2008 Year-End Review

Hey. How are you? How was your year?

2008 was a pretty impressive (albeit dumb) year for Cruel Music. We managed to release 15 new albums this year -- the most new releases since 2001 (when we, somehow, pulled out a whopping 35 albums!). Two of those 15 albums were boxed sets (and, if you want to REALLY get technical with it, one set was 10 CDs and the other was 6, which would kinda bring the number of releases in 2008 to 30. Kinda.). Busy, busy year! So, for all of you naysayers out there that say Cruel Music's better years are behind them, then I'd have to disagree with you, I guess. This is only the beginning!

Also of note in 2008:
I finally married my soulmate.
We welcomed 2 new cats to the family.

Dumb Card 1.0

An actual Christmas card.

(Hint: That's not "Happy New Year.")

And, yes, I said *CHRIST*mas.

My Stroll Down Memory Lane

Here's my old high school.

The brick building next to it is the Junior High School, where I also went.

This is the track where we had to go for gym class.

This door is a side entrance to the Junior High School. To the left of the door is a vending area, where we'd buy chips and pop at break time.

We had this old, nerdy science teacher, named Mr. Tingler in the 7th grade. We named this place after him, "Tingler Alley."

Way before we started calling ourselves "The Slackers," me, Nathan H., Jefff C., Jimmy R., and Lee W. called ourselves "The Four Horsemen. (Yes, there were five of us. Heh heh.) This used to be the main entrance that we'd go into the alley by...

...And, we'd walk down this alley every day before school started, and / or at lunch time.

Here's the second half of the alley, on the other side of the street.

We'd come here, and just laugh, and make fun of Mr. Tingler for hours.

...And, we'd later use the alley's peacefulness to get away from the kids who made fun of us.

Even though the alley kept stretching on, we'd usually turn around here at this church...

...By this time it was getting about time for the bell to ring.

This is the fruit market, where we'd also go at lunch time, and buy tons of candy, gum, chips, and chocolate milk.

This window to the Fruit Market had a sign on it, 16 years ago, that said, "No Loafing Under The Shed." We thought that was funny, too. We were easily amused back then.

This tunnel (underpassing the railroad tracks) leads into town, where we'd walk to every day at lunch, while eating our pizza turnovers and drinking RC. Going downtown at lunch was more of a passtime for "The Slackers" (me, Nathan H., Jeff C., Peanut P., Peanut V., Wally V., Chad E., Ed S., John B., and Brian S.) than with the "Four Horsemen."

I didn't take any pictures of town that day. I just turned around, and took this picture of the view on the way back to school.

This is by the Fruit Market, on the way back to school.

This sign is fairly new... It's on the phone company building now, where I'd always go with my mom to pay the phone bill when I was little. I wonder if it had asbestos in it back then?

...And, I also had to take that picture, because that was the name of our coolest, most favorite, and most popular band in the early days of Cruel Music, ASBESTOS!

WDN Chatters 1004

1. I've come to realize that my boobs...
Are kinda flat.

2. I've come to realize that my job...
Sucks oh so hard.

3. I've come to realize that when i'm driving...
I get lost in my own little world. It's a happier world than the real world.

4. I've come to realize that i need...
Jelly.

5. I've come to realize that I have lost...
My marbles.

6. I've come to realize that I hate it when...
People tell me what to do.

7. I've come to realize that if I'm drunk...
It'd be a mighty freaky thing, because I don't drink.

8. I've come to realize that money...
Sucks even harder than my job.

9. I've come to realize that certain people...
Will always try to turn into rabbits. Try as they may, they rarely succeed.

10. I've come to realize that I'll always be...
Complaining about something.

11. I've come to realize that I have a crush on..
Denise.

12. I've come to realize that my mom..
Gets pushed around way too much.

13. I've come to realize that my cell phone is...
Nonexistent.

14. I've come to realize that when I woke up this morning...
I had to pee really bad, and it made my toes tingle.

15. I've come to realize that last night before i went to sleep...
I was wore out, and I fell asleep in, like, 5 minutes.

16. I've come to realize that right now I am thinking about...
Remodeling the house.

17. I've come to realize that my dad...
Will never be the same.

18. I've come to realize that when I get on Myspace...
I like to check out band's bulletins.

19. I've come to realize that today...
Was yesterday.

20. I've come to realize that tonight...
I'm not going to be getting much sleep.

21. I've come to realize that tomorrow I will...
Be working, as usual.

22. I've come to realize that I really want to....
Spend more time at home... I bought a house that I hardly ever see!

23. I've come to realize that the person who is most likely to repost...
Will probably think better of it, and just go to sleep.