People seem to really like the past. save for those people who've had truly horrendous and traumatic experiences behind them, we all seem to have this desire to return to a certain time period that has gone by. sometimes, though, i think that it's better that we've grown out of our immature happiness. as we get older, the feeling of joy becomes less frequent, but when it does happen then it's usually over something truly worth rejoicing. do you really want to be like a 5-year-old again and praise the hands of fate whenever your mom buys you an ice-cream? happiness, like many other good things in life, can be compared to fireworks: it only happens at the very end, and only for a short while, but for those brief few minutes you feel like you're on top of the world. if fireworks were to go off above our heads every other minute, we would soon be complaining about the blinding flashes and deafening booms. the appeal of fireworks stems not only from the sparkles and crackles, but also from rarity. perhaps in a way, it could be said that the older we get, the higher are our standards of joy. when we eventually feel that feeling of happiness which stems from something truly worthwhile, are we not better off than our past selves who knew only to clap and cheer over the smallest incident? if the cause of joy didn't matter at all, there wouldn't really be a very good argument against us all just popping ecstasy pills nonstop.
anyway, here's a news update about a band that i haven't been talking much about lately: Abandon All Ships is releasing their debut album on 5th october! :D i've heard a few of their singles which they carried over from their EP and i have to day that they're a lot more polished now. my technocore craze is officially back. here's Take One Last Breath, which is the remade version of Pedestrians Is Another Word For Speedbump:
