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So I already have enough songs written to release an EP and I've been wanting to start a band for a while. The problem is I'm starting my senior year in high school and there's a good chance that I'll leave the city I live in, which would only give the band a year to get recognition. I've put a lot into these songs and I want to see how far I can take them. Should I just wait until college or should I start the band, but reform with a new lineup in a year? Or any other options I didn't consider?

I am a heterosexual male and sometimes I was thinking how I'd like being gay or bisexual, just so I could have one more 'f you' to throw at the conservative christian establishment. Like a middle finger to archaic, obsolete views. I like the idea of standing up for who you are against oppression.

Sadly I'm stuck being "normal" and "mainstream" :(

I'm a guitarist in an up-and-coming post-hardcore band and I'm wondering if the equipment I have is enough to start playing shows. I heard you don't need an especially powerful amp as the venue will provide their own mixing. Our songs are already written and rehearsed.

In this dream, I was attending party and I met a girl. She was platinum blonde, almost silver, and insanely attractive. We hit it off and we got very intimate very quickly.

Fast forward to some time afterward (a few weeks I assume) and we're now a couple. She's a redhead now (the hair color of my previous girlfriend) and is even more attractive than before, literally my dream girl, the best my mind could come up with. We're in my room and I want to get intimate again, but she's reluctant and shies away. I exit the room for some reason I can't remember, though it was because of some need, not because I was angry or frustrated. When I came back, she was naked, laying motionless on the floor, and literally every inch of her skin was covered in dozens of cuts. She was bleeding profusely, and I was mortified, so I rushed her to the hospital, tears streaming from my eyes begging her not to die. When I got there, the physician was convinced I was the one who did that to her and eventually raised his voice to me, attracting the attention of several other hospital patients and visitors, a few of whom began to agree with him. In the end I'm not sure if she lived or not, but I was questioning myself weather or not I did it as well.

My guess is I'm visualizing regrets I have about my previous girlfriend who dumped me, and my subconscious is coping with self-criticism and self-esteem issues stemming from the belief that my inadequacies somehow drove her away.

As an unrelated note, I looked like Nick Matthews from Get Scared in my dream. I don't know why.

From what I understand, Islam has women wear the veil/hijab/etc. in order to "protect" them from the "male gaze". As if men are animalistic, uncontrollable balls of lust, devoid of empathy and women are too "pure" to be "tainted" by males. Am I wrong in assuming this is blatantly discriminatory and sexist towards males?

When I drag a clip onto the timeline in windows movie maker, it only plays the video's audio against a black screen in the preview. Has anyone else had this problem? It's an avi file, so I don't know what's wrong.

I'm a big fan of it, but I'm one of the only people I know that is :P

I wear it on occasion.

What do you think?

...the band? They're pretty great imo.

Sample song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG9VhC0hiTg&feature...

They were a great Emo band from 2008-2010. One of my all-time favorites.

To make things a little more fun, I'm not picking a best answer ;)

I wrote a little story about mine for this question (you can read it if you want): http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201107... and it got me wondering how it was for everyone else. Funny? Romantic? Enjoyable? Go ahead and share your story :)

BQ: What'd you think of my story? It's only the first draft and I worked pretty fast, not to mention how tired I am :/ but do you like it?

As a genre.

I heard that a non-sulfate shampoo is the best, but I'm not 100% sure. Anything else I should know?

I've always seen both as being essentially similar. Has society just told us that they are different and we just accept it?

Here is a link to the song.

The lyrics are in the video description, just press the down arrows below the bottom-right corner (you probably know how YouTube works already, but just in case)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MlDLfj0twM

I'm aware it's a symptom of various other things, but is there a term for this specific phenomenon?

This applies to overt bands like Behemoth and Whitechapel, along with more subtly anti religious bands like Black Veil Brides.

Both religious and nonreligious people can answer.

I know it'sbeen done before, but it's always fun :)

I'll start:

1. Burnt Out On Winning by Less Than Famous

2. Leaderless and Self Enlisted by Norma Jean

3. Had to Put It In the Soil by Closure In Moscow

4. Note to Self by From First to Last

5. Our Diabolikal Rapture by HIM