This is the reason I still have a blog. Every once in a while something is worth writing about. Unfortunately, this is one of the saddest reasons I could be writing.
I was raised in the city of Port Arthur, Texas. The hospital I was born in, the house I was raised in, both of my grandparents' houses when I was a kid, all the places I rode my two speed bicycle, all of that is still there.
I could cope with Houston and Galveston. I only went to those places once or twice a year. Insensitive? Not really. Just not as close to home.
Then she started veering east. A little at a time.
Check out the maps yourself. Read where Rita will now hit the coast. My home town. My memories.
I never brought Amanda there, and now it is something I regret. What if all those things are gone? Look what Katrina did to Mississippi. For those of you who think it might be alright, let me reiterate. PORT Arthur.
Oh, and then it will come through east Texas.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Monday, April 18, 2005
I guess this is growing up
I'm always behind and a little out of the loop, but catching up...
I just found out today that two months ago Blink 182 broke up. Or went on "indefinite hiatus" (read infinite). To most people who read this, that won't meant much.
But some people relate to me as to what this really means. Emo, pop-punk,and there are more, all genres that owe their popularity to these guys. They'd tour with little known bands like Finch, and stayed on the Warped Tour for seven forevers. They were the underdogs who went big and then pulled everybody up with them.
You know what else? All the people who insult them the most have had at least one of their cds playing constantly in the player for a few days. Their harshest critics have all of them. Why, you ask?
Let's face it. Blink has made adolescent music since they were themselves adolescents. Their original fans have outgrown all of this angst and juvenilia, and honestly, so have they. The trio tried to remake themselves with 2003's self titled album, but it's just too late. No matter what, Blink 182 will always say "teenage years".
And there is the saddest part. Truthfully their hiatus says the same thing about my own generation's adolescence: that it also is on "indefinite hiatus" (read infinite).
They've known the end from the beginning, though...
"I guess this is growing up"
I just found out today that two months ago Blink 182 broke up. Or went on "indefinite hiatus" (read infinite). To most people who read this, that won't meant much.
But some people relate to me as to what this really means. Emo, pop-punk,and there are more, all genres that owe their popularity to these guys. They'd tour with little known bands like Finch, and stayed on the Warped Tour for seven forevers. They were the underdogs who went big and then pulled everybody up with them.
You know what else? All the people who insult them the most have had at least one of their cds playing constantly in the player for a few days. Their harshest critics have all of them. Why, you ask?
Let's face it. Blink has made adolescent music since they were themselves adolescents. Their original fans have outgrown all of this angst and juvenilia, and honestly, so have they. The trio tried to remake themselves with 2003's self titled album, but it's just too late. No matter what, Blink 182 will always say "teenage years".
And there is the saddest part. Truthfully their hiatus says the same thing about my own generation's adolescence: that it also is on "indefinite hiatus" (read infinite).
They've known the end from the beginning, though...
"I guess this is growing up"
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