handlebars

well happy fourth. well a belated 4th. i made a big list of stuff to tell you at my grandmas house but i forgot it there so idk what to write about.

fyi serge= suhong


i think only like 4 people checkmy blog. well maybe 5 or 6. chris, suhong, megan, flip, evan, yifan sometimes. and nico sometimes. thasts 7. impressive ;) and maybe colton sometiems.

ok onto topic oftheday/ poll. so there is a song called "handlebars" by the flobots.. here is the offical video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuK2A1ZqoWs if you ahvent seen it yet.. but PLEASE WATCH.



today we will discuss opinions on the meaning of this video. here is evans opinion:

"Listening to: Handlebars by Flobots. Mad props to them for the POWERFUL video. From what I can tell, its two guys who are absolute best friends as kids (riding on their bikes with no handlebars) but even though they are similar, one chooses the corporate path and achieves great power an becomes the leader of a country, while the other stays small and humble, on the "peace" path, just sorta doing good deeds and enjoying life. The power eventually corrupts the first guy, and the second guy ends up leading protests against his corrupt, violent, and basically evil government, who basically shoot up all the protesters while Corporate Guy is giving a speech and Peace Guy is protesting. Corporate Guy sees his friend get massacred, is shocked, and realizes what a corrupt person he has become and how he has abused his talents while his friend only used them for good. The End. "


me:

i mostly agree with him... like they start out simple and innocent and friends until they have to choose their paths in life.. and one guy chooses peace and like having a humble life, and enjoying hte simple things in life, peacefully... and the other guy wants to be important, and he becomes a leader "leading with a microphone" and his "reach is global" and he thinks hes important and he can create bombs, and kill people, and they go on their paths in life until they intersect, with the first guy peacefully protesting whatever they leader is doing.. and the leader uses his power to kill his friend, and he feels remorse... and he remembers the good times they had when they were little.. but i think the basic idea was that u have to choose your decisions in life but you need to remember what is important.



here is a live performance.. note the guy with the dreds in the center..d oes he do ANYTHING besides some backup vocals? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBDMCLCM-8



and finally, "forgot about dre" which i am addicted to.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj-YXVjR1A4 those are they lyrics cause i dont like the video. you can find the video if you want. the beginning is my fave.. like the notes. lol. first 20 seconds.



well what do you think? aand how are you guys doing?

see you around..

nikki



PS- we did a swim meet against hawks landing which was a dinky little pool, and i got 4th in my freestyle! out of 7 peopel! i was soo proud of myself i cut 9 seconds off my time i think.. it was great! and my IM i DQed on.. and 2nd in relay becuse there were only 2 teams. but a good meet and freezing and it was nice.



starting madcap tomorrow.