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25 Times Barney Was Our Favorite Simpsons Character

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Given Barney’s nature as an alcoholic, I’m not sure if posting this is in poor taste or if it’s just effectively me poking fun at myself. Rather than dwell on it too long, I’ll just post it and let the chips fall where they may. 

Barney Gumble; the working man’s anti-hero.

Enjoy.

My Top Ten Songs

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I’ve been using the site Last.fm to track my listening habits since April of 2004. While my current username has mostly been scrobbling tracks since November of 2009, I never really finished scrobbling to my old username until June of 2011.

Since opening the account associated with my current username, below are my top ten most played songs; links open the track in Spotify.

  1. Billy Talent – Saint Veronika (35 plays)
  2. Metallica – …And Justice For All* (27 plays)
  3. Billy Talent – Viking Death March (27 plays)
  4. Alter Bridge – Blackbird (26 plays)
  5. Slipknot – Dead Memories (25 plays)
  6. Muse – Supremacy (25 plays)
  7. Muse – Hysteria (24 plays)
  8. Billy Talent – The Dead Can’t Testify (24 plays)
  9. Muse – Follow Me (24 plays)
  10. Thom Yorke – And It Rained All Night (22 plays)

* This song is artificially elevated to #2 status as it would appear at the top of my library and start playing by default on my Android phone… which I experimented with for almost a year. My #11 is Alice In Chains – Would? and should actually be my #10 song.

The Written Word

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I haven’t written anything since the 20th, Day 43. Between this place and my handwritten journal, I haven’t connected with myself in over 3 days. I actually had to write it out to figure out what Day it is.

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Skullmuggery

Hey, I am still working on getting through my first cup of coffee so fuck off. LOL

Anyway, I’ve been dealing with the effects of a flu for the past few days which has not made me overly introspective. At the same time, I started physiotherapy for my shoulder and the exercises are pretty tough; my shoulder and my entire back are a complete mess after doing them. Add the muscle pain and joint ache associated with the flu and… well… I’ve been in a particular little slice of Hell for the past few days.

Well, it’s Christmas-fucking-Eve. December 24th. Despite the fact that I haven’t spent a penny on alcohol, my bank account is still running on empty.

I’ve funnelled all of my limited resources into this friggin’ holiday… and so soon after returning to work. My last paycheck was about ¾ of what it normally would have been since I was on short-term disability leave but with all of the same expenses. I had to get another damn payday loan to buy gifts after all that.

I hate payday loans.

Having spent what I have, I have nothing left until New Years Eve. There isn’t a lot of food in the house and I’m all out of painkillers for my shoulder. But at least I’m almost out of the woods with this flu.

All of this sounds a bit “bah humbug” doesn’t it? Really, I’m not that cranky. I’ll make it through. It’s Christmas time and I’m relaxing right now. I don’t really have anywhere I need to be and having nothing that I really need to do right now. I have as much wrapping done as I can do right now and I have a bowl of Mac N’ Cheese in me guttyworks. It could always be worse.

Merry Christmas, everyone.