My forgotten blog.. It's sad how I've neglected you, my pet. Even sadder the reason I'm here again!
Does anyone know what it feels like to have one of your dreams come true, and be CRUSHED all in one simple sentence? I do.. One simple sentence..
The Used are coming to SA, in Ramadaan!
I swear.. Biggest mindf*ck ever!! I didn't know how to process this information. This indeed was a dream come true. A band I thought I'd have to visit another country to see was actually coming to ME! [And added sadness, I'm looking at this, my blog, seeing where I planned on being this June (referring to festival watch posts) and didn't get to do. I'm again saddened again at how few of my beloved bands hit our shores].
So, a dream I never thought would come true, had to have the worst timing, right? FML!!!
Still don't know what to do with this info.. I'm still weighing how big a sin it would be really.. If I do go and see them anyway:p I've said no to Billy Talent, P.O.D, Chevelle and Sum41, and while it sucked, I made peace with it.. But this is THE USED. A band that saved my life.
Now since I'm already at it, let me mention.. I bled about this "worst news ever" elsewhere. So for the people who assumed someone had died! Or someone had broken my heart (while my heart was indeed broken it was not over some guy!).. Now you know what that was about. Honestly people.. You should know me better than that:p Tsk tsk.
Let me try and put it in perspective.. The Used and I "go way back." Back to my campus days. Back in the days (I feel a bit old remembering), where because I had downloaded a song from the internet on campus (didn't have access at home then), and a single song was too big to fit on that 1.2MB disk(!), I had to split the song into parts small enough to fit, save those parts on at least 3 different disks to transfer to the home PC where I would join the parts back into one file again!!
[Yes!! where the is a will there is a way!!]
The song, "The Taste of Ink." It was well worth the effort. Since then, my love has never died. It only grew stronger. The Used have gotten me through some heavy times. Now, nearly a decade of dreaming of a live show, it seems I have a choice to make.. Do I still dream, perhaps go and see them overseas.. Or do I sin in order to make this dream come true.. And is it a sin really? I have some tought decisions to make. Assuming you care, I will keep you posted................
