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woot! Classes are over! Today was mostly good! The bad was that I had my Developmental Psych test and even though I studied for it a good amount, she tested us on basically everything I didn't study well. So I don't think I did that well on the test. But the good was that I just came back from this German event thing that I went to with people from my class which was a lot of fun, it's snowing, I got a 48/50 on the first half of my Research in Psych test and we went over the answers for the second part and I got them all right and he's adding 2 points to everyone's test because a lot of people did badly so I got 100 on that which is awesome, I'm getting a 95 in calc so I don't need to study too much for that final, and oh yeah, did I mention, CLASSES ARE OVER. Also, I had absolutely delicious cheesecake at that German function. ugh those are so awesome, because you get class credit (we have to go to 2 German-related events during the semester) for sitting around and eating delicious cake and cheesecake and talking with friends from class (and not even in German! We totally spoke in English the entire time).

I'm really anxious for the new Fall Out Boy CD to get released. I was sad when they said they were pushing it back and then I got it into my head they were releasing it on the first Tuesday in December and then last weekend I went to check for sure and found out it's not until the 16th, so now I'm very disappointed. And I absolutely adore What a Catch, Donnie and Slide Headfirst... I don't remember the rest of the title, but yeah, that one. So I'm expecting the rest of the CD to be equally as awesome and I really want it now. :(

Firefox randomly updated itself and now it looks different and I don't approve. I think it might be Firefox 3.0? Ok, so I approved it updating, but I didn't think it was updating to look different. I don't like it much so far. =/ We'll see, I guess. Why can't things that work just stay as they are? Especially when no improvements are made.

Anyways, I didn't watch The Office or actually any TV shows last night, so I'm going to go catch up on Thursday night TV. Then I'm going to figure out studying for finals schedule and possibly start on my Research in Psych take-home final. Tomorrow I'm meeting with a friend from calc to go over stuff, then hopefully doing the take-home SPSS (computer program thing) final for Research in Psych, and then I don't know what else. Probably starting German and RIP review. It's actually not going to be too bad a weekend, compared to this week, even with all the finals coming up. And no more reports/papers to write! Happy times.

Current Mood: chipper

OMG IS THAT BUSTER BLUTH (Tony Hale) IN FALL OUT BOY'S NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR THEIR COVER OF "BEAT IT"? PLEASE TELL ME I'M NOT IMAGINING THINGS AND THAT'S TOTALLY HIM BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING EVER.

Anyways, The Cab's Whisper War is out today! I totally forgot about that until... last night, pretty much. I actually wasn't expecting to like it very much just because... they're kind of too pop-y for my tastes. I know that FOB and related bands can be rather pop-y at times, but... The Cab reminds me of NSYNC way more often and more... blatantly, I guess. And I enjoy listening to old NSYNC every once and awhile, but a lot of that is the nostalgia factor and not so much that it's actually good. But I liked this! It is still pretty pop-y, but it sounds less boy-bandish overall. And I was disappointed looking at the track list before hearing the songs that Singing Myself to Sleep isn't on there because the acoustic version from that radio show that has circled around is my favorite The Cab song, but then it turned out it was, it just had a different name and sounded different. And I like the acoustic more, but I'm happy it was included. Ah new music makes me happy. ...ugh but now I'm considering seeing them at the House of Blues Anaheim in May. Are there still tickets to that? I kind of hope there aren't just because I really can't spend any more money before I know I'll definitely have a job for the summer (even though HOB Anaheim tickets are cheap; I think I saw they were selling for $10? Of course that doesn't include the millions of dollars Ticketmaster charges for convenience fees and all).

Random stuff on last week's Ugly Betty that I meant to mention at some point and forgot about: ( Ugly Betty 2.14 Twenty-four Candles )

Anyways, I got no work done yesterday! Shocking! Totally not fitting to my personality and everything you've seen of how good I am at totally not procrastinating and not writing an 8-page paper the night before it's due! sigh. But I was talking to other people in the class before class started today, and like... no one has actually started writing it. Like, one person has a few pages done, but that's it. There are people who haven't even seen the film we're supposed to analyze yet. So, that makes me feel slightly better about where I am in relation to it being done. In any case, it'll be over with very soon.

Speaking of papers, remember how at the beginning of the semester I was so happy about not having any research papers because it takes me so long to research and I wouldn't have to do that in English and for the Film paper. ...yeah, not so happy about it anymore. It's true that I don't have to spend a day in the library researching, but instead I have to read through an entire book again to find relevant bits of evidence for my English papers or watch a 15-minute movie 10 times and make screencaps of frames and it ends up just taking as long. So, as it turns out, I'd much prefer a research paper. It requires less thinking, and I actually enjoy the research part. Oh well. Not like I can fix that now.

Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Vegas Skies - The Cab

Wheee I got Pretty. Odd. today! I totally didn't expect it to come until, like, Thursday, because Amazon claimed it wouldn't be delivered until Wednesday and the school post office is so. slow. that I figured it would take a full other day to actually get it to me. But I checked my box after class and it was there! And, ok, I've been listening to the leak pretty much non-stop since last Tuesday (I did stop to fall in love with The Hush Sound, though. I now have all three of their albums), but it's still exciting to have the actual CD in my hand. And I can listen to the songs on shuffle with other songs in between! And listen to individual songs on repeat! This might not seem like a big deal, but there are some songs that I just wanted to listen to on repeat for like an hour (mostly Folkin' Around. I think that's my favorite on the CD, partially just because it's just so short and every time I listen to it I feel like there needs to be more. If that makes any sense. And also partially just because it's awesome), and I got tired of listening to all the songs in the same order over and over. And now my Honda Civic Tour playlist is complete! (Well, I only have one Phantom Planet song. But whatever.)

As I mentioned above, I now have all three The Hush Sound albums and I am totally loving them. I think Goodbye Blues is the best, then Like Vines, and then So Sudden, but I still love them all. And ha, I had such a stupid moment when I was listening to Like Vines for the first time. Don't Wake Me Up came on and at the end I was like "Huh. Bob sounds kind of like Patrick here." And then I went through the album a second time and it came up and I was like "HOLY SHIT THAT IS PATRICK." And I TOTALLY KNEW BEFOREHAND that he produced that CD AND I heard that he sang on one of the songs. AND I EVEN THOUGHT "WOW THIS VOICE SOUNDS LIKE PATRICK'S ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?" and it TOTALLY didn't connect. A similar thing happened when listening to The Cab's new song last night. I recognized Patrick's voice right off the bat (and flailed accordingly), but it took me a second time to recognize Brendon's. And this was after listening to the leak of Pretty. Odd. all afternoon and hearing his part and thinking "This voice sounds REALLY FAMILIAR and totally isn't from The Cab BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO." ugh. I fail.

Anyways. Non-bandom related things now! Well, just one thing. ( Torchwood 2.12 )

By the way, I totally am still planning on posting the photos from the photo meme, even though it may appear that I totally forgot about it. I was going to do it during break, but I kept telling myself that I had time left during break and that I didn't need to do it yet and... then break was over. But I will do it! Soon! Just... not now. And probably not tomorrow or Thursday. But definitely by Friday! Probably.

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed) - Panic at the Disco

I am miraculously feeling a thousand times better from yesterday. I still have a slight sore throat, but it's barely noticeable. I had a pounding headache last night and this morning, but it's pretty much gone now. Hopefully I'm done with being sick. It sucks enough that I have to write a paper this weekend; I really don't need anything else making me feel worse.

I am totally loving FOB's cover of Beat It. Which is kind of weird, since, well. There's this jukebox in the Campus Center at school, and even though it has tons of selections, all it EVER plays is Michael Jackson. And like, only three of his songs: Beat It, Thriller, and another one I don't know the name of. And I don't like Michael Jackson as it is, so listening to him every single time I go to have dinner has started to drive me crazy. (Sidenote: it started playing a few days ago, and these people at another table started loudly shouting "WHAT THE FUCK. NOT MICHAEL JACKSON AGAIN," and all. And the song stopped, and they were happy, and then like 30 seconds later it picked up right where it stopped, and it did that like 5 times. It was actually kind of hilarious, because everytime they got happy it was finally done with, it started again.) But whatever, Patrick Stump's voice is awesome, so I can't stop listening to it.

Also really, really loving That Green Gentleman. The other two new ones are good, but I don't totally love them like I'm loving That Green Gentleman. And I really need the music video for this because it's driving me crazy who's singing what, especially at the end. I keep trying to pick out Jon's voice (just because I've heard Brendon's and Ryan's voices, but not his) and I think I can, but I don't know, because I don't know what his voice sounds like, and the quality is too bad for me to really tell. I really need this album. Less than a month!

Also (wow, this is way more of a bandom-related post than I normally make), there are these two guys at my school who totally remind me of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker. Well, not totally. But one guy has the same exact expression on his face as Ryan and kind of talks like him, and the other guy looks nothing like Jon Walker, but his name is Jon, he's really laid-back ~~and probably smokes a lot of pot~~ and he wears flip-flops in Minnesota in December. He actually doesn't look much like Jon Walker except that he's a white male with brown hair and is on the shorter side, but everytime I see him, I'm like "JON WALKER."

Ugh, why isn't it June yet? I really want to see Panic now. I'm moving out of my movie obsession phase (wow that didn't last long. I didn't even get to see any movies except for the ones for psych and film) and into Panic/FOB obsession again. I'm sure it'll change soon enough.

Current Mood: cheerful

Ok, so how's this for a random post? They totally just played a Fall Out Boy song on KROQ. That's crazy. Pretty out of the blue, too, considering their latest CD came out in early May. It's pretty awesome right now, as I get excited when I hear bands I like on the radio when I've never heard them there before, but once they've played it a million times in one week, I'll get sick of it. Still, for now, I find it awesome.