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The Post In Which I Begin Contributing To This Blog

Friday, April 23, 2010 7:49 PM Posted by Cole Freakin' Thomas 0 comments

When I started this post, I wanted to get a cool image to go along with it. Something that would personify my inner-self in such a way that reading this post would only make things more convoluted. That way, even illiterate people could get me. I know what you're thinking: "Cole, why in the heck would illiterate people poke through random blogs? It's not like they can...y'know... read them...". That's irrelevant at this point. The fact of the matter is that I have your attention, and I haven't even conveyed so much as a solid thought. It's all been a clever ruse to make introduction filler.
When I got the invite on Facebook from Mallory to write for this thing, my first thought was "Oh, jeez. I left that magnetic thingy at work, didn't I?". By 'Magnetic Thingy', I meant my name tag. Ever seen a magnetic name tag? Those things will save your clothes, but ruin your iPhone. Fair trade off, if you ask me. My second thought was: "Awesome. Mallory likes the cut of my jib when it comes to blogging.". I used to keep up my own personal blog, but once I started working full time, I put it on the back-burner. The invite I got was a good personal kick in the you-know-where to put down the guitar, take off the headphones and write about funny anecdotes and personal experiences again.

I'm a musician. You oughta know about music by now. It's like... everywhere and whatnot. But I'm not talking about any kind of music. I'm talking about music that brings people together. Music that can reunite families and turn a boring little get together into a grand masquerade. I teach piano and guitar as well as perform for weddings, restaurants and hotels. I've seen a child struggle with "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" for two weeks running, and come back a few days later to have a proud mother announce how well he's doing. I've had a guy (or lady... I had no way of knowing, to be honest) in a foam syringe costume dance to my ragtime songs for a Health Partners party. Which was without a doubt one of the most bizarre experiences I've had in the past few months.

So there you have it. I'm more than happy to put up some personal stories about my work and my life. Who knows; Maybe I'll contribute a (Better) photo or two if I have my camera handy when something awesome happens. I'm not fond of those "Shoot, I really really really wish I had my camera..." moments.

I hope this blog really takes off. I'm proud to be a part of it.

~Cole

This is how it's gonna go down.

Yeah, yeah, I know. Nobody's reading this yet. And it's likely very few people will ever read anything on this blog. Like ever. But that's okay. I'm content to just talk. Or type. You know, creative outlet and all that.
So basically what this blog is going to be is a place for me to yap about about the things I love. Since my personal blog would probably get pretty obnoxious if I did that on it, I'm going to channel it here. I'll post about everything from music, movies, and books, to people, places, and cool facts. I figure each post will probably have some background info, why the topic is awesome, maybe some pictures or examples where applicable, and possibly links on how to find out more and get into the topic yourself.
Also, I'm thinking I'm going to invite some other people, some of my favorite people, to join in on this endeavor with me. People with similar tastes and interests, but who can contribute stuff that's not just me. I mean, I like to think I have considerably broader interests than your average young female Mormon, but there's a whole wide world of cool things out there that I know next to nothing about. Plus, I don't like pickles. Or dogs. That kind of rules me out of a few of the larger categories of humans. Or Americans, at least.
I really don't know why I'm doing this. It probably has a lot to do with the idea the Internet has given my generation that people actually care what we have to say. That they want to know about every little thing in our lives, and they want to hear us blather on about it. That we're entitled to be heard and understood, and that people actually read our blogs. I know that nobody's going to read this. Maybe my mom or a few friends will just to be polite. But I'm okay with that. Maybe it'll serve as a sort of "interest journal" for the future. Cuz I'm really, really bad at journaling consistently.
Alrighty, so most posts in the future will be nothing like this, just so's ya know, Mr. or Ms. Nonexistent Audience. Hopefully they'll be more interesting. Or interesting at all. And they won't be about me, most of the time. This one was a bit of a low-quality, silly self-indulgence. Like almost the entirety of the Twilight series was for Stephanie Meyer. (Oh no she di'int!)
Oh, yes. I most certainly did.