Norway (by peterspencer49)

One of my goals in life is seeing the Northern Lights. Another goal is going to Norway. From what I’ve seen and heard, it’s beautiful. Hopefully I will be able to achieve both goals one day, no matter how long that’ll take (especially the northern lights, ha).

I don’t have anything interesting to tell - I think this picture explains it all. My life currently consists of studying, studying, studying, and studying. Two exams done, four to go. I hope I actually pass this year, because you know… I really have to right now. I quit my job yesterday and I start my new job at the end of next week. For a year. It’s good to have about 700 euros every month, but that’s going to suck when I go back to school next year, haha. At least I have the chance to save up some money right now, take driving lessons, maybe even buy a car as well as a new camera and a record player.

I’ve always been a little bit afraid of growing up - but I think this is what it feels like. Leaving school and friends behind, and starting over. Getting a job, drivers license and a car, as well as making plans for getting my own place. Paying for bills myself instead of my parents and learning how to deal with money. I’m still a bit scared but also very excited to see what the future will bring. I can’t wait to take more pictures once I have a new camera so I can finally start on my portfolio and applying for college.

Can’t say I’m too disappointed with how these pictures turned out - for a cheap, little compact camera they’re actually alright. This was one of the best concerts I have ever been to. Obviously I went to Of Mice and Men a couple days ago, but this was even better. Three bands I absolutely adore in a tiny venue with about fifty people, maybe a little more. It was wonderful and I definitely needed this after all the studying. Now I haven’t really got anything planned for a while, which makes me sad, but hopefully there’ll be a nice gig again sometime soon.

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Austin Robert Carlile. I have quite a long list of people I admire, and look up to, and this man is definitely on that list. His music makes me extremely happy. His words, whether it’s a lyric or a tweet, or just something he said in a video or interview, they inspire me. Not only is he very, very talented - he’s also very sweet. I always read about people meeting him, and writing about how lovely he is, and now I finally got to experience that myself. This was definitely one of my highlights of 2012 so far and I can’t wait to see them again.

If I had to choose three albums that changed my life, then I’d choose the albums pictured above. First of all, almost everyone knows that Twin Atlantic are my favourite band. 30 Seconds to Mars are one of my favourites as well - they have been one of my favourites since 2005, which is seven years to be exact. 

I couldn’t really choose between A Guidance From Colour and Free, so I decided to choose both. A Guidance From Colour is very special to me because of all the memories. It also made me think about a lot of things, myself, for example, and it helped me figure out a lot of things. Free has only been in my life for a year now, but this album once again helped me figure out some things about myself. It also changed my point of view on a lot of things and to this day, it still helps me. Because of this band I have realized that if you really want something, you can get it - you’ll just have to work for it. I’m a pessimist - therefore this is something I want to keep in mind and maybe one day, I’ll be able to let go of all that negativity and hopefully I can say that I’m no longer a pessimist - but an optimist.

This Is War by 30 Seconds to Mars is not my favourite album, I think their first two albums are a lot better, but for some reason this is the album that I love the most because of, yet again, the memories, and because this band helped me deal with the divorce of my parents. The album came out in december 2010, at that time my dad had a new girlfriend and I found it very hard to accept her, and her children. At that time the band also announced that they would be playing a show over here. I had never seen them live and this gave me hope. I bought a ticket and seeing them live changed something in me. I don’t know - it made  me a different person. I saw them again last year and I couldn’t help but cry - this band has always been there for me when no one else was. Three weeks later I got the triad tattoo on my wrist to remind myself to stay strong.

I don’t know where I’d be without these albums. Obviously there are more, but I think for some of them, tumblr isn’t the right place. I’m very thankful to have both bands in my life and I will continue to support them and look forward to new music.

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