And God said, “This shit is cray.”

Jesus fucking Christ, THIS BAND.

The most popular items at your merch booth seem to be a t-shirt and bag that say “Reinvent Love,” which is such a strong, inclusive message. Tell me about how that became the band slogan.

[Spencer]: It started out as a lyric in “Mad as Rabbits.” It was the last song we were recording for the album, and as we figured out how to fit it into the end of the song, it took on some more anthem-style cheer. As we went on tour, me and Ryan [Ross, Panic’s guitarist] talked about making a “Reinvent Love” shirt. At first it was just going to be on the Fueled By Ramen web store, just a limited edition thing because it didn’t have our band name on the front, and we didn’t know how many people would want to wear that. It ended up being a lot more popular than we thought it would. We were ending all of the concerts with that song, so that was the last thing that people were hearing. We wouldn’t want to be a part of anything that wasn’t that kind of that message. If there’s going to be some saying associated with our band, that’s a pretty good one. It goes along with everything we want to represent and the way that we feel.

♥;_______;♥

I don't know what to do with this band anymore.

P.S. Fifty million points to anyone who writes me stories of Spencer babbling his stoner monologue of paranoia and Jon being all "...dude, just look at the flowers and chill." STONED!THINKY!SPENCER FTW, 'S ALL I'M SAYING.

And then there's Gerard writing Tom Sawyer pornfiction and MY BRAIN HAS OFFICIALLY DIED FROM BANDOM, GOOD NIGHT.

You know what's awesome? Reading your flist for the first time since noon and seeing your friends joke about "Batman Helena Way" and thinking Oh, yes, wouldn't that be amazing if GERARD were going to be a dad? Like that'll just MAGICALLY HAPPEN!

AND LO, IT DOES. \o/

ONLY IN BANDOM, FOLKS. ONLY IN BANDOM.

Now I'm off to stare at their Twitter and LOL forever. Oh, BOB. ♥_♥

So Tuesday night I saw this band called My Chemical Romance...

( my face STILL hurts from smiling )

My mother and brother just got in this evening from their week-long vacation in Vegas. I just learned that their hotel? Was behind the Hard Rock Hotel. Like I told shleemeri, I'm waiting for my mom to show me pictures she took on the strip, and then say, "Oh! And here's this lovely young man who took our picture," and it's, like, Brendon Urie or something. The universe haaaaaaates me.

On a separate note, the fic that's out right now in this fandom is killing me. Dear fandom, please to not be posting long, amazing AUs all at once, I seriously have to work eight hours a day. skoosiepants finally posted the sequel to Supersaturation (as well as another companion fic, OMFG *flails like a flaily thing*), sweetrecovery finally posted her journalism AU, and there are Christmas exchange fics coming out of my ears. *rolls around in fic*

On another sort-of separate note, I've been seeing people talk about their "unpopular" fannish opinions, which has been fascinating to me. What's been on my mind lately is the music, namely why certain songs are popular and others aren't. And probably my biggest "unpopular" opinion is my ambiguity toward Gym Class Heroes. I'll just put it out there: I'm not a Travie fan. He's funny, sure, and Gabe loves him, but their music is really the least enjoyable for me out of all the bandom groups. Plus, I sort of find Travis to be a skeevy drunk a lot of times, just from the pictures/videos I've seen. *hands* Correct me if I'm wrong, by all means! But please, don't try to convince me that "Cupid's Chokehold" is a good song, because every time I hear it on the radio, I want to punch something. However, I love "Clothes Off" (PStump has a lot to do with that) and "The Queen and I" is good, but. Idk, I know everyone says they're amazing live, so maybe seeing them in concert one day will change my mind.

( more ramblings on my favorite bandom songs vs. the universal favs )

OH HAI TODAY IS PREMIERE DAY FOR THE OFFICE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NEXT WEEK. Thank GOD for my flist! So exciiiiiited, I feel like I haven't been able to participate in new TV flailings this week (except new SGA starts tomorrow night *SQUEE*). And the premiere of SVU was HORRID, gah. Cynthia Nixon, please to never be in the same room with my Meloni EVER AGAIN. SVU writers, stop ripping off Primal Fear, kthx.

How ironic that the day after I played hooky at work I actually DO feel kind of crappy. Oh, karma.

Guys, my birthday is in two months. I'd like to request a Jon Walker pillow, plz. You can double side it with Spencer. Then every night I'd have a choice! \o/

HAVE I MENTIONED skoosiepants IS WRITING A SUPERSATURATION SEQUEL? It's only THE fic that basically turned me over to bandom and the wonderous love that is P!ATD. She's also adding an aliens-made-them-do-it SGA trope with Jon/Ryan JUST FOR ME. *flails around* I cannot, CANNOT wait for this fic.

ethrosdemon is pimping out Patrick Stump, and I love it: This [...] illustrate[s] that even not autotuned, he really does sound that good. DAMN STRAIGHT. Speaking of, am I the only one that gets a little choked up whenever I listen to "The (After) Life of the Party"? I know most people consider "Hum Hallelujah" to be their heart-clencher, but my god, his voice at the end, the emotion...I love that song so, so much. For me, that song is a wonderful example of Pete's lyrics fusing to Patrick's voice to make awesome music.

In conclusion, TOP MODEL MCR! bexless: Bob will funky diva your FACE. For. The. Win.

MCR peeps! I was watching the video for The Ghost of You, and I'm wondering--is there fic out there written in this verse? Where they're all WWII soldiers? Kind of like how there's a whole sub-genre of FOB vampire fic based on the "A Little Less Sixteen Candles" video? If so...*makes grabby hands* Because seriously, I could SO get behind that. I really can't get over Army!Gerard. And FRANK. IN A INFORM. OMG.

I am sitting here with my Starbucks coffee and thinking about...well, this thing that's taken over my brain the past couple of months. I was watching parts of Life on the Murder Scene last night and you guys, I am so in awe of ALL of these boys and how much they freaking love each other. LOVE. EACH. OTHER. I am also in complete and utter ridiculous love with their dorkness and how they are just boys playing music and being together and that's all that freaking matters. They are earnest to a fault, admit to being addicted to video games instead of drugs, sing Alicia Keys songs in their spare time, and get excited about going to the zoo. I LOVE THEM ALL SO DAMN MUCH SOMETIMES IT HURTS.

Not mention GUY RIPLEY. RYLAND BLACKINTON, PLEASE MARRY ME, KTHX.

ALSO COOL: imogenedisease and madsciencechick's Joe Troh/Spencer Smith epic porn tale of win. Seriously. If you have not read this, you are MISSING OUT. DO NOT LET THE PAIRING DETER YOU. It is possibly the hottest thing around right now.

Now, ( Let's talk about Panic! at the Disco for a moment whilst I cut to save my flist's sanity )

SERIOUSLY. SERIOUSLY.

BANDOM, IF YOU KEEP THIS UP I WILL NOT LAST THE WEEK.