That's what I figured, and I'm sure it seems completely obvious...but I know they haven't compiled/aren't sending out the 09 membership kits yet (not that I'd be expecting it THIS early) but I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks!

Ok, so...this might seem like a complete DUH question, but if I join NOW (as in today, January 2nd) I'll get the 2009 membership kit, not the 2008...correct?

To be completely honest, I'm not that interested in the 08 membership kit and was hoping to get in on the 09 one instead...I just want to be absolutely certain before I join.  Y'know?

If anybody can confirm this for me, twould be greatly appreciated...

That's ironic, because I actually watched that episode today...it doesn't show him kill them, but it doesn't show him NOT kill them either...really, it just shows him pick up the gun and start shooting, then cuts off.  Maybe it was edited for the DVD, but I don't ever remember anything else happening after that...I dunno.

The Quagmire and Taylor Hanson thing makes me laugh every time...hiiiilarious.

Oh, and if anybody would happen to want anymore info on SXSW, here's the official 09 website

http://sxsw.com/home

If you're in the area, its a fantastic opportunity to hear great new music, and its also the time of year when Austin is littered with celebrities (if that's more your cup of tea)...my friend had a conversation with Owen Wilson once at Barton Springs for 10 minutes during SXSW before saying "You know, you look JUST like Owen Wilson" and he said "That's because I am."  ...lol

SXSW is the most awesome music festival EVER! (Ofcourse I say that, because I'm an Austinite and its held annually in Austin, TX)  ...I think its actually a music/movie fest...the bigger Austin music fest is ACL (Austin City Limits) which is also held annually.

I'm pretty sure Hanson has shown up for this the past couple of years...it IS where they were originally "discovered" after all, so why not?

But yeah, I'm almost positive that clip is from this year...but yeah, I do that leg thing too, when I'm singing or playing flute...I don't know if its the extensive marching band experience, or my natural fidgety-ness...but yeah...lol

Eh, potato, tomato, pinata, whatever...lol

Congrats to them on the new wee one, that's so exciting!  December babies are the best kind, true story (says the December baby). 

And Viggo Moriah is WAY better than whatever gibberish my sister said when she told me on the phone, because she couldn't remember exactly what it was...she goes "I think it was Ziggy (something)" and I just went "NO."

lol

Oh, for the longest, longest time, in Strong Enough to Break, I sang "Sugar is the price you pay" instead of "STRUGGLE is the price you pay"...it didn't make any sense, but for the life of me I couldn't translate Taylor-ese into anything else. 

My dad also refuses to sing the real lyrics to MMMBop even though I'm sure he knows them.  Instead, he always sings "Give a man a leash to lead his life"...yeah.

A girl at the Dallas walk also stepped on a piece of glass and was bleeding...I was standing right next to her and Isaac was pushing through to get to the front for the mid walk speech and she showed him...he said something to the effect of "Whoah, that's hardcore! You ok?" 

They should make us all sign a waiver before we walk, what with all these injuries...lol

OH!

This wasn't me, but on the radio YEARS ago, some girls called the radio station I listen to to ask the DJ what Isaac is singing in the background in MMMBop...when he sings

"Is it going to be a daisy or a rose?"  They thought he was saying "Party cheesy oar"...lol...I also still hear that, to this day, every time I listen to the song...

My sister and I ALWAYS sing "There's a LION in your silence"....just because its better that way, lol

Like the first million times I heard Great Divide, the line "Still we hunger for a moment of freedom" I thought he was singing "Still we hunger for a mama to feed." 

I had to read the lyrics, and it STILL sounds like he's singing that every time I hear it...lol.

Somehow, my sister and I also turned "Tearin It Down" into "Chair in a Town"...we still sing it that way, and sometimes people can't tell the difference...lol

Also, I kind of don't think it was meant to be taken seriously....

I'm pretty sure they sing it as kind of a joke...just the whole way they've slowed the tempo down and the fashion in which they sing it SCREAMS satire to me...

I could be wrong.  But I cracked up the first time I heard it...so I guess I kind of thought that was the point.  In which case, there technically isn't any double standard to apply, if they aren't singing it with any serious intention...I guess.

AH!  And Angela's Ashes...I adore that one...Snow Falling on Cedars....ok, I'll shut up.

I also seem to remember hearing Zac say Lord of the Rings somewhere...it is a great trilogy...although, and I could be wrong on this...but I also want to say I heard Taylor say Atlas Shrugged one time...and I cringed a little.  lol

Memoirs of a Geisha is an amazing book...I also have reread The Hot Zone multiple times (but I'm also a science junkie) and The Poisonwood Bible...Wasted is a really good memoir...

I think I could probably go on forever.  I love books.

rofl

...I was so about to say that myself...

I think I'm addicted to this cover.  I seriously listen to it over and over and over, and every time I just about pee my pants as well...lol...hilarious.

^^agreed.

I'm in the process of organizing a walk on the TCU campus (Texas Christian)...we're going to try and get some backing from certain student organizations and maybe even student government...because if we could do THAT, it would really spread word around campus.  Look into seeing if there are any groups on campus that would be willing to help out.  Maybe mention in passing that The Walk is the brainchild of Hanson and they're the ones donating the money, but focus more on the cause.  Make it clear that this is about helping people, not so much about the band.  

I think those of us on college campuses may even have a head start on everybody else...we have access to a vast number of people condensed in a small area, who typically tend to be more motivated towards taking action to help somebody as opposed to directly donating money (since we tend to be on the flat broke side of things, lol)...

Good luck with your walk!

Ha..."Hanson time"...that's funny, cause when I heard the estimate of "this time next year" I also thought "So in Hanson speak, that means this time three years from now...?"  

It doesn't particularly matter to me, because even if it was that long, I know it would be worth the wait, plus I understand that it takes a LOT of work to make a quality album, and these guys have been rush rush rush non-stop for the past year or two...or eleven...lol

I love facial hair.  Not like, a full on beard, but a definite scruffiness...I think its sexy.  Maybe that's just me, though...I think its hot on the guys.

Wow, talk about obnoxiousness...those video clips are awful. 

My sister and I were actually in the second row at the Wichita show as well...lol...we didn't encounter the same girl, BUT, we had serious issues a few times with people pushing through and trying to get in front of us.  These two little girls in particular (little as in small, not young)...if they had ASKED us if we could move a little so they could see, then I would have been happy to, but they simply shoved us and went "ExCUSE me, we can't SEE...let us up there."  I just ignored them.  They kept at it for a while and finally I heard a girl behind me say "These people waited outside for a LONG time to get these spots, and if you wanted one of them, you should have showed up early too."  THANK YOU, whoever you were...lol

Then they kept going "We can't help it we're short."

...is it MY fault you're short?  Like I said, if they had just asked nicely, I probably would have let them in front of me, even though I did wait several hours to get that spot...

That one is tough, cause I have so many good Hanson memories...

the walk in Wichita was great though...what with Taylor giving us the arts tour, and the high-five from Zac, Isaac's little diatribe about the walker statue and the acoustic performance afterwards...the show was also amazing...and getting my picture with Zac has got to be up there too...

I was thinking EXACTLY the same thing the other day! lol

I'm 22 (almost 23) and I've been a fan since I was 11, too...I was just like "Wow...its crazy that I've reached a point where the majority of my life, I've been a Hanson fan"...and that when I get old, there will be just barely over a decade in which Hanson was not a part of my life.  Craziness.

It depends on the venue as well, though.

In Dallas, we got our hands stamped and then went over to HOB...we asked somebody at the front desk if they were going to honor the hand stamps and she said that later they would make a separate line.  Then the same lady told the girls who ended up in line behind us that the band hadn't contacted them about any stamps, and that there wouldn't be any other line. 

I know that HOB in Dallas wasn't the only place that gave fans problems either, i remember somebody else on here complaining about it...but yeah, I would just ask the people in charge when you get there, and hope that they're honest with you.  There were a LOT of pissed off people in Dallas, because we got stamped and ended up at the back of the line.

I used to be really, really into theater myself...did a few local shows and was hired on by a movie studio in Austin, TX as an extra for a couple of films (paid acting gig...woot!)...but I kind of outgrew it. 

I write extensively though, mostly poetry.  I also play flute, guitar and piano.  I like to think I'm decent at all of those things...lol

A good friend of mine is in Zambia right now, and loving it - the change of scenery in general, and the work he's been able to do...just all the opportunities associated with it in general.

It does take a lot of hard work and dedication and you have to be willing to give up a large chunk of time in a completely foreign place...but if your heart is in it...definitely worth it.

I've been researching it myself for a while now, and plan on signing up sometime soon.

Haha, I thought about that the other day and wondered...

I remember calling over and over to listen to the messages, and the familiar "I'm sorry, this mailbox is full" every time...

And then once, I called, and it actually beeped for me to leave a message and I FREAKED out, because I was not at all prepared and kind of went "duh...." and hung up the phone...ha.  There's some intelligence for ya.

Or on Zac's birthday, how it says "bellow" instead of "below"...

...yeah, I'm really anal about grammar and stuff too, so I ALWAYS notice the little typos and mistakes that are made on the blog...Zac does it a LOT.  That's alright, its endearing, I suppose...it humanizes them a little.

Oh!  I also have a question...

What is the parking situation at/around The Cotillion?  I've never been to Wichita (or even Kansas, for that matter) in my life, so I'm not familiar with the area at all and couldn't find parking information on the venues website.  Do they have a lot?  Is there street parking/garages/lots available close by? 

My sister and I are staying at an airport hotel that (according to the map, anyway) is about 10 miles down the street, so I suppose if worse comes to worse we could always just find some sort of public transportation or get a taxi...