..back to the teenage years..

listening to the Plain White T's right now ^-^ (the boys from illinois)

i went and bought their latest album 'Every Second Counts' from Missing Link Records yesterday while i was in the city (can't find it anywhere else, except JBHiFi download). was really aiming to get their 2005 album 'All That We Needed' (which has the totally addictive song 'Hey There Delilah') and also their 2002 album 'Stop', which aren't quite so relationshippy-based as 'Every Second Counts', but looks like that'll have to be ordered in from the USA.

how to describe their sound? an easy mix of pop-punk/rock and emo..

Hey there Delilah..

Came across this song unexpectedly when looking for my canadian cousin's blog, and instead found a similarly nicknamed mormon canadian's myspace with this song playing.

Had to look it up, but.. man. Love this song already. Random goodness.. ^-^

A link's on the title if you've never heard it before..

Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's

Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Time Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
And we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This one's for you

..fun and excitement and.. maybe even travel.. oh my!

^-^ excitement and utter, utter dagsville! i placed a pre-order for the Jade Empire PC game, due out on March 2 special edition. (i'm a sucker for artbooks.) squee!

also awaiting from overseas the japanese game Yo-Jin-Bo, and some toys, and also counting down the days (weeks?) anticipating the arrival of some Ouran goodies from Anissa in California. i went a bit crazy on the funstuff-shopping, so i've got to curb my spending over the next month or so, since i'm hoping to go to Sydney near the end of March.

K and her friend Mirj are gonna climb the harbour bridge (eek..), and if i can get a few days off work, i'll.. well, i won't climb the bridge, it's a freakin' 3-hour hike in the elements and let's face it, i'm not that masochistic, but.. i'll join them in anything that doesn't involve trying to haul my own sorry carcass up a giant crank of metal. i mean, c'mon, girls, it's a holiday. there's no need for unneccesary strain ^-^

it'd be fun to see Taronga Zoo, though. i hear they have a penguin rehabilitation program, amongst other things..

so, fingers crossed that i can get a few days off, and that i can keep from spending too much money in the meantime..

snaaa. a little uncommunicative.

if anybody out there has sent me an email and i haven't replied, i'm sorry.. i can't get into my hotmail. *grumbles* .. hotmail and windows live have been experiencing "server problems" with my account server for the past three or four days. some days they're experiencing a "higher than normal volume", some days they can't even find the hotmail login page.. *sigh*

so, right, if i've been snobbing you, sorry.

once hotmail's back on track, i'll get back to ya.