Making a list

It's been a not good, very bad, horrible week at the casa del F.R.O.G. Honestly, I didn't think I could ever feel worse than I did after the news we got last Thursday, but then I forget the dark, sick humor of the universe. All I can say is I must have been some bad motherfucker in a past life or something and this is somehow me paying dues. Because, otherwise? It makes no sense.

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So, I realized today that my last post was on the one year anniversary of this blog (and post # 250. How very neat and tidy). Woo-hoo, I guess? It's definitely the longest I've stuck to doing something online, if you don't count message boards, and even there my history's been spotty. Probably I stuck it through this time because this wasn't about me interacting with anyone nor was I out to capture an audience of any sorts for any reason (because I do love get on the soapbox in real life, if you give me half a chance.) There are loads of other blogs that are extremely better and more informative and funnier and wittier than I have been here--and I'm not talking about professional ones, either. I'm not trying to be one of them, I'm doing this entirely for my own amusement and, still, my own sanity, as I said in that very first post.

I suppose, though, a nod of some sorts to the past year is due, and there's definitely some things that I go back to from time to time and read and listen to, because I still find them interesting. To me. So, in the grand tradition of top X lists, here is the top 5 list of my current favorite cover song posts, and then my top 5 list of my current favorite general/other posts.

Oh, it's quite possible some of the linked videos may no longer be available due to the asinine practices of companies such as WMG and Sony Music. If so, I can assure you they were probably good vids.

Cover Posts

5- All 'Dolly'ed up and nowhere to go
4- Cover girl
3- Covet and cover
2- Tie: Girls on top and You can tell everybody, this is my song
1- The many faces of love

General Posts

5- Get me to the church on time
4- Tie: A little [light] night music and R+J 4EVAH
3- Catch them while you can
2- Call girls: Not just hearts of gold
1- Only the good die young