One of my favorite things to do is to travel, whether it's to a different city or a different country across the world. I love being in an unfamiliar and foreign environment, exploring new places, meeting new faces and experiencing new things every moment along the way. I prefer traveling without my family but with friends or just one friend instead, that way I have more freedom and flexibility on the trip. I like the spontaneity of not knowing whats going to happen or who I'll befriend next, every trip is an unforgettable adventure. I've been to all but 7 states in the U.S, most of the providence's in China, and varies cities in Japan and Canada; there's still many more places I want to visit like South Korea, Singapore, London, and Australia. I think it's really important to see the world outside of just one reality, to experience the world through different cultures; I learn something every time I visit somewhere new and it all adds up to how I view the world, and life itself.
This is a screenshot from one of my favorite TV dramas, Dexter. Dexter Morgan, the main character, is a blood spatter specialist for the Miami Metro Police Department who is also secretly a serial killer, he finds and hunts down criminals who have somehow found the loopholes of the justice system and goes unpunished or just never caught. He has his own set of codes to live by and in short, Dexter is a serial killer who kills serial killers. I have always been interested in criminology and psychology, I grew a bit obsessed when I found this show because it was the perfect mix of both of the things I found so interesting. This show also has this twisted, dark but brilliant humor to it, and even though dexter is a serial killer, people usually side with him, rooting for him through everyone episode, fingers crossed he wouldn't get caught. The show shows a different perspective for the audience, telling the stories through the "bad guy's" point of view, and the psychological development of the the mentally insane; though some may argue he was totally sane, just unfortunate to have just a messed up childhood. I've always been weirdly fascinated with serial killers, I think they are the most interesting, and oddly enough, the most brilliant people in society(that is, till they get caught). Most if not all serial killers somehow always think their killings are justified, like just Dexter.
These are the lyrics to a song by one of my favorite bands, La dispute. They have a very, very unique style of music, and people have very extreme thoughts about them on the opposite sides of the scale; they either really love them or really hate them, there is no in between "eh they're ok". It's not really the type of music one can grow into, the only way I can describe it is that their music is an awkward blend of metal and rap. They don't really actually sing, they just sort of yell at you with metal music playing in the background. That's whats so unique about them, their lyrics speak to people, I personally know at least 5 people with a tattoo dedicated to or inspired by La Dispute. One of them told me he owed his life to them, he was battling through depression and very personal issues at home; when he found the band and started listening to them for the first time, he bursted out crying. It didn't magically cure him and make his life better but it helped him to find words of encouragement, and a way to cope with his problems. That's when it really hit me how important music can be, whether it's country or pop or rock; whatever it may be, if it speaks to one, it can have a great impact on them.
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