My Top 5 Songs

Very late this month, but it doesn't matter since I knew at the beginning of the month exactly how it would look. First, my monthly bitch about life...I have not much to say. It is what it is.  I am unhappy overall, as usual.  Much of it has to do with my father - he is just fucking miserable, and that has created a life of frustration, drudgery, and enslavement for my mom.  She is old school - loyal, hard working, not one to venture into the unknown -  otherwise, she would have divorced his ass years ago. This has caused for me a lot of emotional pain over the years.   The Church has an entry for the first time since June 4th, 2005. Their most recent album is...boring. I tired of it pretty fast, but "Vanishing Man" really is a cool song.  I will have to get the album back to rotation to absorb other potential charting songs.   I remember liking the album, but its because I like The Church, and not because it was good on its own.  I saw th...

May. May's always been a nondescript kinda month for me. Yes, it's when school ends so I might have a fondness for this month, with memories of bolting from a final exam with a feeling of accomplishment, or of good times winding down from semesters with classmates I would not see again until months later. But strangely, no. I hardly have had any friends in many years, and none that close in my higher education years. So May, like other months, is just another month of me in my own little world. Not that I mind much. I'm in good shape lately - making money in the new job, not minding it (there are some boring days but some where I get stuff done and enjoy it), and also putting time into other pursuits like learning a different language, and acting. So overall, things are good. I really need to start putting time back into music - playing guitar and drums, and writing again. I have a lot of lyrics from YEARS (and years and years) ago that I should finally start tryi...