I Was Faced With A Choice At A Difficult Age

Hey there, just a few things I thought I'd chat about today. I've got an album review going, so I'll see if I can get that post done soon.



I was faced with a choice at a difficult age. Thirteen to be exact, when I found myself having to pick between two fantastic records. Both would eventually have a huge impact on my life, but my mother made it very clear that she was only gonna give me enough cash for one of those records. So there I was, hovering over my left hand, which contained Louder Than Bombs by The Smiths. It's a very great records, twenty four tracks, a lotta bang for your buck. Great record. And in my right was Discography by Pet Shop Boys. It was a singles collection, eighteen tracks, this was gonna be a tough decision. I would eventually be Neil Tennant's perfect execution of that devilish right eyebrow raise that secured Pet Shop Boys's position for the cassette player on that ride home. And thus, I was introduced to a new, impenetrable cool behind his shades, and I've always believed him to be some sort of wizard. Since the release of their first single West End Girls in 1985, Pet Shop Boys have released nine studio albums, nine, had twenty two top ten singles in the UK, and ,as Kylie states, has sold over fifty million records world wide. They've pushed a few envelopes along the way, and most impressively, they've stayed together. Few have held onto the fire, or the ability to remain relevant, to stick around. It's very admirable. They've got taste and they can write one hell of a pop song, they truly deserve this. Ladies and gentlemen, this year's outstanding contribution to music award goes to none other than Pet Shop Boys!



And that, was Brandon's oh-so-amazing speech at The Brits on Wednesday. He's so adorable when he talks. His speech was very staged, and he started off talking rather fast. But, he did his best to hide his stage fright. It was very sweet. And, he did very well. Congrats, Brandon!



Secondly I had my first AIM experience with my friends Jill, Kayla, Chelsea, and their friend Zie, last night. It was...interesting. I didn't talk very much, but I don't talk much anyway, but it was very fun. If you were to ask what we talked about, the answer would be "very little". The conversation just moved on. It was, somehow, very addicting, and kept me occupied for about 2 1/2 hours, I think. I was forced to call it a night at 11:30...And now I realise that AIM rocks! Thanks Jill and Kayla for bugging me so much to download it...



Moving back to the first part of the post, I am so more addicted to Pet Shop Boys than ever before. Ah, how I love 80s pop. As sucky and horrible as it sounds, I love it. Synthesizers have messed with my mind, and Brandon's musical tastes have messed with my mind, of course. My favorite PSB song is "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", which was done with Dusty Springfield. I also, while AIMing, last night bought "West End Girls", and "Suburbia". Although West End Girls got a lot of publicity when ti was released, I think Suburbia is better. But, they're all great songs. I'm thinking of getting their Discography soon. If it's as Brandon describes it, I think I'd be very pleased with it. But I don't know...New album comes out March 18th, I think. It'll be called Yes. So, I might buy that instead. I want to hear something other than hits to see my true opinion of them(Because, really, you can't judge a band by their Top 10 hits, very fairly). I suppose it's weird of me to be liking this band. But...they're really, seriously good. I wonder if I could see them live...Not this tour, but the next one maybe. I need to go buy their nine studio albums first. Ah, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys...



And, I want an Arctic Monkeys album, and another Franz Ferdinand album, and the only Weezer album I don't have.[/randomalbumramble]



So today is Saturday, I believe. The vacation has messed with my mental clock. *checks*. Yeah, it's Saturday. So 2nd to last day of vacation. And, I've done pretty much nothing this week. I think we might be seeing Coraline today(Finally). Or going out to eat either today or tomorrow night. Last night I finally stuck the stickers that came with my Killers 2009 calender to my wall. I think the picture count is close to 60 now. It's impressive to look out, but very stalker-ish if you're not a total Killers fangirl. I've aslso done some cleanout of my room(There's still loads of boxes from when we moved in over a year ago...). The other day my mom found an old magazine for me to look at. I think it was The Word, another one of those music magazines she reads, even when she's interested in very few of the bands listed. And, of course, it had The Killers on the front. She was doing a bit of a magazine cleanout, and this one was from late 2006. Wow, it's cool to read some old Sam's Town-era articles. Sam's Town articles are typically more interesting to read than the ones now, from an outsider's point of view. They were having some problems then, legal issues and stuff. But it's got some cool pictures, so I'll be sure to cut those and add them to my count. But anyway, what I'm thinking about at the moment is school. My essay sucked, so I'm freaking out about what my teacher will say about it. I always freak out about it, but now more than ever. And I've got this Spanish project presentation on Tuesday, the whole thing to enphasize English stereotypes, remember? Well, I need a crown for Little Miss Huge Ego to play the Queen(Of huge egos), and I've yet to find one. We went into iParty yesterday(Yes, it's cheap, but where else to they expect me to find a crown?). Turns out iParty, the store that has everything you don't need, but somehow desire to buy, don't have crowns. Weird, huh? So instead we came out with a load of chocolate, for nor eason. It was embarassing. But the issue is now where I'm going to get a crown for Tuesday. Any ideas? I haven't done anything for this project, and I'd rather not sway too far on my partners' bad sides.



One more thing. AnimalCrossingCommunity.com. Some call it the best website ever, some call in hell on the internet. I'm stuck between. Going on simply for the amazing friends I have there, and for the OT board. Which is what many do. But, this week has been an odd week all-around. Controversial, some might call it. First off, JUG, ACC's longest and largest giveaway closed down. I'm actually a member of JUG, and it was quite a shock. Five years, JUG was running for. I remember logging on, and seeing the PT "JUG-Urgent-Closing Notice" or something along those lines. It was at the top of my page, with 45 new replies, even though it had been sent very recently. To be honest here, Johntown327 always sends these PTs signifying some big change. Nothing against it, but that's the way it works. So I wasn't too worried. I've kind of been used to skimming what he says, so instead of reading, first I skipped to the first comment, which was simply "NOOOOOOOOOO". So I read, and I was shocked. And so was everyone else. There was a lot heart-felt messages about JUG, and JUG histories, and everyone was upset. But, according to the owner, the time was right to end. After five years. We were supposed to keep the whole thing quiet, but the news was out fairly quickly. So there was a lot of activity with that. Within 24 hours, I had already recieved a PT from a new giveaway, claiming that we were on "high demand", being from JUG. Although I feel "wanted", this isn't easy. I know some giveaways are rejoicing at the thought of the big giveaway being gone, otherwise this has been big ACC news. Secondly, we lost several ACC scouts this week. I think they were Jedi, Zacahry, and one more, but I'm not sure. This will probably mean new scouts soon, but people are saying it feels like ACC has taken a step back. There have been a lot of threads on the OT board this week dicussing how ACC isn't what it used to be. And I suppose I have to agree. There used to be mature discussions on the OT board. And you didn't get reported for your opinion. And now it just feels like threads about pie, and loads of chat-speaking 10 year olds(Not that ten year olds can't be mature. But this is a generalization). So...maybe ACC is declining. We should face that fact. Hopefully something will be done, but that's only a slight chance. I suppose this controversy will continue...And the questioning. Oh, what an interesting week this has been.

Until sometime,