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Blurryface-Twenty one pilots overview and personal thoughts

Blurryface , actually the 4th studio album by the band Twenty One Pilots. After the first album, that wasn't the most popular but definitely built a fan base. The second album was similar, it also built the fan base even more, and had a couple songs that while they never charted on the BH100, they were super popular among the fans. Then the third album, just like the last two, none of the songs charted, but here is where the band began to get into the mainstream, with songs like Car radio, Ode to sleep, and Holding on to you. (Yes I know I need to finish the album overview for Vessel beyond the first two songs) With all the hype in the band, with both the fans and the mainstream alike, does this album live up to the hype? The album starts with the song Heavydirtysoul . The song starts off with the second (or third if you count the one later in the song) fastest rap section in Twenty One Pilots songs (I don't know about kitchen sink, I didn't calculate it yet). The rap s...

Marathon training/Cross country season Days 18-39

Day 18 , 9/22/18 Long run day. Ran it with Sam, Isaiah, and Elijah. Was really glad to have company, especially after Friday. I bruised my calf at a party I went to, we were playing capture the flag and I tripped, and someone tripped over my calf. I was fine for the game, but after the adrenaline had worn off, I was limping pretty hard. I iced my leg that night which helped, but it was still sore the next morning. But that wasn't the worst when it came to the run. I had gotten a sore throat on Saturday morning right before the run and that just made my run miserable. I couldn't breathe great, second half of the run I was coughing every 3 minutes or so, and I had a headache to top it all off. The run started off pretty fine though, although it was much slower than I usually run. Isaiah probably didn't mind, since I stuck back with him anytime he got behind. Talked about how bad it looks like we exert ourselves when we run, it was a pretty interesting conversation. Both Is...