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| About Me |
| Name --Laurel Age --16 Location --Canada OK... Now what do you want to know? Well here are a few mildly interesting facts about me that have to do with my favourite band on the planet, Our Lady Peace: I have been a fan for about a year; and I have never seen them live (That is, as of June 2, 2001) and I guess that's because I haven't been a fan for very long compared to a lot of other fans out there. I have been a fan ever since Happiness... and I must say, that album truly changed my life. This is my story... It was a warm August afternoon in 2000. My mother and I were casually strolling through the local mall when I decided I wanted to go into the record store. Of course, as soon as I said this, my mom headed for a good bench seat outside the store. She always did that when I went into any music store. I guess she couldn't stand the music they played over the speakers. Anyway, part of the reason I went into the store was because I had had my eye on a few CDs to take with me on our family trip. I had narrowed my search down to three CDs: The Foo Fighters, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Our Lady Peace. I seached up and down the aisles, trying to decide whether to buy one of the less expensive discs, (Foo Fighters or the Peppers) and was very, very close to picking The Foo Fighters instead of Our Lady Peace. In fact, I had carried that disc with me for about 15 minutes...when I decided, "Price shouldn't matter. I am going to buy a CD which I know I'll like." So I bought "Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch." I knew I'd like Happiness... because all the videos and songs which I had seen and heard all kicked ass! I can't express in writing how happy I am that I bought that CD. Really. Exclamation points mean nothing in trying to describe my happiness...in owning this album. Needless to say, when I bought Happiness... the first time I listened to it, I was overcome. I knew that I could not go an entire week (on vacation) without hearing it again. I also knew that my parents would object to everything about this brilliant album. I was going to have to be just a little sneaky to get it by them so I could continue listening to it. The entire time on the plane, I was anticipating listening to the album. I could barely focus on the in-flight movie --Men in Black...and this surprised me because MIB is my one of my top ten favourite movies ever! When we arrived at our destination, after a loooooonnnnnggg flight, we had a 4 hour drive ahead of us. I immediately plugged my head into my Discman, and pressed Play. After that, I listened to Happiness ...for an entire week (whenever there was nothing important going on). I went through three pairs of batteries! When we arrived home again, I was growing tired of the high energy album, and stopped listening to it for...well, quite awhile. I'd like to think that part of the reason I was getting sort of sullen at the time was the fact that school was going to begin again really soon. I was also a little afraid of starting high school. Well, as you can see, I did not forget about Our Lady Peace. When "Spiritual Machines" came out in December, I went out and bought it the very first day it came out, Unlike what I'd done with "Happiness..." In January, during all those Boxing Week sales, I bought "Naveed" and "Clumsy" on the same day! I decided I was going to listen to them in order of their creation, and that's exactly what I did when I got home! I know that sometime in the future, I will see Our Lady Peace live. First, I just have to slowly condition my parents to the beauty of their sound, and then there will be more liklihood of my seeing them. Of course, I could just sneak out and go to a concert without them even knowing...but that would bother me a lot. I wouldn't feel right about it. Well, I hope this hasn't been boring for you!! |
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