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What 2007 Gave To Me

  • Depression and happiness --a combo kit
  • Jet airplanes and the notion of being twenty-thousand fucking feet up in the air.
  • Four awesome days in the desert listening to awesome music
  • A reunited political nu-metal band and the roughest crowd I've ever been in
  • Sitting outside a tent in the middle of the desert, taking in the music and wondering Where are my friends tonight? (LCD Soundsystem)
  • Two tickets to a canceled Decemberists concert
  • Yearning led to Heartbreak and Heartbreak led to Romance in the same 48-hour period.
  • Zeros and ones dressed In Rainbows
  • Continental Homesick Alien
  • An unexpected endeavour into the wild, wild world of Indiana
  • Subtle racism and Super Walmarts
  • Connecting Flights and Airport security
  • Overdrafts and Credit Card Debt --Welcome to the real world fucko!
  • Neon Bibles and a Fire of the Arcade variety at the Hollywood Bowl
  • Fancy Belgium beers and the roots of a possible alcohol problem.
  • Reunited Pumpkins that aren't so Smashing. Ginger Reyes is fucking hot though.
  • Lazy Eyes and Lovers that are so polite, so polite. Silversun Pickups.
  • Vinyl.Vinyl.Vinyl.Vinyl.
  • A newfound interest in electronic music.
  • Finally being able to play barred chords
  • A resurgence in my interest in blogging.
  • Life.
Happy New Year.