Reveal

I didn't imagine it going like this. I thought I would have these deep, inspiring posts and make it onto top 5 etc etc. That hope turned into too many late night Sunday posts, and I work better in the morning. Too many posts I was proud of, but hit delete instead of publish. I can't help feeling like I messed up an opportunity. Maybe I just wasn't ready to stop being a tourist. 

Ok so onto that reveal business:

•I didn't know how to tie a tie until I was 16

•My mom called me Pooh Bear until I was like 9

•I firmly believe the song Scream in High School Musical 3 is an acceptable pump up song.

•A lot of times I'm quiet around people I don't know very well(it's not because I don't like you, I just don't know what to say)

•I once tried going down the alpine bike jump but I crashed 3/4 of the way down the trail

•I thought my pen name was a good idea until I realized nobody knew who he was and I kept forgetting how to spell it

•Mario Party all-nighters are a blast until you run out of Dr. Pepper 

•I play lacrosse

•I love cheesy sports movies

•I play guitar

•At the moment, I don't have enough credits scheduled to graduate high school(Don't worry I'm working on it)

•I have no idea what I want to major in

•I moved to Utah last year from San Clemente, California 

•And I still don't know how to end things 

 

My name's Parker Adcock

Music

I honestly couldn't go a day without listening or playing music. So idk I'm just gonna list some songs off the top of my head: 

Love Yourself- Justin Bieber

Scars-James Bay

Comeback Kid- Brett Dennen

What Do You Mean(Acoustic)- Justin Bieber

Man In The Mirror- Wing

Sorry guys this is a really weak list

Because

The ultimate excuse in the ever supplied answer. "Why did you and your head through the wall?" "Because". A staple of most sentences, it may be the most used word in the English language. Which is a little sad compared to other more deserving can that's like love, thanks, please, know. Because is overused. We simply explain to much. We should never have to say I love you because...  

Actions speak louder than words, people. How about instead of telling somebody something, show them. It says a lot more.

Because of you I never strayed too far from the sidewalk- Kelly Clarkson

How to Underachieve on a Blog Post

Things I'm Afraid of

The dark

Clowns

Dolls

Scary movies

Failure

Getting a slap to the face instead of the doorstep scene

Mediocrity 

Mannequins

Regret

Hating my job

Fake people

Bald people(more of an intimidation thing)

Misspelled words 

Heights

Heights

I'm terrified of heights

Crazy people

Telling a bunch of people I don't really know that well all of my fears

Thoughts

(inspired by Nelson's Twitter post)

I actually look forward to a future desk job. Coming in each day, fixing problems, making money for my family. Maybe that makes me weird. But I feel like it'd be much more satisfying than what I'm being forced to do now.

Forced to do AP Stats homework even though I already know all the math I'll ever need in my life. 

Memorizing physics formulas even though I plan on becoming a lawyer and, frankly, physics doesn't interest me.

So yeah idk. I look forward to coming home to my wife and kids and being able to spend the days with them, instead of worrying if so and so likes me back or who I'm gonna ask to the next dance.

And I know that all of that comes with responsibilities and taxes and stuff but I think the good easily outweigh the bad.

Now I don't mean to say I want my teenage years gone. I want to enjoy them while they last. Even though high school should be nobody's peak, it's a fun time to not take yourself as seriously as you'll have to in the future. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm not dreading the future. I just hope that as I'm nearing my 30th or 40th birthday, that I'm not looking back at my high school years and wishing I could go back.

Bricks

I miss the times when the only bricks I ever thought about were legos. And they were colorful. Blue, green, red, yellow. Not the boring old brown of the bricks used to build houses. Where I was carefree and not worrying about my tests and assignments due this week and my college application due in a month and practice and everything else. Bricks mean growing up. Getting a house. Being an adult. And I'm not sure that I'm ready to embrace any brick that isn't a lego.