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I have landed (metaphorically) safely in the lovely Salt Lake City! Staying for good this time, let's see how that works out. \o/

The bus ride was okay. It was, you know, 17 hours on a Greyhound bus, but gigantic made it much better by texting me the terrible lyrics to Panic's new song and then one-upping herself by singing me the chorus on my voicemail. Ceej ftw! If you ask me she did a better job than Brendon, but I should possibly not judge from a shaky live youtube clip. (I do like the *melody* of the new song, but I'm hoping that it's an elaborate hoax or that the context of the song in the album changes the meaning of the lyrics hugely, because 'true love' in the CHORUS? What the FUCK? Maybe Brendon was actually singing 'to bluff,' hmm.) The big downsides to the trip were 1) when the driver almost had to call the police on a dude who was trying to get onboard without a ticket, 2) when the bus driver hinted that the bus might break down in the middle of the desert, so we should be sure to have plenty of water on hand to drink just in case D: D: and 3) when I had a craving to listen to 'London Beckoned Songs About Money' and found that it was not on my iPod. ??? I don't remember taking it off! Did iPod gremlins remove that one .mp3? But I'm off the bus now, and blasting it to the whole house since I'm home alone (parents at work, brother in Poland with his gf, yes Poland) so life is sweeter.

Meme from shanalle! 1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.

Shelly's questions:

1. beckett/ross = who tops? I'm gonna go with Ryan Ross on this one, but they probably switch.
2. gerard way wants you to marry him. can you deal with the armpit thing? I.... would not want to marry Gerard Way either way. I adore him! But I'd much rather be BFF. :/
3. marry/fuck/bff/die = patd Tbh I really don't want to marry ANY bandom boys, but okay. Fuck = Brendon, BFF = Spencer, Marry = Jwalk, Cliff = Ryan Ross.
4. brent wilson, tom conrad, matt pelissier and brian steineckert form a new band. what's their name and the name of their first single? HAHAHAHA, man. Their band name is The Dropouts and their first single is called Kiss Mine.
5. complete this sentence: the best thing about travis mccoy is ____ and the worst is ____. The best thing about Travis McCoy is his writing and musical ability (I've been having a renaissance of hardcore GCH love lately, I mean more than I USUALLY love them which is a lot to begin with) and the worst thing is that he's not around William Beckett more.

I think I'm going to be seeing the new HP movie at midnight on Wednesday, as my cousin is, and apparently we're also getting the book at midnight from our local indie bookstore. Okay, I guess? I'm beginning to get slightly excited as the book date looms closer, even though I thought I couldn't care less and I seriously waited until six months after the release date to read HBP when that came out. I am not looking forward to how dead my friendslist is going to be on the opening day, though--I plan on spamming the hell out of my journal when everyone else is reading and I'm the only one online. I'm gonna post twenty times that day. Watch for it.

Randomly, I still really like Liz Phair. Just, sometimes I feel like announcing that. Um. I don't have anything more to put in this update I don't think.

Oh, GIP! From callsigns. I can see Mikey Way's panties.

edit: I really like this article, and I join the writer in hoping that FOB's Uganda thing won't end up being a smarmy fake humanitarian thing and that they'll actually do/say something important. I do appreciate how Fall Out Boy has seemingly managed to sell out without abandoning any principles--their corporate sponsorship is from a car company all about promoting better mileage to the gallon and environmental responsibility, they do product placement in a video mocking celebrity and MTV lifestyle and stuff, Live Earth, etc. I think they've managed to have their cake and eat it too when it comes to going corporate, and I really hope that they don't leave a sour taste in my mouth when it comes to the Uganda thing.