Adrift

Alright, before I get to what I had intended to write from last post, there’re a few things to say.  The first of which is: Inara?!

Yep, I took the ol’ Firefly quiz too.  Just a couple minutes ago, in fact.  That’s what I came up with.  Personally, I’m not sure how to take it.  I had kinda thought I’d be a Simon, or maybe a Kaylee, but Inara…?  Well, here’s the whole picture:

Another thing I wanted to say is that I can’t stand it when people tell kids to shut up.  There’s just something inherently wrong with using such a cutting, debasing phrase to quell such an impressionable mind.

The reason I even thought of it was because an older couple (the graying-hair type) came up to my register yesterday with three (or maybe two?) chilluns in tow.  One of them was complaining about something, but not very loudly, and not constantly.  But all the same, the guy picked her up, put her on his shoulders, and told her to shut up.  His voice wasn’t exactly smooth and gentle, either.

What kind of history do you have to have to think that’s okay?  And looking in the other direction, isn’t it obvious what kind of effect that’s going to have on…well, anyone that young?  Seems to me like that kind of insensitivity is what can make kids real brats.  You don’t give any respect, you sure as heck shouldn’t expect any.  And some of the kids’ t-shirts people are peddling these days…

So, moving on, I want to expand my list of bands I listen to.  I’m not sure why this is something I feel I need to do; perhaps it started in high school, when answering what music I listened to with “Weird Al” just didn’t cut it anymore.  Well, it’s never really “cut it” per se, just felt more comfortable.

I have managed to find some bands I like between then and now, like Dream Theater, Evanescence, and Smash Mouth.  But there’s so much more out there, and I know that I’m just so ignorant in that respect.

Part of the problem is that my method for getting into new music has been a vicious cycle.  See, I don’t want to buy new music until I’ve heard it, but unless it’s music that someone has and lets me listen to, all I hear is video game music.  Which is awesome music, don’t get me wrong; I just don’t hear anything outside of it.

There has been a promising solution revealed to me recently, however: the library.  Check out music for free that you can then listen to at home.  Cha-ching, baby.  That’s how I learned that I like Hoobastank’s album “The Reason”, but not the Eurythmics.

Now I just need patience in getting around to listening to all the gems hiding at the Urbana Free Awesome Public Library Meeting Area Place.  Or whatever it’s called…

Also, during a late night raid on Meijer last night, I happened upon the music section, and browsed the titles for anything interesting.  Here’s what I came up with: The Bravery, Armor For Sleep, Shinedown.  I also saw a group called “Him”, but I’m thinking no on that one.  A bit too evil for my tastes, methinks.

Now, to go back and fiddle with my answers on that Firefly test…

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