Heaven in Hard Times

Work today sucked like Hell. I started the day by forgetting my sneakers, so I had to borrow a pair that were a half-size too small - almost tolerable, except they were steel-toe so there was no give, and they were narrow up there. Sooo I'm pretty sure after 8 hours on my feet in those I'll never walk again.

And today we were running the labeler, and I ended up stacking the packed boxes on the pallet, which is usually my favorite job when we have the labeler going - it's the most labor-intensive (yes! I actually like doing the least lazy thing sometimes), and it's one of the few jobs that takes some thinking (not much, but there a couple specific rules about how to stack the boxes...it's like doing a 100-piece puzzle when everyone else is doing a 50) so the day goes by a lot faster for me. BUT the last time we ran the labeler there were two of us stacking, and I didn't take that into account, and there was no fan today. So my arms are KILLING me and I am exhausted right to my bones. And I think we're still labeler-ing tomorrow, too.

Whatev. I've spent the evening unwinding with fic, both reading and writing. Here, please enjoy this implausible, cracktacular, AU setup for a JoBros/Black Rebel Motorcycle Club fic.

It started as a joke, a drunk-stoned-probably-more phone call to someone they'd met while working out the New Moon soundtrack thing, a name they recognized from the ending credits of something moronic on the Disney channel and a suggestion Nick made (that might not have been a joke, it's hard to tell with him).

Of course, as these things go, they maybe kept the joke going too long, because it was funnier when it turned out they were the only ones who got it, and either Disney's less anal than rumored about who they associate with or their background checks suck; either way, Pete's smoking outside a Disney soundstage, while Nick's off somewhere shadowing the gayest Jonas brother (which is like talking about the wettest ocean, but hey) and Rob's seething but not actually doing anything to stop their brush with Disney stardom.

It's year-end meme/list/etc. time. I was gonna do a writing meme, but I haven't decided if I wanna just save my Yuletide and XMas_Rocks stories for next year, or wait till the reveal for each. We'll see how bored I get.

But I can do lists! And I'm only posting this one 'cause it makes me lol.

Most Listened Tracks of 2008 (according to last.fm)
1 Flogging Molly – Requiem For a Dying Song
2 Flogging Molly – Float
3 Flogging Molly – Man With No Country
4 Flogging Molly – Between A Man and a Woman
5 Flogging Molly – Punch Drunk Grinning Soul
5 Flogging Molly – Us Of Lesser Gods
7 Flogging Molly – You Won't Make A Fool Out Of Me
8 Flogging Molly – Paddy's Lament
8 Flogging Molly – On The Back Of A Broken Dream
10 Flogging Molly – Lightning Storm
10 Flogging Molly – The Story So Far

SO MUCH VARIETY.

Top 10 Artists of 2008 (again, last.fm)
1 Flogging Molly
2 Def Leppard
3 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
4 Bon Jovi
5 Donny Osmond
6 Melissa Etheridge
6 Apocalyptica
8 Fall Out Boy
8 John Barrowman
10 Nickel Creek

HOW DID FALL OUT BOY GET ON THERE *SHIFTY EYES*. Also, sidewinder, Stewart was #11.

And, finally
Top Albums of 2008 (last.fm; I expanded it to 15 because I can. Also because Mika kept missing the top 10 by one or two slots and I felt bad)
1 Flogging Molly – Float
2 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Baby 81
3 Flogging Molly – Within a Mile of Home
4 Bon Jovi – Lost Highway
5 Donny Osmond – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
6 Flogging Molly – Swagger
6 Def Leppard – Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
8 Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies
9 Def Leppard – Yeah!
10 Flogging Molly – Whiskey on a Sunday
11 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl
12 Flogging Molly – Alive Behind The Green Door
13 Mika – Life In Cartoon Motion
13 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – B.R.M.C.
15 Klark Kent – Kollected Works

I feel it's worth mention that the only complete BRMC album I had until a couple days ago was Baby 81 - the other two made the list on the strength of six songs each. So apparently I turned Flogging Molly off once or twice.

Yay I'm going to see Nick (and, uh, the rest of the band [Black Rebel Motorcycle Club], too, but mostly Nick. Pretty pretty Nick...) tonight.

With screwthedaisies, who is awesome. Yay.

Coffee time.