Quotes and Proverbs

1. African- Before shooting, one must aim.
This proverb means that before doing something you must prepare to do it.  It uses the symbolism of killing someone. It is trying to tech people to prepare. This "wisdom" can be used everyday by telling yourself to prepare for anything you do. Personally I can take this literally, before I shoot soething I should aim. 

2. Chinese - Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet. 
This proverb means that you do not need to overdo something. The symbolism used is a killing a fly with a hatchet. It is telling people to not overdo somehing. This can be used in everyday living by not killing flies with hatchets on your friends foreheads. Next time a fly lands on my friend's face I will not run and get my hatchet, i will tell them that there is a fly on their face.

3. Biblical - Happy the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding!
This proverbs means that a man who learns will be happy. The symbolism used is that a man who knows more will be happier. It tells us that people who learn ore will be happier. This can be used when you are making life choices by choosing to learn. I will use this information to further my knowledge so i can be happier.

4. Quote  - Gray hair is God's graffiti. - bill cosby
This quote was said by Bill Cosby.  I choose this quote because it is humorous and i like Bill Cosby.  

School Holiday

 The meaning of this holiday is to celebrate how magnificently amazing school is, by taking 6
months off of school.  By taking this time off of school people can realize how school is actually the best thing in the world for you.
This holiday originated in china town, new york. 3 small men said, "hey, i like school. We should celebrate." So they proposed their idea to the governor of china town, new york. This guy liked it. He sold it to famous rapper MC hammer, It went 300 times platinum. Everybody in the world bought the album. Twice. The song just happened to the favorite song of the president of the democratic republic of the Congo. So the vacation was started. It slowly grew. Then USA caught on and threatened everybody with their missiles (except china and the koreas) to make this holiday mandatory, thus creating school day.
 There would be nothing special that would take place in these 6 months, this would resemble what we do in regular school days.
My favorite holiday is Christmas, i like it when it snows outside because i can jump off tall structures and get way less injuries than when i jump off building in the summer! This holiday has not lost any of its original meaning to me, i can remember feeling some of the same feelings every year. This holiday has been packaged and sold... we buy a Christmas tree and then we dance around it on Christmas eve, then we cut off some needles, boil some water, and then makes some tea. We all hate them. they taste like trees, and tree put together.

(to be read in sarcastic voice)

Re-Occurring Dream

This dream has been the first i can remember having. It has to do with thumbtacks, my uncle, my dad, and all of my cousins. The first time I remember this dream was when I was 5. I woke up from bed and told my parents that my tummy hurt, so they said that i could stay up with them while they were watching tv in the living room. Then I fell asleep... The dream never starts out the same, but i always forget the beginning. The first thing i can remember in the dream was this, i am lying on the couch (like i was before the dream started) and then my uncle tells me to come over were he is. My mom tells me that its ok to go, so i do. He has i thumbtack or a sharp object, and then i become overwhelmed with a feeling i cant describe. After this i look at the clock in my living room and my entire family starts yelling at me, (this is where it gets confusing) after this i am standing on the abandoned train bridge on wellington crescent. I see all my cousins in the water below me, but its a whirlpool. Then somebody pushes me in the water, i  fall forever than i hit the water and wake up. i never scream afterwards but i always have an increased heart rate.

List Of Lists

things that freak me out

• being really sick
• heights
• sam's hands
• large animals
• sharp things

things that make me smile

•  potatoes
• guitar
• drums
• music
• animals

things i dont understand

•  languages
• space
• time
• women
• crime

 places that make me happy

•  Kelowna
• B.C.
• Winnipeg
• Toronto
• Bed

qualities in friends

• humour
• friendly
• nice
• smart
• relaxed

favorite activities

• drumming
• biking
• playing baseball
• playing guitar
• watching movie

things that i will probably end up getting

• xbox
• more dum stuff
• friends
• more fun
• awesome experiences

places i want to go

• new zealand
• france
• paris 
• australia
• argentina

things i wished lived in my hair

• eagles 
• hawks
• lions
• tigers
• small friendly bears

favourite movies

• get smart
• lion king
• transporter(s)
• Matrix(s)
• the town

 
 
 
 

My Fantasy

My fantasy is to take a bike, hike to the top of a mountain and let gravity take over.

I would feel the awesome rush of the morning wind on my face as I fly off cliffs and rocks. Just thinking about what challenges may be ahead of, no looking back. All the worries in the world are reduced to the danger above and how good a snack would feel at the bottom of the hill.

Keepsake Items

The item that holds a special memory is the baseball that I pitched a perfect game with.
This ball is significant to me because it is the ball that I used to throw 20 strikeouts. It represents to me all the hard work that I have put in to playing baseball so far. I still love to play baseball and plan to play it for a long time yet.  This item represents this because it is the actual ball I used in the game. 

This item is a pair of my drum sticks., i bought them for $11.00 at long and McQuade and frequently destroy them by using them. These drumsticks represent how much i like to drum, i enjoy it very much and try to do it as often as i can.  I hope I drum for a very long time using them as often as possible. I hope to some day use drumming as a job, but if in the end i cant i will be content with just playing them for fun.



These are some of my CDs, i have invested a lot of money in this stack of music and feel proud of them. These items represent my dream to become a musician, I have planned to pursue this dream since i was young and still do to this day.  These represent this because all of the people that are involved in this stack are musicians that i feel inspired by and help me pursue my dream.

Bucket List

Aiden Penner's Bucket List

1.  Work at a ski resort -  I really like to ski, so if I can make money doing somehing that I like to do even if it were for a short time it would be worth it.


2. Go to Europe - I would like to take a trip to Europe somtime in my life, It would be fun to go to and see the sites with friends and have fun.

3. By an expensive drum kit - I want to buy an expensive drum set some time in my life. I want to spend money on a dru set that would b totally custoized to how I like to play.

4. Work at a music store - I love to listen, play and watch others play music, so if I could work at a music store it would combine my gifts and what I love doing to make some money.

5. Go to New Zealand - I think going to new Zealand would be a fun experience for me. It seems like an interesting place to go. It would also be cool to experience a place with little wildlife.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand#Biodiversity (look at biodiversity)

6. Go on tour - I want to go on a tour with a band. I want to do this because it would be combining lots of things that I like to do, play music, travel and get paid.

7. Own a dog - I want to own a dog because I think that hey are fun to be around. Owning a dog is like having a friend with you all the time.

8. Go on a road trip - I would like to drive around in a car with soe friends and do awesome things like, see baseball games and amusement parks.

9. Get married - at some point in my life I think I want to get married to someone who is awesome.

 10. Build a recording studio -  I want to build from scractch a nice recording studio somewhere in canada. Hopefully from experience I will learn how to mix and make songs sound good.  

My bedside Table

Mah bedside table currently does not exist... But my dresser  however contains various reading material. for example I have multiple modern drummer magazines which I read most often. It has many authors and is about many topics, the most common type of article in the magazine is interviews with famous or upcoming drummers.There is also most of the time a lesson of a new or fairly new song along with tips from the drummer who had written the song. Another major attribute to the magazine is its quite large gear guide. This usually consists with hot new products or popularly used items, complete with tips from famous endorsers. These magazines are my reading of choice and are relatively easy to find in my dresser.  Another book concealed within my dresser is a book I received from a camp I attended last summer. The book is the story of the life of keith green by melody green (his wife). The book describes his hippie life and his search for God and details along the way, such as how he met melody green and experiences with drugs. I steadily read this book for a few months and enjoyed it thoroughly.