There Was a Time When This City Shined.

Herro there! So, I'm not sure why you're here. Whether it's your first time here or you've decided to visit again, know that either way you have made a mistake and will now have to sit and read through more of my dumb banter on subjects that have no real value to anyone! Sweet, I'm stoked as well!

So, whats been going on lately you ask? Well, school started yesterday (Monday). It was actually a little less intimidating than I thought it would be. My professors seemed relatively laid back and pretty interesting as well. I have a Management class and the professor is really cool, She seems like she takes care of business but in a fun and interesting way. Then I have this Information Systems Statistics class with a straight INDIAN professor with a heavy accent and that ruled a lot. I have some crazy Asian lady for Political Science and she might be my favorite so far. She was extra funny and really liberal politically which stumped all of the people in class. I, however, was extremely excited. I've had almost all super conservative professors in the past so it'll be cool to see a class taught from her perspective. I have some other professors that were also cool but not worth mentioning. So that's basically how school has been going. I think it will be difficult course work but that it will be taught in a well paced manner.

So, our band had our first practice since last semester. I think we were all expecting it to be kind of shaky since we hadn't played together in so long and all of us were pretty busy over the summer with work and stuff. To our surprise, it went a lot better than we thought it would. I mean, we're nothing special and likely won't be but it was still neat to see that we could pick up from where we left it all. We played some covers to get reacquainted and then attempted to turn one of our singer's acoustic songs into a full band song and that turned out kind of cool. I think we're all excited to play shows this semester wherever we can!

Tomorrow, I'm going to a Have Heart show. I like Have Heart a lot but am in no way a die hard fan or anything. And as far as the other bands go, I've only heard some of their stuff but don't listen to any of them regularly. Have Heart is a straight edge hardcore band that has a pretty large following so the show should have a pretty big turnout which will be cool. Plus they are breaking up at the end of this year so I think it's worth seeing them when I have the chance. I think it'll be fun. I've been to a decent number of shows but never to one that has exclusively hardcore bands playing. I'm pretty excited for that.

So, recently I made an OkCupid profile. Before you start making fun of me, let me at least explain the reasoning behind it. I live in College Station. While there is nothing inherently wrong with the people here, there is a lot of difference between mine and most of the girls who go here's interests. With a profile like this you can, in a sense, find out exactly what you want to know about a person. If I'm at a party and talking to a girl, it's likely that unless we are talking for a loooong time that I will ever find out her likes and dislikes, movie/music tastes, basic life story, religious views, political views, and other interesting stuff. With a profile like this, I can easily find the people who have similar interests and would likely get along with me with a minimal effort. I'm not saying that relationships shouldn't require effort, I'm just saying there isn't anything wrong with narrowing your field down to people you'd be able to get along with. What's the use in talking to someone for so long only to find out that they're only romantically interested in "Bros" or southern boys with cowboy boots? No use. So, that's that. One of my best friend's friend found her boyfriend on there and they seem to be getting along. Yeah, it may seem lame, but what can you do? I know plenty of great girls in different places, just not very many here.

Polar Bear Club's new album leaked. It's called Chasing Hamburg...and it was not at all what I expected. when they announced the release date and stuff, I was so stoked. I actually searched almost daily for a leak. I was going to buy it when it came out regardless so I figured it'd be all right. Today Razzy sent me a link that took almost 3 hours to download only building my anticipation level. When it finally finished, it was hard to keep that level of excitement. It was very mediocre in my opinion (which I realize isn't worth much). Some songs lacked any emotion and power. Jimmy, the vocalist, is known for his gritty emotional screaming as well as his melodic cleaner voice. This album has a lot of melodic clean vocals but almost none of the emotional gritty stuff. It was disappointing. No sing a longs, no anthems, no nothing. Just a couple of cool songs and maybe one or two really catchy ones. I guess Ruiner, Strike Anywhere, and A Wilhelm Scream will have to make up for it when their new stuff comes out. Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate Polar Bear Club's new stuff. I just didn't see a logical progression from the previous anthemic sing-a-long stuff. But if they're happy with it, then that's all that should really count.

Well, it's been fun. Sorry if I bored you to death with uninteresting facts about my life. If not, come again!

Bye, now!