The good, the bad, and the king

I feel like I need to settle into a better routine. It seems that one day I am on top of the world and the next I dont know which way is up. I am getting old and I am learning about my changing body once again. I'm pretty sure that my hair is thinning (even though no one else agrees), I don't feel as fit now, and I don't sleep as much. I haven't slept through the night once since I moved into my new apartment. I always wake up at 6:30 in a panic that I am late for work. My chest, arms and face have been getting these soars on them. I think that I am just stressing out my mind! I usually work about 9 hours a day and it seems like the entire time I am working at a frantic pace.

At the same time I am trying to close on a house (its just pending a roof inspection now) and I am trying to improve my dating life (and I feel more confused than ever about it).

The "bad" things in my life are also "good" because I enjoy all of it. I like my job, I am excited about getting a house, and I generally have a lot of fun with the girls I date (but who knows what they think about it). I got some really good news this week, besides the home owners accepting my offer, several of my favorite bands will be releasing new albums soon. We can expect new stuff from Sufjan Stevens, The Toadies, and Radiohead, also Arcade Fire has been recording for a while now.

I just ran my hand through my hair and 3 hairs came out :(

New Music Revival

I used to spend lots of time reading reviews and downloading music and I found really great bands back when ruckus.com was around. That website has been long gone for a while now and so has my interest and passion for finding new sounds. Fortunately, an old friend of mine recently got a really great job as an editor at inyourspeakers.com. I now check this website frequently and find new and interesting music all the time. Thanks to inyourspeakers.com I have recently come across the following albums that I probably wouldn't have known about otherwise.

Sea of Cowards by The Dead Weather -- I think that their first album was better, but this is a really good album.

Brother by the Black Keys -- sometimes this is exactly what I'm in the mood for. I've known about this band for a while now, but this was the first time that I really gave them an honest chance and I'm glad I did.

Mean Everything to Nothing by Manchester Orchestra -- This is probably the best new band that I've found. I knew that I would like this band after listening to the first 5 seconds of their first song that came up on youtube.

Maniac Meat by Tobacco -- This is another band that I hadn't heard of before, and it is very different than what I normally listen to, but sometimes I really like listening to electronic stuff. They said that Beck was involved with this album.

Aside from the albums listed, I've been listening to the Band of Skulls, the XX (still I know, I can't get enough, I was watching their music videos today and they are fantastic!), Silversun Pickups, and some Old Death Cab for Cutie, and the Polyphonic Spree. Right now I'm listening to Manchester Orchestra and it makes me smile like how sunshine all around makes me smile. I feel like starting a revolution! I wish I had a full band right now!