Killing Yourself to Live (final)

Now that I have finished reading the book, I thought the end was better than the beginning. I still think the whole project of chasing after dead musicians is pretty stupid, it made a bit more sense to me by the end. I found myself arguing with the author throughout the story, mostly about the music in the book. I think Led Zepplean is much better than either the Rolling Stones or the Beatles and I like Free Ride better than Slow Ride but I think the interaction kept me more interested in the story.

As a reader I felt a little left out of the story when he talked about different songs or groups that I had no idea what he was talking about, which was about 60 percent of the time.

The best part of the story for me was when he was talking about Kurt Cobain because I remember when that happened and how sad I felt for him. It always amazes me that people can feel that bad that they have to kill themselves. It was such a waste of a great talent. He just started to show his real potential and Feels Like Teen Spirit will always bring back the day he left us.

He also seemed to jump around the story an awful lot which was sometimes hard to follow. Overall, it was interesting enough that I wanted to finish it, but I wasn't so engrossed in the story that I read it in one day.

Killing yoursel to Live

What struck me the most during this part of our reading was when Chuck was describing the relationship he had with his friend and his friend's death from cancer. I thought this was just another great example of how music impacts our lives. Chuck really didn't give his friend's death a second thought at the time that it happened; however hearing his friend's favorite song by The Replacements, or in fact any song by the replacements, had such an emotional impact on him. And although he admits it may be something else going on in his life, it is still the music that brings the emotions out of him.

What's happening

My mom came to visit from New Jersey for the last two weeks. I was supposed to go to Cancun with my sister for the spring break, but she decided to take her boyfriend instead. My mom was coming to stay with the kids and when the trip fell through, we decided to still have her come and stay. I try to see my mom every 3 to 4 months or we will both go crazy. Our week was filled with going out to dinner, Sibley Gardens, Outback, Steak and Shake, Applebees, ect and bowling, movies, the Lightening Thief, and catching up. I took her back to the airport on Tuesday to go home. I will be going back to NJ at the end of May since it will be my 40th birthday and Bon Jovi is opening up Giant Stadium so I have to go see that.

My daughter started playing softball on her school team and I'm real excited about that since I played softball from middle school all the way through high school. I can't wait to go watch her play.

I also just found out the my son may have a mild case of Tourett's syndrome, don't know if I spelled that right. We are just in a wait and see period right now. Hopefully it's just something stress related and he will be o.k.

Post secret

I had no idea that this website existed and part of me thinks this is the saddest thing I have ever seen, but then the other part things that it's great that people who have secrets such as these have somewhere to go and get it out. The one that hit me the most was the one that said something like I'm an alcholic but I go to AA to have a family. Boy, that's just sad in one aspect that this person has no one outside of AA to go to and talk to, but at least AA gives him a sense of family, which is a good thing. I just don't think I would go on this site again, just too depressing, but if I had a secret that I had to get out somehow, maybe I would post it, hoping that would help.