reblog from kevin of, of montreal

Is it weird that I love the smell of my dog? I love her breath and her strange (fur?) odors. I don’t love how she tries to bite my legs when we run together. Who does that? She also makes insane sounds if we put her in her cage and leave the house. But that is so sweet. She hates that we are leaving her. I love that she has no ability, or interest, in disguising her feelings. I do feel that we can’t do enough for her. She seems sad often. People have told me that I seem sad often. I don’t really ever feel sad though. Maybe she doesn’t either. She is confused by my push ups and sit ups. She wants to comfort me when I’m doing them. She’s like “it will be ok”. It’s funny how different dogs are from humans. Yet we can still co-habitate. Dogs are better than cats. I didn’t always feel that way. There are some extraordinary cats. In general, dogs win. Only cause they care more. Cats are unreliable. Humans are too. Dogs aren’t. Cats are like the older brother who lives in the big city and doesn’t really have time for you. Dogs are the twin, that sleeps in the same bed as you and still says “c’mon man,we don’t hang out enough!”. And when you neglect it, it just pouts a little, but would never pee on your coat in revenge. We have a cat that adopted us. We’ve tried to give it a name. I’ve finally settled on McDonalds, cause i don’t like it. It can’t be trusted. It’s the kind of cat that will sit on your lap and be all happy and purry, then when you get up, it scratches the crap out of you. I don’t need that from anyone, let alone something I feed. And we even give her good food, that gives her a full shiny coat. She might be a Buddhist wizard, but I wish she’d just discorporate already! I’m sure another cat could use that soft grey fur! It’s cold when you are waiting to be born.

Suffering from PCDS

PCDS, or Post-Concert Depression Syndrome, can be defined as the feeling of depression that comes about after going to an awesome concert.

Many succumb to this awful ailment for one reason and one reason only: Live music just kicks ass. Period.

PCDS can evolve from these different stages:
1. Days/weeks/months before the concert, you may feel completely normal. You look forward to the concert and know it is approaching and you are excited, but you feel nothing special
2. The morning/day of the concert, you may experience what is known as PCE, or Pre-Concert Excitement (also known as pre-high) – you may become surged with adrenaline.
3. Moments before the concert, you may appear calm on the surface but underneath your heart beats faster and faster, and soon the PCE will erupt from within you.
4. During the concert, you are in a place of complete bliss. You smile excessively and pump the metal-horns constantly while singing/screaming the lyrics along with the singer. You become filled with extreme emotion from seeing the band just a few feet in front of you, and you are absorbed into the “concert atmosphere” – the music pulses through your entire body and you forget about everything else in the world.
5. Immediately after the concert, you are excessively high (in terms of Evanescence, Evhigh) in a natural and wonderful way. You may run around completely hyper, still reciting songs from the band, acting goofy with your friends. You appear strange to non-concertgoers. (However, if you do meet the band, you do not exhibit any of these symptoms so as not to weird them out).
6. The day after the concert, you may still be trembling with excitement and happiness. You tell of your awesome experience to anyone who would listen, although most of them don’t care. If you have autographs and/or pictures, you most definitely show them off. (Note: for some, PCDS may begin to set in).
7. Days or weeks after the concert, you experience PCDS…

Now there are many factors that could trigger PCDS: such as fulfilling your life purpose of seeing and/or meeting your favorite band, having such an awesome time that you are dreading going back to the tedious flow of everyday life, or (in our case) it was the last time you would see that band for a while.

Symptoms include: sadness, an increase in obsession with the band that you are missing (such as listening to nothing but their music), partial amnesia (the inability to remember every little thing that happened at the concert or even remembering things that never happened), and regret (for not seizing every available opportunity such as staying after get autographs or meet the band). Regret can also set in for no apparent reason.

For some, PCDS can start almost immediately after the concert while others it can start hours afterwards. However, PCDS does affect almost everyone who attends a concert for a band they really love. PCDS can last anywhere from only a few days to weeks or months, or until the band you are missing emerges again. PCDS is not known to be permanent and while it does fade away for most, for some it only worsens.

*It should be noted that multiple concerts in a short period of time can increase the impending outbreak of PCDS exponentially, so care should be taken when attending concerts close together with large breaks in between.*

**A recent discovery I have made is that severe symptoms of PCDS apply only to those who have seen a band or musician they really love. For example, I took my litter sister to see the Jonas Brothers and, although I had an awesome time, I did not experience PCDS as heavily as I would have if I had seen Evanescence.**

At this point, there is no cure for PCDS. Some suggestions for those who suffer serious symptoms are: seek support from this thread as well as others who suffer from PCDS, remain optimistic that the band (*coughEvcough*) still exists and will reappear in the future, and reminisce on all the good memories (although be warned that for some, reminiscing can make the depression worse).

If anyone would like to extend further knowledge of PCDS or offer personal experiences, please feel free. We all need to be here for each other in this time of need  Also, if you think of other PCDS-related information, I will be happy to add it to this main page so feel free to PM me or post your ideas in here

(Found this on a website. It is so true. So, so true.)

just gonna brag...

i’m so damn good at winning concert tickets. peter bjorn and john asked from their twitter “want to come and listen to us tomorrow at the rialto theater in tuscon for free?” i tweeted them saying it’s my birthday the 18th and this would be a great gift. haha. i’ve always wanted to win tickets through twitter.com. finally, did yay. driving down to tuscon in an hour or two. going to spend the night in tuscon also. so excited!

xo leticia