Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Today is my mum’s last day at work. The free CD ride has finally ended. Next time Radiohead bring out an album, I’m going to have to PAY for it. I’m probably even going to have to pay for some of the ones that are already out, since we only every had one copy of each of them between us all.

Never again will I get EMI industry news. Never again will I be reliably told by EMI employees which music chains are owned by the Mafia. Never again will I find out which acts are going to be huge months before anyone else has ever even heard of them. I remember the first time I heard of the Gorillaz, it was a 4-track promo of their new EP. 8 months later the album hit and suddenly everyone was raving about them.

On the other hand, without free CDs and promos, it might mean we finally get some space in this god damn house. You can’t move in the garage, loft or most bedrooms for boxes of CDs. We must have more hours of music in this house than I have hours remaining to listen to them. It got ludicrous at times, I distinctly recall having 6 spare copies of Parachutes in the house at one point, in addition to a copy each.

Speaking of ends, today I notice is the last day of the month. It’s been a pretty productive month, blog-wise. If only the same could be said about other aspects of life, really. If nothing else, I’ve got a pretty good record of the first month of my last summer holiday. I had planned to go and buy comics today, but I think I’m going to hold off until I can afford it, I already stretched my disposable budget by purchasing that graphic novel the other week (even though it was worth it and I’d do it again in a second. I have no regrets.)

I really think I should spend some time on the main site. This blog sucked up all of my creative energy, really, and it seems unfair to draw people here and then not give them anything.

Speaking of which, having finally cut down on the Invader Zim searching people, giving them the Jhonen Vasquez desktops and comic that they wanted, I’m still getting a shitload of people searching for a Sociopath Test, so at some point in the near future, coming from me, using my own PH written quiz thingy which I made a while back but never did anything with - the Sociopath Test! Yes, now all these people who seem to want the internet to tell them if they are a sociopath will find out, courtesy of a self-proclaimed one.