And if I really wanted to learn something I'd listen to more records

I will never be anyone’s idea of normal. No sandstone institution will elevate my opinions to the status of truth. No industry will ever deem me their ideal: not of beauty, not of personality, not of anything. But I do not care about this, because I know that normal is a lie so I refuse to chase it. I refuse to change a single thing about myself in order to meet a standard that was never set with me in mind. I refuse to think or speak or act in a way that would make me more acceptable to the kinds of people society considers normal because I know what they do not: that the pedestal on which they are perched is a precarious one. Because the other thing about normal, you see, is that it is ever-changing, and the higher one climbs on the backs of the marginalised and dispossessed, the farther one has to fall when the goalposts shift.

Normal is a fiction, and to treat it as reality is to allow its toxicity to permeate our lives, to twist and contort us until we are unrecognisable even to ourselves. Do not strive to be normal; you will destroy the things that are true and valuable and lovable about yourself and you will still get nowhere. Strive instead to be yourself, and let the goalposts shift where they may.

Normal is a curious game, you see. The only winning move is not to play.

- Jaythenerdkid

Ibland hittar man bloggar där varje inlägg är välskrivet och man bara inte kan sluta läsa. Aaminah Khans blogg är en sådan.



Dagens låtar:









Har i princip bara lyssnat på Royal Republic de senaste dagarna. Läste i en intervju att deras inspiration var Danko Jones och the Hives. Har inte lyssnat så mycket på the Hives, men dagens låtar var ju bra!


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Sometimes you find blogs where every post is well written and you just can't stop reading. Aaminah Khan's blog is one of those.

I have basically only listened to Royal Republic the past few days. I read an interview where they said that their main inspiration came from Danko Jones and the Hives. I haven't listened much to the Hives, they're pretty good!