Boring Ice Cream

So I am sitting here right now with some cookie dough ice cream, and I realized that it is just regular vanilla ice cream with cookie dough pieces haphazardly thrown in. What was I thinking buying this? This has got to be some of the most boring food I've ever ate. And I still have well over a pint of it to get rid of? What a shame. Next time Im only going for bubble gum ice cream. At least they do that right, they don't just chuck a bunch of bubble gum into vanilla ice cream and call it a day. The ice cream itself should have some flavor too, right?

Tobias Never Fails to Disappoint

Well, the new Avantasia is out and unsurprisingly it is God awful. Maybe not God awful per-say, there are ok moments but on the whole it is a huge disappointment. It is not as bad as the latest Edguy release, but that is like saying its not as bad as a hernia. Ok, maybe I am being way too harsh, but I cannot deny that I would like nothing more than for Tobias to create music that has the same feel and the same atmosphere as the first 2 Avantasia albums, or any of the Edguy albums before Rocket Ride. Maybe I am so stubborn in my views of what I feel Edguy and Avantasia should be that I am failing to recognize them for what they are. But what are they? I honestly don't want to find out, because that would involve a serious alteration of what the music of Edguy and Avantasia means to me personally, and that is not something I want to change. But thats just the thing, if it was stylistically even in the same arena then I wouldn't have to change my views. Thats really what annoys me the most, if it sounds nothing like Avantasia then why call it Avantasia? I dunno. Needless to say, I have decided to separate the old Avantasia from the new Avantasia in my iTunes by labeling the old Avantasia simply "Avantasia", and labeling the new Avantasia "Tobias Sammet's Avantasia". That way they are not even close to each other in my iTunes library. This may seem a little obsessive, but hey, music is my obsession.

Well anyway, new Blind Guardian comes out soon and they have yet to disappoint, so Im looking forward to that.

Sketchy People

Don't ever get involved with sketchy people. I made the mistake of living with a sketchy person for well over a year, and it has cost me many things: namely money. What drives a person to become an alcoholic I'm still not really sure. Is it genetics? Poor life decisions? Unfortunate circumstances? Or a combination of all the above? The effect it has on the individual is undeniable, but look at the widespread impact it has on others. Constant disturbances, "borrowing" of money, the never-ending asking of favors, this was my reality. Not to mention hundreds of dollars worth of food and alcohol disappearing, as well as disrespect for myself and my personal belongings. Having to cope with another persons problems as well as dealing with problems of my own was draining to say the least, and although I am no longer in that situation I am still dealing with the stress. When someone owes you hundreds of dollars and just keeps blowing you off every time you ask them about it, it really wears at your patience. What do you do? Do you just write off all that money which is rightfully yours, or move on with your life? Here's what you do: don't ever get involved with sketchy people.