holdfasthope

well i know this response is late, but im bored.

me and my family are all Australian. my dad was in the army and just over 16 years ago he was posted to England for about a year, where i popped out. after that my parents, my two older brothers and my older sister and me went to America, hong kong, and random other places, none of which i remember at all. When i was about 2 (ish) we moved back to Australia, to Melbourne where we lived there for about a year. I remember very little about this place, except my neighbours who i loved, and gave a flower to every day. after melbourne we moved to a place called Ocean Grove, where we lived on the beach, i remember little of this place too, but i remember i loved it there, it was great. after that we moved here to Canberra (capital city), where i have lived ever since. I have had a great life, i love it. growing up as a little tacker i learnt the keyboard, but stopped at about 11, my primary school was rad, i loved it. My bro introduced me into punk rock when i was in year 3, i have been into this genre ever since, aswell as other genres such as classical and jazz. My final year of primary school was great, i was school captain, and it rocked. High school has been rad, i just finished it end of 2005. in year 9 i started playing guitar on and off. At the beggining of year 10 i had started a band, several name changes, a change of singer, a change of guitarist, a change of bassist, and a change of drummer later we had finalised the band. (i'm the only original member). I started playing guitar seriously all through year 10 (last year) and have gotten quite good at it, i love writing music and i love my band. My band; Wings of the Fallen won quite a big "battle of the band's" it was one of the best nights ever. We were told by a pro audio guy, who has toured with some big bands, that we are one of the best bands he has seen, and he couldnt believe that we sounded that good at such a young age. He also said that we can easily get to play at taste of chaos this year, so hopefuly we can do that. our drummer, sadly had to move up to queensland, so now we have to find a new drummer, which is proving more difficult then first expected. Meanwhile, i have bought a new keyboard, and have been writing some songs on that and on guitar, hopefuly this will seperate us from alot of the other bands, i love it, it allows me to express my love for music in more than one way. ANYWHO, im going into college this year (year 11 & 12 for you americans) and am not really sure what im going to do in university. Im really interested in philosophy, so anything in that would be cool, i also want to be an author, work with animals, and perhaps do something else that comes my way.
Over the last 7 years, my mum has suffered from severe depression, and has constantly been in and out of hospital. actually she came out today, after a six week spell in there. she has been in hospital a long time, but our love is still strong,
The illness has opened up my eyes, and i view people in a completly different manner then i did before. Although times have been tough, i have grown closer to my mum and dad, i also find comfort in philosophy and music. that i couldnt live with out.
I love life, and i find the most important things are; hope, love, faith and happiness, which is kind of a result from the others. I very rarely get angry, and i often turn things into something funny. A quote that closely relates to that and that i find helpful is by by the philosopher Marcus Aurelius:
"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts"
121-180 AD

so yes thus is my life so far. hopefuly didnt bore you too much.

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