gibb's bae too, she gives me a hard time because he like me more, but that's what you have to deal with when you date Gibb. Tom even has acquired ye old ball and chain and I met her for like 40 minutes on New Years, seems nice enough though. Haven't met Maeve's new boyfriend Liam but apparently we have a lot in common, I guess that will come. Some of the best times over break though were just hanging out around campus and stuff with the OG crew, the afternoon at Claire's and Christmas Concert with the old boys were definitely highlights. Finally recording with Chris Piquette has always been a darling in studio and helped us write, let alone record our newest 6 song EP that's gonna be out this May. That studio week was fun as all fun and I love working with all da boyz in Everything or Nothing on these records. So that was my winter break which flew me right back to Richmond where I left the next day for Cuba.
Since I've gotten back to school I've been virtually buried in the day to day of this place. Life really runs here. When you have papers to write and books to read and a 3 hour shift that night and 4.5 hour shift the next day with a quiz... you get what I'm saying. Any way, so I'm writing now because I honestly feel like I'm in the best place I've been, probably ever. Sometimes I like to think back to Senior year which is really when I made a lot of my life long friends and I like to think that that was a huge high point in my life. But looking at myself now, as an individual I think I can say that now, with all those close, life time friends, and a couple hand-fulls of new friends I am in the best place I've ever been. Sure some things could be better, I could always have a few extra bucks, or a slightly nicer car, but that's all gravy on the piping hot plate of food that is my life right now. Long and the short of it is that I think I'm finally ready to dig in and start enjoying it instead of worrying about how things will work out and just trust that they will. I don't want to jinx it but things seem pretty great right now. And I encourage everyone who reads this to look around and count your blessings because I bet for every rotten thing going on in your life you can find three positives. That's just the mood I'm in which is weird because I have to be up at 7:15 tomorrow morning to go shadow a teacher at a high school, which, for all of you non-college students, is an ungodly hour of the morning.
Well I hope this has sated your hunger for the moment. My phone is always on, trust me, so please, please, please don't be a stranger and drop me a text or call me. I promise I'll get back to you that day. If you don't have my number, tough, find someone who does.
And on top of all this, here's some gravy for old times
These are all covers by Scott Bradlee's Post Modern Jukebox, you don't HAVE to listen to the covers, but I highly recommended every single one of them.
1. I Want it That Way (Originally by the Backstreet Boys)
2. Pompei (Originally by Bastille)
3. Steal My Girl (Originally by One Direction)
4. Creep (Originally by Radiohead)
5. Shake It Off (Originally by T swizzle)
6. Titanium (Originally by Sia)
7. Rude (Originally by Magic!)
8. Stacy's Mom (Originally by Fountains of Wayne)
9. Maps (Originally by Maroon 5)
10. Sugar We're Going Down (Originally by Fallout Boy)
Always wishing the best,
Matthew Raul Fonts
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