MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! I HATE when people say "Happy Holidays" ticks me off.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!
Today (or yesterday) I opened presents from mi madre, mi padrastro, and mi hermanastra.
Yeah, that's right, I've got mad Spanish skillz. Anyway.

I got gift cards to some of my favorite stores such as Aero, Claire's and Maurice's and cold, hard $$. I also received Guitar Hero 2. FUN FUN. Headphones are also on the list. As well as make up bags, an AWESOME scarf, an iPod case (which might just become obsolete in the offchance I got an iPod Touch from my father and stepmother), a really cool picture frame, a purse, pajamas, and the highlight of my Chrismas present opening *drum roll please*
A FALL OUT BOY CALENDAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am ecstatic. I've looked for one for years, and now I finally got one! This is definitely and FOB Christmas, with me getting the preorder and all.

Now it's time for Random Rants. This is a new and sporadic section that will pop up when I'm annoyed.
Rant #1: my 12 year old brother got an LG Dare and an iPod touch. This was supposed to be a LIGHT Christmas. SURE.
Rant #2: Online shopping. I found the cutest hoodie that I wanted so badly on aero.com. It was sold out. :( *cries*. And every other thing that I wanted was either not in my size or sold out. It's irritating.

Ok, well. that's all for this lovely Christmas holiday. I'm gonna get a shower so I'll be ready to depart tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow I'm going to have a L-O-N-G day. 8 hour car trip. Buckets of fun. Presents tomorrow night sometime around 11pm!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. :) AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.

A random update. Savor this one b/c it may be a while before I update again.

Hello all (a whole 3 of you).

Well, I open Christmas presents in 2 days. Guess who's exicted? ME. haha. According to my grandmother, I got a GPS yesterday. Why? Because I am an idiot who is TERRIBLE with directions. I'll get to play with it in about an hour. I need to clean out my car today. It's a mess. I'm thinking I may.
I'm terribly bored and I have an awful song by a terrible artist who I hate stuck in my head. I'm just gonna list a few quick folks I hate (music wise; they might be incredibly nice people.): 1. Miley Cyrus 2. Coldplay 3. Ashlee Simpson. 4. Jessica Simpson.
They could be the nicest people ever, but eh. Maybe it's just b/c I DESPISE pop music.
Ok, I'm going to go now. I think I'm just gonna bundle up and go clean out my car as I rock out to some FOB, PATD, The Cab, Goo Goo Dolls, Gym Class Heroes, etc... well. Goodbye!

Folie A Deux. My personal track by track review. :)

I give it five million stars. Their best lyrically and vocally, in my opinion. Good (but some strange) collaborations. This is the easiest Patrick has been to understand as far as I can tell. No song is the same. All are fantastic. Now, read my track by track review.

Track 1: "The Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes"- Good. Beautifully spoken/sang intro. I love it. It was a nice way to start of the record. It kind of reminds me of their "Thriller" off of Infinity On High. I'm not sure of what it's about, but the lyrics are good. My personal favorite are the chorus. "So boycott love. Detox just to retox. And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life. And perfect boys with their perfect lives, nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy." Beauitful.
Track 2: "I Don't Care" You've probably heard it. "I dont' care what you think as long as it's about me." A play on how Hollywood thinks (according to lead singer Patrick Stump). How no one cares about what's going on as long as people are thinking about them. High powered, fast -paced. Good choice for the first single.
Track 3: "She's My Winona"- One of my favorites, definitely. My favorite lyrics are the chorus again. Or at least part of the chorus. "Hell or glory, I don't want anything in between. Then came a baby boy with long eyelashes and DAddy said, 'You gotta show the world the thunder.'" I don't know if the "baby boy with long eyelashes" is about little Bronx Mowgli or not, because it was written a good while before it was even confirmed to be a boy (I think anway, I'm not sure.) Mr. Stump shows us he can sing the word "thunder" at an amazingly hot level on this song. and I mean it's HOT. Trust me.
Track 4: "America's Suitehearts"- I may have talked about this one. It was released on iTunes on their countdown. It's one of the highlights. It's fun and features some of the best guitar on the records. Awesome lyrics, too. "Down, set, one. Hut, hut, hike, media blitz. Let's hear it for America's suitehearts. I must confess, I'm in love with my own sins." I like the first part. There's lots of talk on sin and some religious stuff referenced in this.
Track 5: "Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet"- It reminds me of the 80s. It was also release on the complete my album deal on iTunes. "Does your husband know the way that the sunshine gleams from your wedding band?" it's kind of cool how he wrote in character. It seems to be about how he won't end up like all other Hollywood couples with Mrs. Simpson-Wentz. I'm not sure. I like it though. It goes from high energy to slow in seconds. It takes skilled people to pull that off.
Track 6: "The (Shipped) Gold Standard"- I like this one A LOT. This has to have some of the best lyrics. I have two favorite lyrics in this: 1. "I wanna scream 'I love you' from the top of my lungs, but I'm afraid someone else will hear me." and "The time my dad called (caught?) me a horseshoe crab, and I asked him if throwing me (him?) back into the sea would bring our luck back." The beat to this song is catchy and it gets stuck in my head very easily. It kind of (I'm not sure) seems like this song is talking about their hometown of Chicago.
EDIT: i forgot the best lyric of the whole albume: "Sometimes I want to quit this all and become and accountant now, but I'm no good at math and beside the dollar is down..." HAHAHAH. funny stuff, Mr. Wentz. Funny stuff.
Track 7: "(Coffee's For Closers)"- I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG. It's so amazing. My favorite lyrics from this would have to be.... the whole song. But mainly: 1. "Oh baby, when they made me, they broke the mold." 2. "I want everything to change and stay the same." 3. "Fly your cameras in the air, and wave them like you just don't care." 4. "I will never believe in anything again. Change will come. Oh, change will come." 5. "We will never believe in anything, kick drum beating in my chest again. Preach electric to a microphone stand." There is one point when Patrick sings "I will never believe in anything again" that sounds like he is in emotional agony about never believing. This song is truly beautiful and talks about losing all hope in life. Perfect for those depressed moods. Ends with some very beautiful horns that might have fit on Panic At The Disco's Pretty. Odd.
Track 8: "What A Catch, Donnie"- I've talked about this one. Chocked full of guest vocalists and talks about feeling so unlovable and not understanding how anyone ever could. Very beautiful. Features Panic At The Disco's Brendon Urie, Cobra Starship's Gabe Saporta, The Cab's Alex DeLeon, Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy, The Academy Is...'s William Beckett and Elvis Costello (whose last name is a TON of fun to say. Cos-tell-ooooooooooooooooooo.)
Track 9: "27"- This quite possibly has one of the best/funniest opening lyrics EVER. "If home is where the heart is, then we're all just f***ed." Awesome. This song is soooo fast passed and hard to keep up with. It's very head bobbable. I don't know what else to say. You just have to hear it. It's one of the least repetative if my tired ears aren't playing trick on me. "My mind is a safe, and if I keep it with me I'll be rich." Exactly.
Track 10: "Tiffany Blews" ft. Lil' Wayne w/ additional background vocals by Alex DeLeon of The Cab- This song is kind of electronic and again kind of head bobabble. And clappable, too!!! The beginning is fun. "Oh baby you're impressive. Like a little black dress, but you'll be faded soon. Stuck on a little hot mess." and "My friends all lie and say they only want the best wishes for me." This song is hard to decipher as far as meaning. If they lyrics were actually in the book, I might have an idea.
Track 11: "w.a.m.s." produced by rapper Pharrell. The beginning feels like I should be doing the robot. Some of its beats resemble ones in "Tiffany Blews" but the rest of it really isn't. and it's very ROCK OUT in some parts. "Hurry, hurry. You put my head in such a flurry, flurry. Freckle, freckle what makes you so special?" Awesome. Kind of a weird end... lots of mumbling. O.O
Track 12: "20 Dollar Nosebleed" ft. BRENDON URIE!!!- No lie. It really FEATURES him. He doesn't just sings the chorus to "Dance, Dance" quietly on "What A Catch, Donnie"!! It's by far my favorite song. This is the collaborationsof all collaborations!!!!! Madonna and Britney Spears? Pfft. Justin Timberlake and Madonna? Pfft. (Madonna really gets around...) Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus? Oh wait, you have to be at least somewhat talented to be considered for a collaboration. It's happy, fun and incredibly out of place for a Fall Out Boy song, but I love it. It is the best song on Earth. their flourishy voices blend perfectly in the chorus and compliment each other during the verses. It is truly amazing. Do I have a favorite lyric? NO. THE WHOLE SONG IS MY FAVORITE!!!!!!!! It's just perfect. I love it. Love it. love it. Did I mention I love it? The poetry reading on the end is a bit odd though, but it's Pete so I'm cool with it. Listen to this song. NOW. 0.0... My favorite song of all time. I've waited on this for a long time
Track 13: "West Coast Smoker" ft. Debbie Harry of Blondie.- Odd collaboration? yes. I can't say I don't like it though, because I'd be lying if I said I did. This song is very rock out. Very. Favorite lyric: "Oh hell yes, I'm a nervous wreck. The drugs just make me reset. Knock once for the father, twice for the son, three times for the holy ghost." Probably the most repetative.

Ok. That's all she wrote. I enjoyed the CD. Have fun reading. Appreciate this, folks. It took forever. I can't wait for Christmas to get my preorder. :) have a great night!!!!!

Throw your cameras in the air and wave em like you just don't care because I'm jet lagged. please take me back. I'm stray dog sick, please let me in. I will never believe in anything again,
***AshLee***

Purity rings... reminders to the super hos of the world.

Ok, so this might be long or short. I don't know.
SO, purtiy rings. I'm pretty much against them, for myself anyway, but if you want/need one I will say for you that's ok.
Recently, I have noticed an influx of the small, simple bands worn on the left hands of many of my classmates and friends. Many of these people have no need for them because wouldn't go near them with a ten foot pole (as mean as that is).
SO here is my problem with these small bands that people wear to symbolize their "commitment to purity unitl marriage": If you need a ring that whenever you look down at your hand to remind you to just say NO then you, my friend, are a skank.
Pardon the bluntness, but it's true. I would like to clarify, though, that there is nothing wrong and I am certainly not opposed to abstinence. COOL. good plan. it keeps you healthy and child-free. which is most important. Plus, God encourages it.
I know that many people will say, "I can't believe you'd say that! It's a symbol of their commitment to God to stay pure until marriage!"
Ok, again, I am full of objections to this statement:
When you become a Christian aren't you supposed to live by The Bible? And the Bible clearly discusses its' viewpoint. JUST SAY NO UNLESS YOU'RE MARRIED. That's about as simple as you can be. So techincally, when you become a Christian you're kind of signed up for this purity commitment. In a way anyway.
And again, you don't need a ring. Someone should be able to look at the way you act and tell you're different and you're a Christian.
You might say, "Well then, AshLee! Isn't someone just planning on being a super whore?" (my mom actually said that) my answer to that would be: No. I know I'm not a skank and don't need a ring, I don't need to be REMINDED what God says not to do, and that's why I think they're stupid and wouldn't wear one. Plus it's just kind of strange to me... anyway....
But if you want one (or need) go right on ahead. I ain't gonna judge ya. It's your decision. Judging ain't my responsibility.
Ok, there's my venting for now. I'm done. No more. It ended up being long. I'm gonna go take a shower and chill.


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Wrapping presents is like pulling teeth.. Or teeth coming in.

My wisdom teeth are coming in. Again.. It's weird. they come in in little spurts. Like for a while they stop. then start. then stop... and so on. Eh. Pain.
Ok so what is it with MTV reality shows? You're minding your own business and then the channel lands on it and BAM!!!!!! you're stuck.
And wrapping presents. I hate it. I'm terrible at it. Even though i tried miserably. I used Disney princess paper. yay!
Oh, and another yay is that Christmas is in 18 days!!! and another yay is that Folie A Deux will be out in 10 days!! yay again!!! My dad officially ordered my preorder. again, YAY!
I went Christmas shopping today though. It was good. I got most of the presents for my friends. I lack a few things for everyone. Otherwise, done. I spent every penny. No ...Live In Chicago CD by Panic for this one. Oh well, I'll get it after Christmas or something. :-/. Just steal Bailey and Caroline's to upload and watch until I get it. Grr.
Next week we get exam reviews *gags*.
Ok, gonna clean now. Go listen to some FOB or PATD or The Cab. It'll make you warm inside I promise. Good night.

Grammy Nominations for 09. Only 2 I truly care about and they're not even televised.

Grammy nominations fro 2009 were announced a few hours ago. The only two I actually care to see aren't even going to be on TV. :( oh well. Even in the categories I couldn't give two flips about there are definite preferences to win. Ok. Enough talking, here's all I care about.

Best Limited Edition Box Set:

*Panic At The Disco: Pretty. Odd.

I actually own this. Very excited to see it possibly winning something. :)

Best Musical Soundtrack:

*The Little Mermaid

I don't own it, but I mean, honestly. Do I really need to explain?

Good Night. 13 days till Folie A Deux. :D 20-something till Christmas. WOOT.

Lost in complete busyness and just barely treading water.

I've been trying to just keep myself afloat for the last month with all the ridiculous busyness that school has inflicted upon me. I'm just kind of stepping out of my musical box and listening to absolutely evertyhing on my iPod instead of my usual Fall Out Boy, Panic At The Disco, The Cab, Gym Class Heroes, Tyga and A Rocket To The Moon Playlist. And if others are lucky enough to have a semi good song or more (like Paramore) they make it there too. Oh, and did I mention Disney? Lots of that, too. Especially "The Little Mermaid" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" being those are my favorite movies. Throw in some "Aladdin" and "Hercules" and there I am. So many things have happened that are of monumental and epic things have happened since my last blog post. It's been like a month. One day short of a month, anyway. Ok. So here are the things that my busy schedule and complete laziness have caused me to not report on:

1. Obama was elected the first black President of the United States. No further comment.
2. The "Twilight" movie came out. It was good. I enjoyed it. The book was better and the movie could've been WAY better. Don't go see it more than once. It kinda sucks the 2nd+ times.
3. I finished Breaking Dawn finally.
4. Taylor Swift successfully reveals she lip syncs live. And badly at that. It sucked. Like she was off by 2+ seconds at the AMAs.
5. Thanksgiving! DUH! Yummy.
6. I finally met my dog Ike.
7. FOB released a few new songs from Folie A Deux. Which were awesome. Tomorrow "America's Suitehearts" releases officially. Although I already have it *Thanks God for Youtube Downloader*.
8. The Golden Tickets for FOB's presale wree revealed.
9. Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's baby was born. (Named Bronx Mowgli Wentz. BMW. Poor kid. With a name [and mom] like that it's just begging to be picked on. Ok, maybe the mom thing was low. Maybe not. You can decide. I actually kind of like Bronx. Different but not too crazy, but Mowgli? Really? WOW. I was kinda hoping for a Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz IV.)
10. I managed to decorate my Christmas tree and set up over 100 clear Christmas lights in less than a combined total of 3 hours.
11. I lived to 2 weeks until Christmas Break. Is it possible for me to live another 2 weeks??? I'm so unsure.

Ok. So that's everything really. Actually, tomorrow I'm bringing an ornament for the school Christmas tree and I have to buy my friends/family Christmas presents. Christmas, Christmas, CHRISTMAS. I'm gonna put on Christmas lotion later. Again, Christmas. I have a major obesession with the holiday. Especially with the whole reason it began. Jesus is the coolest dude ever. #1 (God is rolled into Jesus). The following spots belong to: my dad, my grandfather, Brendon Urie (Of course. Voice, looks, abs, looks.. did I say voice and abs?), Pete Wentz (tattoos, guyliner, great abs, OH MY!), the rest of FOB and PATD without whom the music I love would be a myth.

Okidoke, no more rants from me. MERRY CHRISTMAS. ONLY 23 DAYS!!!!