No one ever says, "I Wanna be a Monkey When I Grow Up"...

Hey, kids! Wanna be like me? No? Not at all? You find that idea the closest approximation to a living form of death?

That's harsh, children. Just plain mean.

Anywhoski, you don't have to be like me. You can be whatever you want to be (except adventurer, treasure hunter, space pirate, regular pirate, superhero, astronaut [get in touch with reality], demon killer, zombie smasher, or vampire slayer). But if you want to get inside of my head a lil bit - here's a list that might shed some light.

Neurotic Monkey's Top 10 Albums of 2005:

10) Caribou, The Milk of Human Kindness
9) Explosions in the Sky, How Strange, Innocence
8) The Go! Team, Thunder, Lightning, Strike!
7) Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney, Superwolf
6) DangerDoom, The Mouse & The Mask
5) Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary
4) Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah!, Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah!
3) Architecture in Helsinki, In Case We Die
2) The Decemberists, Picaresque
1) Sufjan Stevens, Illinois

And, just to fine tune it - here's The Neurotic Monkey's Top 10 Singles of 2005:

10) Antony & The Johnsons, "Hope There's Someone"
9) The White Stripes, "The Denial Twist"
8) Sia, "Breathe Me" (Four Tet Remix)
7) Wolf Parade, "I'll Believe in Anything"*
6) Interpol, "Evil"
5) My Chemical Romance, "Helena" (Great Video, too)
4) Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx, "Golddigger"
3) The Flaming Lips, "Mr. Ambulance Driver"
2) Sufjan Stevens, "Chicago"
1) Bloc Party, "Banquet"

(*I don't think this was a single, but whatever it's a good song and could easily have been released as such. So suck on that, purists!)

So what do y'all think of my list? What's missing? What shouldn't be on there? Debate, my little jackals - DEBATE!