Life has been quite lame recently, we resorted to killing others in DotA for revenge against the loss against Liverpool. Still, funny match.
I just realized that music has, all along, been playing a real big part in my life. I remember when I was younger, I pissed my mother off so bad, she refused to even talk to me. I couldn't talk my way out of it then, I wasn't as eloquent as I am now, but I had other methods.
I made this really tacky map for her to see when she came back from work. It directed her to the CD player (computers weren't portable then), where there was a note saying "Press PLAY".
The CD was The Eminem Show, track was number 4, "Cleaning Out My Closet".
Basically, I got my mother to listen to a song full of profanities to tell her I was sorry and that I was gonna change.
I know how stupid it sounds now, but that was how I expressed myself best then. I imagined myself breaking up with a girl over Backstreet Boy's "Get Another Boyfriend" and proposing with "As Long As You Love Me" in the background.
Fast forward to now, 27 October 2009. I still have songs that I feel represent my current feelings, although I don't apologize with rap anymore.
I guess, through it all, music's been the only real friend I really had.
In fact, I've prepared a funeral playlist! A list of songs to play when I die. Kewl yes?
1.Alexithymia-Anberlin
2.Wasted Years-Iron Maiden
3.Glad Girls-Guided By Voices
4.Pinball Wizard-The Who
5.Second Chance-Shinedown
6.Breakeven-The Script
7.Sweet Child O' Mine-Guns N' Roses
8.Violet Hill-Coldplay
9.Kokomo-The Beach Boys
10.Everlong-Foo Fighters
See? Death doesn't have to so bad after all!
Inspiration for that list? Glad you asked. My grandfather has only one wish. To have Roy Rogers and Gene Autry playing at his funeral. Since they can't come down, he asks for the next best thing, their songs! And that's what I'm gonna give him.
I guess I have my father and my grandfather for music playing such a big part in my life. Both of them love music, and I guess I inherited that from them. Even though they're not truly father and son, they have combined forces to change my life in a way that I never would have known. Talk about a father-son combo!
AAAAAAAAAAAND!
I want to be a ZOOKEEPER! Latest ambition! More about it in the next post, I hope.
