Entry #4: Moonlight

    Clair de Lune, french for moonlight, is a piano piece created by Claude Debussy (DEH-byew-see). This is a piece that I chose to learn in my piano class in high school. I began learning it because my teacher wanted to challenge me with a new and more difficult piece. She gave me a book with many popular pieces and Clair de Lune stood out to me. Its complex but beautiful composition compelled me to pick it. As of today, I have managed to learn and decode the first page of the score. I will begin doing the same for the rest of the pages. Maybe in the future, I could post a video of me playing it, just maybe.

Clair de Lune- Debussy

    I tried to research a slight amount into the background of the piece. It was the third movement of Debussy's "Suite Bergamasque". Debussy actually wrote three ‘Clair De Lunes’. The idea is from a poem by Paul Verlaine in his collection entitled Fêtes Galantes was inspired by the paintings of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Debussy set six of these poems to music, including this one, first in 1882, then again in 1891. The piano piece dates originally from 1890 and was revised in 1905.

    The piano piece Clair de Lune caught my interest and I really hope I am able to learn and be able to play all of it. I really like how it sounds and I really recommend you guys to click on the link and listen to it. Again, maybe I will post a video of me playing it so you guys should stay tuned just in case. Thank you so much for reading, see you next time!

Entry #3: Stress Relief

 Hello everyone!! This week I will be going over a song that I listen to very often and analyzing parts of it. The song I chose for this is called "Stress Relief" by late night drive home. I chose this song for no real particular reason other than I really like how the song sounds and I'm excited to look more in depth into it. 

"Stress Relief"

I never thought you'd end up with me for long, baby
Running in quicksand to keep you here with me
I had you in my head, baby, every day
Towards the end, I just couldn't hear your name
It's stress relief from everything

It's stress relief from everything

Tell me, tell me you love me
Come back, come back to haunt me
Won't you, won't you let me be myself?

I was holding on, but you didn't see my shots, baby
All the times that I couldn't speak my thoughts, well, maybe
Well, this is what I wanted, please don't feel so bad
In love with a ghost, please don't (won't you) come back
Well this is what I wanted, please don't feel so bad
In love with a ghost, please don't come back

It's stress relief from everything

Tell me, tell me you love me
Come back, come back to haunt me
Won't you, won't you let me be myself?

(Well, it was difficult, you know, doing all this)
(It got easier over time, but) (where did you get your [?])

Si puedes venir conmigo, amor
Yo te enseño todo lo que hay
¿Por qué me tratas asi?
Como no soy nadien

Tell me you love me
Come back to haunt me
Won't you just let me be myself?

Tell me, tell me, tell me you love me (tell me you love me)
Come back, come back, come back to haunt me (come back to haunt me)
Won't you, won't you, won't let me be myself? (Won't you let me be?)

    The song was made by a band called late night drive home. The group consists of 4 people, a lead singer, guitarist, bassist, and drummer. Stress relief was released in 2021. 

    

    The first verse suggests that the person whom the song is portraying recently went through a breakup but still wants that connection and hopes they can be together again. The chorus of the song shows that the protagonist still loves their past partner even after their breakup. It's a plea to the other person to come back and let the protagonist be themselves without the stress of the past. The song culminates in the final verse, where the protagonist speaks in Spanish, offering the other person a chance to come with them and learn something new. 

    I believe that the song is trying to teach the audience by encouraging the listener to take comfort in the idea that even though love may be hard to let go, it's still possible to learn something new and find stress relief from their past.

    The tone of the song is lovesick and it stays that way for the entire song. 

    Stress relief is a song that I find really catchy and fun to listen to. The meaning and tone behind the music add a layer of interest behind the song and I believe that many of you should give it a listen and tell me what you think. 

    I have never actually went out of my way to truly pay attention to lyrics and it deepened my appreciation for music. It was fun to have to think about the word choices made in the song and I might do so again in the future if I find another song that I think is interesting. 

Thank you so much for taking your time to read this!! See you next week!!!

Entry #2: Meg 2 - The big shark movie

     I want to talk about a movie that I recently saw in theatres, Meg 2: The Trench. While I didn't come into the movie expecting much of it, I was shockingly disappointed. I don't usually have a lot of criticism for movies but I left the theatre early because I got so bored of the movie. I am going to talk about some moments that seemed very abnormal and that were definitely not written well at all.

 
  

My very first issue with the movie is how the first intense moment happened. This guy was inside the cage with the megalodon which he said he had a connection to. Everyone in the room had a view into the enclosure of the meg. They all shared their displeasure with swimming with the shark. And unsurprisingly, the giant shark lunged at him. Everyone thought he died but he seemingly teleported to the door of that room not even 5 seconds later. That entire scene seemed very of and extremely unrealistic.

    The way the conflict was introduced was because the Meg escaped the enclosure because it broke through what I assume to be a water filtration system that was conveniently the size of the Megalodon. 

     The story then tries to create the narrative that there is an evil corporation that is mining rare stones from the bottom of the ocean that the main group coincidentally stumbles on while escaping from a large amount of Megs. The bad guys blow up the entire trench because they were discovered? This broke a hole in a layer of clouds in the water that prevented the megs form getting to the mining base. So now the good guys have their submarine destroyed and they have to walk across the ocean bed in these high tech suits to get to the bad guys base underwater because there was a person that mysteriously sabotaged the rescue sub that was in the surface. 

    When I went to watch the movie I expected to see a good movie about Giant sharks. But, Instead I got a terribly written Mystery movie that struggles to even be considered a mystery. There are a ton of moments and dialogue which seemed highly unnatural. It's a movie that I would consider very bad and probably not a great use of time to go watch it. This movie had a $129 Million Budget and it disappointed me greatly.

    

Entry #1 What are Blogs?

    Throughout all of my life I have barely heard anything about blogs. I've heard people mention "Blog posts" in very specific contexts so I never could figure out what they were. I researched some blogs and I was introduced to a whole side of the internet that I didn't know existed.

   The first blog I decided to look at was from the creators of one of my favorite Videogames, Omori. This blog wasn't completely dedicated to the game in the past. It was from a person who went by Omocat. The blog was used to show off art and comics about an original character that turned into a passion project. The blog had a bit of everything, it had updates about the game, it had outside art, and it had advertisements for sponsors or partners that they worked with. The Archive for the blog has a picture and usually has a short caption explaining what it is or a description on what is coming in the future. While the game has been finalized and released, they are still advertising merch with the latest post as of date was in August 18, 2023. 

   The second blog that I looked at was Yahoo Sports. This blog is very different from the last. It involves everything with sports news and game results. Something that I don't like is that the entire front page is filled with only football news and nothing else. The front page has results for recent games on collage level and the professional level for a large number of sports. I do like that they include a tab that lets you pick between any individual sport that you want to look at, it makes it simple to get the information that you want to look at and nothing else. This is a blog that I personally wouldn't visit on a regular basis but I might go back to it later in the future.

    The third blog that I looked at was A Beautiful Mess. This blog is dedicated to sharing recipes, DIY designs, project advertisements, along with personal and professional advice. I like that this blog has a little bit of everything and that it's all separated by simple tabs that are easy to use and look at. Everything is very accusable and it's all very visually pleasing. This blog is meant to share ideas and provide advice to people that need them and people that are interested in their work. 

     Looking at different types of blogs has made me realize all the different types of utilities and ways to express yourself that can be achieved with a single post. This has given me a bigger appreciation for blogs and I am very glad that I have the opportunity to express myself through this medium. I hope that you'll follow me through my journey of blogging. 

Who am I

 Hello Everyone, my name is David Baca. I am writing a blog which I never thought I would ever do. I am writing this for English 101 and I am only 16 years old!!! This feels so surreal but I am happy I'm getting to do this. I am very into a lot of things. I'm into sports, music, videogames, Movies, TV shows and many other things. I like to spend my free time by playing instruments. I am very big into playing the piano and guitar. I also love playing sports. I am big into Tennis and Volleyball. One of the pet peeves that I have is when people aren't straightforward towards me. I am open to all kinds of criticism and I hope to learn from mistakes that I make. I hope to one day find a hobby or interest that I am willing to put all of my attention to. I also hope to be part of something that is bigger than myself, I want to make a big impact on the world so that I can make it a slightly better place. I don't think of myself as someone ordinary. I am able to talk about and understand many topics, I like many different genres of music and shows, and I can relate to a lot of different people individually. This is my very first blog post and I hope that I can share ideas and opinions about many different topics to many different types of people. 

One of my favorite songs: 

-Acolyte by Slaughter Beach, Dog https://youtu.be/9GQcS8WSgDw?feature=shared 

My guitar-