Post 13 - Me, My building, My Adventure.

I am a music loving gamer who is highly aesthetic.
This may be what defines me. I use the word may because its all in a mater of opinion: my opinion, your opinion, an outsiders encoding upon first glance. In my opinion, this statement means a variety of things.
First of all, music is a huge deal in my life. I generally am open to the widest variety of music - people get caught off guard almost on a daily basis when I work music into my conversations because I listen to everything from the popular to the entirely bazaar. I have been in band since middle school, and I can honestly say I enjoy classical music. Not all of course, because some of the most complex chord progressions can still be perceived as dull. But even when I do not enjoy music - whether it be country music, which is one genre I identify with the least, or screamo, in which my opinion differs song to song - I can always appreciate it. Because, let's face it, someone put there time and energy, and most likely their everything, into the creation of the song. And I will always appreciate creation when the work is genuine. However, I don't think that through most people's view of the word "define" I would say music defines me. Because every single song that exists, every note that is uttered, resonates which each individual differently. I feel that at first glance at the music I listen to, not one single person could actually know the real me. I do not always listen to music that I identify with. Often, I just enjoy sound and that is why music is so large in my life. I think music is so ambiguous that through my perspective, music is not a defining factor in my life. However, I still think it would be enormously fun to sit down every night and create a soundtrack for the day I just experience - sad songs to accompany the rough times, up lifting and fun songs to document the joys I experienced. It's sad to know that my knowledge of music is not large enough that I could pick perfect songs to parallel my experiences.
Secondly, I am a gamer. By this, I mean I am competitive in nature and have an active soul. I played soccer up until high school, where I passed up the sport for drumline. I played volleyball for my church for three years, the last year being my sophomore year. I thrive in an competitive environment and miss having a sport in my life very much. I receive so much joy, sadly, from my personal success at sports. However, I think I have a healthy outlook because I do not feel sad when I play bad but instead I seek pleasure from my day to day improvement. I also love working as a team. When my team would do well, I swear my body somehow received an extra kick of endorphins, because my moods were always phenomenal. Now that I lack a team and a way to stay active and feel that kick of adrenaline, I run. Sadly, it's alone and on my treadmile, but I again view this as a place I can mentally thrive as well as physically. I blare my music and work hard. When I finish a workout, I always feel better about myself. However, my gamer status does not just apply to my physical work. I also love video/computer games. I begged for guitar hero for Christmas this year, and have progressed from level easy to level hard in about four weeks of play. That should portray a little of the time and dedication I have accidentally bestowed upon this passtime. Also, I play tetris at least once a day, whether it be in handheld form, on my boyfriend's phone, or late into the night on my computer. My love of games extends to sudoku and the famous Rubik's cube, but I normally do not delve too much into problem solving games because they tend to be stress inducing and not stress releasing.
Lastly, I am a hugely aesthetic person. The world exist visually for me, not physically. Subjects like science bore me to no end because I would much rather go play with the brilliant green frogs than discus their anatomy. Chemistry was even worse than biology - I am social person, I prefer to think in the 3D, talk to a face, not think of the compounds which made up my best friends. I enjoy cognitive aesthetics too. I like people who think creativity instead of critically. My world is really about colors - which is probably why I gravitate to Andy Warhol art, as well as pop art in general. I prefer thinking that things cannot be defined any way but visually. I really do not form many opinions on color because in general, for me, in the right environment every color has its place.
As a participant in the building I am constructing, it is safe to say I would really enjoy to visit a museum like this. I would enjoy the Andy Warhol as well as the color and the way the building is created to be a part of the community, consumerism life. Andy Warhol also was a sponsor of his local music scene, especially rave-inspired bands and grunge enthusiasts. I would like to have the music that Andy Warhol was exposed to also be exposed to the members of my museum. To the community, my building will be a functionary part of the environment. It will use the set up transportation of our current Aloha environment. It would involve the people of the community, as it is a tourist attraction.
My favorite space within my building is going to be the coffee shop / biography station. I LOVE reading, and I have enjoyed two of the biographies I have read on Andy Warhol. Also, coffee is a regular drink for me. The combination would be amazing. I would love to curl up in a comfy chair in a museum dedicated towards a wonderful icon and read all about him as a sip I white chocolate mocha. That's my bliss.