Abnormal. A life of meaning.

I have always loved music.  Music is in me, a part of me.  It soothes as nothing and no one else can; it  makes me feel when I'm numb and calms my soul when it seems as though pain and hopelessness is all that is left in the world.  I've gone through seasons of music, and while my favorites have evolved and changed and some songs may fall off the playlist as the years go by, all of the music played its part and I feel connected to those songs, as though they are old friends with whom I've been through the most important times with.  Those friends always hold a place in your heart. Sometime in my early teen years, I found a group of friends (the literal kind) and with them, my favorite bands.  I was a 90's and 00's teen, so predictably, among my favorite musicians were (and for the most part still are) Creed, Eminem, Blue October, Bush, Linkin Park, Staind, Breaking Benjamin, and Stone Temple Pilots.  A bit eclectic, but emotionally it was all the sam...