The social music revolution

Last.fm is a great site and I thought I'd post about. It "scrobbles" all the music you listen to and puts it up on your own personal page for the world to see.

It's actually quite interesting to watch your listening habits and stuff for the week. I've realized lately how weird my musical tastes have become because of this.

People have also created pages that will take the info from your last.fm page, do some fancy math with it, and come up with stuff like an "open mind index"(which rates your open mindedness towards musical styles).

Overall I think the most useful feature on the site is the similar artist lists that they give you. The lists are generated by tags which are created by users(not some random idiot) so they tend to be really accurate(unlike most music sites). So if you feel like listening to something new you can just click onto one of the similar artists from a band you like and then go and youtube some of the popular songs from that artist(which are conveniently listed on the page for you) to see if your into them or not.

Last.fm has more features like ranking your similarity to other users, concert/event listings, etc. etc. etc. Too lazy to explain in detail about the rest so yeah just sign up if you haven't and try it out.

PS no this isn't an ad for last.fm I just think the site is cool, oh and my page is last.fm/holymnky

Like the Eric Idle song says.."Always look at the bright side of life"

In direct contrast to my last post, I'd like to reflect on how dropping out of high school has actually been somewhat beneficial for me. And of course, I'm not going to sit here and advocate that dropping out is a good thing by any means. Just that it has created some positive changes for me.

Now when I dropped out I was partially forced into getting a real job(and not like one dumping newspapers). Actually getting that first job was a good experience for me. I started to learn how to manage my own money, I lost a bit of weight, and I actually started to care about how I looked around other people. To be quite honest though that job was not the greatest and I did quit right after my mom was fired for some total BS. And I sort of slumped back into laziness for the summer when I quit.

My second job, the job I have now, is what really opened my eyes up to life. I completely changed my eating habits and I started to lose more weight again. And I fully started to care what I look like. I feel like a completely different person then I was a year or two years ago and it feels good. Talk about a job with benefits amirite?

So getting almost about a year and a half of work experience(I guess "life experience" too) and the fact that I actually take care for myself now, has made the last two years at least somewhat decent. So yeah, life really isn't always that bad..

"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience." Easy for her to say..

/startemo
Sometimes I find myself depressed with my life. No, it's not like my life is hard or I have it rough. It's just that I tend to regret some of my past choices. I try to look pass my stupid choices and think of it as "life experience" but it's hard to convince myself that at times. Most/all of my regrets are from my mid-teens/high school. I feel like I've missed out on so much. I didn't make that many friends, I never joined any teams, I never tried hard at schoolwork, I never really took care of myself like I do now, I didn't care much about my appearance, etc. etc. etc. I basically never put effort into anything important.

The fact that I wasn't very social is probably the most depressing for me. I sometimes feel like a bit of a social outcast because I have so few friends and pretty much all of them are guys. Now that I've cut back considerably on video games, I find myself constantly bored. I wish I knew more people that I could just go out and do stuff with. Be it drinking, going to eat, movies, parties, just hanging out, whatever.

Though recently, I have actually been doing a bit of social stuff and going out(at least on weekends) which is slightly reassuring. Another thing that is reassuring(in all the wrong ways) is this guy that I know online. He's 22, still lives at home, has no job, and has no friends apart from 2-3 online. I can always look at him when I'm bummed and think "at least I'm not THAT bad".

Anyway, I'll probably have more success socially in the future(like College) and I can look back at myself and laugh at how stupid the way I'm feeling right now is.
/endemo

Blogging eh

So it seems everyone has a blog...I guess its time I finally made one. Now you can read about my random musings and boring life! How exciting!

So yes, on to business. I have decided(finally) that I want to go and get my 8 or 10 or whatever credits I need for High School instead of failing and just settling for a GED. Yes it will take me another year but I'm only 19 and another year isn't going to hurt me if its going to get me into a half-decent University/College. Also on the business front, I still plan to move out sometime in June. Hopefully its not too far because I need closeness for work and stuff.

Ok back to watching stuff now, I have like a million movies and 4-5 animes to watch. Busy busy..


ps I know the background and banner don't really match, I'll fix it later too lazy atm