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Songs reflect your true personality

November 17, 2008 by Chris

Listening to certain types of songs may just tell you more about your own, or even someone else’s, personality than you think! Take the music test, it’s easy and painless. Plus, the worst thing that you can do is learn something about yourself or people in general.

Throughout the years, I have often wondered if there is any correlation between music and the listener. Personal preferences define people to a point, but they’re only accidentals, they are not the essence of an individual.

When I was young, I enjoyed many styles of music. I tended to listen to the ones that older people was interested in. Maybe I was musically mature for my age. The best bands that I enjoyed playing with were always the older and more seasoned players. Then, when I played with guys my own age, I just played with them to keep myself busy. No disrespect intended, but it wasn’t all that much of a challenge to me at that point.

My life was as a young kid growing up in Brantford was normal. My parents stayed together. They didn’t drink or fight and our neighbourhood was like Mr Rogers. I lead a very solid, middle class existence.

When I was exposed to some certain styles of music that was very foreign to me during those informative years, I sometimes thought that it reflected directly upon those people. I imagined that this kind of music was part of who and what they were. Like for instance, if people listened to Punk Rock, then they must be prone to violence and anarchy! Country music reflected a drunk who lost his dog and so forth. I know, what a weird way for a kid to think.

Now after skimming through an article called maybe this song is about you, I now feel that, hey maybe I was on to something there as a young child!

So see what type of personality that you are in this test and tell us if you think the result are accurate … to some degree!

Keep on Jammin’





Filed Under: Brantford, Entertainment, Home and Lifestyle, Music Styles, Musicians, My Experiences, Recreation Tagged With: are-you, chill, chill_on_line, edgy_and_aggressive, energetic_and_upbeat, fun_and_simple, maybe_this_song_is_about_you, music, music_and_you, music_personality, music_styles, music_test, psychology_of_music, reflective_and_complex, songs_that _reflect_your_personality, what_you_are, who_you_are, You_are_what_you_listen_to

The Veteran on Canada’s Ten Dollar Bill

November 11, 2008 by Chris

This post is about a courageous man who fought in a war, many years removed from our present peaceful time, and what someone did to recognize his service to his country.

Being known as a peaceful nation, today we do not place our soldiers in their rightful elevated status in society. We tend to just take them for granted. However, by this simple little acknowledgment of one man’s dedication to the war effort, this attitude may just be a tiny step in the correct direction!

If you look at the back right-hand side of a Canadian $10 bill (see above), you will see an old veteran standing at attention near the Ottawa War Memorial. His name is Robert Metcalfe and he died last month [circa December, 2007] at the age of 90.

That Metcalfe managed to live to that age is rather remarkable, given what happened in the Second World War. Born in England, he was one of the 400,000 members of the British Expeditionary Force sent to the mainland of Europe where they found themselves facing the new German warfare technique – the Blitzkrieg. He was treating a wounded comrade when he was hit in the legs by shrapnel.

En route to hospital, the ambulance in which Metcalfe was riding came under fire from a German tank, which then miraculously ceased fire. He was evacuated from Dunkirk on HMS Grenade, two of whose sister ships in the same convoy were sunk.

When he recovered, Metcalfe was sent to Allied campaigns in North Africa and Italy. En route, his ship was chased by the German battleship, Bismarck. In North Africa, he served under General Montgomery against the Desert Fox, Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.

Sent into the Italian campaign, Metcalfe met his future wife, a lieutenant and physiotherapist in a Canadian hospital. They were married in the morning by the mayor of the Italian town, and again in the afternoon by a British padre. After the war, they settled in Chatham, Ontario, where he went into politics and became the warden (chairman) of the county. On his retirement, he and his wife moved to Ottawa, where, at the age of 80, he wrote a book about his experiences.

One day – out of the blue – Metcalfe received a call from a government official asking him to go downtown for a photo op. He wasn’t told what the photo was for or why they chose him. “He had no idea he would be on the bill,” his daughter said.

And now you know the story of the old veteran on the $10 bill.

This quote came from the story of Robert Metcalfe and I hope it put a little smile on your face, even for just a single minute in your life!

Robert Metcalfe and the many others out there, we salute you!

Filed Under: Canada, Home and Lifestyle, My Experiences Tagged With: Canada, Canadian, remembrance_day, remembrance_day_2008, Robert_Metcalfe, soldier, The_Veteran_on_Canadas_Ten_Dollar_Bill, The_Veteran_on_our_ten_dollar_bill, veteran, veterans_day

Remembrance Day 2008

November 11, 2008 by Chris

To the ones who gave the ultimate sacrifice, we say THANK YOU.

During this time of the year, I can’t help but remember my great uncle James (Joe) Judge. He came back from the GREAT WAR, the one to ends all wars, but he didn’t come back completely in one piece. He came back physically, but mentally he had what they called shell shock.

To my great uncle Joe and the countless others who served before and after him, THANK YOU!

Keep on Living in Peace!

Filed Under: Canada, My Experiences Tagged With: Armistice_Day, great_war, Lest_we_forget, November_11, peace, remembrance_day, served, Thank_you, war

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