Meet "The Beard"!

Happy New Year, fellas! I wish all the best to everyone of you!

Every. Single. One of you.

...Except for maybe this guy: "The Beard"

 

The Beard is a tall, lanky dude with the miraculous gift of being able to turn a happy smile into an annoyed look of desperation in milliseconds. I first met him on my train back home where he overheard a conversation I had with one of his (")friends(") and he immediately joined the chat. I had no problem with him infiltrating into the relatively closed social environment because I thought I would never meet him again.

Oh boy, how wrong I was... For the last, like, 1 or 2 semesters, The Beard searched my company whenever he had the chance to and even chased me at the train station or on the train, just to start the most awkward conversations I had in my entire life.

As I recall from my subconscious intake of whatever ill-timed and unsuitable information that came out of his furry mouth, he studies history and philosophy. Yay, what a great combination! Exactly what I'm into!!...

Unfortunately, he does not only study in Jena, too, nooo, he also lives near the same train station that I frequent, so I get to talk to him even more. And I thought I had good karma...

I think there is something seriously wrong with that guy. He does not perceive and process interpersonal signals as a "normal person" would. A "normal person" would get the clue if someone didn't like him, avoided him, walked into a different direction just to evade any contact with him. Noooot this guy!

He sneaks up to me and just starts blabbering, even when I face the other way, earphones in my ears, reacting to his "Gooood mooorning!" with a look of disgust and an irritated mumbling.

As I said, he has the gift of being ultra annoying and awkward. And luckily, I'm not the only person who thinks that. In fact, everyone seems to be reserved when it comes to a dude with a chitty-chatty hobo aura like his.

When I talked with a friend about how we miss our math classes from school and how we can't even remember all the variables and letters that stand for mathematical phenomenas, he just changed the subject to abbreviations for machine-guns (MG somethingsomething) from the Nazi regime and the army.
He took a joyous, nostalgic chat and flushed it down the depression-drain!

And don't even get me started on the beard itself and his whole look!

... Well, too late.

He looks like an Amish with a hat that's somewhere between a Homburg and a Stetson (I had to google "hats" just to figure this out). He always wears a long-sleeved, white shirt, buttoned up to the very last button, (no matter how hot it is outside!) and a long pair of dark-blue jeans. He once told me that he didn't shave for the last 5 years. Like, anything. Meaning: every part of his body is au naturel and bushy! *shudders* Including his hands, which he creams every now and then on the train (it looks like he rubs the hand lotion into his hand fur more than into the skin. If I still had a gagging reflex, THIS would activate it!)

And the beard.. oooh the beard...

He once (or maybe twice) ate lunch with me in the canteen of the university.

He ate soup. And something else that's already messy to eat.
I watched him eat that shit.

There were soup drops in his mustache when he finished the soup. And he did not care to get rid of them.

There were chunks of food in the rest of his beard. Chunks and bits that normally fall back on the plate. But not in his case. His beard was full of food remains and I dare not to think about what else was hiding in that chin-mane of oily, dandruffy hair!

I once had the image in my head that if he had a cat and came home from studying, he would just hold his beard above the cat's bowl and shake it. And everything that drops into the bowl would be the cat's "catch of the day".

 

I guess I'm responsible for my own nightmares.

What I need for 2014 is something to finally get rid of him. Something that turns him off so much, that he just stays in his weird corner... thinking weird thoughts... looking weird... talking about weird stuff with other weird people that get him and his absurd way of just BEING.

I guess that's my New Year's resolution.

Staying away from The Beard.

So let's get our thoughts on something more pleasant than food chunks and insufficient hygiene:

MUSIC!!

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~music time~

It's been a long time since I presented new tracks for you, guys. So I just made a lil' collection of songs that I found in the whole month of December. Enjoy!

That's it for now. You can't imagine how fun it was to finally draw something for this blog again! :)
Fingers crossed 2014 gets better than 2013!

Greetings
~Maximiwax'*

Wave #8: Best Artists Of 2013!

2013 has been a great year (so far), hasn't it? The blockbusters were intriguing, the summer was hot, the news were full of crap as always and there may not have been so much love in the air as some had hoped, but there was something else going 'round. A muse, kissing several artists to set their full potential free.

There are numerous great musicians and bands that RULED 2013. First and foremost Lorde, who set many records with her debut single "Royals". And even though I luuurve her tracks, other artists will be named in this post as my favorites of the year.

The following artists published tracks that have been in my "favorites" playlist for several months. And that means something, since I re-organize it every week! So without further ado, here they are: The best artists of 2013 (imo) !!!

Flume & Chet Faker
This collab is a match made in heaven! The dj and the "modern soul" singer only published a hand full of tracks together at the end of this year, but still these songs amaze me so much that I had to include them in the list.






RY X
I once called RY X the 'new Bon Iver' and maybe you get what I mean by that. His songs don't need fancy beats and fast-paced rhythms. His echoey vocals float on a breeze of guitar and soft drum sounds and create a dreamlike state of peace and melancholy.






BANKS
I wanted to include something a lil' more upbeat and yet cool and fresh to the list. Oh, and also a ladaaaay. So I chose BANKS, a young female artist who's still quite new to the music scene. I think her voice appeals to a lot of listeners and her lyrics are thoughtful and real. Plus, she looks bangin' !!!






Josef Salvat
This man... Ungh. Every song he brings out instantly becomes a new favorite of mine. I love his deep lyrics, the different vibes and influences he uses in his music and, of course, his voice. It must be his peculiar upper lip that creates these vocals! I also bet that Mr. Salvat is one of this world's best lovers. Just an assumption...





So this is my list of this year's best artists. Let me know in the comment section, if you have any other artists that needed a spot in this list or if you already know next year's big newcomers!

Have a great week, guys!

Greetings!
~Maximiwax'*