In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (located in the Soviet Union) had a massive melt-down. It was tragic, blah blah…
Nine years ago today, however, myself and many of my friends had our own Chernobyl, if you will. At exactly midnight on April 26, 1999, my computer froze. I thought nothing of it as this was common with Windows 98. I hit the button and off we were with a reboot…or were we? The system booted into a error message that simply read, “Windows Not Found.” I had only had this computer for a year, but all was lost. In a panic, I quickly picked up the phone to call Alex. I heard panic in his voice as well almost immediately. “Dude, I can’t talk now, my computer froze and won’t boot into Windows.” I called my mom the next morning to warn her of this plague. She booted her machine and the same result happened. If only I had known keeping the computer off would have prevented this… I was so emotionally scarred and violated, I took the day off from school. Alex called me to tell me that it had hit a bunch of people at his school. The dreaded Chernobyl virus (A.K.A. “CIH”) had taken hold. By far, this was the most vicious virus I had ever dealt with and still is to date. The following year or two, in memoriam, my friends and I would not allow our computers to see the light of day on April 26.
Time has passed and the smoke has cleared, but I know that I will never forget. This world can be cruel sometimes.
Before they took on the name, “The Birthday Massacre,” they were known as “Imagica.” Like many artists, they began by recording their own music and sending around demos hoping to be picked up by a label. I came across that very demo at this website: http://www.zamolxisdesign.com/thebirthdaymassacre/
It’s kind of a trip to hear if you’re a fan. Particularly for me, it was the early versions of Over, The Birthday Massacre (later titled Happy Birthday), and Under the Stairs. Perhaps more of these are new to some of you. Enjoy!
I updated the “Pics” link recently. You may notice it is different than the rest of the site. I’m using a different system to maintain it is the reason behind that. In addition to having some new pictures, there is also a guestbook/comment system as well. Please have a browse and enjoy. I don’t want to have to use flickr or myspace.
I think I’d work on getting a law passed that said quite simply, “If you make less than six figures a year, your employer legally cannot make you wear a suit to work, or have any dress code at all.” Let the rich people who have all this extra money to buy suits wear them, besides, imagine seeing who is making six figures in your company, I bet some of them would be hard to explain as would the opposite.
From Sweden, 26 year old Linda Sundblad has been rockin’ for a while. She originally was a member of the band Lambretta. Their time, however, came to and end and Linda is in hot pursuit of a solo career. Idolizing pop sensations of the 1980s, Linda (now a solo artist as well) is a chip off the block as her influences clearly come through. Oh Father is her first single off her debut solo album, Oh My God!
Formerly a static page, evolution has made it a ...b-b-blog! I will leave stuff on here from now on and post links to arbitrary pages. Most of this stuff will be editorials about how I feel. Most of them are explicit, and you should be prepared for some language problems before you read...
