That the people who primarily read my newgrounds posts are usually online around the weekend. And I find it most difficult to get online at this time, especially onto newgrounds. So I'm going to sleep on this... for forty days. And than I'll rock and roll all night.

Listen to some Sufjan Steven, he cries a lot. But he doesn't whine like an emo. So it could be worse.

I am fascinated by this. How can a person sing about their emotions and not come off as a pretentious little bitch. I have decided the secret is that he comes off as sincere. That he carefully crafts his lyrics so that you feel like what he's crying about is important. For instance Casimir Pulaski Day, it's a song about a girl the narrator knew that had terminal cancer. Sure that's typically somthing to cry about, but if you go to the internet and post about your dying friend don't expect any sympathy. People don't know your friend, they don't have anything emotionally invested in the outcome of your friends disease.

How does Sufjan get away with it. Easy, he chooses music that actually suggests the emotion he wants to convey, not generic power chords, not silly little synth lines. He doesn't whine about his needs and his problems, no the song is as much about other people as it is himself. And he explains his relationship in specifics, crafting a real story. And as you listen to it, it invites you into this world, into this situation. I listen to My Chemical Romance or Linkin Park and I just don't get it. What's the big deal. And it isn't about being misunderstood... although that's a bad move typically, if you're misunderstood how can I understand what your problem is. And if I don't understand how can I care. But another one that's done wrong is break up songs. Sure breaking up can be terrible, but it's not the end of the world. Explain to me what was so important about this one, about this time. If you're just complaining than I don't care.

Emotions aren't the enemy. It's the portrayal, they need to be presented in a way that shows respect to the listeners. If they aren't presented well than there is nothing to invest. Or the narrator comes off as a tool/egocentric/penis.

Everyone loves Cake. The band that is... are they a lie? Well, I was once going to go to one of there concerts and they canceled it. So I guess they probably are. Regardless, they write quite a few songs about relationship pitfalls and yet they somehow manage to not come off as douche bags. It's Coming Down is an excellent example. The narrator is not singing about himself he never says "I" or "me" once in the entire song. It's in third person, and the music carries the emotion not some vocalists whiny ass voice. The singer from cake actually projects an objective tone when he sings. The emotion he portrays is subtle and not overly dramatic. A clever move in my opinion.