California

Alright... here we go... As most of you know I have taken the time to go on vacation to visit with a friend of mine out in california, very good vacation so far, I am even thinking about moving out to california, because there is much more to do there than there is in any other state, not to mention the fact that there is more job availability out there as opposed to my hometown back in IL. There is so much going thru my head right now... I mean, I am 20 and i have so far seen everything that I want to see out here in the USA it is awesome. Nothing is tying me down to the state that I live in, and my friend offered to let me become his roomate out in california... had to think about it for a little bit, but... what the hell... I am going to do it anyway. I have nothing tying me down... and lets face it I am much happier out in california than I am back home in IL... so by this time next year, I am going to be all settled in out in california, and there are no drawbacks... well almost none. I am going to be heading out to Las Vegas today... Man, am I freaking excited about that... I mean really... it is freaking vegas. When I return home I plan to continue on with my plan to quit smoking... I have so far made the move from cigarettes to cigars... and hopefully soon I am going to be smoke free for the rest of my life.

There is more of a chance for my singing talents to get noticed out in california than there is out in IL... There are alot of positives to being in CA, rather than out in IL... am I excited about this... yea I mean... I am going to be seeing everything that I want to see... and that is a good thing. Everyone has asked me what I do for a living to be able to travel like I plan to... well... I am not going to lie about what I do... I am an unemployed singer who plans on moving foward with his dreams... I am not meant to lie around my house doing nothing but sit there and whine about how there is nothing to do... seriously that gets old after a week.

ILLINOIS

Is a rather boring place... Yes you have the big city of Chicago out there... but other than that there is nothing to do at all out there.

Am I close to my family?

That is a question I was asked by another friend of mine the other day... and it really got me to thinking... My response to that question is this... I am in a neutral position about both sides of my family.. and one side holds much more drama than the other side... But I would like to be close with my dad. My family and I have disagreements from time to time... and a few people on one side hold a grudge against me... long story about that one... but these words that I am writing about right now are the absolute truth...

These words are my true feelings about everything. Yes I know I tend to write rather long posts about everything... but still the opportunities are almost infinite out here in cali... But I am at peace... there is no stress for me at all out here, and I can be myself fully, without hiding anything from anyone because no one cares out in california... I dont understand why people dont like people from california... it just doesn't makes sence at all. There is room for much more advancement out here in cali as opposed to most other places in the country. Am I going to stay a small town midwestern man... HELL NO!!

I have seen the light at the end of the tunnel... and I like what I am seeing. It is truely wonderful. I am glad to have friends who care about me... and when I got the opportunity to go out and see arizona... to see texas... to see missouri... to see new mexico... to see oklahoma.. nebraska... the list goes on. I am more at peace here than at any other place I have lived at. There is much more freedom out here.

So... in closing what I have to say is... I am in love with california... it may just be the place that I spend the rest of my life, and who knows... I may get lucky and catch a record deal while I am living out here... who knows? But the opportunity is there. I have seen it... So there are a few earthquakes and wildfires.... they dont happen as often as everyone thinks that they do.

Well... that is all I have to write about for now... stay tuned for more updates on everything... and soon more writings... I have been inspired greatly... so there are going to be much more songs that are going to be posted on youtube and everything so stay tuned and I will try to keep you guys posted as much as possible.

This is the DemonsLion signing out...

Peace :D

New thoughts

So I have been thinking as of late... I am currently 20 years old, and i have alot to look foward to in this life... but i have been thinking, maybe i am not fulfilling my potential. 10 years ago i was asked the question that we all have been asked: and that question was; "In 10 years what do you see yourself doing?" Good question and I have been pondering about it ever since... i mean what do I see myself doing when I am 30? God... it hurts just to type that O.O but in all seriousness, what do I see myself doing in 10 years? 10 years ago i said that I would be touring the world in a band, but we all know that isnt true, the only thing that I am doing now is surfing the web, on very low income, and trying to get a band formed. I am a singer who is looking to start a band, and start playing shows on the global scale, I am talking about reaching out to the global masses with a new style of music... God wouldnt that be nice? but as far as that goes... it is just a bunch of nice words typed into a computer document, and saved on my hard drive... We all have hopes and dreams, and wouldnt it be nice if that came true? Hell yeah!! But, I am still on vacation right now, it is nice so far... but california is way too hot for me, I need rain every once in a while o.O I want to have something better for my life, for me, and my family, but the family comes first, that is the way the world should turn, if something happens to a family member, we shouldn't have to worry about if we have to take the day off of work, or suddenly take off because of a sudden emergency in the family, the boss should understand that sometimes these things happen, and just brush it off. Take some time to seriously think about the question that I just asked, "What do you see yourself doing ten years from now?" I would seriously like to hear what the different responses to that question are, leave me a comment on my youtube page with your answer to that question; http://www.youtube.com/thegrimreaper2007 I will take the time to read thru the responses and reply to as many as I can, it is an honest question. I see myself traveling the world in ten years, and not having a care in the world, I see my family with financial security, and no more debt for anyone in my fam... I see myself spending time with my nephew, who would be 11 or 12 ten years from now...

Another thing is, we as humans dont take time out to notice the little things, we can spend our whole lives without realizing that we could have done better. We also spend way too much time worrying about what other people say is "going to happen." when in all honesty, most of the time those stories are a bunch of bullocks. Now is the time to get closer to your families, and take the time out to stop and notice the little things, talk to people that you havent talked to in awhile, go out to your great aunts house, or your parents house.... for god sakes go out to your family and spend as much time with your elders as you can, because they are not always going to be around, I had to learn that fact the hard way.

I dont know if all of this is just california talking or what... but my eyes have been opened up to so many things in these past few months, and as of now I am going to spend as much time as I can with my family, because they might not always be around....

Well that is enough of that, remember to ask yourself that question and I hope to hear your response to the question; "What do you see yourself doing ten years from now?"

The Trip

Ok, so i know that i havent updated in a little while, but as most of you know i am on vacation in california at the moment with a friend of mine. California is a nice state, but i wouldn't wanna live here.... i like the fact that my hometowns main street is made up of older buildings, and dont really need to be torn down, to be earthquake proofed, lol. but anyway the trip is going good so far, los angelos is freaking huge... never realized how big it was untill i went there, it is 100 miles across... so yea... anyway look for more updates to follow this one.

This is the demon lion signing out, peace

Travel

Friday, July 3rd 2009
Aright as many of you may or may not be aware, I am on my way to california at the moment to go hang out with a few friends of mine. Everyone in my family is worried sick about me for this trip, as are many of my close personal friends. I was just in Chicago, Il for a “45” minute layover for a transfer over to a different bus, but their system crashed, so we wound up waiting a total of 3.5 hours before we were able to get on another bus so that I could make the transfer from Chicago, to St. Louis Missouri, and from there (I am currently in transit) I am going to be transferring to a bus en route to Amarillo Texas, and so on and so forth until I make the bus that will take me to my final destination out in Bakersfield, CA I so can't wait. Well guys, wish me luck.
Saturday, July 4th 2009
Alright guys it is 0550 hours at the time of me writing this, and I have been thru Champlain, IL ; Decatur IL, and I am still en route to Saint Louis and everything is looking good, last night was wonderful, the sky looked absolutely beautiful which is very good news. I closed my eyes a few times during the trip, the first time was right before we went to eat, and I had a dream about eating.... then the strangest thing happened... I ate what I was dreaming I was eating in the dream... is that messed up or what? Anywho I am going to be like 4 hours behind schedule for the trip, but I have seen quite a bit of nature that you dont really have the chance to stop and appreciate while flying or driving.. but riding on a greyhound bus.... there is just so much more to see, not to mention the roar of the big diesel engine right behind you with the turbo going... it is just something that quite a few of you need to experience at least once in your life. And for my friends and fam ily at home who may be reading this... dont worry about me, I will be just fine... just trust me... I will head home via greyhound on the 28th so...yea... Also i was watching fireworks for the whole trip today.

Sunday, July 5th 2009

So... New Mexico is actually a nice state, and so is Arizona... we had some guy on the bus who smelled to high heaven O.O and he kept taking his shoes off and making the whole bus stink >.> but he got off in Phoenix, AZ and I kept going after I almost missed my bus because they called the wrong boarding number... was the drivers error. Well to make a long story short I rode the bus all the way to california, we stopped to take a break to stretch and everything, and I went to buy one coca-cola out of a machine, and it was having a 3 for 1 sale O.O that was out in San Bernandio, CA and then from there we went to go to Los Angelos.... LA IS HUGE O.O from LA I left on a bus to go to my final destination of Bakersfield... will update again soon