Keys and Politics

I've been asked by more than a couple people if/when I'm going to start up the keys in the worship band again.

And here's the deal, completely honest, all my feelings about it.

Last time, I didn't really feel like I was adding to the worship a lot. Sure, some extra noise, but it was just chords. And I'm not very good at writing music at all, let alone piano parts. So it's not like I could've just improved something to add to it.

It's also very very difficult to get into the worship, when I have to focus on hitting all the right notes. I don't really like playing, because then I can never get into the worship. I'm too focused on not screwing up.

Finally, last year was kind of stressful with school, small groups, tuesday group, production team meetings, karate, and band practice (until I stepped down). This year I'm starting off with just tuesday group, small groups, and karate (although karate will hopefully be done soon) and then building up if I feel like I'm free.

I'm not taking Spanish class this year which was the root of my stress at school, but I still don't want to just flood my schedule again.

So basically, if I'm going to do keys again, first off we'd need another keyboard since David took his home. Then, I'd need some MAJOR pushing from God to do it, because I'm not very confident about doing it. Third, I'd want to play some actual piano parts, not just chords. Maybe I could take a music composition class to help with that, I don't know.



And now, for the second topic of this blog post: politics!
But this isn't a typical political post.


I just feel like this presidential election, there's kind of this.. tension. Like people are being too divided over McCain/Obama. And then there's still the people who're hardcore for Hillary. I'm practically apathetic, only leaning towards McCain a little bit because I'm not buying all this crap about change from Obama. But I think people need to calm down. There's a way to express your opinion, WITHOUT blasting down the other side. I see things on the internet, icons, status messages, and more, that aren't just promoting one side or the other, they're bashing the other side. It's like a war only no one's dying.

I just think it's getting stupid.





Oh and really?

SHUT UP ABOUT SARAH PALIN.
Not that you the reader won't shut up about her.
But like, I'm yelling at the rest of the world.
Seriously, just shut up.
It's annoying.
I don't care.






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