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All the way in The Netherlands? WTF. :wreck:

...Really? I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know!

I used to listen to them periodically. I generally don't listen to them so much now (mostly because I've found punk isn't really my cup of tea), but I've been known to take an occasional listen every now and again. "Hero of War" is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard.

It's OK, Lore. :hug: See, that's what I'm worried about. My dad is one of those "manly men" who never think anything is wrong with them and never goes to the doctor. Once, during a job he was working at, he cut his head open. He put some padding on it, put duct tape over it, and went back to work. I'm hoping that I'm wrong and he'll actually do what he should, especially seeing how incredibly worried he made my mom. My mom and I will make sure to remind him constantly so he'll do it, and maybe it'll become habit to him. Yeah, it is. I can't remember the last time I was incredibly glad to hug my dad like I did before I left the hospital after my visit tonight. See, I'd hope that my dad would've thought about that, given that my uncle (his older brother) had it. My uncle had all sorts of problems; he was pretty overweight (even more so than my dad is now), and he used to smoke pretty heavily. He ended up dying of a heart attack in...2004, I think. (I was in the 8th grade.) My dad always kept saying about how he needed to lose weight. My dad has tried countless times to diet, only to forget about it after two weeks at the most. Gahhhhh. I'm sorry. I'm just...I don't know.

Thankfully, my dad doesn't believe in alcohol, so I don't have to worry about that bit. On the other hand, he's really going to have to watch what he eats now. He'd felt funny through the entirety of Spring Break, and he figured it had something to do with his sugar levels. However, he thought they were too low instead of too high, so this whole time, he'd been eating things that were chockful of sugar, not finding out until today that he was completely wrong. My dad honestly could've killed himself.

Do you or someone you know have it? If you do, how do you keep it under control? I bring up this topic because my dad was admitted to the hospital this morning. After extensive testing was done, it was confirmed that he's now a diabetic. Apparently, at one point, his sugar levels were around 700. For those of you who don't know, that's really bad. Don't worry; he's doing better and will probably be out of the hospital within a couple of days. Anyway, I guess I just want to vent my frustration and, at the same time, learn more about it, particularly from other people who do have it. I know, I can look stuff up all I want, but it only tells you so much, you know? I can tell you guys that apparently, it runs in my family, and if I'm not careful, I could end up like my dad. Honestly, that scares me.

I'M SORRY. :bigcry:

I await that day. LOL

Oh. Yeah, I totally knew that. :| :disappointed:

Track 7 = random date. :wtf:

^ My computer won't let me open the link, for some inexplicable reason. D:

This listening party is right at the time of my meeting. How inconvenient. :(

...Wait, Dom actually said that? The douche! :angry:

Her voice reminds me a lot of Bat for Lashes'. I like it! :D

I broke down and decided to finally watch this video. Half of me regrets it, while the other half is still at work laughing up a storm. I gotta hand it to her; it takes something special to make me feel this amused and disgusted at the same time.

Pshhhhh. I'm not bothered. :nice: Oh, and your question about that Beatles song caused me to promptly YouTube it. It's quite cheeky. :wacky:

IDK if their Facebook is their official page. All I know is that Erlend posted a message there about news in the latter part of this year.

Si, your sig is making me insanely jealous. :bomb:

THAT'S EVEN WORSE. :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry:

^^ So the username is merely a coincidence? :tongue:

No, Christina! That's not fair to the poor puppies! :bigcry: But yeah. I'll be insanely jealous about it. "Space Dementia" is one of my faves from that album.

...Wait, Kassidy has an album out now? :surprised: I heard a couple of tracks on their official page that I really liked. I should look into that. I'll probably look into The Crookes, too.

Yep, I just saw them update their Facebook page. :nice:

Guys. Muse and Elbow. On the same day. Someone. Pay for my plane/tickets so I can see this. NOW. -explodes-

2011 SXSW Showcasing Acts Hopefully, this helps.