One of those days... Ever have one of those days? Mine has been a doozy. See, I've had the nastiest case of jock itch for a week now, and regardless of the fact that I treated it it hasn't gotten better. So I go to a doctor and he says I might be diabetic. So either I have the worlds worst jock itch, or a debilitating disease, and I won't know for sure until the test results come back. Just lovely, isn't it? The only good thing that happened today is that my doctor gave me 5 dozen condoms for free, in various colors, just because. I guess it's like when they give kids a lollypop. When you grow up they give you condoms. Wheee! This has scared me worse than anything in a long time.
Posted at 20:38 # G
"If I can't dance I don't want to be in your revolution" - Emma Goldman (1869-1940) I think Emma said it best (although it appears she never said that, as such). When I can't have fun doing something, then I don't want to do it. Think about it; what job have you most enjoyed? It was one that you could have fun doing, right? The band was the same. Way back in the days of Media Children, we thought the 'cause' (whatever that may have been at the time) was more important that the music or our own enjoyment. There was a feeling that we had to be miserable or we were not doing enough. How dare we have fun when so many people/animals/whatever were suffering?! It all came to a head when the singer of MC sent us (me, Rick and Sean) a memo (yes, a memo!) saying that we would have to dip into our beer fund to do something (I forget now what it was. Probably to make fliers about something stupid.), because god forbid we enjoy ourselves at practice too much. I think at that point we realized that we didn't like not having fun (shocker!) and when MC broke up and we immediately formed Litmus Green we all agreed that it was for the sole purpose of having fun playing punk rock, otherwise, why bother, right? So, here we are, 11.5 years later, and it isn't much fun anymore. And I'm not the only one who thinks this, Rick and Mat both feel the same thing. Sean even sees that we aren't happy, as does Lare. Lare is in it for the fun of it, but seeing that we aren't having any takes the fun out of it for him. (Sorry, Lare) It's not like we all hate each other, or anything like that, it's just that we've grown (up or old, I don't know) and now is the time to let it go, before we do start hating each other. The members of Litmus Green are my family, my best friends, and some of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I would rather see LG break up now, before any bitterness can set in, than risk that friendship. When you think about the fact that Litmus Green has had the same lineup for 11 years before we added Lare, you have to be a little bit amazed. After all how many bands can say that they had the exact same line up for 11 years? The thing that made that possible was our friendship. So, does this mean we will no longer be in bands or anything? No. Some of us are talking about doing something new, but if/when we do form something new it will be for the fun of it. Just a bunch of guys goofing off, once again. Back to what we always wanted.
Posted at 12:46 # G