Favorites of '08: Albums

I don't know about you but I still buy CDs. I like to physically have albums I enjoy. Yes I use itunes and own an ipod but I like popping a CD into a stereo and putting it on repeat.

With that being said I've put together a little list of some of my favorite albums of 2008:

Ludo, You're Awful, I Love You. This power pop band from the mid-west has fun songs with catchy hooks. Ludo is at their best when singing about what no other band sings about like lakes that eat people and that creepy guy who lives in your apartment building.

Panic at the Disco, Pretty. Odd. This album sounds nothing like A Fever You Can't Sweat Out but I love it just the same. One album they've got electro/cabaret beats and the next they sound like the Beatles. I'm excited to see what they do next.

Fall Out Boy, Folie A Deux. Everyone knows I'm a huge Fall Out Boy fan and this album is in constant rotation. I think people who might not listen to Fall Out Boy normally should give this album is shot.


Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend. Every one's been talking about this band and they should be. They have a unique style combining African beats, keyboards and even some classical sounds. This was the perfect summer time album for me.

Ryan Adams, Cardinology. Sometimes a Ryan Adams album can be spotty with some amazing songs and a few duds but this is a solid album. Who says you can't make a good album after cleaning up?

Stayed tuned for a few more favorites of 2008 surprises

Reality check

My normal pant size seems to be a bit snug. This is not good. I was trying on pants at the store and I was trying to convince myself it's the pants. No, it's me. I've been eating bad lately. I can eat a lot.

I snack all the time and I'm sort of known at work for not turning down food. Everyone keeps saying it will catch up with me and this could be the beginning. I'm not overweight but I want to stay the pant size I am! Time to nip this in the butt (literally) before it gets out of hand.

Maybe by posting this on my blog where it's there for all of the internet to read I'll be more likely to follow through. I feel so much better when I'm eating well and going to the gym. My mood improves and I have more energy. Maybe I'll look into some type of organized sport, something I have to show up to each week.

My stomach is really making me regret those sweet and sour meatballs I ate earlier today.

This is a boredom post

This is my I don't want to be working today face.

There are a grand total of three people in the office today. It's just a little too quiet. I've done some shopping online (two new pairs of jeans and a jacket), twittered, went on facebook, checked my e-mail, checked the blogs I read, did a little bit of work, and now I'm BORED.

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. I ate too much but it was worth every last tasty bite. I had Thai food from my favorite Thai place, I had food from the Chateau which has the best bread and toasted raviolis, and I had a home cooked dinner of ham, a roast, rolls, potatoes, green bean casserole and corn. This was not all in one day. I'm not that fat.

I should go to the gym today but I shouldn't drive anymore than needed on my spare tire. This is quite the good excuse not to go to the gym.

I just have to say being single around the holidays is no fun. All my friends are spending the weekend with their boyfriends or girlfriends or fiances and I'm just hanging out by myself being bored.

Ok back to "work"

Merry Christmas

I got a flat tire on Christmas Eve. This proves that I have the worst luck with tires. Say a prayer as I attempt to drive to my uncles on a spare.

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas with no flat tires.

Folie A Deux

I've finally had a chance to give Folie a Deux, the new Fall out Boy CD a good listen. I've had the CD on repeat since the day I got it. This is a different Fall out Boy than we've heard before. Patrick Stump seems more comfortable and his vocals on this album are great. He has a good range and we can finally hear that. The style of songs varries widely. One minute it seems like older Fall Out Boy the next second it sounds like something Panic! At the Disco would have done.

Their first radio single "I Don't Care" is a really fun song and has the typical catchy Fall Out Boy hook. "What a Catch, Donnie" is another stand out song for me on this album. It's a little different than what I'm use to from Fall Out Boy but this slower song is growing on me. "20 Dollar Nose Bleed" features Brandon Urie from Panic at the Disco and sounds like it came off of Pretty Odd. I love these two singing together. One other song I have to mention is "America's Suithearts". That song gets stuck in my head constantly now.

Even if you're not a big fan of Fall Out Boy I would give this album a shot. It's just a good album.

Why I will never watch Hostel ever again

I had a freaky dream last night! Anything with eyeballs freaks me out. Eyeballs are not meant to be touched. That scene in Hostel, yea you know the one, that was one of the most nauseating things I have ever seen. I think you get the point.

So my dream. For some reason I have to wear these colored contacts for a party. I get them in fine but they won't come out. I'm freaking out asking people how to get them out. Someone tells me to just use my finger nail and lift it off. I try that but end up peeling off part of my eye that's stuck to the contact (This is where I freak!!!). My eye looks all crazy like when you mix paint together and swirl it around, that's what it looked like. I could still see out of my eye but that didn't help the freak out factor.

I tried to look up what this dream could mean:

1. To dream that your eyes are injured or closed, suggests your refusal to see the truth about something or the avoidance of intimacy. You may be expressing feelings of hurt, pain or sympathy.
2. To see your own eyes in your dream, represents enlightenment, knowledge, comprehension, understanding, and intellectual awareness. Unconscious thoughts may be coming onto the surface. The left eye is symbolic of the moon, while the right eye represents the sun. It may also be a pun on "I" or the self. If you dream that your eyes have turned inside your head and you can now see the inside of your head, then it symbolizes insight and something that you need to be aware of. This dream may be literally telling you that you need to look within yourself. Trust your intuition and instincts.

I think it means that I don't like things in my eyes.

An ode to sour cream

I think my roommate and I have a problem. This problem is sour cream. We are going through sour cream like water! It all started because it was on sale. So we used it. We had to buy more. Now we can't stop. I had it with two meals today! Not to mention I had it last night with dinner and Friday night. I use to hate sour cream, now I don't know how I lived without it. We're running low. Must restock.

You can tell I'm going a little stir crazy. I mean I'm writing about sour cream.