simmo wrote:Technically I shouldn't post here because I'm 26

Right.

simmo wrote:Young people are idiots sometimes, but then I've known plenty of 30+ people be total dicks.

I never said we weren't total dicks.

33. I don't teally care much about my age other than the fact that I've managed to not become a total douchbag...yet.

I would, however, like to figure out if the good ole days really were good.

My wife started law school in Athens, GA recently and lives up there during the week. I love visiting her there. I wonder if I should quit my job (which pays for our house and bills), cash out my ownership in the company I work for, and move to Athens for the easy peaceful life I enjoy when I'm up there.

I also wonder if I would be miserable and regret such a decision 6 months after moving.

The older you get, the bigger the dick you are for sure. Though, that's more of a misunderstanding: Been There, Done That Syndrome envelopes more subjects the older one gets. And, as the mind ages, it can play tricks on a person, making them believe things were better back in the day rather than right now. It's funny, because it's a resistance to progress and change perpetrated by regular old stubbornness and brings on that type of attitude. A vicious cycle one can easily get caught up in.

bigc wrote:33. I don't teally care much about my age other than the fact that I've managed to not become a total douchbag...yet.

I would, however, like to figure out if the good ole days really were good.

My wife started law school in Athens, GA recently and lives up there during the week. I love visiting her there. I wonder if I should quit my job (which pays for our house and bills), cash out my ownership in the company I work for, and move to Athens for the easy peaceful life I enjoy when I'm up there.

I also wonder if I would be miserable and regret such a decision 6 months after moving.

I would impulsively say YES! Because I love living (in a little farmhouse in the country right next to) Athens. On the other hand, there are people here who hate it, because it's a small town, it's hard to make a lot of money, etx, etx.

PM me the next time you're up and I'll take you around. There are upsides and downsides to living in Mayberry, LSD. Good bands, horrible bands, good restaurants, horrible restaurants, same as anywhere, but just less variety than you'd expect in a major city.

::added:: I should add that I never sit in traffic, never have to wait for a table at a restaurant and don't have much crime to deal with. And goddamn, there are a lot of bands here. Some of them are even really good.

dontfeartheringo wrote:Mayberry, LSD

Paging the "Should be a band name but isn't" thread...

http://www.electrical.com/phpBB2/viewto ... 013#520013

Take a guess. I'll give you a hint, I belong in BER and zom-zom's club.

Happy Birthday Zom, you're just about to middle aged and apparently getting better.







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dontfeartheringo wrote:

bigc wrote:33. I don't teally care much about my age other than the fact that I've managed to not become a total douchbag...yet.

I would, however, like to figure out if the good ole days really were good.

My wife started law school in Athens, GA recently and lives up there during the week. I love visiting her there. I wonder if I should quit my job (which pays for our house and bills), cash out my ownership in the company I work for, and move to Athens for the easy peaceful life I enjoy when I'm up there.

I also wonder if I would be miserable and regret such a decision 6 months after moving.

I would impulsively say YES! Because I love living (in a little farmhouse in the country right next to) Athens. On the other hand, there are people here who hate it, because it's a small town, it's hard to make a lot of money, etx, etx.

PM me the next time you're up and I'll take you around. There are upsides and downsides to living in Mayberry, LSD. Good bands, horrible bands, good restaurants, horrible restaurants, same as anywhere, but just less variety than you'd expect in a major city.

::added:: I should add that I never sit in traffic, never have to wait for a table at a restaurant and don't have much crime to deal with. And goddamn, there are a lot of bands here. Some of them are even really good.

I appreciate the offer. I've spent years and years up there already. Prehaps we should imbibe the weekend of 11/3, though my free time tends to be spent solo wiht my wife since we see eahc other so rarely. Where do you frequent?

I went to school from 1992 - 1996 then moved away. The peace and quiet and relative non-hassle are what I idealize when I dream of moving. My dreams do not incorporate the claustrophobia I would likely feel after eating at The Grit and drinking only at the Manhattan for my social time though. It's just so tought to separate fantasy from reality, especially when I'm sitting in 35 minutes of traffic just to get home each day.

I gather you're familiar with the owners of the Caledonia, Maserati, Paulie form the Manhattan...all those good folks?

There's a finance job at the school of music open right now that look slike it'd pay pretty damn well for Athens. Maybe I'll brush up my resume tonight...and myabe I'll just chalk my desire up to idealism.

bigc wrote:I appreciate the offer. I've spent years and years up there already. Prehaps we should imbibe the weekend of 11/3, though my free time tends to be spent solo wiht my wife since we see eahc other so rarely. Where do you frequent?

I tend to work all day, practice all evening and then go to the studio and record all night. Sleep happens in between. So, getting out and doing fun stuff generally involves getting a cup of coffee and watching les femmes walk by downtown, OR going to Big City Bread and sitting on the patio. I also spend a lot of time on my porch at home in Bishop. However, I am game for any sort of hang, and at whatever hour, since I don't sleep that much.

I went to school from 1992 - 1996 then moved away. The peace and quiet and relative non-hassle are what I idealize when I dream of moving. My dreams do not incorporate the claustrophobia I would likely feel after eating at The Grit and drinking only at the Manhattan for my social time though.

Them's Townie haints, and I don't cotton much to 'em. Seriously, though, I maybe go to the Grit once every five or so months, and the Manhattan about the same. I used to spend a good bit of time at the Lunch Paper/Repent, because for a while my band was playing there once a month. It is now closed. I claim no responsibility.

It's just so tought to separate fantasy from reality, especially when I'm sitting in 35 minutes of traffic just to get home each day.

I honestly don't know how anyone does that. Seriously. Traffic = CRAP.

I gather you're familiar with the owners of the Caledonia, Maserati, Paulie form the Manhattan...all those good folks?

Oh, yes, and all fine folks, particularly the lovely women of the Caledonia and the Maserati boys, though most of them are living in NYC now, I believe. My band is playing at the Caledonia on 3 November with Stinking Lizaveta. You should come to that, methinks.

There's a finance job at the school of music open right now that look slike it'd pay pretty damn well for Athens. Maybe I'll brush up my resume tonight...and myabe I'll just chalk my desire up to idealism.

That's the way to do it- get a job at the Uni, live like a townie, take extravagant vacations with the balance. I just took my lovely wife to the UK for a week and still had some savings left, even with the brutal exchange rate.

It's about to be a good time to buy a house here, actually. There've been ridiculous amounts of student condos built, and there's way more living space then there are people to buy/rent, so a lot of properties have been empty for a long time. Prices are starting to fall precipitously, and the builders are like zombies- they just keep building, not realizing that they're dead yet.

I like it here. I wish half the PRF would move here. Just the ones I like, mind you.

I need members for my next band, James Dean Death Car.

Here's my rant as a 34 year old: What the hell happened to Alternative Press magazine?

Way back in the 90's when I would buy it, the coverage was of bands like Pavement, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices etc (i.e. guitar based indie rock). I realize that bands break up and music changes, but all I ever see in AP on the newstand now are dozens of screamo bands, all in black with lame dye jobs and mascara. Has AP narrowed its focus or are Dilinger Escape Plan the new Dinosaur Jr.? Why don't I know any of these bands? Where are my pants?

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