Babylon

Championship Performers:

My mind has been on the move. I have been carefully deliberating many things as I go about my last remaining weeks here in beautiful Oxford, Ohio where there is a confirmed surplus of beautiful women flocking like the Salmon of Capistrano. Let me introduce you to my newest train of thought. And by 'Train,' I do not mean the Polar Express. Sorry, dumb joke. It was there for the taking, had to do it. Retrain focus, please. Now initiating serious mode. Serious mode: initiated. Show some respect: Isn't the power of friendship such an overwhelmingly beautiful thing? There is no price tag in the world that can take the place of a lifelong friendship. Well, at least I certainly believe so. People have been known to say that friends often enter into our lives, and more often than not, people also say that those same friends eventually exit our lives as Father Time continually crawls onward without even the slightest of hesitation, or without any serious attempts to look back for even a split second. As for me personally, I would have to argue to the contrary. I feel as though it is more accurate to say that these friends never actually exit our lives at any point in our existence, but rather continually enter into our lives at the most opportune times, whether it be physically present or in spirit.

I am of the thought that each and every single person in this world is no better than the next person. It is unquestionably true that there are certain people that you meet in your life that may only last a short, fleeting moment due to a drastic change of circumstance, especially at this point in our lives where people are headed north, south, east, and west, and every which way in between. These people who you barely know could very well determine, and are all too often very instrumental in shaping how you live your life and how you think about the world around you. It is a fact of life that people may eventually, at some point in time, grow apart from each other. There could be an infinite amount of reasons as to why two people might slowly grow apart. The process of getting into all of the potential reasons as to why this might be so is reserved for a very rainy day and many moons from now.

Although we do not see each other very much but maybe twice a year, I still consider Pat McKillen a pretty good friend of mine. Pat is a dirty (not literally dirty, his material is so fresh) solo artist (also shreds with his band) that struts his mad guitar game on the regular. His voice is not out of this world by any means, but it is so unbelievably real and genuine that it gets the best of me and any other listeners everytime we hear him hit a note. Keep on keepin' on Mr. McKillen. Let go your heart. Let go your head. Feel it now. Keep it up McKillen, your shit is certainly not weak. You are a very special person without question.

To prove to everyone that I am not blowin' smoke up his own butthole, I will provide everyone with some McKillen samples:

*Sick Acoustic Cover of Ke$ha - Tik Tok:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyfOldDua5s&feature=related


*One of My Favorite Songs: David Gray - Babylon. Covered Beautifully:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrL3n_rT9k4


QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"You're the only one who ever took me seriously, Pete."

- Rudy


CLOSING THOUGHTS:

Appreciate what you have, while you still have it. I wanna give a special shout out to my dudes John and Rob. I have grown up with you guys since we were little guys running around Bay and Westlake without any idea of what the future held in store for us. Although each of us has definitely lost touch at certain times throughout our journey through life thus far, I will forever remember you guys wherever life takes each of us next. I wish each of you much luck as you enter your next phase of life, whatever that may be. I learned a lot from both of you guys, as I do all my friends, and I am not ashamed to say it in the least. The memories that I have with you guys will always remain a part of me, and there is no one that can take that away from me. Notre Dame Football became my Saturday team to watch solely because of you guys. Amazing how life turns out, and where it eventually leads us to next. Whether you want to believe it or not,  you provided a lot of younger people, along with myself in certain ways, with a certain sense of inspiration. Whatever it is that you choose to do next in life, I wish you all the best. Remember to always maintain a positive outlook and a healthy perspective about the world around you. You guys are great people, albeit in many respects retarded much like myself. Keep on truckin' fellas. Much love.


Tik Tok on the Clock,

Meatson, out.