Hi everyone, this is my first time on metacritic forums, i am here on the site as a guest quite often, but yesterday was my first post at the forums, i really like rock music, and indie, but i just got into it so i am open to any suggestions. Thanks for welcoming me in.

Thanks for following the link, frontman. Don't be intimidated by all of the music knowledge in this place. Many people here know far more then I do about music, but no one gets a big head about it. After all, we're all here to talk and learn about things we love, right?

Feel free to post and contribute wherever you like. Don't forget that we have sections other then music that are just as interesting.

Based on the advice of a cool guy I decided to finally introduce myself here formally! But I guess I could have put it off longer.

Houston born and raised. Paul Wall's got a song just listing off things people outside Houston wouldn't know - I myself don't know half of what he's talking about. 'Tis a strange place.

Nineteen, will be twenty in November. Gah, that's terrifying. Orson Welles was twenty-five when he wrote, produced, directed and starred in Citizen Kane. Bastards like him break the curve for the rest of us. Looking to attend UNT in the Spring, but we'll see. Good chance I won't. Education is the most important issue we face as a country I guess.

Haven't kissed a girl in almost four years. Thinking at this point I'll just say I missed the boat and live the rest of my life a bitter virgin and begin the slow descent into alcoholism. I'm nothing if not a string of grand gestures.

Speaking of "infertile druids" (sort of) and why I was prompted to do this finally, some people I know were at a friends apartment when we discovered this big Olde English even older than the name inherently makes it. After that I got an unhealthy obsession with my friend's catfish pillow and someone dubbed me the infertile druid. I can picture distant future me this way.

I'm not the biggest fan of his music, but Daniel Johnston's maybe the biggest influence on me in a while, he proved to me you can be really direct without a lot of practice or anything and mean something. I'm probably the most direct person I know (maybe that you know.) I'd like to think of myself like an exposed nerve. This is endearing, or naive, or annoying, or useful, or some combination probably. Depends on your perspective.

Probably the most idealistic too. Or pretentious, or something. There's a huge discrepancy between what I shoot for and what I actually achieve, it's fascinating in a way. Bobby Kennedy said to hang a lantern on your problems. I think that makes me pretty luminous.

Low maintenance I guess. Sleep on the floor, got like three shirts I ever wear. I just have a hard time seeing the point in a lot of things. I think it's admirable to accept the inevitable suffering of life, but you should probably shoot for the good stuff to make it work. I'm good at cherry picking things for my convenience.

Not sure which means more to me, music or film. I guess music, easier for me to get a hold of en masse and is more versatile. I think I'd like to try to get into making both though. Favorites are usually either big ideas executed well or direct emotional punches, or both. Currently The Soft Bulletin and Fantasia I guess, to get an idea. You can check out my last.fm and see for yourself, you know what it's called.

They say giving a man a fish feeds him for a day, but teaching him to fish feeds him for life. So worse than having bad conclusions is having a bad way to reach conclusions. So if you don't know how, it's even more dangerous to let someone else decide for you how to reach decisions. Feels like everyone else has this key to common sense I missed out on. So I usually try to reach as few conclusions as possible. It's just easier that way. If there's such a thing as being too open-minded, I am most certainly it.

Summary: GIVE ME ATTENTION.

Glad to find out more stuff about ya, Nhaz. You and I came on just about the same time, but I guess we haven't been on the same threads, because I didn't feel like I knew you the way I did some others. I'm looking forward to many catfish puns and jokes in the future.

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begin the slow descent into alcoholism

And any unheralded New Pornographers allusions makes you OK in my book!

Hey, Nhaz, did you "draw all those conclusions" today or earlier? Cool, open-minded, post.

I also wouldn't sweat the kissing girls part. You'd have to go a long way to catch up with me on that loss, but I'll be married 20 years in October. Now, about that alcoholism part...

Shut up, mark!! No, wait a sec, isn't "infertile druid" an oxymoron?

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Originally posted by kendocubano:

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begin the slow descent into alcoholism

And any unheralded New Pornographers allusions makes you OK in my book!

When I started making this post I said "I'm gonna put in a lot of veiled song references!" and then quickly forgot about it. I've actually never heard the New Pornographers yet - strange how that worked out.

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Hey, Nhaz, did you "draw all those conclusions" today or earlier?

I've drawn a lot of poor conclusions in my life because I seem to believe anyone and anything that speaks with authority (to catch up on song references, "I'll believe anything.") In addition to all those other extremes I am, add suggestible.

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No, wait a sec, isn't "infertile druid" an oxymoron?

Ah, that's what I told Joel but he just wouldn't listen

I don't think I've never posted a picture of myself here, so here you go:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/524628491_3775945b10.jpg

I thought you'd be taller.

Eh, I'm 5'9". I think that's about average, maybe an inch below.

HA! I thought you were fine. I mean, you weren't using a mini-camera. Bob just has this way about him...

Yeah seriously, that's just Bob! I think that's his way of being funny and frankly, he did a good job. I laughed out loud on that one.

Oh, I get it now. I'm a little slow sometimes.

I think it'd be awesome to continue RL's idea. I'm always curious about how you all look (I tend to picture you guys as the typical A. Old Fart or B. Indie kid)

So, me:

Numero Uno
Credit goes to my friend Carissa (pictured)

You look exactly how I thought you would.

Really? Hmm... you're good then.

I thought you'd be taller.

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:
I thought you'd be taller.

And less hirsute.

I like my hair! Jerks!

And I'm not too short.. like 6' although I hope I'm still growing because my brother makes me feel really small (he's 6'6)

We were only playing around Jglass. My comment was an inside joke to Bob's first joke on RL's height. We have no idea what anybody looks like so to say "I thought you'd be taller" or "Less hairy" or "with more freckles" is pure joking.

I realize that..

But at the same time I do get mental images of the people on this board, so I could understand thinking RL (and I) was taller.