TwoDollarBillo

Mike: What time is it?

In case anyone reading my blog is unaware, this is a reference to the Green Day song titled “Wake Me Up When September Ends” a song that Billie Joe Armstrong wrote following the death of his father in September of 1982 when Billie Joe was ten years old. The title of the song references his desire to sleep through September in an effort to get some emotional distance from the death of his father.

having a bad day?

“When I was growing up, I had shaky hands, because I was put up for adoption after some substance abuse issues. As a result, I didn’t have the finesse on the guitar, so instead I fell in love with bass. Then to solidify it, when I was 14, someone broke into my house and stole all my guitars, but my bass was at Billie’s house. I said, “it’s official — I’m a bass player.””

if i say i’m anxious or having a panic attack they’ll say that i’m too young to be going through that, that my problems aren’t real. they won’t take me seriously.