holly detail

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Merry Christmas!!!!

2008

So i sat down and thought about the albums that meant the most to me this year. This is my list, but i'm sure there are some that i have forgotten. The new Fall Out Boy album is fantastic but i've only listened to it three times and it just came out so it's not on the list... if it was it would probably be somewhere around three or four. So here are my top ten albums for 2008 in some sort of order.

1. MGMT - oracular spectacular
2. The Black Keys - attack and release
3. Coldplay - viva la vida
4. Drive-By Truckers - brighter than creation's dark
   
5. The Raconteurs - consolers of the lonely
6. TV on the Radio - dear science
7. My Morning Jacket - evil urges
8. Beck - modern guilt
9. Gnarls Barkley - odd couple
10. Ryan Adams - cardinology
11. The Black Crowes - warpaint
12. Ra Ra Riot - rhumb line

Here's my top 5 rap albums... again in some sort of order...

1. Lil Wayne - tha carter III
2. Black Milk - tronic
3. T.I. - paper trail
4. Nas -
5. Girl Talk - feed the animals
6. Jay-z / viva la hova

I have a list of my favorite songs but it's 50 songs long so i didn't post it. If you really want to know about it i could put it up, or make you a cd...

holly

holly, originally uploaded by andyrobe.

a christmas shot

so cold

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why is it 8* outside right now? why is there a 20 mph wind that makes it feel like -9*. wow.

mom, originally uploaded by andyrobe.

Happy Birthday! we love you.

the ultimate insult

so apparently this happened...

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here's my question... Where were the Secret Service Guys? This fellow has time to chuck not one but TWO shoes at the President before he is tackled by another journalist. He lobs the first one, reaches down, grabs and throws the second one while Bush is showing off his mad dodgeball skills and pointing at the guy like "you watch your back!"... all this before security busts through the door and the crowd. If I were the President, that is the kind of service that would make me lock myself in the Presidential airplane and refuse to come back out. I'm just saying... isn't there someone who's job it is to make sure that this kind of thing doesn't happen... How funny!

from the riverbed

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it's sunday. and i'm studying. tomorrow is my last big final. i have one more on tuesday but it will be easy. crystal's gone christmas shopping, finley's asleep, so i should get to studying... bye

don't get the warranty

Finals are half over.

I learned today (from HowStuffWorks.com podcast) that buying an extended warranty on products is usually not a great idea. Last year Americans spent $16 Billion on extended warranties and the stores that sold them kept 80% of that as profit! That's almost $13 Billion they pocket off these things. In fact, last year, extended warranties bought by customers in the store was enough to cover the entire operating cost of Circuit City for the entire year... that could be a big reason that they are now filing bankruptcy...

in some cases it's good to go ahead and get the warranty (on phones, big expensive tvs, and computers). but in most cases hold off, you can always buy one from the manufacturer up to thirty days after your purchase, and they're usually cheaper.

Check out the link above... check out the podcast...

now you know...

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prickly evil bush

this year for my birthday Tim and Tammy wanted to get me a shop-vac for our garage. So I went to Sears and found this one that actually has a detachable leaf blower! So not only can I clean out the cars and clean out the garage, but i can also blow off the front porch and the driveway. I'm so excited!
Crystal bought me some new tennis shoes (we just haven't gone to pick them out.) finley got me some deodorant (which was great cause i had just run out). we had to go out for my birthday dinner three times before we got a restaurant that we liked (we finally settled on Fox Ridge Pizza... can't go wrong with that...) but I had such a wonderful birthday.

This morning I hung Christmas lights on the front of the house. We haven't plugged them in yet, but we are quite excited about it. It's so much fun to have a house that we can decorate any way we want...

While I was out there I decided it was time to remove the prickly stupid bush from around the mailbox. It was just plain out of control, and it has stabbed me too many times when I check the mail.

It is a huge bush. I was a little nervous that the neighbors might think it was dumb. But we are the only one on the block with a bush around the mailbox.

you can see the lights i hung this morning

So I started hacking and sawing.
and sawing
and sawing
apparently it had been growing there for a while...
until it was all gone
or at least it was all moved to the other side of the driveway...
it made quite a difference... it still needs some work to finish it off and keep it from coming back... but at least now i can check the mail without being afraid for my life.

starting tomorrow i will be studying every waking hour for the next week and a half. finals are here and the semester is over. merry christmas

christmas season

we decorated for christmas this evening. it was a lot of fun. the best part about it was that we have a house that we can decorate. no more cramped apartment conditions. i love it!

happy birthday.

i should be asleep.