For The Sleepless

Have you ever had an experience in life that left you wondering what ever happened to the other person involved? Maybe it's a relationship, a friendship, a family member, or maybe even someone you had just met for a brief amount of time. Sometimes we remember them through the feelings we held for them, but were never outwardly expressed. Maybe there was something left unsaid that you wish you could go back and say it, or maybe you wish you could tell them right here, right now the thoughts you've held on to this whole time. Whatever it may be, I think a majority of us wish we could go back. There are times I wish I could go back and save a friendship from going down the tubes, or maybe try out certain friendships instead of putting that person aside. (I know we aren't supposed to dwell on the past because there is nothing we can do about it, but in reality there is. We can learn from it. These regrets we may carry around can help us shape the person who we are today.) No ...

(Note: I will be posting random songs by Andrew McMahon, feel free to listen whenever, I may blog about specific ones later) Walking By by Something Corporate This past weekend I had the amazing opportunity to see my favorite performer pour his soul into his music. I've had the incredible opportunity to meet Andrew McMahon on two separate opportunities. The first was a year ago, and the second two days ago. The first time I met him was when he had the Something Corporate Reunion Tour and then recently as Jack's Mannequin. As you have read before in the post about the song "Swim", I consider this musical genius to be a pretty huge inspiration to me. This guy, from the two times I've met him, read his blogs, and the fact that he makes sure to meet his fans, is a really awesome guy to have as the inspiration that he is to me. The first time I met him I actually had the chance to tell him how much he is such an inspiration to me. Figuring that he would just sa...

Today, I am going to get a little bit real with this post. The music this artist creates somehow makes me feel like he is singing to me, like we have this deep connection. He sings of survival in dark days, in days you don't feel like you can go on any more. He tells you, the world is watching you, what are you going to do? It's these words that dare me to be a better person, that tell me to fight in this life. In fact, the title of my blog: For The Sleepless, and also the URL for the website, come from this guy's music. Before I get to where I need to be (in the present), I need to go back. I was introduced to this band back in high school. A friend of mine said that his cousin went to a concert in New York and brought back the band's cd. On it was a song called Konstantine, my eyes were immediately opened. Now, my post isn't about this song, but maybe one of these days I'll tackle that masterpiece. The singer, Andrew McMahon would, later, through college and ...