I Believe I am Rock and Roll

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I, Evan Louis Sale, believe in Rock and Roll.  

Rock and Roll has done so much for me in my life that it has shaped the way I live it. I grew up in my dad’s car on my way to preschool listening to bands like The Smiths, The Cure, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. I have always been surrounded by this style of music, and I believe it made me the person I am today.

I believe music has the power to tell your mind to do something or act someway. An example of a song that can make me feel like a beast is the song “Bawitdaba” by Kid Rock. During 8th grade, I used to listen to this song on the drive to lacrosse with my dad before every game. This song is one of my dad’s and my favorites. I would get the chills rolling into the opposing team’s parking lot blaring “MY NAME IS KID ROCK”. I would get out of the car with the thought that I could not be stopped. This song was unmatched by any other song on my pump up playlist. The song could get me to become a mad man.

For the CYO championship against Our Lady of Victory on the U of D Jesuit back field, I was so nervous for the game because OLV had already beaten us twice that year. I was so nervous that I felt sick. However, that all changed when I heard the slow chant of the beginning of the Kid Rock song. As soon as I heard it, a wave of calmness came over me, and I knew it was my turn to take control. Rock and Roll can take me from being a nice polite boy before the game and turn me into an animal during the game. I got out of my dad’s jeep, and I was positive we were going to win. Something about the song that day just sent me over the edge. In the back of my head all game, I continued to think about the lyrics and how they rocked so hard. I wanted to play just as hard as Kid Rock rocked. I had a great game that day. I scored a goal and got an assist, all thanks to the influence of rock and roll.

Music really gets my juices flowing. It stimulates my brain to the point that when I am listening to a song that I get mentally and physically engulfed in the music. When my headphones are in, the world is tuned out.  I get so into the music that it takes someone yelling to get my attention. Music transports me to a new world. My music is a little piece that defines who I am. For example, when I am listening to Bob Dylan or Sublime, I can be the person I truly am because the songs have themes of intellect and happiness. I am a firm believer of appreciating the fun side of life, which I have been taught by The Beastie Boys who “fight for the right to party”. I have been taught by Nirvana to question everything and be an individual. The music makes me who I am because I am so connected to it. Music is a powerful thing.

I believe in Rock and Roll.

Vera Dietz Summary Ques

In the novel Please Ignore Vera Dietz a lot of things that traditional high school students go through are very popular in the novel.  Vera is a closet alcoholic, and gets in trouble with her dad when he finds out that she got drunk and made out with her 23 year old co-worker. She claims to be in love with this guy named James.  She gets drunk all the time and ends up hanging out with this weird burnt out guy. Vera is also very weird towards people since charlie has died, she feels that she wants to be a lone hence the name please ignore Vera Dietz.  Vera has changed a lot since what she was like when the story started. There are a lot of problems that Vera faces that a lot of kids in high school face today. Weather that be that Drugs and Alcohol, to peer pressure, losing friendships, and even falling in love.  Vera has been a victim to all of these. She has experimented with alcohol and drugs, because she feels that they help her with her troubles. They may have helped for a little but long term it is not good for her. She mainly more than anything in the book she has lost her friendship with Charlie. Not just because he is dead, but they fell far apart just recently and for really no reason. This is very viewable in real life because a lot of times in high school good friends drift apart for no good reason. It is something high school students have to learn to deal with. They can not turn to substances in order to change who they are or cope with what they are feeling. I can relate to Vera because in high school her and I both have been subject to all these things. I have changed a lot, but in the long run I am a highschool student and all of us are going to be subject to these things we just can not let it affect us.