So one day whilst listening to the local college station (am1190) here in Northern Colorado, I had the pleasure of hearing a song by Laika and the Cosmonauts. If you have never heard this band and are a fan of amazing experimental and instrumental "Surf Rock", then you MUST give them a listen. They have been around for years and only just recently ( Read more... )

Indeed it does ( Read more... )

..Some say "grow fonder" but maybe more realistically, it should be "grow bitter".

(RELEVANT QUOTES)

"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts."-Aristotle

"Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, ( Read more... )

Dabble, dabble, dabble.. Yeah, you don't care.

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I guess being single is both a curse and a blessing. On one hand, there are times when I feel desperately lonely, I miss those I once was in love with but at the same time I am happy for them and their ability to move on and try new things. I have the freedom to meet new people and be affectionate with those who might choose to be affectionate with ( Read more... )

Long ago, loneliness set in, a complete consumption. But not until recently, has a certain contentment began to rise as well. I feel bold.

While others from my past, or those who surround me, bury themselves- body, heart and soul into another person, throwing caution to the wind, without concern for the feelings of others, or for the safety of their ( Read more... )

I'm done.

It's been but a few months since I have been what some call "Single" I prefer to call it alone, but still, one must learn to cope and I have been attempting to do just that. Since February, I have been practicing martial arts, which has allowed me to lose somewhere in the vicinity of 50 lbs. With a newly rising self esteem, I have started pursuing ( Read more... )

So we finally had the opportunity to see Voltaire in concert, it was amazing. We also got to talk with him for awhile and I have to say, he's a great person, very honest and real. we talked about music downloading as well, and let's just say, he certainly has changed my views on such things. I made a brief crack about how Metallica ruined MP3.com, ( Read more... )

So recently, we helped my fiancee's sister in law's parents, move. During this little exploit, I discovered that her mother, Nancy, is very fond of sock monkeys. Now, sock monkey's have terrified me for years, so it very quickly became a running joke that I would soon be blessed with my own sock monkey. And indeed I was. HOWEVER! In an attempt to ( Read more... )