You smeared your lipstick on my leg...

moved. check your friends.

its been a bad day

No. No I could not. I have ruined friendships over liking shit bands.

And frankly, good taste in music is more important than most other factors in determining a relationship.

it's good if they have it, but being open to learning is equally as acceptable.

Honestly, I wouldn't. Tour manage, maybe. But play? Never.

SHOWS THIS YEAR (As I remember)

6/30 Warped (Less Than Jake, Shad, Hit The Lights, Streetlight...) - Cricket (With Will and Paul)
7/14 The Fray W/Jack's Mannequin - Dodge Theater (Will, we only stayed for JM)
8/21 Taking Back Sunday - ASU (Matt 1)
8/22 Green Day w/Franz Ferdinand - US Airways Arena (Will)
9/19 Fall Frenzy (BLINK 182!) - Tempe Beach Park (Will, Sophia, Allie, Aspen and Jared)
10/28 Cobra Starship w/A Rocket to the Moon, The Maine, VersaEmerge - The Marquee (Will)
11/20 Say Anything w/ Eisley, Moneen, Miniature Tigers - The Marquee (solo)
12/7 Less Than Jake w/Cage, The Swellers - The Marquee (Paul)

I feel like there was others too...

Every show was excellent, even if we thought we were going to catch fire at Green Day, got sunburned at Warped, couldn't get in the crowd for JM, got hit in the chest at blink, went alone for Say Anything and had my ears bleed with Cage. I went with the wrong person to TBS, but it was worth it to see them, you know?

These are what I consider to be the best albums released from 00-09. In ABC order by year. If you wanna know why something is or isn't on this list, ask. :)

2000:
Return of Saturn – No Doubt

2001:
All Killer No Filler – Sum 41
Bleed American – Jimmy Eat World
From Here to Infirmary – Alkaline Trio
Is This It? – The Strokes
Rock Steady – No Doubt
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket – blink-182
White Blood Cells – The White Stripes
Your Favorite Weapon – Brand New

2002:
A Jackknife To A Swan – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Box Car Racer
Does This Look Infected? – Sum 41
Drunk Enough To Dance – Bowling For Soup
Drunken Lullabies – Flogging Molly
Tell All Your Friends – Taking Back Sunday
The All-American Rejects

2003:
Anthem – Less Than Jake
Blink-182
Elephunk – Black Eyed Peas
Fever To Tell – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Give Up – The Postal Service
Good Mourning – Alkaline Trio
Money Money 2020 – The Network
More Parts Per Million – The Thermals
Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard
Take This To Your Grave – Fall Out Boy
The Dresden Dolls
Two Lefts Don’t Make A Right… But Three Do – Relient K

2004:
A Hangover You Don’t Deserve – Bowling For Soup
America’s Sweetheart – Courtney Love
American Idiot – Green Day
Back To Bedlam – James Blunt
Catalyst – New Found Glory
Franz Ferdinand
Futures – Jimmy Eat World
Good News for People Who Love Bad News – Modest Mouse
In Love and Death – The Used
…Is A Real Boy – Say Anything
Mmhmm – Relient K
Numbers and Mumbles – Say Hi To Your Mom
Siren Song of the Counter Culture – Rise Against
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge – My Chemical Romance

2005:
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out – Panic! At The Disco
Almost Here. – The Academy Is…
Charge!! – The Aquabats
Commit This To Memory – Motion City Soundtrack
Everything in Transit – Jack’s Mannequin
From Under The Cork Tree – Fall Out Boy
Plans – Death Cab for Cutie
The Papercut Chronicles - Gym Class Heroes

2006:
Alright, Still – Lily Allen
As Cruel As School Children - Gym Class Heroes
Coming Home – New Found Glory
Teenage Graffiti - The Pink Spiders
This Is A Stick Up… Don’t Make It A Murder – Hit The Lights
We Don’t Need To Whisper – Angels and Airwaves
When Your Heart Stops Beating – (+44)
While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets – Cobra Starship
Yes, Virginia – The Dresden Dolls
Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! – Hellogoodbye

2007:
Even If It Kills Me – Motion City Soundtrack
In Defense of the Genre – Say Anything…
Made of Bricks – Kate Nash
My Dear – New Year’s Day
New Wave – Against Me!
The Con – Tegan and Sara
The Shade of Poison Trees – Dashboard Confessional
Viva la Cobra! – Cobra Starship

2008:
Fast Times at Barrington High – The Academy Is…
Folie A Deux – Fall Out Boy
Narrow Stairs – Death Cab For Cutie
One Of The Boys – Katy Perry
Pretty. Odd. – Panic At The Disco
The Fame – Lady Gaga
The Glass Passenger – Jack’s Mannequin
Waves and The Both of Us – Charlotte Sometimes

2009:
Hot Mess – Cobra Starship
It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
It’s Blitz! – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Sainthood - Tegan and Sara
Say Anything
Two Tongues

So my mom's dating my godfather. this is profoundly weird and I don't know how to feel about it, really. he's a great guy and all, but. i don't know. it's really fucking with my dad too and he's all falling apart which he admits is stupid because he never speaks to either of them but now i'm really freaked out because i like to see mom happy but hate to see dad hurt and i've known julian my entire life and he introduced my parents but.

godammit this shouldn't bother me this much but here i am crying. what the fuck.

I hate it when I start sympathizing with Say Anything. Though I am seeing them on the 20th. Maybe I'll ask Max.

I just bought like thirteen things for my birthday. Mostly books on music/scene culture. because I am that kind of person.

Songbook - Nick Hornby

Dragging the Lake Video Magazine: Issue 1 (Def a DVD...)

The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge - David Kamp

A Field Guide to the Urban Hipster - Josh Aiello

Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture - Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley (I lost my old copy)

Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time - Rob Sheffield

Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America - Ann Powers

Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life - John Sellers

The Hipster Handbook - Robert Lanham

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 - Michael Azerrad

My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream - Matt Diehl

Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo - Andy Greenwald (replacing another lost copy...)

Miss Misery: A Novel - Andy Greenwald


I'm throughly excited.

Senior group picture tomorrow 3rd hour! Just go out to the bleachers! Spread the word!