My Changing Life (or proof that I have no life)

Before you read this blog, I would like to request that you scroll down to the music player at the bottom of my blog, and play the song "Last Words".

Skillet...Selena. Those words are interchangeable. I earned it, every last bit of it. I loved the band Skillet like a, like a, like something you really like. I know all the songs, all the band members, the release dates of all their material, there upcoming projects, everything. But lately, things have been changing.

First of all, I haven't been connecting to the songs like I used to. You have to listen and feel with a band's songs to like them to the extent that I liked Skillet. Second, they were taking a turn in a direction that I didn't like. They were changing, and I was changing, and it didn't work anymore. Lastly, there are other bands out there, one in particular, that are hitting me harder than Skillet has been in these past few months.

I still love Skillet and what they've done for me. I look back at how much I've grown, and it's all due to God, my family, and Skillet. Those were the three things that were always there. But for months, I've been playing with the idea of giving them up, and not being so hard core. I've been trying to avoid this, but it is sort of like having a boyfriend: I don't wanna stop being friends, I just don't wanna "go out" anymore.

Then it all came crashing down with an e-mail I received on Valentines day. My favorite person in the band, one of the only reasons Skillet has made it so far in my opinion, announced that he was leaving the band. That was it for me. Skillet lost something to me, and I had a feeling it wasn't coming back.

Ben Kasica, Former guitarist for Skillet

Why is this such a big deal for me? Well, if you're asking that you never really knew me. See the beginning of this blog.

OK, I know you're all dying to know who my new favorite band is. Now before I say this, even though you've probably already scrolled down, I just wanna say that Skillet always holds a special place in my band heart, and I've vowed to never again have a band that I'm that in love with. This band has not "replaced" Skillet, they've simply moved up in my playlist count.

Thousand Foot Krutch

Oh, wow. This is really emotional for me, I feel silly admiting it. But as a writer I think the best way to impact the reader is to show your true self, and that's what I'm trying to do here. I like Thousand Foot Krutch now.

I want to end this blog with the band that has taken me more places, taught me more things, and pulled me through life's toughest moments: Skillet

See ya Ben (second from left), and I wish you well Skillet, on the path the Lord is taking the band.