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So I just watched the **** in Phoenix dvd extras, and whoa, but I never want to be on tour with Pete Wentz. Ever. I think I would kill him into tiny pieces. Also, Andy really is a ninja.

I haven't quite worked up the courage to watch the Panic one I got in my very pretty deluxe edition. Mostly because I am afraid that there will be Brendon in it being sad and then I WILL BE SAD, and then I will mope about it.  And want to smack Ryan Ross in the face. Mmm.

Also I was chatting about Pretty.Odd and here is the thing, they sound pretty much like twenty other 'indie' bands now. If it wasn't for the fact that I recognise Bden's voice and react like Pavlov's dog, I would shrug and say 'meh, those three songs are pretty but the rest are a bit like Paul McCartney on an off-day'.
Also remember when Ryan was all 'oh we don't copy our influences'? What happened to that? While I am moaning I may as well also state that the constant references to dancers and ballerinas wear very thin.

There, moan over. I want to love them again, I really do.

So I'm off work today because I feel like crap, but all I want to do is bake  these.  Having already baked this and this, I am confident in the wisdom of Deb. Though if I actually eat any of it I will probably be sick. Oh well, they'll last till tomorrow?

Deb's recipes are consistently fab, and she's very open about what works and what doesn't. I also like her recipe style-  not too many instructions to flap over.

I am still writing Brendon/Bob, and it continues to grow way beyond what I expect. It is also COMPLETELY ANGST FREE. Yes, I know! Anyone who has ever been in any of the fandoms were I wrote will know that my stories are usually a) short and b) filled with ANGST. Normally someone dies. But not this time! This time they just fall in love and go mini-golfing. Pirate mini-golfing.

I'm feeling share-y, and there are new people on my flist ( waves) so ask me anything you want about me.

Thank you everyone, for putting up with me being a moany faced git for the past week or so. In return I thought I would do a linktastic post filled with cool stuff. Or stuff that I think is cool, which may be different?

Firstly though, I would like to say I HAVE  FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND TICKETS AND I WILL SEE THEM IN KING TUTS WHICH IS TINY. I bought the tickets as soon as they were on sale, and they had sold out three hours later. Pleased? Me? Oh yeah, baby.

I have been amusing myself on Comment is Free and Have your say both of which are prime examples of what happens when you give the average British citizen a lunch hour with internet access i.e. a complete trainwreck where someone invokes facism three comments in and then blames the world on immigrants. In my current mental state I find all this hilarious.

I am torn between finding the upcoming Pete and Ashlee nuptials hilarious and/or tragic. Though cynically I remember she has an album coming out in a week or something, because I'm a bad person. Whatever, they had better have a gigantic wedding, is what I'm saying, because that shit would be awesome.

Shia LaBeouf is really fucking hot, also, Tricia Helfer, my tv wife, has signed a talent deal with Fox.

If you are not reading A Softer World, get on that, right fucking now, because its amazingly awesome

I have uploaded Tori Amos' Strange Little Girls album, for your aural pleasure.

This week I have the following songs in my head:

1. Dance Dance Christa Paffgen - Anberlin
2. Red Is The New Black - Funeral For a Friend
3. Big Fight - Stars
4. Call It Off - Tegan and Sara
5. The Wrong Girl - Missy Higgins

Also I haven't washed my hair in a week. An experiment, if you will, that has been a resounding success! It was pretty bad yesterday but wevs.

Who is the final Cylon on BSG? Plz to be discussing!  

It's amazing how a day can start of so nicely and end up with me scowling around in INARTICULATE RAGE.

Did I mention I saw Aiden, Kill Hannah and Serpico last night? I did. They were all really good- Aiden really connected with the crowd. It's been a while since I was at a gig where more than one person passed out :-)

What's the frequency, f-list? Who else is disappointed that FOB will not play Antarctica?

I got an email from my supervisor yesterday, saying no guarantees, but I should be reasonably confident I am getting some form of funding from the School of Art and Social Science! THEN I GOT TICKETS TO SEE THE FOB CONCERT PLAY AT THE CINEMA, HAHA! They're showing the live DVD show at Xscape Odeon!


I also wanted to share these two photos I took at Panic:



This one is of Trey Cyrus- I thought he was pretty good, and he and he lead singer had some Pete/Patrick type chemistry going on. I know it's fuzzy, but I really like the light.

ALSO HERE IS ANOTHER RYAN ROSS PICTURE:



Annnnd a Friday Random Ten: Scandalous and Sexy Edition!  You are all my favourites.

1. Risky Business- The Cab
2. Damn You Look Good and I'm Drunk (Scandalous)- Cobra Starship
3. Dirty Business- The Dresden Dolls
4. Dirty Mouth- Hot Hot Heat
5. Poppin Champagne- All Time Low
6.  You're So Damn Hot- OK Go
7. Striptease- Hawksley Workman
8. Warm Me Up- The Audition
9. Darlin'- Between The Trees
10 Burn That Broken Bed- Iron and Wine with Calexico

(P.S Is it just me or is the new version of itunes fucking everything up?)

So who else is thinking of going to the Bandom private party in Boston? And if so, CAN I SLEEP ON YOUR FLOOR PLEASE?

So the flights will be £300 thereabouts, and I can afford that. I can also afford a middling hotel for maybe a week, but of course, floors are preferable! I have no idea when it will actually happen, but if it does, I AM SO THERE <3


ALSO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR TELLING ME THINGS ABOUT JERSEY AND COLLEGE!

(I AM WRITING RIDICULOUS BOB/BRENDON FLUFF AND I AM IN LOVE WITH THEM <3)

Album recs! All uploaded as separate songs into sendspace folders, though if anyone wants a zip I can probably upload one.

Some more music recs:

I was so disappointed when Valencia canceled their support of The Audition- I comforted myself with their album.

Also, have some Audition! Controversy Loves Company and Champion


Now for what I call my 'relaxing on a Sunday mix' -eh, my relax may not be yours?

1. Black Mamba (Three in the morning party mix) -  The Academy is...
2.  Mad as Rabbits - Panic At The Disco ( Its sunny this morning, and I feel CHIRPY, mmmkay?)
3. Jolene - The Weepies
4. Speak Slow - Tegan and Sara
5. Pineapple Head - Crowded House
6. Grand Theft Autumn/Where is your boy (Acoustic)- Fall Out Boy
7. Angels of The Silences (Acoustic)- Counting Crows
8. Jezebel- Iron and Wine (what are Sundays without Iron and Wine?)
9.  Ithaka - Deb Talan


Finally, two of my favourite albums of last year -  Funeral For A Friend's These Tales Don't Tell Themselves, and The Weepies Live At Dizzy's in San Diego.

Remember I still have Robyn's Robyn + Show Me Love and most of Rilo Kiley's back catalog uploaded.

By the way- to everyone on my flist, I was previously methoschick. I changed it on an utter whim.

Also, I will be going to Give It A Name, in Earl's Court, London! Bands include Paramore, 30 Seconds to Mars, Cobra Starship, The Audition and Chiodos! I am officially super-excited. Plus I'm sure I can squeeze in a visit to the British museum and the UK's only Sephora while I'm there...

Also in concerts, I will be going to see Panic next week! I am SO EXCITED, YOU GUYS. Then it's VAST, then Every Time I Die, then Mindless Self Indulgence (Lynnnnn-zzzzz) then Give It A Name.

In other news, I bought myself a custom made wrist cuff from etsy which is fabulous and some mineral make-up from recommended seller lollibomb so we'll see how that goes. My punkypins mega mystery box arrived as well, along with my package from Crybaby's Fabric Boutique! I think people could hear my squealing in Milton Keynes.

Also, Also! Books, which are awesome.  It is World Book Day, you guys, which meant that I HAD to buy books. So I bought two Susan Faludi books, the Courtney F Smith (which got an awesome review at Feministe) and a book of apron patterns. Oh, and a book by a guy called Gregory Bateson on the ecology of the mind. I'm on a non-fiction kick right now- specifically a feminist non-fiction kick.

In honour of this day, rec me books!

I seem to have like, some sort of fever.

I uploaded my 5 favourite Rocket Summer Songs for Adrienne to hear so might as well share them:

I'm Doing Everything (For You)
Break It Out
TV Family
So Much Love
Around The Clock

And becausematertera and I are going to see VAST

Falling From The Sky
Free
Pretty When You Cry
Here

Because its really awesome and you should hear it:

Under The Blacklight - Rilo Kiley (full album)
I especially recommend 'The Moneymaker' and 'Under The Blacklight'. Oh, and 'Dejalo'.

Chroma- Cartel (Full Album)

I love 'Runaway' on this album. I'm still getting to know the rest. But 'If I fail' is growing on me.

Never Take Friendship Personal- Anberlin (Full Album)
OMG 'Time and Confusion'! I love that song.