From the "Happy Or Else" folder

[squeequeg]

Today kinda sucked. Here in Boston, it was gray, gray, horrible gray, and the day job wasn't much better. I ended up in a really lousy funk during work (and after, since I had to stay late), and this wasn't helped by the realization that I'd been listening to "Brian Wilson" by the Barenaked Ladies on a loop for a little while. Great song; not helping.

As there's only so much I can do in these circumstances, I've been self-medicating with chicken soup, hot chocolate, and aggressively cheerful music. But since a lot of people seem to be going through the same thing, I thought I'd share. Misery may love company, but defiant joy throws better parties.

So here's four from my "Fuck You, I Refuse To Be Sad Right Now" playlist. Post some of your own music that chases off bad moods! Or cat pictures! Or corgi videos! Or anything else that makes you smile or brings back a little of the sunlight!

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[prusik.livejournal.com]

This is for rejections, or for stories that have been with an editor so long that a rejection now would be soul-crushing:
I'm Still Standing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz7ifClpT4g)
(Oddly, I can't find the original video. Is there something that's actually not on YouTube?)

Two videos I watched an embarrassing number of times during Clarion:
Right in Front of Your Eyes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4sPQjwCfsg)
Life on Mars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW0ACEOEq6w)

Two videos on the same topic that never fail to make me smile:
Melange (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79D8SRrqX5U)
Four Chord Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I)

See you Saturday at the reading!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Strangely, YouTube can provide everything but that one thing you're looking for. At least until the next time you check it. (Or so has been my experience with it.)

For me, this version of Life on Mars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOdUClEiNGE) seems to be just right. I'm not quite sure why. And the Ukelele Orchestra will forever be associated in my mind with HEATHCLIFF! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0VaBxb27w)

See you then!

[avocadovpx.livejournal.com]

>> (Oddly, I can't find the original video. Is there something that's actually not on YouTube?)

Dailymotion to the rescue! Ugh, sorry about the annoying ads and the inability to embed it.

Elton John -- I'm Still Standing

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

...wow.

I remember seeing this on MTV when I was a kid and being both entertained and very, very confused.