My Top 5 Songs

Oops - just forgot to do this month, until well into November.... October 2018 1. "It Never Goes Away", by Dinosoul 3,2,2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIf1GrHUspI 2.  "You Turned Everything to Paper", by Shin Guard 1, 1, 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIXhJaMratA 3.  "Pain", by The War on Drugs 2, 2, 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LgHNf2Qy0 4.  "Flubline", by Shin Guard 4, 4, 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFVunSkoFGU 5.  "Conscious", by Sthlm Falls 5, 1, 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_yc-2b2fBw OCTOBER 2017 1.  "Nimble Bastard", by Incubus 1, 1, 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9foq4RPR_70 2.  "My Name is Human", by Highly Suspect 3, 2, 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-gja10qkw 3.   "Show Yourself", by Mastodon  2, 1, 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUGda7GdZPQ 4.  "Feel Alive", by Red-Sided Garter Snakes 4, 4, 7 https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Things are moving along nicely with the new full time, "REAL" job which is professional and in my field of study. Not much to complain about there since I can now rebuild my savings, which were destroyed from underemployment for 3 years (!) and graduate classes the last two semesters. School - that is a different story. I've been taking graduate level classes. I am so weak on the undergrad stuff (being so long since I've seen it!) that I spend way too much time on homework reviewing the basics. I am not sure if pursuing a graduate degree is even worth it at this point. No car - sold the junker a month or so ago. As far as "junkers" go, that car was in pretty good condition. It just needed so much mechanical work that I did not want to pay for. I don't mind having a car, and saving money I'd otherwise spend on gas, insurance, etc. But...despite the good news (school notwithstanding), I am still alone. How is it possible to have no friends? I don...

Late this month posting the Top 5. Music has been great the last few years. There has been a lot of stuff from different areas of the pop/rock music universe. I can't say I'm too familiar with any metal anymore, though. Things are moving in the right direction. Not only do I start a full-time job (a 'real' job, in my career field) in March, this employer has education benefits, meaning the graduate classes I started last year I will be able to continue. (Geez, I am definitely not taking classes in sentence writing - ha!). Otherwise, without financial aid (and DEBT), I wouldn't be able to pursue graduate studies. Dare I say that I am almost 'happy'. And that frightens me! QUICK - break out the Alice in Chains and old Cure. haha. So, good luck to me in my new job. M83 storms in and knocks the lovely "Open the Door" out of the top spot. "Midnight City" is a great song. It's so simple in many ways. But hey, people like simplici...