Monday Musings: Living Things & A Versatile Award

Any Linkin Park fans out there? Their fifth studio album, Living Things, dropped last Tuesday, and I downloaded it that morning. It has to be one of the shortest "full" albums I own, clocking in at just under 38 minutes. Due to some backlash from  their last album, A Thousand Suns, this album was supposed to be getting back to their earlier stuff. I don't feel they succeeded in that. The tone of their music sounds closer to their last album then their first few. But to me, that's a good thing because A Thousand Suns is my favorite Linkin Park Album. It has a lot of versatile musicality, a nice change from their structured Nu Metal sound from Hybrid Theory. I think Living Things complements A Thousand Suns, like Meteora complimented Hybrid Theory. Yeah, that was kind of like a SAT question. The more I listen to the album, the more I enjoy it, despite it's lazy length. I just wish they would compose an album that clocked in at over an hour long.

Also, I received The Versatile Blogger Award from Jennifer @ donniedarkogirl. She’s a new member of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. If you have not yet checked out her blog, then I suggest you do. Thanks, Jennifer!

THE RULES:

1. Nominate 15 (I'm sorry, but I don't follow all the rules) others for the award and inform them with a comment on each of their blogs.
2. Create a post for the Versatile Blogger Award.
3. In the same post, thank the blogger who nominated you in a post with a link back to their blog.
4. In the same post, share 7 completely random pieces of information about yourself.
5. In the same post, include this set of rules.

7 Completely Random Pieces of Information About Me:

1. My first concert was Metallica on their Reload tour.
2. I started wearing glasses in the fifth grade.
3. I broke my arm on a Friday the 13^th.
4. I met my wife online.
5. I’ve moved 10 times.
6. I love to play ping-pong, and I’m actually fairly good at it.
7. My longest relationship before my wife was 3 months (and my wife and I have now been together over 6 years)

I am picking 2 worthy people to pass on this award. Enjoy!

• Heather & Stormy @ The Waiting is the Hardest Part
• James Anderson