Music: Apocalypse Now And Then by Every Time I Die

Today's my last day of work, yay. I'll be very glad to not have to get up at 6 in the morning - it is time to catch up on some major sleep. Well, after move-in at least. I'm packing tonight, then moving in tomorrow. Next week is totally free, then classes start the following week.

The new Every Time I Die cd rocks. It leaked about two weeks ago and me and Ari gave it one quick listen and were both kind of skeptical. I decided to wait for the release to listen to it again, but she continued to listen to it and gave me a very bad impression of it and I started to become worried. Well it came out Tuesday and when I first put it in my car and cranked the volume up I was pleasantly surprised. It is different from Hot Damn!, but it's still good. I'm not one to defend bands if I don't actually like the new stuff - Funeral For A Friend, From Autumn To Ashes, etc. pussified themselves and the new 'directions' suck - but this is quality shit. It's less metalcore and more flatout rock. I do miss Keith's old vocals but he was tearing his throat up doing it so his new style was necessary - at least he can still scream and make it sound good, I can get over the fact that it sounds different.

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His Dark Materials

Music: Killing It by A Wilhelm Scream

I can't see how anyone could ever understand the plot to the original Mission: Impossible. A real CIA agent couldn't even figure it out. No matter how hard I try to pay attention and hear every line (as characters betray each other back and forth multiple times within a single scene), I somehow always get bored and distracted and miss something "important." I forgot this when I purchased the DVD and am only now remembering...

Just today I finished reading The Amber Spyglass, the last in the His Dark Materials trilogy (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, etc.). I haven't been reading every day, but the characters and their plights have been stewing in my mind for over a month now and it got to the point where I really gave a shit about them. The ending is crazy and kinda depressing. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it all day.

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To lose my words in this smoke filled room.
If there's a way out I will find out 'cuz it burns my black eyes red

Repress this.
My only regret: this memory.
So we can convince them that this is all we are (that this is all we are).

Watch the martrys when they face the ghosts.
Shake hands as the waste surrounds you.

Killing it, killing it (will only make it stronger).
Killing it, killing it (will only help it box you in).
Killing it, killing it (will only make you lose your way).

Shot down the last witness.
Committed to finish, this is the beginning I can't miss.
The fucking looks those people gave us. No fucking bullets can erase this.