back to life

Ugh, back to work. Happy New Year. :(

To cheer myself up, I am listening to my Singalong playlist on my iPod. I can't say my coworkers are enjoying my singing, but they will have to endure!

But you can enjoy it! We shall play the lyrics game: I give you the lines, and you guess the titles and artists.

Ready? Go!



1) I laid on my back, let the punk record spin / the sloppy guitar, it was shooting out stars

2) Everybody wants respect / Just a little bit

3) Or maybe she's in the Bahamas / Where the Caribbean sea is blue

4) they all said "she's just another groupie slut" / and I said I thought you were anything but Sugar High, title guessed by cass404, but still looking for the artist.

5) I want to be great but greatness is giving / Giving leaves me empty / Oh great emptiness

6) and all my instincts, they return / and the grand facade, so soon will burn In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel, guessed by smiley_b

7) But wherever I have gone I was sure to find myself there / You can run all your life but not go anywhere Ball and Chain by Social Distortion, guessed by musesfool

8) You could be my flamingo

9) I'm so wired-up / Don't need no coffee in my cup Jackie Wilson Said by Van Morrison, guessed by forodwaith

10) But I know no matter what the waitress brings / I shall drink it and always be full Runaround by Blues Traveler, guessed by musesfool

11) I picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide / When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side The Weight by The Band, guessed in a team effort by phosfate, cass404, and sorchar! :D

12) My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around A Pirate Looks at Forty, guessed by cass404

13) Everything is wonderful / Being here is heavenly Mary's Prayer by Danny Wilson, guessed by smiley_b

14) I wanna know what it's like to be awkward and innocent, not belligerent

15) So, kiss me my sweet / and so let us part

16) Like a river that don't know where it's flowing / I took a wrong turn and I just kept going Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen, guessed by intothespin and smiley_b

17) Things ain't cookin' in my kitchen / Strange affliction wash over me Weather With You by Crowded House, guessed by smiley_b

18) And I always thought that it would make me smarter / But it's only made me harder Near Wild Heaven by REM, guessed by musesfool

19) And we were too young to be hippies / missed out on the love Summer of Drugs (I was listening to Soul Asylum's cover), guessed by musesfool

20) So if you care to find me / Look to the western sky! Defying Gravity from Wicked, guessed by smiley_b

I found out I could purchase Snacky's Law on a mug or a t-shirt or a mousepad from Urban Dictionary. I want a mug but... I don't feel like I should pay. They should be paying ME! Goddamn, the most well-known thing I ever did, and someone else is monetizing it. My life, so hard. :D

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While I mull over lawsuits, let's play the lyrics game! You all know how this works, right? I put the iPod on shuffle, give you the lyrics to the next 20 songs it plays, you guess the title and artist.

Ready, set, GUESS!


1) The beating of my heart is a drum and it's lost / And it's looking for a rhythm like you Making Love Out of Nothing At All by Air Supply, guessed by noelleleithe

2) Right here, right now, Elvis brings his children home

3) now I'm sleeping on the sidewalk and I know why (why man?) yeah hey!

4) I get stupid, I shoot an arrow like Cupid / I use a word that don't mean nothin', like looptid Humpty Dance by Digital Underground, guessed by noelleleithe

5) Now the working classes are obsolete,they are surplus to societies needs / So let ‘em all kill each other and get it made overseas

6) Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our minds. Redemption Song by Bob Marley, guessed by loafing_oaf

7) We pack and deliver like UPS trucks Paper Planes by M.I.A., guessed by st_aurafina and icecreamprincss

8) You will see him on TV any given Sunday / Win the Superbowl and drive off in a Hyundai Gold Digger by Kanye West, guessed by timesink

9) I didn't know I was finding out how I'd be torn from you when we talked about things we were gonna do / We were wide-eyed dreamers and wiser too

10) 'Cause you need to get back in the arms of a good friend Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet, guessed by timesink

11) We got engaged on a Friday night / I swore on the head of our unborn child that I could take care of the three of us Runaways by The Killers, guessed by misachan

12) One foot in the hole, one foot gettin' deeper / crank it to eleven, blow another speaker Better Days by Citizen King, guessed by tephralynn

13) And love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen, guessed by comice and torachan

14) Reach for the golden ring / Reach for the sky / Baby just spread your wings

15) I opened the fridge, I opened a beer / and played a tape I couldn't hear

16) Life is a test, and I confess / I like this mess I've made so far Boss of Me (aka the Malcolm in the Middle theme song) by They Might Be Giants, guessed by marakara

17) Just because everything's changing doesn't mean it's never been this way before / all you can do is try to know who your friends are as you head off to the war The Call by Regina Spektor, guessed by autumnia

18) Y'all don't know what it's like / being male, middle-class and white Rockin' the Suburbs by Ben Folds, guessed by jaiden_s

19) Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan U.S. Blues by the Grateful Dead, guessed in a team effort by dorothy1901 and msilverstar

20) When you take me in your arms and talk romance / my heart starts doing the St. Vitus’ dance