danthemjfan23

my order went in july 24, just as reference ugh. i can handle the wait, i just can't handle the inevitibility of 10 more color variants than were originally announced, which is already seeming like its going to happen. apparently the new "release date" looks like it's october 14. we'll see...

you're not CRAZY, but she's not pretty. cute, maybe, but definitely not hot. but hey, how does that saying go? too each his own suicidal 16-year-old daughter of a cokewhore... right?

i was driving to best buy to pick this up, and i had been in the car for like 10 minutes and i look down and realized i had the emergency brake on. that doesn't say much for me, but it doesn't say much for the EMERGENCY brake.

that's one of the things i hate about it over there. people are WAY too uppity sometimes. like for real, all the kid wants to know is how long it normally takes for a submission to be approved and he has to be scared to ask so much so that he has to do it on another board? don't get me wrong, i'm not calling mynameisdan a whimp or anything, it's ridiculous that they're like that on deadformat. not to mention a ton of the shit is wrong up there anyway.

hey thomas, i'm pretty new to the vc board as far as posting goes, but i've been lurking for a number of months now and it really is apparent how close-knit a group it is (for the most part) on here. it's really cool that you can recognize that, too, and that even if things aren't going the way you want them to in your real day-to-day life, you understand that everybody on this board is here for you. i don't know you, and i'm not going to pretend that i do, but i went through a time a couple years ago where i had the same questions as you are having right now. my situation wasn't as severe as yours seems to be, but it was along the same lines and i had the same concerns about my future and relying on parents and not knowing what i wanted out of life and all this same stuff. i talked about it with a couple friends who i really trusted (that's the best advice i can give you to start) and they all told me a bunch of stuff that didn't help at all. why is that good advice then? you might ask... well it gets you to really think about the problems you are having and when you can vocalize actual feelings as to WHY you aren't doing well instead of just having the mindset "i'm not happy", you're at least taking steps in the right direction. my next advice would be that once you can visualize what is making you unhappy, try to eliminate those things from your life. what are you majoring in at school? there had to have been some reason you initially chose that to study. if that initial reason was "my mom and dad wanted me to become a _________", then that's probably not a good thing. if you decided to study zoology, for example, because you really love animals (i'm just using that as a generic example, just stay with me), then get back into that. i'm not saying go back to school right now because that would be too big of a life adjustment for you it seems at this point. but slowly start regaining your love for whatever you decided to study in the first place, and you would be surprised how quickly things will turn around in that regard. think about it like this... when your parents tell you to clean your room, how much do you fucking HATE doing it? and how many times does it take 5 hours to do what should take 20 minutes? but then what if you want to rearrange your vinyl collection? you can sit there for hours and hours and alphabetize them, clean them, straighten them out, do research on the rarity of them all, list them, take pictures of them, etc... it's just because it's something you love to do, something you have a passion for. you mentioned how anime used to be that for you but now you're not so sure. whatever it is, just try to find something you're passionate about. and i know, easier said than done, but an easy thing that helped me out was going back and finding all the things that used to make me happy when i was younger. for me, no doubt about it, it was alkaline trio's goddamnit. EVERY time i listened to that album it put a smile on my face. and it got me thinking about other things i enjoyed in music and in life and i was on my way. what is that album for you? or that movie? or that book? or that friend that you could always talk to? find the things that were comforting to you the last time you remember being TRULY happy, and resort back to them. i know it sucks feeling like your parents are weighing down on you, but you are right, they just want you to succeed. i don't know if you've done this already or not, and i know it's hard to do if you haven't, but just sit down with them (either one at a time, or together, whichever is easier) and tell them what you are going through emotionally. they're not going to be able to comprehend it probably, and they're not going to know what to do or say, but they'll be understanding hopefully and try to at least help you through this time in your life. things are going to get better, whether you can see that right now or not. it's going to be a while before you are happy again, but you will be happy again. and just remember, if you ever need anything, i'm pretty sure we're all here for you. all you have to do is ask. -dan

i cant find a single thing wrong with her.

it's kurt cobain's daughter. would for the story.

you had me at "fried snickers".

supposedly they (cobraside) are also re-pressing crimson later this year. if they fuck that release up as badly as they've fucked up BOTH releases of remains, i say we take a V.C. field trip to 676 West Wilson Avenue, Unit G, Glendale, California 91203 and give them a piece of our collective minds... get it? collective. come on, i'm trying...

how did you get all these? i e-mailed suburbanhomes and never got a response! i've spoken with you in the past about collecting alkaline trio stuff, especially test pressings. i'm in awe of your collection.

your best bet is to buy a frame where the backing is also glass. i forget who said this earlier, but MAKE SURE it's centered. it would look real tacky if it wasn't. p.s. did you hear about travis barker?

too bad if you were gonna sell this record + baby on eBay they would only let you charge $4 for shipping.

glow in the dark vinyl in the shape of a light bulb, where the music is only on the bulb part, and then etched into the "metal" part of each light bulb... "if you didn't buy this from V.C. go screw yourself"

kinda sucks that i e-mailed andy@suburbanhomerecords saying i wanted all 10 copies and never heard back from him or anybody, and now i find out that both sets of 10 were sold?? anything else i can do to get as many colors as you guys still have left? or at least can you post a list of the 10 variations you guys got so i know what i'll need to track down via eBay or another venue? please just help me out on this, i'm frustrated enough with cobraside fucking up this release AGAIN.