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Okay, let's play a little game. I like games you know. -Spasmatic laughter- Sorry, just thinking. So life's been going pretty good, right? Well, for me it has. Other than the whole, "Holy shit I'm a failure and have been reduced to the masses". That was concerning my grades, just fyi. But really, other than that life has been pretty spiffy and awesome. Someone, -coughMEcough- developed a social life while her parents were MIA, and I have to tell you, it's nice. Well, so there is a point to this post. It's kind of a huge point. So...

Question: Guess who's pretty awesome life is about to be squashed?





Answer: MINE!

Did you get it right? I hope so, because I wouldn't bother typing something about anyone else on here.

Okay, now, who wants to know why my life is soon to end? Tragically, I might add. No guesses? BAND. And not band, band. FRICKING ALL-STATE AND SOLO CONTEST BAND. Yup, so that's going to be a failure and I will let my parents down and they will eat me. As is customary in my family.

Mr. Carlson was telling cannibal jokes today, that's where I got the eating from. Except that it really does happen like that.

Tata for now I suppose. I'll see you in hell! [Unless you're not going there then au revior!]

School. Is. The. Devil.

Wow, my first day back sucked. I hate my classes. Well, the classes are all the same, it's the people that I hate. There are three Maddys (or some spelling variation) in my AP World History class. I hate it, I miss my old class with Jessie and Tracy and one Maddy. (Though Laney was there too, but her name doesn't affect me the way the others do) This semester is going to fricking suck. Study isn't the same anymore, and I forsee no oreo eating contests in the future. :[


That is all.

[we take three steps forward and three steps back]

My Favorite Albums of 2008:
in no particular order (except Kids In Glass Houses)

1. SMART CASUAL - KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES
2. Agony and Irony - Alkaline Trio
3. Pretty. Odd. - Panic! At The Disco
4. Folie a Deux - Fall Out Boy
5. Underdog Alma Mater - Forever The Sickest Kids
6. Daylight Is Coming - Remedy Drive
7. Can't Stop, Won't Stop - The Maine
8. Whisper War - The Cab
9. Rotation - Cute Is What We Aim For
10. Madeline - Tickle Me Pink
11. Want - 3OH!3
12. Appeal To Reason - Rise Against
13. That's What She Said (EP) - The Friday Night Boys
14. The Yippee EP - Nevershoutnever!
15. Fast Times At Barrington High - The Academy Is...
16. Punk Goes Crunk - Various Artists
17. Movement - Thieves And Villains
18. Starf**ker - Starf**ker
19. Sweet Dreams, Sucker - Treaty Of Paris

Most Disappointing Albums of 2008:
in no particular order (notice how this is what Mel already had, but I don't it's because they're bad, just that they never held my attention appropriately. I was SO excited for SIL, but I don't know if I've even listened to the entire CD. Same with Framing Hanley, even though I really love his voice and Hear Me Now.)

• The Moment - Framing Hanley
• Come Around - Sing It Loud

My Favorite Songs in 2008:
note: some of these songs did not come out in 2008, but I discovered them in the year.
in no particular order

• Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too - Say Anything
• I Got Your Money (Ol' Dirty Bastard) - Say Anything
• One-X (The entire CD) - Three Days Grace
• Calling All Skeletons - Alkaline Trio
• Stolen - Dashboard Confessional
• Television Off, Party On (The entire CD) - Forever The Sickest Kids
• Fat Lip - Sum 41
• The Sky's Alive - Remedy Drive
• Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
• Stay With You - The Goo Goo Dolls
• Say It Ain't So - Weezer
• How Will I Know (Whitney Houston) - Hit The Lights
• Inside Of You - Hoobastank
• Cross My Heart - Marianas Trench
• Any and all Dane Cook
• Dream Girl - Basshunter
• The Flood - Escape The Fate
• Here Goes Nothin' - Nevershoutnever!
• Pop Song - Starf**ker
• Smart Casual (The entire CD) - Kids In Glass Houses
• Goodbye, I'm Sorry - And Then I Turned Seven
• Everything I Ask For - The Maine
• Oh My - Office
• Do The Panic - Phantom Planet

Best Artists Discovered in 2008:
in no particular order

• Say Anything
• Nevershoutnever!
• Basshunter
• The Maine
• Hit The Lights
• The Friday Night Boys
• Framing Hanley
• Thieves And Villains
• Dane Cook
• Starf**ker
• Pagoda
• Tickle Me Pink
• Rise Against
• Kids In Glass Houses
• 3OH!3
• Four Year Strong
• Cute Is What We Aim For
• Office
• Anberlin
• All Time Low
• Phantom Planet
• 504 Plan
• The Sounds

Best New Band of 2008:
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES

Kids in Glass Houses are a five-piece rock band from the surrounding valleys of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The band's name is inspired by a lyric in Glassjaw song 'Tip Your Bartender'. The line is "not throwing stones at you anymore". Their most current album is "Smart Casual". I love them so much. Words cannot describe this album. Too bad they're not from the US, otherwise I'd probably get a chance to see them. This entire album is so fricking amazing. I could listen to it for days. And frequently do.

Most Anticipated for 2009:

• Panic! At The Disco
• Taking Back Sunday
• Envy On The Coast
• Say Anything
• Cobra Starship
• (Pretty much anything in the AP Most Anticipated.)

And to think, I thought I had such unique tastes. Good to know I love everyone the masses love!

[While slaving away at this post, Maddy was listening to Agony and Irony, The Yippee EP, and Smart Casual.]