There are 17,508 islands in Indonesia, about 6,000 of which are inhabited. On August 31, 2008, returning from an Australian tour in the middle of the year’s most violent storm to date, a plane carrying Panic at the Disco loses power, veers off course, and crashes into one of the remaining 11,508 islands. This is their story.*
The day that Ryan disappeared was the same day the beagle puppy turned up at the shelter.*
Among Brendon’s finest moments were the first time he played a concerto on the piano at home, the day he discovered Queen, and his seventh kiss. The day he wore a shirt to school that proclaimed in Spanish ‘My mother is a hamster’ was not among these moments. He had quickly learned to use a phrase book for reference whenever wearing garments with slogans in other languages.*
Er, a while back we were goofing around with the Laws of Panic at the Disco and we came up with ten.*
“Spencer,” Brendon said slowly, looking at each of them in turn, “what exactly did you wish for?”*
Brendon shifts his weight from foot to foot, and tries to keep his expression casually disinterested as he scans the bulletin board outside of the student activities office.*
The room looks exactly like it did the day Brendon moved in, now that it’s empty of all of his and Spencer’s stuff. He’s sitting on his stripped bed, and the plastic mattress covering crinkles every time he shifts his weight.*