I'm listening to this mix cd I made a while ago. I was rocking to Crimson Thorn and Kekal, and some Indwelling and Symphony in Peril. Then it goes to like seven Slow Coming Day songs. What was I thinking when I made that cd? A little bit of an odd mixture there if you know what I mean.

I was reading some articles about "Sraight Edge," or sXe, or whatever you want to call it, on the internet today. I was doing so because a long time ago I notice a patch on Emo Bobby's, backpack that says "xstraightedgex." I thought it was a band or something (and I still think it is, I'm sure I read that name somewhere), but after I looked into it a little more, it turns out that it is also the name of a lifestyle of sorts. So anyways, I was reading those articles today and I found out that it was sort of started by Ian Mackye. It's named after a song lyric from a Minor Threat song. That's pretty cool. He's a cool guy. I hear he's really egotistical, but he's cool all the same. Fugazi rocks, and Minor Threat was cool. Straigt edge is a way of thinking that makes keeping your body, mind, and spirit pure a cool thing to do. That means pure from drugs, including cigarettes and alcohol, and most times from pre-marital sex too. When I first heard about this I thought it was awesome. I've always abstained from these things, so when I heard that there was a whole movement of people out there that were doing the same thing I just thought it was the coolest thing. I mean, it doesn't seem like abstaining from harmful things could ever be "the norm" but knowing that there's lots of people who think it should be is sweet. Straight edge rocks.

I have a big secret but I can't tell.

- posted by Jonathan@ 9:36 PM