Random Things I Loved About 2005

Cheap Ass Gamer

I can't begin to say how much I love this website. A couple posts down I detailed the money I had saved over the last few months and that alone should say it. The thing that stands out the most though, is that aside from the great bargains, there is a very helpful community that goes along with it. I would have never have known or taken a chance on the Blue Gender box set without CAG, but since I did, I ofund a series i absolutely love. Strat guides, games, dvds, all for a fraction of their normal price. Thanks CAG.

Stand Out New Music

It's much harder to rank music than games, so I will just list some of my highlights for the year.

Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Vol. 1
Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times
Dredg - Catch Without Arms
Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
Anberlin - Blueprints for the Black Market
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Terminal - How The Lonely Keep
Flickerstick - Tarantula
Abandoned Pools - Armed To The Teeth
Acceptance - Phantoms
Averi - Drawn To Revolving Doors
Copeland - In Motion
Mae - The Everglow
Idlewild - Warnings Promises
The Juliana Theory - Deadbeat Sweatheartbeat
Longwave - There's a Fire
Spitalfield - Stop Doing Bad Things

It's hard for me to narrow down my favorites from those because they are all fantastic.

Trip To Oregon

Two Weeks out of the comfort zone. Mae Concert in Eugene. Melty Faced Bum Bitches! Got to stay with Korey for another 2 weeks, and got to see parts of Oregon I hadn't before. Then he came back for a couple weeks, and we sat around and gave each other hand jobs.

Plus, driving 36 hours straight across the country on the way home between two people = huge balls.

Really it's hard to elaborate, it's just something that when experienced(the road trip, not the handjobs), it impacts more than I can describe.