So, I'm sure you've all heard the news by now...yes, it's true. My hard drive is d-e-d.

Obtaining a new one is in the works, but I'm not sure how long it will take, considering HP is completely useless, and I still need to get some recovery discs to restore my wonderful Vista Home Premium. :|

Luckily, I have an elvin friend in the company's IT department, who probably doesn't know that I just referred to her as an elf. She usually goes by the name Vilera! (i know, crazy, right?!) She said she'd help me install the hard drive once it arrives, and will attempt to help me obtain the recovery discs I'll need to get mah windows back, y'all. When you see her, thank her!

And once all that is done, I'll have to reinstall everthaang, including WoW and all of it's many, many patches.

So, I'm thinking it's going to be at least a week and a half before I can get mah shizat together and be back up and running. :/ Possibly longer. :'(

Luckily, after the last crash, and recovery, I backed everything important up on my external hard drive, so all of my music and pictures are safe and sound! I mean, I wouldn't want to lose that priceless video of Brandon rolling around on the floor in broken glass while drunk and laughing hysterically! PRICELESS. :D

So, wish me luck, mi compadres...and a speedy recovery for my poor youthful pc. *sob*

Here's my official review of Tori's new album! Because I know you all are soooo curious as to what I think! :D

I have to say, I was expecting a little more from Tori on this album. I'm a bit disappointed by AATS's lack of "umph", for lack of a better word. The thing that has always attracted me to Tori is her creativity with her piano and lyrics, and the fact that she has always been far off from sounding anything near mainstream. Her lyrics have always been provocative and heartfelt. They've always seemed like they meant something, whether I understood the meaning or not. I have always been able to see my own version in her words and music. And that's what the great artists can always do. Make their music relatable to their listeners.

However, with Abnormally Attracted to Sin, I felt let down. I don't see any kind of provocativeness in the lyrics, or the music. Not one single song instantly grabbed my attention and said "hey, you, I rock." or "love me, i'm a beautifully crafted piano ballad." In fact, I don't really get anything out of the entire album. I do have a few songs that I like, but don't quite love, and a couple that I absolutely loathed from the first notes. And the rest are pretty much just "eh." So, I'm disappointed that her new take on her music, while interesting, in and of itself for her as an artist, really just fell flat for me as a fairly loyal Toriphile.

I do like that some of the songs have a more SINsual feel to them, but mostly I wish the lyrics were more compelling and that you could actually hear her beautiful piano talents over the rest of the band.

I give AATS a B+.

Song breakdown: my likes, dislikes, and I dunnos

The songs I like a lot, but don't quite love:

Strong Black Vine
Fast Horse
Give
Abnormally Attracted to Sin
Flavor
Welcome to England
Starling

Songs that are okay, but more than likely would skip if they came up on my iPod:

Curtain Call
Maybe California
That Guy
Fire to Your Plain
Ophelia

Songs that I'm torn/ambivalent about:

Not Dying Today (this song has aspects that sometimes remind me of a Paula Abdul song)
Police Me
Lady In Blue (the only thing that saved this song from the "loathe" list is the awesome band jam at the end)

Songs that I loathed instantly:

500 Miles
Mary Jane

So, all in all, I like more songs than I dislike, which is great, but I'm left feeling a bit unsatisfied by Abnormally Attracted to Sin.

Tell me what you think!

Bri wants you to read this: http://thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?uid=34&topessays=25&&start=

Happy Spring! I hope everyone enjoys the blooming of the earth anew...

plus, a bigger and better post this weekend! (hopefully)

Happy Birthday Patty Griffin and Alan Tudyk. :)

i'm not sorry i met you.
i'm not sorry it's over.
i'm not sorry there's nothing to say...