It's hard to believe that another year has flown past us already. It doesn't seem like all that long ago that we were compiling our best moments of 2008! So much as happened this year for good and sadly, for the tragic. But it's brought us as a staff closer than ever, and we're still dedicated and passionate about this website, and our mission to bring you, dear readers, new music, and to help promote and support the scene as much as we can. So without further adieu, here are our individual best moments of 2009! Here's to another awesome year with you guys!



Holy.... Friggin'... Where did 2009 go? I swear I just wrote one of these things for 2008! Well kids, I'm not as much a minimalist this time around (see: my happy little categories), but still, I guess we're doing this once more, with feeling.


Yes, yes, one of my points for last year was finishing my whole post-secondary situation, but I realized that that wasn't enough to get me by. I'm back in school and doing something that I enjoy, and that I'm kicking ass at. I don't care if you think selling ad space and doing market research is boring. I like it, and give me another year and a half and I'll have a damn good career.


Mmhm, I'm a real grown-up now, guys. I live all on my own and pay rent and bills and everything! It sucks a little sometimes (mostly when I want nothing more than to just pass out and tweak out on the internet and actually have some time to myself), but even in having no time to myself, it's a little freeing. I'm proud of myself for being able to keep my head above water. I admit when I need help, but it seems like that's happening less and less these days.


As I write this, it's not even December 20th, but I'm leaving to go to the Caribbean for two weeks, meaning I'll miss our deadline proper. I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure the memories that I'm going to make on this trip are going to be the kind that last a lifetime.


I know I speak for them a lot, but these guys are phenomenal. In February, I got the chance to speak with Josh Ramsay, front man of the band about the release of their sophomore CD, Masterpiece Theatre. Now, I'll admit to strongly looking up to this band, they've been impressing me since I first heard of them, but getting the chance to talk to Josh, and then a few months later, Mike, made me appreciate them so much more. These are just truly, truly wonderful guys who are getting the chance to do what they want. They love what they're doing, and it shows. Talking to them and getting to experience their joy about releasing a CD that they worked so hard on, just opened my eyes. I love them, and getting the chance to speak with them just made them that much more awesome for me!


Okay guys, I'll be the one to say it: MY CHEM! New CD, New tours... this leads to me spending way to much money on stuff, but spending SO much more time in lines with the people I love! So I'm calling you all on it now: When they come back, we're hitting this shit up. We are ALL going to see them, and we're all going to see them together!

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2009 was a strange year, most of me is glad that it's over and that we're moving on to 2010, some of me is gonna miss this year! It flew by us at Mach 3 though, didn't it? And here now we find ourselves writing our year-end wrap up, and there's so much to go through and think about, what five things do we want to touch on that happened this year? It's almost overwhelming, but I'll give it my best shot!


Sorry ladies, this moment sits in a special place for Jen and I! Bamboozle in New Jersey was such a blast for the four of us that went this year. Manda, Jen, Natty and I road-tripped it from Toronto to New Jersey (Okay... I super road tripped it from Maine to Toronto to New Jersey, BACK to Toronto and then back to Maine, but who's counting?) to check out 2009's Bamboozle Festival. If you haven't gone, you should really look into in the coming years, because it is such a blast every single time I go to that show. But the best moment definitely had to be watching The Maine with Jen. We stood side-by-side and got our dance on, and before I knew it, Jen had completely let loose and was flailing around like a crazy person and singing at the top of her lungs. This was awesome in and of itself, because and Jen will attest to, it was the first time that she had ever just let go of her inhibitions in a pit, but the story doesn't end here!

In one moment she was standing by my side and we were jumping up and down, rocking out. The very next moment she had somehow flipped gravity the fuck off and was literally standing on my face, screaming lyrics at the top of her lungs. I don't even know how her feet got 5'10" off the ground, but it was solidly implanted in my face. It was amazing, we laughed so hard we missed the next two songs, but it was such a great moment, I will never ever forget it!


Although Jen and I had our moment at a concert, my BEST concert this year actually involved a different SF staff member: Doctah J! Here's how it went down, during the Summer, I happened to log onto Twitter on one bored day and I was reading Travis Clark's (We The Kings) twitter, and it was about having just landed in Portland and was heading to the show site. I sighed, and cursed Oregon for getting sweet shows, before I scrolled down and saw that in fact We The Kings was scheduled to play a free show at a music festival in Portland, MAINE! (Which NEVER happens. Not ever.) I checked the show listings on their MySpace page and saw that they were scheduled to play in two and a half hours in Portland. I live two hours away. I frantically started calling everyone and couldn't get ahold of anyone. I finally got to talk to Doctah J, who was sadly unable to go, due to wedding planning situations, which is totally understandable. I tried for a half hour to contact SOMEONE to go with me, before I sighed and gave up, there was no way I could possibly wait any longer before leaving to drive to Portland for the show.

Just as my hopes of seeing a free We The Kings show crashed through the ground, Doctah J called me, psyched, and said that she had gotten out of her plans for the day and was hauling ass on her way over to my place to meet me and go to Portland! We were both extremely unprepared for the venture, I had been at my mother's house doing laundry, and had no belt, I held my pants up with a dog leash, Doc arrived at my house and we broke land-speed records getting to Portland, parking, and looking through downtown Portland for the correct stage. We made it with 5 minutes to spare before We The Kings took the stage, and we rocked the mo-fo out in the middle of the street with all the other WTK fans. It was amazing, and I love having friends that I can call up for this kind of crazy adventure on a whim. Thanks, Doc, for a sweet freakin' day!


This year I worked for five months heavily with the No on 1 campaign in Maine (the campaign working to protect the rights of Same Sex Couples to marry). I started out as a simple volunteer, spending a few hours twice a week phonebanking to identify supporters for our cause. I became so invested with the campaign that by the end of it, I had become a team leader, trainer, and was clocking nearly 40 hours a week in the campaign office. This is a cause that has always been near and dear to me, with family members and friends that are affected by Anti-Gay legislation. In the end of the campaign, Maine lost civil rights for Same Sex Marriage, and it was taken away from us, but the things that I've learned, and the people I've met along the way are invaluable. We will have marriage rights one day, and I will be there every step of the way, working as hard as I can to insure that that day comes sooner than later.


Several Months ago, we got an email in our inbox from a girl who wanted to chat Music with us. She wanted to discover new bands, and we are always more than happy to reply to emails like that and chat passionately about music (Seriously, we will talk your ears off if you let us keep going!). After talking to this girl for a month or so back and forth, we found her to be incredibly well spoken, knowledgeable and passionate about music. She and I became quite close, via email, and I always looked forward to reading her new messages and replying to them. After some conversation with the girls and some back and forth dialogue on the matter, we brought her onto our staff, and our new Sound Faction Homegirl LINSEY was thrust into our crazy, hectic and totally off-the-wall family. I am so incredibly happy to have her with us, she is a jewel to have around, makes us laugh, and is doing her best to keep up with her own crazy schedule as well as ours. I'm glad that she's here with us, and I hope that she remains a permanent fixture of our site for a long, long time!


As Manda has in hers, the most anticipated album of 2010. This was an album that I was hoping we'd get in 2009, and I spent most of 2009 psyched out of my mind for it, and anticipating it like nobody's business, but it looks like I'm just going to have to wait until 2010 to get it: THE NEW SUBURBAN LEGENDS RECORD! If you've spent any time at all around me or the website, you know that I, as the rest of the girls, are huge huge huge Suburban Legends fans. This time around, SL is going back to their roots, back to some classic Ska music, and releasing a new purely SKA record. I can't wait to hear it, and there are lost of speculations going around as to some pretty sweet appearances on the record, but I'm not going to jinx it and say it out loud. Let's just say that I can hardly contain myself and I'm trying to have patience when it comes to waiting for it, but it's getting harder to do so every that that passes.

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As I write this, 2009 wraps up, and with it so goes the first decade of the 21st century. A lot of things have happened this year, most of which not great, and I’m happy and excited to see the calendar change over to 2010. So, what are my top 5 best things this year? Let’s see...


I got married! On July 3rd, I became an official old married lady when I wed the best guy EVER Dick. The wedding was great; all the thank you notes have been sent out, the extended family met, and the best part about all this? We never have to do it again! We are now free from the wedding industrial complex forever! I feel a giant win about this on multiple levels.


I have to agree with Cait on this, and say the We the Kings show in Portland. While I did cause Cait momentary disappointment with initially not being able to go, I totally made up for that by changing my entire schedule around so that we could race down to Portland, whip around the Old Port trying to find a parking spot, race through the streets searching for their stage, and find it just in time to see We the Kings. It was just epic.


Convincing Dick to go see the Phenomenauts with me in Richmond. Dick and I do not agree on music, at all. So, when I found out that the Phenomenauts were playing in Richmond this summer (from Caity), I knew I desperately wanted to see them, but I needed to get someone to go with me. Dick was the easiest target. And so, after much pleading and bargaining, I convinced Dick to go with me. And all that effort was completely worth it. The Phenomenauts were amazing, and totally rocked that Monday night.


This may sound like an odd “best” category, but for a grad student, there is always one odd job that beats the rest. Mine was teaching Japanese university students American culture for three weeks in August. This not only included classroom sessions, it also meant introducing them to various components of American culture outside the classroom, such as taking some of them to an amusement park, Bush Gardens, or taking them around to the various Smithsonian museums in Washington DC. This job was one of the best experiences of the year.


Graduating with my masters and starting something new. At some point in the coming year, I will be finally done with my masters, and graduate, thus ending my post-secondary education for the foreseeable future. I am burnt out on papers, critical thinking, and being constantly judged by my professors and ostracized by my fellow graduate students. I am ready to spread my wings outside of academia, and see the world, so to speak. And from the sounds of it, I’ll have an awesome soundtrack of new material from My Chemical Romance and Suburban Legends to do it to. I’m anxiously waiting for the new year to begin.

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During 2009, the most amazing chocolate known to man, found it’s home in the candy isles of Albertan grocery stores. The "Hershey’s Nuggets". With it’s golden package that crinkles so invitingly, a chocolate lover such as myself cannot help but to be pulled in by those delicacies.

I discovered these babies during a Wal-Mart scan with my Mom. We were having a simultaneous Mother/Daughter chocolate crave session that day, so we decided that one bag wouldn’t hurt us. By the time we pulled into our driveway, we had happily devoured the whole amount.

And so began a legacy. Now, whenever we leave the house, each is wondering if the outing for that day would be a good excuse to buy another bag. We’re addicts.

These lovely little bite-sized pieces are made entirely of the fabulous Hershey’s milk chocolate that we all know and love. Suspended in the rich, milk chocolate. Sits several deposits of toffee covered almond bits.

Feeling hungry yet?

I would tell you not to go out and buy a bag. But that, would be me being greedy and wanting them all for myself. You should go buy them. Seriously. A couple of dollars for a bag of heaven? Hands down, I'd do it.

Therefore I must thank Hershey’s Chocolate for being an excellent, and highly excitingly, delicious part of my year.


Late 2009 marked the highly anticipated arrival of Avatar, a fantastic film that inspired awe into most everyone who watched it. This sci-fi film features graphics more beautiful than any Ive ever seen. They were beautiful, not just good. After watching this film (in 3d) I felt I was stuck in a state of awe for approximately a week after its viewing.

I would love to tell you all about the plot line and my favorite part, but I do not wish to give anything away to those of you who have not seen it yet.

So far I think that this may be the best film I have ever seen, and look forward to buying it on DVD, when it comes out in the New Year.


In early March, 2009, my dear Father decided that I was in fact old enough to attend a concert with a friend. The special occasion? Marianas Trench was scheduled for the 7th of April, along with Shiloh and Carly Rae Jepson. We rushed to get tickets, and well; did. As my father and his fiancé were also attending, and they found many ways to embarrass myself (and my friend) many a time. One such situation was causing a huge scene when some stranger was shoved into them. Although I suppose there were other events that absolutely made up for that. Such as meeting Matt and Mike (The band’s bassist and guitarists). During the other performances, the boys were busy selling merchandise. When Shiloh got on stage, the M-Trench line-up pretty much evaporated, so my friend and I found ourselves slipping through the crowd to buy some T-shirts and get some autographs. They happily signed everything we shoved at them, including my treasured M-Trench mini poster; which now features Matt’s fingerprints. Big, greasy, "I’ve been living in a van for the past 3 weeks" type fingerprints.

After another half-hour or so of Shiloh, my friend and I decided that it was time for a bathroom break. The washrooms were located down a set of stairs, and happen to be right beside the stage entrance and the door to get in. On our way back up the stairs, I decided to trip over some finely grated oxygen particles. However, the best part was that Josh Ramsay (For those of you who aren’t huge fans, Josh is the front man of the band) decided to walk inside at the exact moment that I tripped. I think he enjoyed it though; seeing as he burst into hysterical laughter for a minute or two.

In the end, the concert was fantastic and I really couldn’t have wished for a better experience. Im sure I’ll attend many better ones throughout my lifetime, but I’ll always remember this bundle of stair tripping’, ear drum exploding’, slimy fingerprinting’ fun as my first.


This past year, I stumbled across this little ball of Internet-ly awesomeness.

I’m very thankful for The Sound Faction because it brought me into a bunch of really fantastic people who I’m very happy to call friends. I don’t think many people believe that one can have actual friends over the Internet. I think them wrong. You don’t have to be sitting right next to someone to have him or her as a friend, or even understand what they’re all about. Just because they’re twice they’re age, doesn’t mean that you cant be friends.

Again, Im extremely proud to even consider myself a member of The Sound faction, and the year 2009 will certainly mean more than just another year to me, thanks to Caity, Manda, Jen, Natty, and Doctah J.


You know what, guys? 2009 rocked, that’s what. Maybe it’s because Im just maturing more than ever, and seeing everything in a newer, more positive light. Heck, maybe it’s the recent abundance of really good music that seems to be keeping my spirits high. Maybe there’s something odd in the water supply. Whatever it is, I like it.

If you’re the person putting fluorescent, green liquids in my water system; lets up it, okay? I would like 2010 to be an even better year for all of us.

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I still can’t believe another year has come and gone and here I sit writing another top five of the year. This year I’m going to start off with the amazing friends that I have. No matter what either of us goes through we are always there for each other. I mean people will come and go from your life, and you will have fights and arguments with them but at the same time, you know no matter what you can depend on them being there for you. It has been a weird year for me with a lot of things happening in both my personal and professional life, but none of that mattered when I was next to my friends and we were laughing and bonding over some of the most ridiculous things ever. It was a year where I got to finally meet one of the people who have become a constant in my life (yes Nickel this is your shout out) and someone whom I can depend on to pick me up no matter how low I feel with just a quick conversation over AIM. Then I have my Buckwheat whom without I don’t think I could have made it through much of anything this year. He always has a way to make me see things that I didn’t see before and make me think of things in a different way and I cherish that. Then there is my Taz, we go way back. When I say way back, I mean we met when our homerooms were beside each other. I was in Grade 7 and she was in Grade 8. We have been unstoppable ever since. It’s like no matter how long we spend apart we know what the other is thinking and feeling. It’s amazing if you ever get us in the same room to see what happens. Of course there are my girls from the site, Jen, Caity, Manda, Doc and our newest member Linsey. Though Linsey hasn’t been able to share in our antics when we are together (well not yet anyway but I am sure it will happen soon), she can still see what we are all about and the craziness that comes from us. We all have a bond, through music and through life and anyone around us can see that. This year has also been a chance to rekindle some old friendships that were lost in the past, to mature and revisit memories. I can’t describe how much this year in friendships has meant to me.


This year, as with every year, I have had the amazing chance to attend some of the best shows to hit this area. Of course I’ve also had the chance to travel for some amazing shows. The show that really blew me away was having the chance to go to Bamboozle in New Jersey. To spend two glorious days soaking in so many different kinds of music and atmosphere it blew me away. I would have to say my favourite moment of that day was seeing Bayside. Thought I will admit that I have NEVER seen a crowd go crazy for Bayside like I did at that show. Basically I GREATLY enjoyed their set, but I had to leave the pit due to the crowd causing me to suffer a massive panic attack. Now, I am a trouper when it comes to shows and that my friends is the first time in a LONG time that I have had to leave a pit of any sort. Aside from the near death experience, all in all Bamboozle ranks extremely high on my list of most amazing experiences of my life. Not to mention just hanging out with my girls, dancing in the middle of a parking lot, jumping high into the air for Billy Talent, and having a Wentz walk a few feet in front of me with a group of teenage girls following close behind him. There was rain, sunshine and extra protein in our fruit smoothies (I think only Nickel will get that one). Ranking second to that day was getting to see Our Lady Peace after what felt like a million years. This is a memory I will always treasure with Jen. Me and her standing there watching a band that in so many ways helped save both our lives. I remember feeling my whole body shake and shiver; I remember feeling tears in my eyes. I know at one point I looked at Jen and said “I don’t think he realizes the impact he has on people”, referring of course to Raine Maida. His lyrics, his voice, his music (well their music) has made a huge impact on my life and being able to see a piece of that again meant the world to me.


This year has been extremely rough on me and without my family I don’t think I would have made it through anything at all. I have to thank them for holding pieces of me together and making things feel real and important again. When my Mom called me in early December to say she had something important to tell me, I never thought in a million years that it would be she was coming here for Christmas. My Mama is my hero. She is my strength and my shoulder to lean on when things get too hard. She is a strong woman who single handily took care of my Aunt when she was passing from ALS, and has now taken on taking care of my Grandmother who we are slowly losing to dementia. It’s a 24 hour day for her and I wish that she had someone to help her through it. But she does it with her head held high and the strength of a million women. I hadn’t seen her in two years because she could never get away because she didn’t have anyone who could take care of my Grammy. Well this year, her boyfriend had four days off and she was able to come spend Christmas with us. It was a lot of tears at the airport and a lot of hugs. It was the highlight of my year and I didn’t really want anything else for Christmas. Nothing could ever possibly top that. NOTHING. Just having her with us, having her be there to share stories and pictures and see what me and my little brother have been doing for the past two years was amazing. We would sit around and talk, and watch movies and shop. It was just the little day to day things that were made ten times better because she was there with us. When it was time to say goodbye I didn’t want to, I wanted to keep her here, but I know she had to get home and take care of Grammy. I just hope that I do not have to wait as long to see her next time.


This year has brought on a new personal strength to my life in the form of someone to share my life with on so many levels. For those of you out there who don’t believe or ever think that you are going to meet the person who can change your life or someone who will love you, well I am here to tell you don’t give up on hope. I’ve always been that person who never had someone to hold hands with, someone to cuddle with and watch movies on a rainy day. I had all but given up hope when I saw my friends fall in love and move into that new chapter of their life. This year however I was granted with my very own prince charming. I know at this point I am probably sounding corny and really lame but I can’t help it. He has brought a new dimension to my life, a new chapter and a new piece to me that I didn’t know was hiding just under the surface. He has made me a better person, made me a more open person and made me realize that sometimes all you really need is a hug. It’s weird to think that it hasn’t been that long but I can honestly say I can’t see how he wasn’t in my life sooner. He means the world to me and he shows me everyday what I mean to him. We take care of each other and we respect each other as human beings. I honestly couldn’t in anyway ask for anything better in my life. I guess I have to thank the big guy upstairs for looking after me all these years till he came along. Yes, I am done with the mush fest ;)


My life has and always will be impacted by the music that surrounds me. There is one band that has had an extremely personal impact on my life and that band is no other then Avenged Sevenfold. I have their logo tattooed on my back as a symbol of my love and respect for their music and them as individuals. On December 28th the world lost one of the most amazing drummers of our time, James Owen Sullivan, better known to the music world as The Rev. To say it felt like my world shattered when I heard the news would be a mild understatement to say the least. It felt like I had lost a friend, when I had because when some ones music impacts you that much you can’t help but lose a little piece of your heart along with them. You are probably wondering how this is one of my top moments of 2009? Well I am getting to that. While we all sat in shock at the news, cried and asked why over and over. Something strange also happened to each and every Avenged Sevenfold fan out there, we all bonded together to help each other. For me personally I got back a friendship that I had thought was long gone, even though it took something as tragic as this to bring us back together, I am glad we are. All the fans bonded together in a huge way to help each other though the entire process of our grieving for a man who impacted us all. Forums quickly became meeting boards to talk though the pain we all felt, to talk about the lose we felt and most importantly, to help each and every one of us heal. I was just on twitter before I came here to write this up and a fan had an amazing experience while she was walking through a mall in her Avenged hoodie. A fellow fan, someone who she didn’t even know, came up and gave her a hug and said ‘thank you’. It is that sort of thing, that even if you aren’t a fan you have to respect how each and every one of us are coming together to help each other. There isn’t any fighting, arguing or anything of that nature. We are all helping each other step forward and show the four remaining members of the band that they have our support and arms to fall back into when they need it. We will always and forever be Avenged Sevenfold fans and nothing will change that. Our love is strong and fortified in numbers.

RIP Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan. You show them up there how much fun you are really are and cause a whole bunch of shit to make it more interesting for the rest of us. I know for a fact (okay not a real fact but you know what I mean) that he is sitting up there right now, smoking a cigar and having a shot of Jack seeing the impact that he has had on so many peoples lives and I hope that it is putting a huge smile on his face. Though it is a sad moment, it is also a reminder of the strength that music has in bonding us all together at a time when a great sadness has come upon us.

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I'm not gunna lie, 2009 bit the big one for me. I lost four people very dear to me. I was by my best friends side as she had major surgery. I helplessly watched as my life changed forever. Plus so much more. So you can probably see why I'm finding it heard to come up with five bests. This is what I've got.


I got to attend Bamboozle this year with Manda, Caity, Natty, Jessica, Lisa and our new friend Nicole and it was probably one of the best weekends of my life. The second day was actually the day I would like to focus on. It was a wet and gloomy day, perfect for a festival! Wasn't raining too much but the sun also wasn't blazing down and burning everything in sight.

For some reason we got separated into three groups. Nicole and Natty, Jessica and Lisa and then Caity, Manda and Myself. We were all situated in front of the main stage waiting for The Maine to come on. Okay, so I've gone on and on about The Maine this year, but really they've changed my life in three songs. I love all their songs, but if I hadn't heard these three specific ones...I wouldn't look at things like I do. So they start and open with 'We All Roll Along' well thanks guys because now I'm crying! Not because I finally get to see The Maine, but because that's one of the songs. I'm with two of my best friends, who I think about when I hear that song, I'm at friggin Bamboozle! In Jersey!! It just hit home for me.

As they play on I don't know what happened but for once in my life I was comfortable. I ignored the fact that I was surrounded by people I don't know and just got lost. I remember during 'Count Em 1,2,3' Caity and I got laughing so hard we were both almost on the ground in tears. We missed the whole song because we couldn't stop laughing. What were we laughing at? NO IDEA!! That's how awesome it was! We were jumping and dancing and singing and having the best time. They closed with 'Everything I Ask For,' and by that time I just couldn't stop dancing. Like Caity said in her Nov. BoTM I ended up standing on her face to sing along. Standing on her face!! I didn't mean to, it just happened! This was definitely the best thing that happened this year for me. I have always wondered what it felt like not to care. Even if for only half an hour.


What a year for friendship. I have met so many amazing people it's unbelievable. I love every single one of my friends and would be nowhere without them. I would like to focus on one particular friendship because I have been in the most horrible state of mind lately and one night I was about ready to grab my ipod and hide for a while when my phone rang. I hadn't talked to my friend Jes for more than little hello messages in almost two years and the second I heard her voice I almost cried.

Jes and I have been friends since we were six years old. And it's one of those friendships where you can go two years without really talking and then the second you start talking again, it's like you never stopped. Jes will always be someone I know I can count on. For eighteen years now it's been myself, Jes and our friend Katie and though I haven't talked to Katie (she is travelling through Australia - BUT SHE's HOME SOON!!) I know the second the three of us get back together it will be like we just saw each other the day before. I miss them with all my heart and I can't wait to see both of them for the first time in two years.


Okay I have had such a great year for finding new music it's incredible. But the one song I am so far beyond excited for isn't new at all. It's from the 80s and if you're anything like me, you already know it. It is called 'Run With Us' and it's by Lisa Lougheed. You can check out the video HERE . You might ask yourself, 'where have I heard this?' Well...back in the 80s a cartoon aired called The Racoons. This was the theme song!! Why did I choose to single out this song out of all the amazing songs I've found? Because as much as I love the other songs I found, I grew up with The Raccoons! It was one of my favorite shows as a kid. This song is so stereotypically 80s and that automatically means it is bullshit awesome!


Welcome back Our Lady Peace, I have missed you.


I would be telling the biggest lie if I said this was one of my favorite things about the past year. But the way I see it is if I can't make it go away, a peaceful end is all any of us could ask for. October 10th Dale Peters passed away peacefully in his home from Esophageal Cancer. He was a husband, a father, a son, brother, nephew, cousin and a friend. Most importantly to me, and many others he was and will always be an uncle. He was brave and hit this head on. He loved his family and his life. He had a good heart and never wanted anyone to worry. He was strong. His passing made me realize something - It doesn't matter what you believe because in the end, if you were a good person you will always find your peace. Whatever peace is to you. I know he's found his and I am only glad that his suffering is over. That was the worst thing that happened to me. I miss him everyday and I always will.

Also, I'm sorry but the new My chemical Romance and The Maine albums have to get honorable mention in mine. Like, bullshit looking forward to those in 2010.

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