David!

I got facebook....

I still refuse to get a myspace.

Hey, look, a title thing.

First of all, let me just say how impressed I am with your list David. For reals.

So I'm in Florida now and I would've written earlier but it's craziness right now. Pure madness. But in a good chaotic way. So also, if anyone has too much money and you don't know what to do with it all, I have a terrific suggestion. I just found out that I need about $1000 to repair my car. On the way down here a few weeks ago I was run off the road by a semi and hit the biggest pot hole known to man. So I bent two tires and threw off the alignment. So yeah. If anyone has any rich uncles now would be a great time to give them a call. Thanks so much. Also, prayers are good. :)

Abby

My Top 100 Favorite Songs of All-Time

This was a bit of a daunting task at first. I've been wanting to do this list for a while, just to see what I came up with. I just looked through my music folder (which has well over 2000 songs in it) and narrowed those down to about 250. From that list, I picked my top 100 with a few honorable mentions. I'm sure there's plenty of songs I forgot to list, but here's my list of favorites as I best figured as of right now:

Honorable Mentions: Aerosmith - "Jaded", Alkaline Trio - "Armageddon", David Bowie - "Changes", Bright Eyes - "First Day of My Life", Chicago - "Will You Still Love Me", Dexy's Midnight Runner - "Come on Eileen", Dion - "Abraham, Martin and John", Elton John - "Candle in the Wind (original)", Face to Face - "I'm Trying", Foo Fighters - "Everlong", Five Stairsteps - "Ooh Ooh Child", Four Seasons - "Oh What a Night", Go West - "King of Wishful Thinking", Andrew Gold - "Thank You for Being a Friend", Goldfinger - "The Last Time", Billie Holiday - "They Can't Take That Away From Me", Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire", Jars of Clay - "Love Song for a Savior", Jimmy Eat World - "If You Don't, Don't", "Kill" & "Lucky Denver Mint", Phil Joel - "God is Watching Over You", Marvelous 3 - "Beautiful", "Let Me Go", Radio Tokyo" & "Vampires in Love", Dave Matthews Band - "Best of What's Around", John Mayer - "83", John Mellencamp - "Small Town" & "Wild Night", John Legend ft. Kanye West - "I Used to Love You", Left Front Tire - "Who Do You Touch", Lisa Loeb - "Stay", Millencolin - "Bullion", "Penguins and Polar Bears" & "Pepper", Alexi Murdoch - "Song for You", New Radicals - "Mother, We Just Can't Get Enough", Newsboys - "Beautiful Sound", NOFX - "The Desperation's Gone", Oasis - "Wonderwall", Orbital - "Halcyon and On and On", Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - "Islands in the Stream", Tom Petty - "The Waiting is the Hardest Part", Postal Service - "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight", Tupac Shakur ft. Dr. Dre - "California Love", Propaghandi - "Anti-Manifesto", Todd Rundgren - "I Saw the Light in Your Eyes", Skeelo - "I Wish", Patty Smythe - "The Warrior", Rod Stewart - "Maggie May", Switchfoot - "You Already Take Me There", Travis - "Why Does It Always Rain on Me", Bonnie Tyler - "Turn Around (Bright Eyes)", Van Halen - "Higher", Kayne West ft. Lupe Fiasco - "Touch the Sky", Kanye West ft. Syleena Johnson - "All Falls Down", "When God Ran", Stevie Wonder - "Mon Cherie"

100. "Always on My Mind" - Willie Nelson
99. "Ocean Avenue" - Yellowcard
98. "American Pie" - Don McLean
97. "King Alvarez" - Strung Out
96. "Pencil Thin Moustache" - Jimmy Buffett
95. "Don't Stop Believing" - Journey
94. "Young Americans" - David Bowie
93. "Rain King" - Counting Crows
92. "Emaline" - Ben Folds
91. "Snowbird" - Anne Murray
90. "The Dance" - Garth Brooks
89. "Bed of Roses" - Statler Brothers
88. "Fade Away" - Orange County Supertones
87. "Underground" - Ben Folds Five
86. "Evaporated" - Ben Folds Five
85. "Far, Far Away" - Five Iron Frenzy
84. "How Do You Want It" - Tupac Shakur
83. "Hey Ma" - Camron ft. Juelz Santana and Freaky Zekey
82. "Friends in Low Places" - Garth Brooks
81. "The Sound of Settling" - Death Cab for Cutie
80. "Understanding in a Car Crash" - Thursday
79. "Sell My Old Clothes, I'm Off to Heaven" - Saves the Day
78. "Just Like Heaven" - The Cure
77. "Satellite" - Dave Matthews Band
76. "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." - Sufjan Stevens
75. "Chicago" - Sufjan Stevens
74. "Come on Feel the Illinoise" - Sufjan Stevens
73. "Casimir Pulaski Day" - Sufjan Stevens
72. "What Life Has" - Denison Marrs
71. "Forever Young" - Rod Stewart
70. "Fahrenheit" - Five Iron Frenzy
69. "Sure Shot" - Orange County Supertones
68. "1979" - Smashing Pumpkins
67. "Won't Back Down" - Tom Petty
66. "Radio Suicide" - Strung Out
65. "This is Not an Exit" - Saves the Day
64. "Lemmings" - Blink-182
63. "Brand New Colony" - Postal Service
62. "Close to Me" - The Cure
61. "Seasons of Love" - from the musical Rent
60. "Shimmer" - Fuel
59. "The Real Ones" - Denison Marrs
58. "Futures" - Jimmy Eat World
57. "Changes" - Tupac Shakur
56. "Nightingale" - Saves the Day
55. "Always Be My Baby" - Mariah Carey
54. "Video" - Ben Folds Five
53. "Going Away to College" - Blink-182
52. "BBQ Stain" - Tim McGraw
51. "Hold" - Saves the Day
50. "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass
49. "Dreams" - Cranberries
48. "A Long December" - Counting Crows
47. "World Without End" - Five Iron Frenzy
46. "No Sensitivity" - Jimmy Eat World
45. "So Impossible" - Dashboard Confessional
44. "This Will Be Our Year" - Zombies
43. "One True Love" - Semisonic
42. "Best Thing You Never Had" - Butch Walker
41. "Vincent" - NOFX
40. "Coming Clean" - Green Day
39. "For Me This is Heaven" - Jimmy Eat World
38. "Crush" - Dave Matthews Band
37. "You're Still the One" - Shania Twain
36. "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" - Counting Crows
35. "Victory in Jesus"
34. "If You Want Me To" - Ginny Owens
33. "On Distant Shores" - Five Iron Frenzy
32. "A Lifetime" - Better Than Ezra
31. "Walking in Memphis" - Lonestar
30. "The Wondrous Cross" - Chris Tomlin
29. "Faith My Eyes" - Caedmon's Call
28. "Mass Pike" - Get Up Kids
27. "Spartan" - Five Iron Frenzy
26. "Hands Down" - Dashboard Confessional
25. "Cherry Bomb" - John Mellencamp
24. "If I Stand" - Jars of Clay
23. "Clark Gable" - Postal Service
22. "Ooh La La" - Rod Stewart
21. "Good Riddance" - Green Day
20. "Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac
19. "Best You Ever Knew" - Hot Rod Circuit
18. "#41" - Dave Matthews Band
17. "Philosophy" - Ben Folds Five
16. "Under Pressure" - Queen ft. David Bowie
15. "A Praise Chorus" - Jimmy Eat World
14. "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls
13. "I Believe" - Blessid Union of Souls
12. "Tiny Dancer" - Elton John
11. "It Was Beautiful" - Five Iron Frenzy
10. "Boxing" - Ben Folds Five
9. "Dandelions" - Five Iron Frenzy
8. "Tonight, Tonight" - Smashing Pumpkins
7. "Too Close to See" - Strung Out
6. "Something More" - Switchfoot
5. "Wilderness" - Orange County Supertones
4. "23" - Jimmy Eat World
3. "Cigarette Lighter Love Song" - Marvelous 3
2. "In My Life" - Beatles
1. "Every New Day" - Five Iron Frenzy

Multiple appearances: Five Iron Frenzy (8), Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five (6), Jimmy Eat World (5), Saves the Day (4), Sufjan Stevens (4), Counting Crows (3), Dave Matthews Band (3), Orange County Supertones (3), Strung Out (3), Blink-182 (2), Garth Brooks (2), The Cure (2), Dashboard Confessional (2), Denison Marrs (2), Green Day (2), Butch Walker/Marvelous 3 (2), Postal Service (2), Tupac Shakur (2), Smashing Pumpkins (2), Rod Stewart (2)


Bachelor 'Til The Rapture, David

I cut my hair last night and now I look like a 12 year old emo boy...oh well, i always do. Next Saturday is my brother's birthday and we're having a surprise party for him at the lake. Then, the next Saturday I'm having a yard sale. And then I'll moving to Florida sometime during the first week in September. Moving out. Moving out for good. Growing up and being an adult. Aw, kinda scary. But more so, good and exciting. Aw, David we both moved...well, I will be moving. By the way-I got your message-I was at the lake or else I would've come to your party. And ,of course, you know how am I about calling people back. Sorry about that. But I'm so excited for you and your new job! Congratulations!

Last night I was over at Randy and Mackenzie Chester's new house with a bunch of people-they're probably two of my favorite people in the world. And we played this game called Nightmare-probably the most amazing game ever. They bought it at a thrift store. It's from the early 90's and it's a board game that comes with a video cassette that you put in while you play. And there's this crazy man on it called the Gate Keeper who tells you what to do. So it was good stuff.

And also-Amy, if you read this-I got your message when I was in Florida and was gonna call you back when I got back, but I lost your new number! I'm so sorry-I really wanted to talk to you! So call me again please! Hope you're doing good!

And lastly, I just ate a meatloaf sandwich and it made my stomach hurt. Blegh.