This series of blogs is dedicated to Ol’Swerdlow… considering it’s practically his idea entirely.

The capital… every state has one. It’s a widely agreed upon fact that every state capital has far more than it’s fair share of douchebags. Of course, by “widely agreed upon” I mean that someone mentioned it to me once, and I liked how it sounded… but that’s beside the point.
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Two and a half years ago I volunteered to become my unit’s CPR instructor. I went through a few weeks worth of training, a rough certification course through the American Heart Association, a probationary period of supervised instruction, and eventually I was accepted into the fold as a full-fledged instructor. At the time, I thought all of the hooplah was a bit “much”. Now, and only now, do I really GET why they were as anal as they were.

I work in my unit’s control center. I had been at work for maybe an hour before one of the guys from my unit busts into the room to tell us that one of the unit’s contractors has a serious medical problem, and needs ambulance. Having heard that much, I sprang up.. ran into the room.. to see a 40-50 year old black man in a computer chair. His head was tilted back… he was gargling, and really pale.
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Everyone, meet Eroded Pride

It’s pretty funny to hear scenester-metal kids talk about bands like this. They preach with a droll gravitas that makes you, if for only a second, believe that their music sucks less by comparison. With confidence I can tell you that on a microscopic level… the scenester kids are probably right.
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