positivelyBLEAK Grinning back into the abyss.

18May/100

I Came, I Saw, I Partied

…aaaaand we’re back. Sorry for the hold-​up, everyone, it was a hell of a party in Vegas and another hell of a recovery from the time dif­fer­ence. (When else do I get to squeeze in 17-​hour sleeps?) ♠ Continue reading…

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1May/101

Emily Bleak Takes Las Vegas

A speedy update so you all know I’m not dead yet: Las Vegas is over­whelming and awe­some, the view of the big sky and moun­tains from the Venetian is incred­ible! ♠ Continue reading…

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26Apr/100

A Most Abbreviated NEMHF & Hair Care by Corpsegrinder

Massachusetts was just graced with the New England Metal & Hardcore Fest, which man­ages to become more and more hardcore-​centric every year. This year it made up for a lineup stocked to the gills with fash­ion­core acts by booking locals Black Pyramid and Doomriders on Friday (I’m pissed that I missed them; they were added to the bill so late in the game!) and an Amon Amarth/​Cannibal Corpse header on Saturday, so of course I bought tickets. ♠ Continue reading…

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20Apr/108

Sink or Swim

After a day of hob­bling around work (and S. being such a gen­tleman about wheeling me to the sports med­i­cine doc), I learned that my amazing bub­blegum run­ning shoes are actu­ally hurting my joints. I have to take a few weeks off of the Couch-​to-​5k pro­gram (I actu­ally cried at this, I’m obvi­ously hooked) and get some new kicks with more sup­port. In the mean­time, I get… ♠ Continue reading…

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13Apr/102

What I Wore…Channeling the ‘70s

I am shit at taking photos of myself. Luckily, I have pho­tog­ra­pher friends, kind enough to come help me out in a pinch. Like Pope Tom, my per­sonal favorite Pope, as well as the only man I know who comes with his own waiver, who stopped by this windy weekend for Chimay and pic­ture time! ♠ Continue reading…

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8Apr/102

Brutalizing the Carnival

We Bostonians get a spe­cial annual treat every spring – the local suburb of Revere, renowned for its ya-​doods, sketchy strip clubs, and beach lit­tered with garbage, hosts a spring car­nival in the movie the­ater parking lot. It’s simply…magical. ♠ Continue reading…

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3Apr/102

Do Couch-​To-​5K With PositivelyBleak!

The sun is just starting to peek out here in Boston after expe­ri­encing some epic weeks of rain, and it’s giving me the itch to get out and move around. I’d heard people talk about the Couch-​To-​5K plan, but as a smoker, I’d always written off run­ning as “some­thing other people do.” Then I read this tes­ti­mony: ♠ Continue reading…

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30Mar/103

Shut Up, Shoe Shopping is Totally Metal

For me, shoe shop­ping is a little like a man­hunt. Sometimes I go it alone, as a med­i­ta­tive expe­ri­ence, and some­times I hunt in packs, where we com­bine our indi­vidual expe­ri­ence to become an unstop­pable force. ♠ Continue reading…

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25Mar/100

How to Make Friends at a Metal Show

Everybody needs a bestie. Sometimes it’s hard to find new friends, whether you’ve just made a big life change like moving to a new place or have just grad­u­ated from col­lege, or even if you just want to meet some new people to shake things up a little. ♠ Continue reading…

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20Mar/104

Me, Oreo, & Equinophobia

Today was Thunderhorse Day, and it was a beau­tiful day to over­come a baseless-​but-​longstanding fear. ♠ Continue reading…

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