2005 Album of the Year List

whew this was one of the weakest music years in a long time.  Out of all the records I downloaded I only ended up buying 3 this year.  The rest I generally kept a song or two and made a mix CD.  It appears with the advent of mp3’s that the idea of a complete album is really going by the wayside in favor of strong singles.  Or maybe bands are lazy or not as creative or maybe it was just a fluke year. 

Here is my top 5:

1. Sigur Ros: Takk

2. Boy Least Likely: Best Party Ever

3. Decemberists: Picaresque

4 (tie). Spoon: Gimme Fiction

4 (tie). Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene

Honorable mention: Sufjan Stevens-Come on feel the illinois, Bloc Party-Silent Alarm

ok a lot going on

i really should do a better job of updating this thing.
on Wednesday Dec 21st I bought a new used car. I did end up junking the 86 camry that i talked about in my last post. the car i got is a 1994 white Honda Civic LX with about 103,000 miles on it. It was in great condition visually and ran well. things like the A/C worked and all the power options. the moonroof didn't open but it has one. got it for $4000. only thing that bugged me was it was due for a timing belt change which will cost at least $300. oh well. thems the breaks.
On Thursday December 29th I resigned from Gold bank. It was a mutual resignation, the situation wasn't working for me or my co-workers. In my opinion it was a poorly managed location and frankly being expected to be in two places at once and work more than 8 hours a day and 40 hrs a week didn't interest me. Its all for the better; more and more i didnt want to work while going back to school. only thing that stunk was i could have used the extra money for the car i just bought, but i've saved enough by living at home the past 5 months.
Speaking of school, it starts Jan 12th. I go every tues/thur to Manhattan for class, i'll be commuting. Getting this new car was a blessing in disguise for this situation.
Yesterday I bought a new bowling ball. its a 15lb brunswick power groove reactive. Got it professionally drilled with finger inserts. I like it a lot, I think it will really improve my game and allow me to throw a hook ball. I tried it out some last night and it felt great. having never really thrown a good hook (i had the motion down but without a reactive ball it doesnt really work) i did ok, started with a 116, then a 128, then a 155. I'm excited about it. Chance to boost my sagging average of 135. I'm hoping within a year or so i could maybe average like 180. wishful thinking probably, but i plan on playing in a league soon so that should help.
well thats my update for now. i'll try to update more often.
later.

car died

well apparently 262,000 miles was enough. the timing belt snapped while i was driving back to work from lunch today. had to have it towed and well its done in my eyes. i'm not spending a couple hundred to have it fixed, especially if there could still be internal damage. so i'll be car shopping now. yippee.

College basketball Newsflash

As of this posting, Kansas State is the #1 men's basketball team in the land. And kansas is ass at #223.
Men's basketball RPI