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Okay so I got this from another person's journal, and considering what a music freak I am I had to do one too.
Rules: One album per artist, no compilations, no greatest hits
In alphabetical order:
1.) Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
2.) Astroqueen - Into Submission
3.) Billy Talent - Billy Talent
4.) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
5.) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
6.) The Blind Shake - Rizzograph
7.) Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony
8.) Bongzilla - Amerijaunican
9.) Capricorns - River, Bear Your Bones
10.) Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet
11.) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
12.) Daft Punk - Human After All
13.) Dead Meadow - Feathers
14.) Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm a Machine
15.) Digitalism - Idealism
16.) Dover - I Was Dead For 7 Weeks In the City of Angels
17.) Dozer - Through the Eyes of Heathens
18.) Early Man - Closing In
19.) Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
20.) Espers - The Weed Tree
21.) Fall of Troy - Doppleganger
22.) Fear Before the March of Flames - The Always Open Mouth
23.) Fu Manchu - The Action os Go
24.) The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
25.) Graveyard - Graveyard
26.) Hatebreed - Satisfaction is the Death of Desire
27.) Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
28.) Jucifer - If Thine Enemy Hungers
29.) Kylesa - To Walk a Middle Course
30.) Lowrider - Ode to IO
31.) Mewithoutyou - Catch For Us the Foxes
32.) Modern Life Is War - My Love, My Way
33.) Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
34.) NIN - The Fragile (left)
35.) The Offspring - Smash
36.) Om - Pilgrimage
37.) Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
38.) Primus - Frizzle Fry
39.) Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
40.) Radiohead - Kid A
41.) Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
42.) Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn
43.) Sleep - Jerusalem
44.) The Sword - Age of Winters
45.) Tegan and Sara - This Business of Art
46.) Truckfighters - Gravity X
47.) Tsunami Bomb - The Definitive Act
48.) Weedeater - ...And Justice For Y'All
49.) Witch - Witch
50.) 65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math
Rules: One album per artist, no compilations, no greatest hits
In alphabetical order:
1.) Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
2.) Astroqueen - Into Submission
3.) Billy Talent - Billy Talent
4.) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
5.) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
6.) The Blind Shake - Rizzograph
7.) Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony
8.) Bongzilla - Amerijaunican
9.) Capricorns - River, Bear Your Bones
10.) Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet
11.) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
12.) Daft Punk - Human After All
13.) Dead Meadow - Feathers
14.) Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm a Machine
15.) Digitalism - Idealism
16.) Dover - I Was Dead For 7 Weeks In the City of Angels
17.) Dozer - Through the Eyes of Heathens
18.) Early Man - Closing In
19.) Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
20.) Espers - The Weed Tree
21.) Fall of Troy - Doppleganger
22.) Fear Before the March of Flames - The Always Open Mouth
23.) Fu Manchu - The Action os Go
24.) The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
25.) Graveyard - Graveyard
26.) Hatebreed - Satisfaction is the Death of Desire
27.) Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
28.) Jucifer - If Thine Enemy Hungers
29.) Kylesa - To Walk a Middle Course
30.) Lowrider - Ode to IO
31.) Mewithoutyou - Catch For Us the Foxes
32.) Modern Life Is War - My Love, My Way
33.) Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
34.) NIN - The Fragile (left)
35.) The Offspring - Smash
36.) Om - Pilgrimage
37.) Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
38.) Primus - Frizzle Fry
39.) Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
40.) Radiohead - Kid A
41.) Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
42.) Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn
43.) Sleep - Jerusalem
44.) The Sword - Age of Winters
45.) Tegan and Sara - This Business of Art
46.) Truckfighters - Gravity X
47.) Tsunami Bomb - The Definitive Act
48.) Weedeater - ...And Justice For Y'All
49.) Witch - Witch
50.) 65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math
You did alright, kid.
I'm writing this, because looking back at my journals from nearly a decade ago, I can see how anxious and uncertain I was about the future. While it is true that sacrifices were made, and great lengths of time were spent far from home, it wasn't for nothing. Those years away forced me to grow, and taught me the value of family as well as friends. I wish I could say that I didn't make any mistakes along the way. That growth is painless, or without cost. But life is rarely so simple as to offer only clear paths and right choices. Which is why I feel odd sitting here, in the relative comfort of my own home, looking back at what feels like someone else's life. Old hopes... Old fears... I'd just like to let that kid know that everything turned out okay. Better in many ways than he could have hoped for, but with room for a few dreams still.
The Corporate Ladder
In a surprising turn of events, I find myself once again being promoted. I was offered an MIT (Manager In Training) position, and am now preparing to be able to run my own store. On top of the immediate boost to my salary for being an MIT, should I succeed and become a General Manager, my income will more than double.
There are risks and sacrifices involved though. For one, I will more than likely work a 60 hour week... every single week... forever. I will also be required to move or travel wherever corporate tells me to, and leave behind my friends and family. The position itself is very demanding too, and failure to perform will certainly
Bide
Having spent the last few weeks talking with bankers, mortgage brokers, and realtors (and spending hours on end laying on my bed staring at the ceiling) I have come to the conclusion that I cannot afford a house. Even though houses in my area have dropped in price to historic lows, sometimes down 100k from their list price 5 years ago, it is still too much to handle given that I am just one dude, with no friends.
Which, is fairly depressing. I told myself that I would save money from my new job for a down payment on a house, which I did. I talked with mortgage brokers and was approved for the necessary loans. And while I could buy the house,
A Change of Pace
I was recently promoted at work, and am now a proud member of 'Management'.
I don't have to work for an hourly wage anymore, or do manual labor. Instead, I have a good salary and work mainly in customer service.
Seeing other people driving new cars, mowing their lawns, and tending to children used to fill me with violent rage. But now all of those things are within reach, and that is a wonderful feeling.
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