G-Lexington
Lex. Icon. Devil.
There's a musician (let's call him Donald) who lives in my general vicinity. He's not famous, per se, but he does OK for himself. He's one of those artists who does far better away from home. He could probably sell 300 tickets here, but he could do 3000 in certain other countries easy. I was looking to talk to him about something or other several months ago. I wasn't sure how best to contact him, but I ran into him on Facebook, so I sent a friend request. He didn't accept it, but I found another way to contact him, and took care of that (briefly) soon afterwards.
A couple of months ago, out of nowhere, he suddenly accepted my friend request. I figured oh, he's one of those people who isn't on Facebook much. But he posts nearly every day. Maybe he wasn't sure whether I'd be somebody worth adding to his circle? Not sure.
Donald is a Christian artist. But unlike most Christian artists I've listened to, his music isn't peppy-happy, or even gospel-praise-y. He's more of a fire-and-brimstone-type Christian. But that fire-and-brimstone isn't directed outward - it all seems to be pointed inward. He's the only musician I've heard who actually sounds like he fears God - not in a "my God is an awesome God", but in a "I'm going to hell" way. It's like the sweltering-midsummer, three-hour sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-God type of Christianity. I don't relate to it on that level, but it's rather powerful stuff.
Anyway, once I saw he had accepted my friend request and was posting, I wasn't sure what to expect. Maybe 75% Biblical quotes, and 25% music he's working on? Nope. He posts pictures. And not photos he took - just random stuff he stumbled across online. He especially seems to like pictures of parade balloons getting inflated.
Why? I don't have any idea. But he'll post these things. And then sometimes respond to his own pictures with another related picture - he might respond to the photo above with this one.
A few people like his pictures, and occasionally someone will comment. But I started responding with other pictures, usually only somewhat related. I might respond to the pictures above with this.
Donald seems to enjoy it. He "likes" my photos more often than not. And often then responds with something of his own. Often, he takes the threads into weird areas. Sometimes he responds with a picture of Mitt Romney, or some vague Illuminati-themed thing. But I'm enjoying the weird interaction, regardless.
Lex
A couple of months ago, out of nowhere, he suddenly accepted my friend request. I figured oh, he's one of those people who isn't on Facebook much. But he posts nearly every day. Maybe he wasn't sure whether I'd be somebody worth adding to his circle? Not sure.
Donald is a Christian artist. But unlike most Christian artists I've listened to, his music isn't peppy-happy, or even gospel-praise-y. He's more of a fire-and-brimstone-type Christian. But that fire-and-brimstone isn't directed outward - it all seems to be pointed inward. He's the only musician I've heard who actually sounds like he fears God - not in a "my God is an awesome God", but in a "I'm going to hell" way. It's like the sweltering-midsummer, three-hour sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-God type of Christianity. I don't relate to it on that level, but it's rather powerful stuff.
Anyway, once I saw he had accepted my friend request and was posting, I wasn't sure what to expect. Maybe 75% Biblical quotes, and 25% music he's working on? Nope. He posts pictures. And not photos he took - just random stuff he stumbled across online. He especially seems to like pictures of parade balloons getting inflated.
Why? I don't have any idea. But he'll post these things. And then sometimes respond to his own pictures with another related picture - he might respond to the photo above with this one.
A few people like his pictures, and occasionally someone will comment. But I started responding with other pictures, usually only somewhat related. I might respond to the pictures above with this.
Donald seems to enjoy it. He "likes" my photos more often than not. And often then responds with something of his own. Often, he takes the threads into weird areas. Sometimes he responds with a picture of Mitt Romney, or some vague Illuminati-themed thing. But I'm enjoying the weird interaction, regardless.
Lex
