Buyer's Remorse

Good evening. We, or rather I, am currently 2 hours and 10 minutes (give or take) away from 2010. I'd like to take this moment to express a big F*@^% you to 2009 and the ridiculous idea that with the new year comes new opportunities and whatnot. It's just a calendar day, not very much more. What's even worse, is the notion of a New Year's resolution....If you want to make a life change, why on earth wait for the New Year? Do it the moment you want to make the change, rather than sitting on your lazy behind complaining about it.

On a (not so) happier note, earlier today I paid a lovely visit to a place I call Sunflower Music (because that is its name). Haven't been there in over two years, somehow I managed to get there with little problems. I decided it was time to buy the new AFI; Crash Love. Another funny and slightly related story; I had a nice conversation with the lady who served me at the cashier about AFI. She would have been in her late 30s, early 40s I'd say. Thought that was pretty awesome, kinda made me wonder from what 'era' of theirs she first got into them. We then discussed the Soundwave Lineup (which includes AFI, along with a bunch of other pretty good bands). In terms of Crash Love though, I'm slightly disappointed- though I don't really understand how I expected it to be as great as what I expected. Don't get me wrong, it's a great album... I just expected it to be a little more 'bad-ass', for lack of a better word, I suppose. I think it's just an album that will take a bit of time to grow on me. Medicate was definitely a good choice for the first single though. I think at the moment, that and "The Beautiful Thieves" are my favourite songs on it, though admittedly I had already downloaded those and another track off of Crash Love. Which seems to cause confusion as to why I would then go and 'pay money' for it. Uhh, because I like it, duhh...and I think that if I like someone's music, then I should have the common decency to, you know, pay for it, 'cause I'm not a freeloader and I respect the fact that that is what they do for a living.

Enough of that now. So. New years. Hurray? So, the 'tradition' I suppose would be to look back on 2009. Ok. Thanks 2009 for bringing me to the realization that wow, I'm kinda screwed! Oh, and for opening up my eyes to the fact that 90% of the 'friends' I have made throughout the course of grade-school were never really my friends to begin with. All of this has little to do with the fact that it was 2009, but moreso with the coincidental transition from High School to University. To be honest, as frustrating as it all was, it was much more liberating. I suppose I'm just a lot more prone to being irritable now. Could be the heat, though. I thoroughly despise summer. Some people we're going into another ice age soon...That would be lovely.

Yeah, I still don't know what to make of this CD... Seeing as I've been listening to Sing the Sorrows for the past week....You almost wonder if it's the same band, heh. Ehh, it'll grow on me.

So, I was about to say "dude, wtf, no one's online"....Uhh yeah, it's New Year's Eve and everyone else in your life actually has a life. Hmm. What an intersting observation. I was actually invited to a gig tonight.. Would have got in for free too. So why am I here? Suppose I'm not feeling particularly sociable. Perhaps I've had enough of driving on the Freeway for one day.. Perhaps both. Perhaps I'd just prefer some better company right now, but it seems I'm stuck with myself. Hurray. Here's a toast to the New Year! (for which I shall have a sip of water).. Ugh, might I add stale... Anyhow. We'll see how things work out. My 19th birthday is in less than 6 months- apparently some dramatic changes are suppose to occur in my life around then, or so says astrology. That'll be interesting, I suppose.