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This is one of my top ten favorite songs and this is a grand video. Listen up... if you can't identify the performers in this video you're from another planet.
HERE'S ANOTHER SUPREME TRIO - PERFORMING THE SONG WILLIE SOLD TO PATSY CLINE FOR $50...
Dixie currently feels:
Alone
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Currently playing:
- Pokémon Diamond
- Mario Party 4
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Currently listening to:
- Inhale - Stone Sour
- Less Talk, More Rokk - Freezepop
- My Obsession - Skillet
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Times cried: None
Wounds inflicted: None
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Well, last night, as I was taking the last few turns on the Bowser's Gnarly Party board, whilst responding to some posts on my forum - I got the craving to start a new game of Pokémon Diamond.
So whilst I was waiting for the slow-as-shit computers to take their turns, I opened up Pokésav and Serebii.net - and started making a team of six hacked monsters that I wanted to be my main team throughout the game.
I gave them high-level moves and high levels of IV and EV points too. Of course, I made them look legit, giving them the right natures, correct areas and the right abilities.
I hacked the following:
Espeon - "Emily" - level 8
Jolteon - "Spike" - level 8
Grimer - "Sticky" - level 10
Cyndaquil - "Volvic" - level 8
Piplup - level 5 - shiny
And my favourite ownage monster:
Rattftratz! - Level 1 Rattata with a focus sash, quick attack and endeavor! :)
I also altered my ID number, so it was the same one as my LeafGreen game - 24606.
I love that number, and I think it suits me well. :)
Heh, I've just noticed, it starts with the first numbers of my birthdate too.
I've been playing it for about six hours now.
I've even gone to the trouble of hacking some Mew, Palkia, Turtwig, Piplup and Chimchar for the greedy bastards on the GTS.
It won't let me trade my Palkia though - which is typical, because I caught 7 of them at level 99.
Humph. Nothing ever changes.
Either way, Adam came over today - and we spent most of the day sat about, eating chocolate and drinking Cherry Coke.
Then we turned on Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and played a few 2P VS matches - then I was asked to play with my Chao.
I don't see what's so interesting about watching someone play with Chao... But.
Yeah, I did a bit of that, and completed a few more missions - but I'm getting to the point of the game now where I proper can't do anything else - the missions I have left to do are sodding ridiculous.
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Anyway, I'm back on Mario Party 4 at the moment.
I've done about 10 turns of Shy Guy's Jungle Jam - responding to forum posts whilst I wait for the computers.
I'm getting towards the end of the board now, as I'm writing this as Luigi, Daisy and Mario are messing about with mega mushrooms, running over star spots because they're retard CPUs on Normal difficulty. :)
This time, I'm playing through as Waluigi.
I've done it with Peach, Daisy and Wario, so I'm onto Waluigi next.
Then I'll do DK, so I've done the bottom row of characters. :)
As we all know, the Mario Party music gets so annoying and repetitive after a while - so I've made myself a playlist.
OMFG... I JUST WON 100 COINS IN THE LOTTERY SHOP!!!
Yeah, the coin star is TOTALLY in the bag. :)
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But yes, as I was saying, the playlist. :)
I feel like making a big list, so I'll list the songs that are on it.
- My current favourite few, and they all run on for a combined total of 3:00:31.
Dirty Little Secret - The All-American Rejects
Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck! - Anti-Flag
Grace - Apocalyptica
Trauma - Ayumi Hamasaki
GAME - Ayumi Hamasaki
About You - Ayumi Hamasaki
Red Flag - Billy Talent
Punk Rock 101 - Bowling For Soup
Somebody Put Something In My Drink - Chilrden Of Bodom
Bed Of Razors - Children Of Bodom
Follow The Wolves - Demon Hunter
Hier Kommt Alex - Die Toten Hosen
Bye, Bye, Alex - Die Toten Hosen
Southpaw - Double You
Valley Of The Damned - DragonForce
(F)lannigan's Ball - Dropkick Murphys
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya - Dropkick Murphys
A Dark Omen - Fairyland
Parlez-vous Freezepop? - Freezepop
Less Talk, More Rokk - Freezepop
Get Ready 2 Rokk - Freezepop
Ham On The Bone - GWAR
Living For The Weekend - Hard-Fi
Laid To Rest - Lamb Of God
Chu Chu Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura... - Maximum The Hormone
Koi No Megalover - Maximum The Hormone
Alive - P.O.D.
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Morgenstern - Rammstein
Reise, Reise - Rammstein
Benzin - Rammstein
Rosenrot - Rammstein
Mann Gegen Mann - Rammstein
Tier - Rammstein
Klavier - Rammstein
Suck My Kiss - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Only This Moment - Röyksopp
My Obsession - Skillet
Falling Inside The Black - Skillet
Wait And Bleed - Slipknot
No Life - Slipknot
Snot - Snot
Inhale - Stone Sour
Absolute - Thousand Foot Krutch
Falls Apart - Thousand Foot Krutch
Just Like You - Three Days Grace
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - The Vandals
Let The Fire Fall - Virginia Creeper
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OMFG, LUIGI JUST STOLE MY STAR - THE LITTLE SHIT!
NOW I'M SECOND!
Not that it matters, of course... I'm going to win the mini-game star and the coin star, because Normal level CPUs are total retards.
Now this is multi-tasking at its finest. :)
I'm currently playing Mario Party 4, whilst listening to music.
I'm also on my PC.
For the past hour, and for the future several hours - I'm also going to be writing this blog, responding to forum posts, reading fan fiction, organising music, downloading stuff and maybe even doing a bit of writing and/or planning.
ROFL!
A MINI GAME STARTED WITHOUT ME NOTICING, AND I DIDN'T REALISE TILL 10 SECONDS IN - AND I STILL BEAT ALL THREE OF THEM!
Normal CPU retards! :D
Lmao, I have 218 coins, and it's the last turn. Eee. :)
The last couple of years I have counted down my 10 best albums of the year... and since this is a time of milestones (we're very nearly to 2008, I'm rapidly approaching 500 entries on this blog... which by the way I've been keeping for four years now), I've decided to continue the tradition. Don't expect to see any of these on the big Mindsay voting... this is the real music that the industry doesn't always pay much attention to. I have absolutely no criteria other than this: the album must have been released in 2007, and it must be something I actually purchased (rather than just hearing snippets of). And without further ado... here we go...
Solid sophomore record from this band. I must admit, I actually really like this band, surprising considering my disdain for Blink-182, from which it was spawned. In any case... if you're into the punky stuff and don't mind some rather adult subject matter... this one's sweet.
9. tobyMac: "Portable Sounds"
Superior third set from Toby McKeehan. You might remember him as 1/3 of dc Talk. Well, I can safely say that his solo stuff is even better than his old band. It's essentially hip-hop, but with some serious pop and rock influences. Toby said that the goal for this record was to create tracks that would stand alone for listening on mp3 players, etc. It has spent quite a bit of time on mine!
8. Josh Turner: "Everything is Fine"
Josh has the privilege of being the only country artist on the chart this year (and one of the only ones I listen to regularly, for that matter). I kind of got out of the country scene some time ago, but Josh has a real old-school deep baritone, and I love it. Great record.
7. Straylight Run: "The Needles The Space"
Straylight Run has been one of my favorite bands ever since their first record came out. This one doesn't disappoint either, following in the footsteps of their previous work, but stretching the listener a little bit. It's a little more alternative, a little more "folky"... but I love it. An incredible amount of talent in this band.
6. Cartel: "Cartel"
Sadly, Cartel suffered a bit from the legendary "sophomore slump." Don't get me wrong, this is a solid record, but it doesn't quite live up to the raw energy that was present on their first CD. Still one of the best of the year, though... great pop/rock hooks and positive content. I like it.
5. Spoken: "Spoken"
Spoken once again comes through with the best hard music album of the year. This band will rock your face off from the moment you put the CD in until the last note ends. This album is even a little bit harder than the last couple of records, but it works well for them, and I love it. Don't put this one in unless you like it heavy.
4. Jars of Clay: "Live Monsters"
I fought with myself long and hard over whether this record could be included on this list. It's a less than full length live album made up completely of material which was already on Jars' "Good Monsters" (one of LAST years best albums). But, in the end, I had to do it. The way Jars of Clay was able to reproduce and reinvent these songs live is stellar, and if you ask me, the versions that result are better than the original studio tracks. Bravo, guys... you created an incredible album without doing anything new.
3. Anberlin: "Cities"
Anberlin is a band that shows an incredible amount of musical development with every record they put out. Their singer, Steven Christian has said that if the last two records were about understanding God and others, respectively, then "Cities" is about coming to terms with yourself. That theme definitely shows here, and the result is just awesome. This is rock music as it was meant to be played.
2. Jon McLaughlin: "Indiana"
This is without a doubt one of the best debut albums I've ever heard. I'm not typically into pop, but this CD really blew me away. Plus this guy has some incredible piano chops. I've been listening to this nonstop for almost two months now. Simply wonderful.
Drum Roll, Please....
1. The Fold: "Secrets Keep You Sick"
From the second I put it in, I knew. This is simply some of the best music I've ever heard. The band goes after some really deep issues on this one, and they do it with such brilliant writing and orchestrating that it's simply irresistible. Not to mention the ingenious packaging... it simply doesn't get any better than this. On par with anything else I've ever heard.
And there you have it! So now it's your turn to talk to me! Have you heard any of these? Do you like them as much as I do? Is there something that I completely missed this year that I would love? Let me know! I'm all about the feedback! Hope you enjoyed it... can't wait to see what happens next year!
In case you missed it, or even if you haven't, commntyblackman is once again holding his "Best Album of 2007" election HERE. If you're out of the loop like me, you may be unfamiliar with some of the albums already nominated. If that's the case (or not) you might want to head over HERE and taste some of the music. There are eighteen albums to listen to so far. Check it out and further your musical education and hipness factor!
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