Life has been very good to me lately. There are so many exciting things to report on that I'm not even sure where to begin, but I guess I'll start with the biggest things: I have officially graduated from UT Chattanooga with a degree in Political Science: American Studies. My college years are over. It's finally done. THE END. Can you believe it? My college career was such a total mess, but somehow I was able to finish what I started, and now I've got a diploma to prove it.

I get to keep my job as a writing tutor at UTC until June 26th, and I'm starting to search for some kind of sufficient employment outside of Chattanooga. This is kind of a nightmare, but hopefully there will be a job that's just right for me with employers that will actually consider me an asset to their publication (I'm looking for jobs in writing/journalism/copy-editing). Atlanta is still my playground of choice, but I'm considering other big cities, like Nashville, Chicago, or New York City. I'll go wherever I get the right opportunity, and also where I have a lot of supportive contacts. Wish me luck as I try to make something right.

One majorly exciting piece of news is that I'll be attending this year's Scion Rock fest in Tampa, Florida! My lovely friend Rachel was able to score us a sweet time share in the form of a beach house in Clearwater, and we'll be down there from May 31st - June 3rd. Believe it or not, this will be my first trip EVER to the beach, so you can imagine I'm pretty excited!

Some of the bands we'll be seeing live at this year's Scion fest include Sleep, Down, St. Vitus, Exodus, Merzbow, Psychic TV, Church of Misery, and Cerebral Ballzy. I'm hoping to get to chill with Pike again, plus I have the goal of finally meeting Phil Anselmo. Myself, , Rachel, Robbie, Jared, and a few others will have the vacation of a lifetime! There will be lots of pictures, footage, and a few stories to tell, I guarantee you

Two weeks ago, my Mastodon fan site Fuck Yeah Mastodon was the very first site to premier Mastodon's cover of the classic Flaming Lips track "A Spoonful Weighs A Ton", which got my little site featured at Pitchfork. I was stunned that we were credited as a news source by such a popular blog

But wait, it gets better! Last Friday, I got to see Baroness live in Nashville at The End. They debuted two new songs, "March to the Sea" and "Take My Bones Away", which appear on their upcoming double LP Yellow & Green. I got footage of these songs and uploaded them to YouTube...and in less than 24 hours, that footage got featured in THIS ARTICLE at MetalSucks.net. I nearly fainted! Don't know what the source of my good fortune is, but I am really digging all of these little happy things. Promoting bands on this scene is my passion, and after years of confusion, I've found something that just feels right.

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