Top Ten @ MindSay

Dixie currently feels:

 Neutral

 

(That smiley looks more sarcastic than neutral...)

 

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Dixie's current top ten songs:

 

 

1) (F)lannigan's Ball - Dropkick Murphys

2) Let The Fire Fall - Virginia Creeper

3) Koi No Megalover - Maximum The Hormone

4) Follow The Wolves - Demon Hunter

5) Chu Chu Lovely... - Maximum The Hormone

6) Science Genius Girl - Freezepop

7) Mann Gegen Mann - Rammstein

8) Only This Moment - Royksopp

9) Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya - Dropkick Murphys

10) Southpaw - Double You

 

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Oh, I don't know what I can say about today.

 

 

First lesson, IT - I was in there for only about 15 minutes, then I went to my appointment with Parry. That was alright, I got to get some stuff off my chest.

 

Second lesson, English - We were doing practise exam questions, and she HAD to pick the dodgiest questions ever. Some of them, I looked at and went blank. I pray that the questions in the exam coming up are more reasonable...

 

Third lesson, Science - This was alright, we were just revising for the upcoming exams, so I just read through section B6 in my textbook.

 

Fourth lesson, Maths - This is where I got seriously pissed off. I felt so sick and tired, I just put my head down on the desk, I couldn't understand a single sentence of the work she was explaining to us. I don't know if I fell asleep or not - but as she went bpast my table, she proper screamed at me to wake up.

Naturally, I shit myself, but raised my head, proper glaring like fuck at the silly cow.

Scott stood up for me though - he told her that I was feeling sick - which I was, considering I've had a stomach upset all night.

 

Fifth lesson, Media Studies - The final session down the CLC, I just sat with Stephen, listening to stuff on music sites, because we didn't really have anything planned for our final day on the project, it was just an optional, I decided not to do it.

 

 

 

Anyway.

In the library after school, I sat with Stephen, Jamie, Pips and Miraan - and we just discussed random stuff.

I was partially listening, because I was working on this:

 

 

 

Another wonderful drawing of #1263. :)

 

- Which shall be posted up to DeviantArt soon, too.

 

 

Speaking of #1263, I've been working on the first chapter: Perserverance.

I've wrote #1263:TB in such a manner, the chapters can be read in any order.

So I write them in a weird order.

 

But I'm starting to want to start posting it up to FPC, so I'm going to have to do them in order.

 

Perserverance is one of the hardest chapters to write, though.

 

 

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 This noble knight is standing in wait for her fair maiden to return.

Top Ten Chuck Norris Jokes (That I Know Of)

       

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...

10. Angels and Airwaves: "I-Empire"



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!

Yes that's right if you been keeping up you should know what's going on. Time for the games to be shown one what's going on. PS3 60 gig has dropped $100 dollars and probably won't drop for a very very very long time after that. I don't think it's because of money problems, Sony's got money everywehere. Not onlya that their 80 gig comes out next month. But anyways here's some titles that need to be looked at in the top ten. And of course One of my favorite game series makes it in the top three and I WILL get that game when it comes out!!!! Check out this video, goes through the top ten games that are needing to be known about this E3. this year's E3 won't have any crazy people there. It's strictly business. It's probably to stop a lot of stuff. But I think iut's been better. I've been hearing more news faster and no over hype stuff you know. So check out this video!

 

 

I looved this movie. Probably in my top ten. LOVED it. The very end of the trailer is my favorite part. Love the song too. I could listen to it all day. :P :) :D

Here's a trailer of: