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08-29-2007, 03:05 AM
Brendan Hodges
Mod A, Sister Helen
8/28/07
“We are the Underrated, all forgotten, kids who made it “
Autobiography: an account of a person’s life written by that person. The general point of an autobiography is to know the life of a person through his or her own eyes. Though, in my own personal experience with reading autobiographies, I’ve found you rarely have an understanding of who that person really was as a person. Well I want you to know who I am. I am I.
My name is Brendan Hodges. I was born on May third, 1991 in Christ Hospital. I was adopted, though I honestly don’t care. I attended White Pines Academy from Kindergarten through 8th grade. It was there I made many of my best friends. One even attends Marist, Joe O’Brien. My parents were always over protective of me. I wasn’t allowed to dress myself until around 7th grade. I felt pathetic. I wasn’t allowed to watch many television shows, listen to most music, watch movies above PG, and even play video games. Most things most kids could do, I couldn’t I felt left out.
My dad wanted me to be a star baseball player. My parents had high hopes for me in that respect. They were extremely disappointed. I was a kid who loved video games. I would play them at friend’s houses and my parents eventually allowed me to play them. I hated outside, I enjoyed my summers in nice air-conditioned rooms playing my Nintendo 64. In third grade one of my friends introduced me to music. A pop-punk band called Blink-182. They’re catchy lyrics were something I could sometimes relate to. My music taste has changed drastically over the years but Blink-182 has always been my favorite. My parents hated this band. Throughout my life I’ve always been the one to do something different. I’ve been put out of the group, and I ended up being the one people picked on. I’ve been reprimanded my entire life for my differences. I’ve always had the privilege to have a few good friends who will stick by me no matter what that helped me through these tough times. I’ve always had many struggles like this, kids picking on me for being different in one way or another. Along with my good friends, the previously mentioned band, Blink-182 helped me through everything I went to. Whenever I felt down, or sad, I would put a Blink record in my cd player and it would fade the world out and make me feel better, if even for thirty or forty minutes. My close connection to the band has caused a life long obsession with the music, and the band members.
Until High School, girls hated me. They would even sometimes consider me a freak of nature. Telling me awful things like the thought of liking me would make them puke, this changed drastically when I went to the Marist Mixer of September 2005. It was there I met a girl who changed my life nearly completely, for better or worse. Her name was Kimberly Bucki. She dated one of my best friends for a few days before meeting her, but they broke up. Me and her saw each other and immediately we were in love. If such a thing exists, it was love at first sight. This created problems between me and my friend who dated her, but we worked things out in the end and we’re still close today. Kimberly and I started dating soon after we met. We dated for three months until she broke up with me. I was devastated of course, but I didn’t take it too hard. A couple months after that we found out we still loved each other, and we tried it again. Déjà vu, three months later, we broke up. I died the second she said, “I’m breaking up with you, I’m sorry.” For the following week, I couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep. In fact I did very little but cry. That following summer we chased each other around and we almost started dating again about a hundred times. I’m not sure if I’m even exaggerating. That summer hurt me even worse then when we broke up, the constant mind games. Surprisingly, that summer was one of the best summers of my life. Mainly because, I met a girl named Meghan Liesse. We talked one night, we became best friends. We secretly liked each other all summer and eventually I asked he out. She smiled and nodded and that turned into a little of 9 month relationship. It will be 10 months this September 18th. It goes to show you, even when you feel like your life is over, love can be found, but only if you look in the right places. I’m happier with Meghan then I ever have been in my entire life.
This brings me to the Blink-182 break up. It happened in 2005 and the band mates split off into two separate groups, (+44), and Angels and Airwaves. Angels and Airwaves is my preferred band, and I can honestly say that band has changed my life. I am a person who would not of gotten very far in my life unless I had my music, and my amazing friends. I guess you can say music is my only drug as well. I live the straight edge lifestyle, which means I don’t drink any alcohol, do any drugs, and I don’t engage in any promiscuous sexual behavior. I’m a good kid; I try to make good choices. If one of my friends does any of the listed above, I freak out and it hurts me greatly, I’ve had many people and friends hurt from them. I’m a devout Catholic and I attend and serve the Tridentine Latin Mass at Saint Thomas More Parish. I’m a complete metro sexual, I’m very feminine. I love clothes, fashion, shopping, hair, shoes, and the like. This is one of the differences I have that kids always have a problem with. My entire life I’ve felt like the one left behind for what I believe in. My entire life I’ve felt put down. I am a sixteen your old boy who has his own thoughts, ideas, tastes, beliefs, and proud of it. To quote the former singer of Blink-182, now Angels and Airwaves, “We are the underrated, al forgotten, kids who made it.”
ps ignore the spelling/grammer errors, I mean it itself.
Mod A, Sister Helen
8/28/07
“We are the Underrated, all forgotten, kids who made it “
Autobiography: an account of a person’s life written by that person. The general point of an autobiography is to know the life of a person through his or her own eyes. Though, in my own personal experience with reading autobiographies, I’ve found you rarely have an understanding of who that person really was as a person. Well I want you to know who I am. I am I.
My name is Brendan Hodges. I was born on May third, 1991 in Christ Hospital. I was adopted, though I honestly don’t care. I attended White Pines Academy from Kindergarten through 8th grade. It was there I made many of my best friends. One even attends Marist, Joe O’Brien. My parents were always over protective of me. I wasn’t allowed to dress myself until around 7th grade. I felt pathetic. I wasn’t allowed to watch many television shows, listen to most music, watch movies above PG, and even play video games. Most things most kids could do, I couldn’t I felt left out.
My dad wanted me to be a star baseball player. My parents had high hopes for me in that respect. They were extremely disappointed. I was a kid who loved video games. I would play them at friend’s houses and my parents eventually allowed me to play them. I hated outside, I enjoyed my summers in nice air-conditioned rooms playing my Nintendo 64. In third grade one of my friends introduced me to music. A pop-punk band called Blink-182. They’re catchy lyrics were something I could sometimes relate to. My music taste has changed drastically over the years but Blink-182 has always been my favorite. My parents hated this band. Throughout my life I’ve always been the one to do something different. I’ve been put out of the group, and I ended up being the one people picked on. I’ve been reprimanded my entire life for my differences. I’ve always had the privilege to have a few good friends who will stick by me no matter what that helped me through these tough times. I’ve always had many struggles like this, kids picking on me for being different in one way or another. Along with my good friends, the previously mentioned band, Blink-182 helped me through everything I went to. Whenever I felt down, or sad, I would put a Blink record in my cd player and it would fade the world out and make me feel better, if even for thirty or forty minutes. My close connection to the band has caused a life long obsession with the music, and the band members.
Until High School, girls hated me. They would even sometimes consider me a freak of nature. Telling me awful things like the thought of liking me would make them puke, this changed drastically when I went to the Marist Mixer of September 2005. It was there I met a girl who changed my life nearly completely, for better or worse. Her name was Kimberly Bucki. She dated one of my best friends for a few days before meeting her, but they broke up. Me and her saw each other and immediately we were in love. If such a thing exists, it was love at first sight. This created problems between me and my friend who dated her, but we worked things out in the end and we’re still close today. Kimberly and I started dating soon after we met. We dated for three months until she broke up with me. I was devastated of course, but I didn’t take it too hard. A couple months after that we found out we still loved each other, and we tried it again. Déjà vu, three months later, we broke up. I died the second she said, “I’m breaking up with you, I’m sorry.” For the following week, I couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep. In fact I did very little but cry. That following summer we chased each other around and we almost started dating again about a hundred times. I’m not sure if I’m even exaggerating. That summer hurt me even worse then when we broke up, the constant mind games. Surprisingly, that summer was one of the best summers of my life. Mainly because, I met a girl named Meghan Liesse. We talked one night, we became best friends. We secretly liked each other all summer and eventually I asked he out. She smiled and nodded and that turned into a little of 9 month relationship. It will be 10 months this September 18th. It goes to show you, even when you feel like your life is over, love can be found, but only if you look in the right places. I’m happier with Meghan then I ever have been in my entire life.
This brings me to the Blink-182 break up. It happened in 2005 and the band mates split off into two separate groups, (+44), and Angels and Airwaves. Angels and Airwaves is my preferred band, and I can honestly say that band has changed my life. I am a person who would not of gotten very far in my life unless I had my music, and my amazing friends. I guess you can say music is my only drug as well. I live the straight edge lifestyle, which means I don’t drink any alcohol, do any drugs, and I don’t engage in any promiscuous sexual behavior. I’m a good kid; I try to make good choices. If one of my friends does any of the listed above, I freak out and it hurts me greatly, I’ve had many people and friends hurt from them. I’m a devout Catholic and I attend and serve the Tridentine Latin Mass at Saint Thomas More Parish. I’m a complete metro sexual, I’m very feminine. I love clothes, fashion, shopping, hair, shoes, and the like. This is one of the differences I have that kids always have a problem with. My entire life I’ve felt like the one left behind for what I believe in. My entire life I’ve felt put down. I am a sixteen your old boy who has his own thoughts, ideas, tastes, beliefs, and proud of it. To quote the former singer of Blink-182, now Angels and Airwaves, “We are the underrated, al forgotten, kids who made it.”
ps ignore the spelling/grammer errors, I mean it itself.