My Top 5 Songs

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I can't allow myself to ramble the same things I said in 2010 and 2011. I had a few ideas about how to express myself here, but after a glance at my 2010 and 2011 January posts, I decided to spare myself the monotony. I'm just lonely, and living an unrewarding life. Don't preach, or give advice. I am simply a miserable person, trapped in this life. It's not my own choice, really. I would like nothing more for contentment and satisfaction, but there is something much more at play here. Who knows exactly what it is. Well, one thing could be that I just let the world (and people) get me down. No, I don't LET that happen, but it does. "Thin-skinned" might be the proper term. So sue me, that is how I am - overly sensitive. I can't help it. Music is everything to me. How someone can take an idea, concept, or just a casual fiddling around and create a song to me is amazing. Lately I've been interested in Tool, even though back in the da...

New digs! I still have to fix up the new place, and put all this stuff away (I've been here over a week now!), but I love it! It's a bit more expensive, but with only electric to pay - no gas, no nothing else. It's convenient, and closer to everything (saving on gasoline). The neighborhood is one of the better ones in this city. I feel so good about everything! I got my 3 jobs and one graduate class under control (for now!), and I think I can stay on top of everything until the end of the semester - and hopefully pull an A in the class. Musically, there is a lot going on. There are good bands out there, a lot of creative music I hear, even within the pop mainstream. I think Lady Gaga sucks, but then I always thought the pop divas did, even Madonna. Without video, a lot of sexual innuendo or just exposed skin, and a hint of scandal, there is little else for the music to stand on. Her stuff in particular isn't even that good for dance/club/house whatever genre you ca...