Safe Gabe

Don’t know what I’m supposed to do.

Things that I do know — good friends and family, hardcore lives, my edge is strong, and not as ‘sad anymore, I’m just tired most nights.’

Gabe xxx

I haven’t been updating lately cause I’ve been living life.  Simply put, if you don’t have any interesting stories to tell, then you haven’t lived.  Here’s a quick recap of the last couple of weeks/month in pictures that I didn’t take.  If I had money, I’d probably buy another DSLR, but what’s the point of a nice camera that I won’t even use to its potential?

Shows…lots.  Of course, why not?  If I go two weeks without going, I feel weird.  HARDCORE LIVES. (Links to Henry’s blog in the pic).

Photoshoot with the Miata

I was honestly amazed with the amount of feedback I’ve gotten about my car.  So many people PM’ing with questions, I was a tad bit overwhelmed.

I can’t wait for summer.  I really need a break, but I’m excited to be that much closer to graduating…not that I’m enthusiastic about growing up or anything like that.

Safe,

Gabexxx

Anyone who is into hardcore simply for “the music” is into it, as I see it, for the wrong reasons. If you don’t have any sort of social conscience or beliefs systems that you can relate to in the music, and if there aren’t topics that you feel like you can go to a show and talk to people about (other than “the mosh” or how hard a band is), you should just find a new hobby.

With the influx of religious argument amongst the people I know, I’d like to take this time to address this quote.  If you take a look, you’ll see that there’s more to hardcore than just going to shows and listening to music.  Underneath the loud music is a message.  If you’re not questioning the establishment, questioning religious right, or actively questioning the world at large, then you’re missing the point.

All of us are impressionable, whether we like it or not.  If started early, then you can easily be brain washed into believing anything.  People should be taught to question, taught to think on their own.  If all you are doing is regurgitating what you’ve been told all of your life, then what good does it do?  If you can’t formulate your own opinion, your own ideas, and perhaps explore something different for once, then nothing good will ever come out of it.  You may put out a happy demeanor when among a crowd, but deep inside you’re hurting because there’s a doubt that you have to set aside and deny.

I first got into hardcore when I was 13 and I haven’t looked back since.  It’s taught me how to question religion, question authority.  It taught me how to be okay with running against the grain, taught me the beauty of living a sober life.  If you’re simply into hardcore for ‘the music,’ the ‘sick pit moves,’ or how ‘heavy’ a band is, then you won’t be around very long. If it doesn’t spark any sort of anger, aggression, rational thought, or critical thinking, then find something else.

Gabe XXX