Wed, Nov 19, 2008

One day the strands will mend. All the torn seams and frayed ends will turn to one single thread.

As the end of the year quickly approaches I've been coming up with a draft list of New Years Resolutions. And I'm not talking about the "I'm gonna be a better person" type resos but moreso some really practical, fun and challenging resolutions. The first one I thought of, and something I've always wanted to do, is to write and record a song. I'm not at all sure how this will turn out, but I figure I'm more likely to have a go if I make it some sort of challenge. Another one is to learn how to drive a manual car... probably something I should have already achieved by now. One of the ideas I'm most excited about is writing down my dreams for a month - could turn out to be very interesting :P

The latest addition to the always-growing list is keeping a journal. Not a massive journal of deep and descriptive writings, but maybe like a smallish book with 365 pages, one for each day of the year, where I can either just write a few words, or thoughts or scribble a picture. You know - so it won't be hard to carry around, won't be a burden to keep but could be cool to look back on and digest on my thoughts.

If anyone has any suggestions for new years resolutions then let me know.

In the meantime, check out this brilliant new album (Razia's Shadow) by a band called Forgive Durden. It's basically a "musical" album (ie. has the type of music you'd find in a musical) which tells the story in two parts. The songs draw influences from musicals like Aladdin and Moulin Rouge, but the roots rest in an alternative style of punk rock I guess. As well as the music being really cool and catchy, the story is pretty neat also and has some cool character art to go along with it here. Oh and there's basically a guest singer on each track to play a different character. All in all, very cool. Takes a good hour to listen through the entire thing though. If you want to just check out a couple songs, maybe try: Life is Looking Up and The Exit. I've listened to the entire thing through a few times now and still can't pick my favourites. Let me know what you think!