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Twenty-two. College Junior at KU. Psychology major, Sociology minor; plans on getting an Ed.S in School Psychology. Located in Lawrence, KS. In love with an amazing man. Is a laugher/giggler, out-going, "crazy" individual but can be quiet, shy, and a wall flower at times. Doesn't smoke, doesn't participate in drugs, and rarely drinks. Enjoys music, online gaming, photography, and writing.

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In today's instantly downloadable and quickly consumed culture, bands like Anberlin are a dying breed. Over the course of six years and four full-lengths (including last year's B-side compilation Lost Songs), the band have established themselves as one of alternative rock's most exciting acts and as a band who refuse to limit themselves to one specific scene or sound... and it's paid off. If the band reinvented themselves with last year's sprawling album Cities--which debuted in the Billboard Top 20 and sold 34,000 copies its first week of release--they've transcended that sound with New Surrender. In fact, their latest album that shows the band reconciling all of their seemingly disparate moods into a cohesive blend of music that will lull you to sleep with gentle harmonies one minute and shake you to the core via raw, distortion-drenched rock riffage the next.

Feel Good Drag

The All-American Rejects – My Paper Heart 2008/11/08
Beyoncé – If I Were a Boy 2008/11/08
Flo-Rida Ft. Will.I.Am and Fergie – In The Ayer 2008/11/08
A Perfect Circle – The Noose 2008/11/07
Paramore – Let the Flames Begin 2008/11/07

Once in a very great while, an author does everything right-as Koontz has in this marvelous novel. Odd Thomas, who narrates, is odd indeed: only 20, he works contentedly as a fry cook in a small fictional California town, despite a talent for writing. The reason for his lack of ambition? A much rarer talent: Odd sees and converses with ghosts, the lingering dead who have yet to pass on, a secret he has kept from nearly everyone but his girlfriend, an eccentric author friend and the local police chief, whom he occasionally helps solve terrible crimes.