So finally, after years and years of contemplating on whether I should sign myself up for a blog here, I have decided to go for it. This decision was made with the help of my twin sister, Sya Hysteria (whose work you should really check out by the way).
So let's take a second to briefly introduce this Lyds Labyrinth person.
My real name is Lydia Mohamed. I am a 19 year old Mass Communications student from Singapore. I've been writing ever since I figured out how to use a pencil. My favourite thing in the world to write about is Music. It is ridiculous to explain how someone learned how to love music. It is genetically enforced in our nature to be attracted to something beautiful. In my true and honest opinion, Music defines beauty. There's nothing more magical and enchanting in this world. (Johnny Depp comes close.)
The first song I was ever obsessed with was Love Will Lead You Back by Taylor Dane, as according to my parents and adoring sister (who is right now in florida. Sis I miss you already). I was told that noone in my family was allowed to even breathe the words to this song when it was playing and as long as there was a mic in my hand, the song was noone elses but mine. That song introduced me to the cult that was music. Welcome To The Jungle by Guns'N'Roses taught me rocking hard was the way to live. I have been a fan of music ever since.
My choice of genre is complicated. There was a time in my life when I thought boybands were the only type of musicians there were, and that the vocal chord was the one and only instrument in music. But obviously, one can stay naive for so long. I moved on to pop-punk rock and bar chords. The transitions made afterwards are a blur to me because I basically jumped from genre to genre trying to figure myself out. I jumped from pop-punk to trash metal to progressive to grind to brutal death to indie and lastly, I fell in the comfortable arms of death metal. I still love that genre to, well DEATH but seeing as how most death metalers wont accept you unless you're "DEATH METAL TO THE GRAVE!", I decided staying low key about it would do me good. Now, I listen to all the genres I've listed here.
As the title of this blog may have suggested, I will be posting some of my written work here, for purposes I shall not discuss at this time. I am all for constructive criticism. Seriously, I know for a fact I'm not that hella good of a writer. But one thing I DO NOT appreciate is thoughtless bashing of ones work. If you don't have anything good to say, don't waste your breath. No point in making a time consuming chore out of nothing. Fire is good but too much of anything can kill a person.
I've only recently had my written work published, after working with a music webzine called Shout!. For that, I will be eternally thankful to my 2 fine editors, Ashley Apathetic and Jacki Spencer. I've contributed a few articles at the zine (that I will be posting up shortly) and am now working as one of the interview staff. It's an awesome job, just so you know. :) Before this webzine, I've had 2 other articles published in a printed magazine by the Singapore Children's Society called CABINLINK.
So finally, I believe the occasion calls for a shout out!
To my family:
I doubt any of you will read this but if you are, YAHOO I LOVE YOU!
To my bestfriends:
Sya - thanks for thinking for me something my brain delayed for so long and for kicking my ass when it needs to be kicked.
Lyn - thanks for being my walking dictionary and kicking my ass for when it needs to be kicked.
To everyone reading:
Thank you for taking the time. ROCK&ROLL!
