Beautiful Rain

I haven’t written in a while, mainly because ironically, I get a blog then suddenly have so much other stuff to do that I don’t get time to write stuff anymore. Not that anyone reads my blog anyway, which is evident from my stats *cry*.

I just felt like writing about ‘rain’ today, I got a little spark of inspiration whilst watching the rain out of my window and simultaneously listening to the rain and Caspian’s new album “Tertia”. I have always liked the rain,  I know and have known a few other people that also like the rain, however, most of the time people only talk about how much they loathe it. I guess that’s up to them, isn’t it? I don’t have a problem with the rain, I love it, and yes, that includes being out in the rain, playing in the rain.

As soon as it begins to rain, most people shoot off in all directions looking for shelter, followed by moaning about how “s***ty” the weather is and how it sucks to get wet. Personally, I love the sound of the rain bouncing off everything, I love the smell that the rain brings with it, I love the feeling of the rain landing on me. Rain is a beautiful natural phenomenon, how can people hate it? So you get wet, who cares? You can dry off. My favourite time to be out in the rain is when its really dark, and the streets are only slightly lit up by street lamps, and I’m walking along listening to some soft and beautiful music on my ipod, whilst the sky rains on me.

To most people, rain is just an inconvenience, something to be avoided, something that you should hate. It evokes feelings of depression, darkness and gloom. Do people really feel this way about rain? Or do they simply just act in this way because they think they’re supposed to?

I’d love to just stroll along somewhere quiet and dimly lit in the rain, with a significant other, having a meaningful conversation whilst at the same time being drenched in the beauty of the rain. That may seem weird to whomever may be reading this, but I think its wonderful.

Rain isn’t horrible, rain is water, and water is one of the main sources of life, I for one love to be soaked in life in such a beautiful fashion.

And now i leave you with this:

“Out where the stones lay like bones by the ocean

Out where the waves crash contempt on the land

Someone was trembling for fear of the tempest

Somebody silently reached for their hand

Said, understand that if you’re cold I’ll keep you warm

And besides, there’s so much beauty in a storm

So come down with me to the shore

And what’s more, I adore you

So tell me, what is there to fear

You think some seraph up above is trying to rob us of our love

Because the sky’s not clear

My dear, you know there’s not

Now listen to the rain upon the rooftop

But the wind picked up

Out where the stones stand up like thrones beside the ocean

Out where the waves make a grave of the sea

The lovers struggled in the middle of the tempest

And water angrily crawled up onto the beach

Said, hold my hand and stay with me

We’ll be released

But the tide clung like an anchor to her feet

And though he tried to make the water line recede

It pulled her out into the sea

He could not break apart the waves to bring her safely back in

He watched her hand break through the surface once

Then disappear again

Forever wait inside the sea for my, my dear

I hear you

You speak in every curling wave

And sing in every violent breeze

Someday not far away from here

My dear, I swear I’ll see you

And we will hear the seraphs cry

For they will still envy you and I

How they envied you and I

How they envied you and I

How they envied you and I”

TOMS: One Day Without Shoes

On April 16th, TOMS Shoes inspired thousands of people across the world to participate in One Day Without Shoes by going barefoot. Student-organized events took place in nearly 200 cities in the US, Canada, UK, Uruguay, Indonesia, Columbia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Australia, Honduras, and Zimbabwe, over 45,000 people responded to the official Facebook Event, and the Senators of Oklahoma approved a resolution for April 16th to be recognized as One Day Without Shoes. Enduring rocky pavement and unfavorable conditions without shoes was a tangible way for people to make a bold statement for the millions of children who go shoeless everyday.

At Georgia Tech, we celebrated the day long event by going barefoot and then by listening some good old music. After remaining barefoot for almost the entire day, at 5:00pm in the evening we took a barefoot walk starting at the Library of Georgia Tech; going around in a circle till we reached the Campanile through the Student Center.

This was followed by some introductions, conversations and awesome music soon filled the air, and lasted throughout the evening, continuing into the night. The first band to perform was, The Naturals (They can be seen in the picture above, playing barefoot). All the bands were pretty awesome, and this event called ‘Battle of the Bands’ was put on by an organization called Emerging Leaders, which I happen to be a part of. It was an awesome experience, personally and otherwise too. I met a lot of new people and gained some more experience in organizing on campus.

We also raised some money for Friends of TOMS. All in all it was great going barefoot, except for the part when I was riding my bike barefoot; I figured out that the pedals of bikes have some blunt spikes, and they almost killed my sole, well not exactly; I would gladly go barefoot again for a worthy cause. Below is a picture of some of the audience that participated in the walk and are now listening to some cool music. They are barefoot too