can we cast our shadows alone in the dark?
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Saturday, March 06, 2004 desparation. My luck with girls sucks. It really, really does. I'm not going to go on another one of my "boo hoo" tangents like I've been known to do (ask G.L. in 5th period -- she's experienced quite a few of them). I'm just gonna lay it down straight: I, for some odd reason, am attracted to girls with messed up family and home lives. Take, for example, my ex-girlfriend, The Devil herself. Her parents were psychos. If you ask anyone from my old school or the friends she used to hang out with/currently hangs out with, they could attest to this. The next 3 girls that I was even mildly attracted to (one of which, a little more than mildly) all had parents who either did not give a flying anus, were both huge drunks, or wanted my mom. Yeah, pretty sick. And it's one thing for the parents to be messed up. But the main issue was that the fact that the parents were messed up CAUSED either the girls themselves or the relation/friendship to be screwed up. Currently, it's the same situation. One of her guardians is The Devil in the flesh, and they are both rather strict, so nothing would ever come of it. Why can't I just find someone that I am attracted to that has a fairly normal homelife (whatever that is)? Is there such a thing? Does it even exist in this great nation where the divorce to marriage rate is 50-50 every year? For every 2 marriages, there is 1 divorce. That's absurd. And it's only going to continue being that way, because the children of said marriages and divorces see what happened to their parents and oftentimes reflect that into their own relationships and marriages down the line. There was a theory presented in a class I took yesterday that went something to the extent of this: the way your opposite gender treated or were treated by their spouse (depending on who wears the pants in the familia) in a marriage is the way you will treat your children. Translated: for males (like myself), the way I will act in a marriage is how my mom acted. For females, the way they will act in a marriage is how their dad acted. Keep in mind this is just a theory, which I do not necessarily agree with entirely. However, in thinking about that, I was shocked (and saddened) to find similarities in my relationship with my ex-girlfriend with that of my mom's relationship with my dad. It was truly scary. If I looked and remembered enough, I found a lot of the same things that happened to me happened to my mom as well. So if said theory holds true, the majority of American children are royally screwed. As am I. overthought at 4:39:39 PM by a hole in the world rock out! I have a job interview for Radio Shack Monday at 5 p.m. somewhere in Pasco. Woo hoo! overthought at 4:05:36 PM by a hole in the world hate: too strong or not strong enough? I'm not normally a hateful person. I'm a lover, not a fighter (baby). I try not to hate people because that's what causes problems (and I've had many a problem with people lately). However, I make exceptions for things I feel strongly about, and concerts are one of them. To be direct: I hate it when bands that I like tour and avoid Florida at all costs. What's really so bad about my state? What makes Boise, Idaho so much better than Orlando, Florida? Or Tampa? Or Jacksonville? And what's even worse is when they DO tour Florida, they hit the Ampitheater in Fort Lauderdale, a 6-hour train ride away. Or they hit the Beta Bar in Tallahassee or somewhere in Pensacola and don't even think about central or south Florida. They barely dip into the state and then leave for New Orleans or Birmingham. I've seen it happen enough times that I don't even get excited when I see "______ posts new tour dates." Speaking of NOT POSTING TOUR DATES, Cursive still has not posted their new tour dates for the Plea for Peace Tour with The Wrens (WHOOOO!!!), Denali, and Mike Park. The tour is hitting all non-Clearchannel venues (amen). Here's to hoping they are smart and hit Tampa or Orlando. Or I'm gonna LOSE IT. overthought at 3:33:08 PM by a hole in the world ...? If you've ever talked to me at all about music, you would know from the time I opened my mouth (or even before that, as evidenced by my shirts and hoodies) that my all-time favorite band is At the Drive-in. I have all the albums and some of the splits, imports, EPs and vinyls. I don't know what it is about their music that I am drawn to, but it's just simply amazing to me. That said, I didn't really like it (hint: I was deeply saddened) when I found out that the group was no longer together. However, my sadness was somewhat relieved when I found out that the band had split in two. Thus, Sparta and The Mars Volta were born. The two styles of music that each play are vastly different... polar opposites, to be cliched. The Mars Volta is staunchly electronic, while Sparta is more about rockin' it. What was so great about At the Drive-in was that the members of the band (when they were still getting along) combined the two styles cleanly and thus formed an electro-rock fuse which garnered them (scarce) apperances on MTV and MTV2. Scarce meaning maybe a 2:47 a.m. slot twice in a 2 week period. You get the point. After the split, Cedric and Omar took their afros and formed The Mars Volta, and Jim took his guitar and went home to Texas to form Sparta. I went on a background information torrent to say this: Both bands have some really screwed up logos. The original Mars Volta' logo was a rat. The current one is a large golden head. The new Sparta logo (as opposed to the old one, which was just their name) is a swan. Yes. A SWAN. Now I know for sure that At the Drive-in did a lot of drugs as a band. Omar and Cedric are probably still snorting crack out of lightbulbs. But Jim (lead singer -- Sparta) must have been eating crack babies when he decided "Hey, I like swans. BAM. WE GOT A NEW LOGO." Kbye. overthought at 3:07:37 PM by a hole in the world randomness I like Dave Grohl, I really do. I enjoy the works he has produced over the past 12 or so years. I like his musical endeavors that I’m spent some time listening to (the Foo Fighters, Nirvana). I think the Foo’s The Colour and the Shape album is solid, and vastly underrated. And were Kurt Cobain still alive today, I think Nirvana would have continued to make great tracks, as is evidenced by the release of “You Know You’re Right,” (from the self-titled singles compilation), the first new track released from Nirvana in years. With that said... let me just say this: I really, really, REALLY. Have massive hatred. For Probot. I just can’t explain it, but I don’t care for them in the slightest, and don’t see how they are appealing to anyone but Southern 36-year-old beer-swilling, redneck hicks (redundancy is awesome!) with mullets. No offense to anyone that may appreciate their... um... artistic ability. That is all. overthought at 12:57:38 PM by a hole in the world |
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