There's something really, really weird about looking at old projects. It's weird to think 2003 was almost half a lifetime ago. 2006 was a decade ago!

It feels like up to a point, there was a lot going on in my life. Some things stayed the same, but others were continually fresh and exciting. After 2012, despite the shitfest the first half of that year was, it feels like this has dried up. I'm really not any farther along, any better than I was at that point. There's memories after that, but by and large some things seem to have stayed the exact same for so long without any real positive change that it's frustrating.

It's probably why music's been such a major thing for me. It's about the only thing that hasn't completely stagnated, though it seems to cycle around the same few things anymore without really adding anything new.

That said: new Opeth album in September. Excited as hell. I wonder if it'll be a bit more like their older albums in sound, or continue on the path Heritage and Pale Communion have set? Either way, I'm fine with it.