So these are my top ten albums of 2008. I gave some of their standout tracks and a lyric from the tracks. I highly recommend all of these albums. I'll make another post detailing my top three.

10. Sigur Ros- Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Key Track:

 Inni mer syngur vitleysingur (Within me a lunatic Sings)

Straumnes


9.Coldplay-Viva La Vida
Key Tracks:
Death and all his friends:"And, in the end, we lie awake and we dream of making our escape"

Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love:
"They are turning my head out
To see what I’m all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day, the sun will come out"

8.Death Cab for Cutie-Narrow Stairs
Key Tracks:
Grapevine Fires:
"news reports On the radio said it was getting worse
As the ocean air fanned the flames
But I couldn't think
Of anywhere I would've rather been
To watch it all burn away"

Your New Twin Sized Bed:
"And I try not to worry, but you've got me terrified
It's like your some kind of hurry
To say goodbye"

7. Conor Oberst-Conor Oberst
Key Track:
Milk Thistle :

"Milk thistle, milk thistle
Let me down slow
Just help me go slow
I've been hurrying on
I was poised for greatness
I was down and out
I keep death at my heels
Like a basset hound
If i go to heaven
I'll be bored as hell
Like a crying baby
At the bottom of a well"

Danny Callahan:
"Even Western medicine
it couldn't save Danny Callahan
Bad bone marrow, a bald little boy
But the love he feels he carries inside can be passed
He lay still his mother kissed him goodbye Said,
'Come back, where are you going to alone?' "

Copeland-You Are My Sunshine
Key Tracks:
What Do I Know:
"If you feel restless where you are, it may be easier to stay.
There area million other fools to make your bed.
And they'll be closing all the shades to keep you right there in that grave.
And I'll be knocking 'cause you never left my head."

The Day I lost My Voice(The Suitcase Song)
"You see love is a drink that goes straight to my head
and time is a lover and I'm caught in her stare
And the sentiment there follows me straight to my bed through the night"

5. Jack's Mannequin-The Glass Passenger
Key Tracks:

Annie, Use Your Telescope
"When it's late, don't stop looking
Where my eyes turn to glass
When it's late, don't stop,
Annie, I will make it."

Hammers and Strings(A Lullaby)

" 'I need something to believe in
A breath from the breathing
So write it down,
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night I've got nowhere to hide'
To the sleepless, this is my reply:
I will write you a lullaby"

4. Forgive Durden- Razia's Shadow:A Musical

Key Tracks:
Meet The King:
"Daughter, my dear, please open both your ears. There is something not right here.
Well I can’t place my finger on it, but this young man’s filled with darkness.
If you think I’ll just sit back and let this slide, then you are mistaken.
I will surely not give up without a fight, ‘cause I’m the King, it won’t be that easy"

The End and the Beginning:
"I’m sure that she would care to hear your acumen,
as to how your presence is the reason she is sick.
But I suppose it’s in vain, since her life is ending,
when I thrust this blade into her heart-a-thumping."

3. Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever Ago
Key Tracks:
Skinny Love:
"I told you to be patient
I told you to be fine
I told you to be balanced
I told you to be kind
In the morning I'll be with you
But it will be a different "kind"
I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines"

Blindsided:
"Bike down... down to the downtown
Down to the lockdown... boards, nails lye arond
I crouch like a crow
Contrasting the snow
For the agony, I'd rather know
'Cause blinded I am blindsided"

2. Fall Out Boy-Folie a Deux
Key Tracks:
w.a.m.s:
"Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
Freckle, freckle
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone"

West Coast Smoker:
"Oh hell yes
I'm a nervous wreck
Oh hell yes
The drugs just make me reset
Knock once for the father, twice for the son
three times for the holy ghost."

1. Lydia-Illuminate
Key Tracks:
This is Twice Now:
"Baby, just ask once more
Because I saw your door wide open
But the floor is still freezing
Hailey, I was sick and I'm still quite unwell
Tell me it's you or nothing at all
I stole your soul
Because you said I’d never be able
But all the whole world is still on my string"

Sleep Well:
"It was just, just a goddamn mistake
Well stay at home
Because you're way too good at taking
Love is too much
I'll be just fine in here
Stay at home, because it's always the same"

For John Green

1. What's your name?
Meridith... also known as MerMer

2. What is your favorite thing to wear?
Pajamas, especially when they are plaid

3. Last thing you ate?
Peanut butter chocolate chip rice cake. I am forever in debt to the genius who combined these two flavors. 

4. One place you will NEVER eat at?
I do not know what I will never do. ask me once I receive my crystal ball.

5. I say Shotgun, you say:
WEDDING!  oh panic at the disco... how you bring back memories of middle school.

6. Last person you hugged?
My friend Georgie.

7. Does anyone you know wanna date you?
Not that I'm aware of

8. Would you date anyone you met online?
Probably not... at least not through a dating site. But anything could happen.

9. Name something you like physically about yourself:
I like my lips

10. The last place you went out to dinner to?
The South Station, where I sufficiently ate enough desert to last a normal person a month...But it was Thanksgiving and I could use society's forced gluttony as an excuse ; )

11. Who is your best friend?
I never answer this question, it makes me anxious and uncomfortable. If I must answer I will say myself.

12. What time of the day is it?
6:00 PM on the dot

13. Who/What made you angry today?
My step dad when he told me to clean my room, not realizing I was doing homework NOT only watching John on Blog TV

14. Baseball or Football?
I don't enjoy playing or watching sports much at all. I do like the atmosphere and idea of both sporting events though.

15. Ever gone skinny dipping?
uh kinda...

16. Favorite type of Food?
type? Carby-delicious. I like the bread family. I also love fruit.

17. Favorite holiday:
Christmas

18. Do you download music:
Legally? Yes. Illegally? Only for non-released rarities, or things actually released by the artist... which probably isn't considered illegal then. 

19. Do you care if your socks are dirty?
Not really, as long as they are black.

20. Opinion of Chinese symbol tattoos?
Sometimes nice, sometimes tacky. It's all in the context.

21. Would you date the person who posted this?
John Green? Figuratively yes. Actually? Never. His love for Sarah seems so sincere and adorable that I want nothing bad to ever happen to it. Yeti= Good.

22. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally?
Multiple times, and it always amazes me.

23. Do you love anyone?
Yes.

24. Are colored contact lenses sexy?
Not really. I think they are a sign of insecurity. But then again people could say that about me dying my hair, and I do that because I get bored.

25. Have you ever bungee jumped?
No. The thought of it very scary. Sky diving? maybe. Bungee jumping? It sounds just wholly unsafe.

26. Have you ever gone white-water rafting?
Yes, and there were barely any rapids, so it was sort of lame.

27. Has anyone ten years older than you ever hit on you
No.

28. How many pets do you have?
None. I wish I had a cat though.

29. Have you met a real redneck?
Haha I live in Vermont. People proudly declare this often, so yes.

30. How is the weather right now?
Craptastic. It's at the point where it will barely snow then all melt which sucks. Once it really starts snowing I will be happy.

31. What are you listening to right now?
Forgive Durden-Genesis from Razia's Shadow:A Musical

32. What is your current favorite song?
At this moment it's a tie between First Impressions by Julia Nunes and Flume by Bon Iver. I also just fell in love with Dancing Choose by TV on the Radio.

33. What was the last movie you watched?
The Holiday...it was just one of those chick flick nights.

34. Do you wear contacts?
No, I like my glasses.

35. Where was the last place you went besides your house?
School.

36. What are you afraid of?
Being trapped mentally and physically.

37. How many piercings have you had?
Two(or is it considered one?) on my ears...one hole in each.

38. What piercings do you want?
none.

39. What's one thing you've learned this year?
Things aren't as bad as I think they are, people do like me, and being a nerd(fighter) is quite possibly one of the best things ever. I know it said one but these three were big.

40. What do you usually order from Starbucks?You mean on my biannual trips? 
Chai latte and a muffin.

41. What Magazines are you reading?
Elle,Marie Claire, and the mindless abyss that is Seventeen magazine. Oh fluff, you're so delicious.

42. Have you ever fired a gun:
No.

43. Are you missing someone?
Now that you have me thinking about it yes.

44. Favorite TV show?
Arrested Development.

45. Do you have an obession with WoW?
No. Haha much like john I do not like to think while playing video games. I enjoy a good round of Wii tennis.

46. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celeb?
Kat Dennings(well they said I have Kat Dennings lips and that I AM her character Norah from Nick and Norah.. They were kind of right). It was a happy moment, because I think Kat Dennings is so sweet! Have you seen her vlog? She's rather funny.

47. What celeb do you look like?
Already answered above. I got a little ahead of myself.

48. Who would you like to see right now?
Is that you plural? How about a nice get together with John and Hank Green,Nate Ruess,Max Bemis,Ellen Page, and Woody Allen. Yeah anymore awesome and the room would combust.

49. Favorite movie of all time?
Juno.

50. Do you find yourself loved?
Yes, although I forget this from time to time.

51. Have you ever been caught doing something you weren't suppose to?
Yes.

52. Favorite smell?
Vanilla, and scents that bring back specific memories. There are many of the latter which I'm not going to list.

53. Butter, plain, or salted popcorn?
Butter and salt thank you.

54. What's something that really bugs you?
When others are severely insecure and have little empathy for others. This combination drives me up the wall.

55. Do you like Michael Jackson?
I am indifferent. 

56. Taco Bell or Burger King?
Ew, neither please.

57. What's your favorite perfume?
Aquolina Pink Sugar. It reminds me of a very specific time in my life, and has a super sweet vanilla smell. Although like any perfume I meet I do get sick of it from time to time.

58. Favorite baseball team?
I dn not have one.

59. Ever call a 1-900 phone number?
No.

60. What's the longest time you've gone without sleep?
Good question... all I know is having a nine hour flight to greece then staying awake the entire day immediately following made me feel like I hadn't slept in years.

61. Last time you went bowling?
Three years ago I think... Which seems very long ago.

62. Where is the weirdest place you have slept?
None of the places I've slept(that I can recall) stand out as odd in my mind.

63. Who was your last phone call?
Probably my mother.

64. Last time you were at work?
I don't have a "job" but I went to school today.

65. What's the closest orange object to you?
The sweater I'm wearing.