Good morning...afternoon...or evening, wherever you may be. I would like to start out by saying thank you, for taking a small portion of what may be your busy life to read this blog. As you probably have figured out, my name is Sam. Currently, I'm a senior in high school, living in North Texas. I find it hard to describe myself, so if you choose to continue reading this blog, you may be able to better understand what I am like. If I could describe myself in three words, I would say: introvert, humorous, and of course, promiscuous...just kidding, what I actually mean to say is thoughtful (anything but promiscuous!).
So............................yeah, I don't really know what else to say about myself, so the following are a few questions that I think you may have as to why me and my blog my blog and I exist.
Here we go,
WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?
A good friend of mine asked me this same question a few weeks ago, and I found myself having a hard time to answer. I made something up by saying that I play basketball, enjoy biking, and reading. Now I have done these things before, but after a while, I started losing interest in them. I played basketball in 8th grade for my school and often recreational-y, so I suppose it was a hobby a long time ago. I didn't play basketball again in freshman year for two reasons, of course it's much harder to make the team in high school, and I was a bit overwhelmed and didn't have many friends. The friends that I had I rarely saw since I had to bus over to another school every day after a certain class period. anyways, I got back in the game at 10th grade, but my performance was pitiful and as my coach said, I "lacked the skill level", so I was cut from the team.* Ever since then, I surrounded myself with semi-rigorous academic courses which in turn buried my hopes for playing basketball in or out of school again, ever. Essentially this terminated any athletic abilities that I may have had.
As for the other hobbies, I have a bike and I have biked before, but I got a flat tire which essentially flattened (pardon the pun) any interest that I had in riding my bike again. And as for reading, well I still read textbooks for educational purposes and whatnot, but I don't read a lot of fictional books anymore. When I was in 5th grade, I read several hundred books and this got me a special plaque from my elementary school, this I still have as a reminder of the few accomplishments I've had in my life.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
As a wise man once said, "Are you Mexican?" The answer is no, my last name is Rajan, which in Sanskrit (a very old Indian language) means king. Yes, that means racially I am a Southeast Asian (originated from South India to be more specific). Although I am Indian, I was born in Bahrain, a tiny middle eastern country located right next to one of the world's largest oil exporters, also known as Saudi Arabia. I lived in Bahrain for the first part of my life, which was about 9 years, I moved to California for almost 4 years, and then I moved again to where I am now, good ol' Texas. Even though I am Indian by race, I find myself slowly assimilating to American culture day by day.
HAVE YOU DONE THIS BEFORE?
Sort of. First off, I had a podcast where I would just talk about random things. The first podcast I talked about myself (not in a selfish way, as in who I am and so on), the second one I covered a song, and the third one I talked about packing for a trip to India. I tried to make it sound interesting but it just fell out of interest for me for several reasons. First, after I replayed them over again, I realized that the content as well as my voice was horrendously boring and the things that I talked about were quite mundane. Next, I didn't get many views for any of them, except for the one where I covered a song. As for the video where I covered a song, someone commented saying how pitiful it was, that crushed the final piece which held my podcast together. Although I tried fighting back at him at the time, now I realize that what he said was somewhat true. Also, making these podcasts required editing, which I dreaded. It wasn't difficult for the most part, just very long and menial. The fourth and final podcast was just a random video that I posted from India, it was quite boring, to say the least. Anyways, with all this in mind, I decided that making a podcast wasn't really worth the effort nor my time.
Following the Podcast Phase, I had a brief encounter with my old MySpace account. One sunny day, I just decided to visit the archaic MySpace just to see how things were. After entering the ghost town, I changed a few things and updated them, even though no one would see them. As you may know, MySpace was deserted by mankind a few years ago and many of them flocked to Facebook. I noticed there was a blog section, where I had this one odd post about how I was so happy 'dat skool was ova'. I don't know why this thought came to me, but I decided to right some random things about my feelings and whatnot on the blog, after all, no one would ever read it. Like the podcast, I got bored with it after a while and some of the things I said didn't make any sense. So I stopped blogging in MySpace and, here I am. At first, I know many people won't read it, but this is something that I can put effort into and be committed to for a long time.
WHAT'S UP WITH THE URL?
That, is a good question. 'Sam Dissects' means that this blog is not just about me, it's about me dissecting, or analyzing, important issues or things that I have noticed in my everyday life. I will dissect things that come to my mind, as well as the things that may affect each and every one of us. This is not just about me, but it's about all of us! :D
Moving on...
WHAT WILL YOU TALK ABOUT IN THIS BLOG?
Politics, movies, love, sex (probably not as much as the others), money, news, events, countries, technology, myself, as of now anything is on the table.
DO YOU HAVE A DIRTY LITTLE SECRET?
I don't think a lot of people would ask me that if they met me for the very first time. The answer is yes. The likelihood of me sharing it on the interwebs is quite slim, but it could happen ;)
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR (OR COLOUR IF YOU'RE FROM THAT SIDE OF THE WORLD)?
THIS.
YOU SAID YOU WILL TALK ABOUT POLITICS, WHERE ON THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM DO YOU STAND?
Good question, but I'm afraid I can't answer on this post. I will answer this particular question very very soon!
WHAT ARE YOUR MUSICAL TASTES?
I don't have an exact favorite musical genre, but some of the top few are Rock, Pop, and a mix of Jazz and the Blues, although some may argue that they are quite similar. Once upon a time, I used to like Hip Hop and Rap too, but that type of music fell out of my interest just a few months ago. If I get a chance, I will write a blog about what I like, and why I dislike some genres of music.
FAVORITE BOOKS, TV SHOWS AND MOVIES?
Alright, this one's a little long but I suppose I should get around to answering this.
BOOKS: If I had to pick a few, I would say all of the Harry Potter Series (great movies too, by the way), and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. I read T.A. Barron's Great Tree of Avalon series a while back, those books were interesting, but a little hard to keep up with. I remember reading Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a few years ago, at the time I failed to appreciate or understand what the book was about, but not anymore!
TV SHOWS: Alright this is a bit lengthy. Some of the first shows that I watched were House and 24, at the time both were great shows. But as House progressed on to Season 6 or 7 (don't remember) I just remembered thinking of all the drama that went on each show and saying to myself, "This show is too much for me." So I decided not to watch it anymore. For a while we didn't have cable in Texas, so I couldn't watch 24. After a while, I watched a two seasons on DVD and watched the final season on television. 24 was a kickass show and Jack Bauer (played by Kiefer Sutherland) was a solid character. I remember Freshman year when my friend and I would look at each in class every time '24' or 'U2' (that was his favorite band) was mentioned. 24 had a pretty good plot line, above average acting in my opinion (Jack Bauer's the exception), and it kept me on the edge of my seat. I still miss that show as it was one helluva ride.
As for other TV shows, Scrubs was a show that I recently got into. Scrubs is not only funny, but it depicts the world in a realistic light. Scrubs had some pretty cheesy but somehow well thought out jokes, but nearly every episode had a purpose and there was a good lesson about life that was taught. Other shows that I enjoy are Law and Order (the original was the best, I can't believe it got cancelled by stupid NBC!), Saturday Night Live, Fringe, Family Guy, The Voice, Daily Show, Colbert Report, and The Office (which, indeed, has gotten worse since Steve Carrell left).
I watched Glee, yes you are reading that correctly, for the first two seasons. In my junior year, I realized that I should watch less TV shows because I have much more rigorous schoolwork to keep up with. As a result, Glee was the first show, out of many, to be axed. Outsourced, a comedy on NBC (which was cancelled due to low ratings), was also one of my favorite shows. Although the show often made fun of Indians, I enjoyed it because it was funny (duh!) and almost like Scrubs, there was a mix of humor and realistic themes about life. The humor didn't exaggerate or insult most Indians, it was something that almost anyone regardless of race, could have a laugh at. The Good Guys, a show on FOX was also another comedy that I watched. It too, was axed due to low ratings.
The Voice is the only reality show that I pay any real attention to. My favorite part of the show is the audition rounds, how the judges base the contestants on vocal talent (hence the name 'The Voice') .The judges are pretty decent, and they make pretty good choices as to who belongs on what team. My favorite judge may be Christina, although Adam and Blake are tied for a close second. I feel she is very disciplined and although she's made some odd choices, knows what she is doing. For the past two seasons, I have always been shocked that her choice always comes in last place! I'll try to blog about each episode for the next season.
Anyways, this is getting a little long. So to summarize, I watch quite an array of televison. Although recently, I've been hanging out around the interwebs.
MOVIES: There are wayyyyyyy too many movies that interest me. I will definitely blog about some of these movies later. The most recent movie I watched was Moneyball, which I would give a solid 8.5/10. Fantastic acting, direction, and storyline.
DO YOU HAVE A MIDDLE NAME?
Yes. It's George (DON'T LAUGH)
Anyways, that is all for me today. I hope you enjoyed it, please leave a comment below and let me know what you think, or if you have even more questions for me. I will be sure to check them out and get to them. Anyways, I'm off to watch a movie!
Thanks for reading,
*FUN FACT: I played tennis after getting booted out of basketball my sophomore year. I wasn't too bad at it, but I had only joined tennis for a short while to prevent myself from being a team manager for basketball, which had me performing more menial tasks for the "team" that I never made it to.
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