So while I’m bored out of my mind at my parents’ house over my winter break, I realized that it’s been a freakishly long time since I’ve updated my blog. The month of November was pretty tough. I was so absorbed with school that I didn’t even run. Dude, that’s bad.

But I must inform you all (what three?) of my most recent obsession. Well, it’s not really an obsession, it’s just my most recent crave— The All American Rejects.

You must understand that they are really the only band that I’ve followed pretty closely since the end of my freshman year of high school. I claim that they’re the only vice I’ve kept since my high school days, which is mostly because they have yet to disappoint me. (I love/d Linkin Park, but their most recent album disappointed me— so AAR is on the top of the list).

They’re new album came out Dec. 16, so I’m still in the honeymoon stage. Seriously, I look forward to going somewhere in my car JUST so I can listen to their CD. I even joined their website. I feel like the only 20-something year old in the SEA of 13-16 year old girls who improperly use ellipsis over and over again and refer to themselves as Emo... yea... like... yea.

Anyhoo, what I most respect about AAR is how they grow artistically with each album. Their albums have the same “sound” but improve. They’ve yet to get themselves in a box, which is sometimes hard to do in the music business.

My most recent rave about AAR is their Britney Spears “Womanizer” rendition. OMG, it’s so good. First of all— it’s creative. They use a little accordion, the clink of beer bottles, an acoustic guitar and tambourines. That’s it. And it sounds better than Britney’s version. Well, it’s pretty obvious that they have some spare time on their hands to mess around to such an extent to produce such a wide range of sounds.

I also love it because they’re branching out. It’s not their usually kind of music, and it’s is extremely creative. Plus, it’s freakin hilarious that AAR decided to cover “Womanizer.” Check out the Interscope Records' AAR page to see what I mean.