athenaltena | Possible journal layout change

I'm considering redoing the journal layout, as much as I love Amaterasu O-Kami, but it's been well over a year with it and my life situation has changed quite a bit. I might try integrating this image or something similar, and this quote that I feel applies to me right now:

Like a coming of age on the road less traveled
From the concrete streets to the back woods gravel
From the cage to the stage as my wings unravel
You won the war though I'm still fighting battles
'Cause I've hoped and I've fallen
I’ve ran and I’ve stalled
I’ve hung up and I've called
I've laughed and I’ve bawled
But through it all I’m standing tall
‘Cause I heard your call, sing it out y'all
- Mat Kearney, "Poor Boy"

He tones down the spoken word for his later albums for the better, in my opinion, but that's probably my favorite lyric off the album. Maybe I'll cut the y'all. Don't know yet. Either way his entire album hits close to home and my situation right now, so it's been on my main playlist and MP3 player for a while.

Also, in poking around to find the proper version of these lyrics I discovered that I'm actually one of the few people to actually have this album, since it was a limited release and the original record producer no longer exists. I found the CD at the radio station and grabbed it for my show since I'd heard of his later work, and I guess our copy must have been sent as a promo to us. When I found it it had never been opened, which I think is a damn shame, since while it has its rough spots there are a lot of good things on it.