so. breaking up with your boyfriend can have a lot of benefits, especially when the ass hole forgets he lent you his 12" cerwin vega subs and the kicker amp that's attached to one of them (complete with custom boxes). thanks to him, i obtained about $1200 worth of stereo equipment for free, all told, and i finally had the suckers installed this week.

last night it was time to truly test out my spoils, so i adjusted the levels, cranked up the volume, and headed out for a nice night drive in the country. i was quite thrilled with…

1. Take your top ten artists and get their 'emo rating' If you look on the artist page and then click "Tags" you can see how many times they've been tagged "Emo"

1. Rilo Kiley - 71
2. Death Cab for Cutie - 880
3. Four Tet - 5
4. Dntel - 3
5. American Analog Set - 11
6. Styrofoam - 0
7. Stars - 19
8. Ben Gibbard - 4
9. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - 0
10. Boards of Canada - 11

2. Add them all together and divide by 10 to get the average…

so i went and saw jenny lewis with the watson twins at the birchmere tonight. i wasn't extremely excited about it beforehand, but it ended up being a really good show. the songs play out MUCH better live then they do on the cd, and they put on a good show. i also don't think the watson twins are creepy in the least. in fact, i really like them. cari, jen and i had a long argument about it in the car, in which jen decided that they are tools, and the tool they most remind her of is a…

so, i finally broke down and joined a gym. well…joined isn't really the right word. decided to take advantage of the "free" gym membership that's included in my tuition would be more accurate. working out means that i spend a great deal of time staring at nothing or grunting and staring at nothing, and despite the fact that all of the cardio machines at mason's gym have individual flat screen tvs, i decided that i needed to provide myself with some entertainment. so i made myself an exercise playlist. besides, tv can't pump you up like an ipod can. i…

well, i figured it was time to write in here because i haven't done so yet. i went and saw stars at black cat tonight with cari, and they were really awesome. almost a two hour set, an amazing light show, and, as usual, mindblowing stage presence. every time i see them they sound better and better, despite the fact that every time i see them the crowd sucks more and more. i will have all of their babies.

to answer astra dearest, magnet opened.

the crowd was…extremely rude. i was surrounded by very young people, mostly girls, who were…