We're lining up the light-loafer'd and the bored benchwarmers. Castaways and cutouts, fill it up.

Come join the Youth and Beauty Brigade.

I deleted my blog after it caused me more problems than I could afford. It was doing very little good for me and very little good for anyone else, so I decided to just scrap it. I decided, however, to make a new, almost-identical blog. It's still "The Youth and Beauty Brigade," but I have an infinitely better URL. "http://boredbenchwarmers.blogspot.com"

I know, right? Pertinent! The other URL was obviously a product of impatience. I plan to put a little more love into this blog than I did into the last one. I plan to talk almost strictly about music, and possibly write something occasionally. Hopefully it will startle the creative side of me until I can actually produce something worth experiencing. I am hoping this to be the result.

I'm also going to try very hard to avoid talking about my personal life. I burden my friends with that enough as it is and it's just another form of self-absorption, and that's a luxury that I (unlike my other blog-writing comrades) cannot afford. Perhaps if I view it that way, I'll be less focused on myself and more on the things that matter anyway. God, music, and writing. Gossip will be a thing of the past on "The Youth and Beauty Brigade."

Also, if you haven't heard that song, go purchase it now and listen to it. Now. I don't care who you are and how much money you have. Just do it. You will not regret it.

"California One/Youth and Beauty Brigade," by The Decemberists.

Musical and lyrical perfection are well worth ninety-nine cents on itunes, in my opinion.

And now it's time for me to enjoy an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece.

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