Growing up, I was one of the nerds who kept a journal. It wasn't in the form of a cool leather book with a sweet padlock, but rather a bunch of random papers from a bunch of random places. Keeping a journal wasn't exactly the "popular" thing to do or talk about doing as a young boy, so I kept it quiet but continued scribbling down my thoughts when I found the time. I started putting these ramblings to music in my late teen years and quickly became addicted.

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