#my number 1 top song of 2023 btw

[boag]

Lyft on a bitch finna walk when they sniffin a brick…… I fucked that bitch in the back w the burberry on !

[riddlerosehearts]

Ok, I need to know your fob album ranking and top 10 songs, GO!

oooh okay so i need to start by saying that i am heavily biased toward their older stuff because... i've listened to fall out boy since i was probably too young to listen to fall out boy AFGKJDF and their pre-hiatus albums essentially shaped my music taste and helped me get through a lot of difficult times in my life. so i'm really just generally more attached to them than the rest but i do like every single one of their albums at least a little because they all have songs i love. i also had to think about this a bit and am still not sure if it's a perfect ranking because i'm incredibly indecisive. but this is what i'm feeling right now! (also i apologize in advance for adding a bunch of commentary and rambling instead of just giving you the ranking LOL)

albums:

from under the cork tree - was the first FOB album i ever listened to so i'm biased but it's so fucking good. especially if you include the bonus tracks from it. there is not a single song on here that i don't love.

infinity on high - contains my favorite FOB song (okay maybe it's illogical that my #1 song is from my #2 album but listen... it's a very close #2), aesthetically has the coolest album cover, and it's just fantastic all around--again, especially if you include the bonus tracks.

take this to your grave - i feel like a lot of people hate TTTYG nowadays and i'll never understand why. it's a great album. it's classic pop punk and just pure fun.

folie a deux - literally never understood the hate this album got when it came out!! it's so good!! i remember listening to the whole thing the same day as it dropped and loving it and being so confused seeing how much people complained about it :(

so much (for) stardust - okay i actually love this album so much that #5 feels too low but if i switched it with folie then #5 would feel too low for folie so idk 😭😭 my favorite post-hiatus album BY FAR though. it's sooo good and it's also special to me because i literally never got to see fall out boy live until they toured for its release last year.

save rock and roll - has some misses for me, as do the albums i've ranked below it, but overall i like my favorite songs from SRAR more than i like my faves from the albums below, and it gets bonus points for how cool the youngblood chronicles is + the nostalgia i associate with FOB's return from their hiatus.

american beauty/american psycho - ABAP gets a lot of hate but i think it kind of rocks actually and putting it at #7 feels slightly wrong. it's really only this low because something has to be and because again, i like my favorite SRAR songs more than my favorite ABAP songs.

mania - i think a lot of people on here get mad if you put MANIA last so i'm sorry afksjgdsf. it honestly just has the lowest number of songs i really like and has several that i don't. though i will say that last of the real ones is a certified banger and i was so glad it had a permanent spot on the tourdust setlist.

songs:

hum hallelujah - my beloved 💙💙 when i saw FOB live they had a slot on the setlist where each night they'd either play bang the doldrums or hum hallelujah and i won't lie, i did feel disappointed for a second when doldrums started. i got over it because i love that song too but. hum hallelujah is one of my all time favorite songs.

i slept with someone in fall out boy and all i got was this stupid song written about me - my favorite song on FUTCT and another all time fave. i also think this is the funniest song title of all time btw.

XO

G.I.N.A.S.F.S. - so jealous of anyone who's gotten to see this played live as a magic 8-ball song :(

calm before the storm - this having a permanent spot on the tourdust setlist got me hyped like you wouldn't believe because they had last played it in 2007. underappreciated banger.

love from the other side - this was literally my top song of 2023 on my spotify wrapped. i made an angsty raeda gifset with lyrics from it not long after the single came out because it made me so insane.

sugar we're goin' down - might be a bit of a basic choice but it was the first FOB song i ever liked and it fucking slaps 💖 also when i saw them live i swear patrick changed the lyrics to "wishing to be the friction in his jeans" which is just. legendary and iconic of him.

disloyal order of water buffaloes

grand theft autumn/where is your boy - again, a basic choice, but sometimes things are popular for a reason!

the carpal tunnel of love

[strawberryamanita]

It's been a Hell of a year.

Freezing cold take, I know. I've experienced Hells of years for as long as I can remember, now -- and most likely even before that, because my memory isn't the best.

This was a year of a lot of losses for me. A year of good losses -- like my breasts, via Top Surgery(never thought to post about that, oops lol) -- and not-so-good losses, like professional acting opportunities and friendships. I do a lot more mourning than I'd like to; even though I actively push back against it, sometimes it seems like my natural state is to dwell on the absence of things. I know in my conscious mind that this is just how my brain works, and that good things (even thoughts) have to come from some level of effort -- that's kinda become my philosophy in recent years -- so I don't kick myself about it as much as I used to. But the cloud of negativity that usually takes up residence in my head at the end of the year isn't nearly as dense as I've known it to be, and that's because I can very clearly remember many of the gains I've had this year as well.

I've gained a new skill level in setting boundaries for myself.

I've gained a fair amount of confidence in myself, and like the way I look a lot more now that I'm post-op.

I've gained an interest in crafts and artistic activities that are affordable and accessible to me, and that have in turn jumpstarted my love of creation.

I've gained an appreciation for nature, as well as the maintenance of it.

I've gained an appreciation for the world around me -- for what I do have control over, instead of despairing about what I don't.

I've gained a bit more knowledge of my inner workings, and am getting better at figuring out how to ration the pieces of myself, to myself and to the rest of the world. Learning about myself is always gonna be a work in progress, but at least I'm still keeping at it.

I've gained a sense of genuine comfort in memories; though I know it's best not to dwell in them, it's a lot less of a strain to think about what I had as a passing fancy rather than a painful loss. My brain is guilty of repressing memories as a means to defend myself from experiences, but unearthing them in this gentler way is better than having such a huge blind-spot in my head.

I've gained a lot of hope for the future, and a lot more respect for the generation following mine.

And, more than anything, I've gained a surprising number of new friends that I platonically love with all my heart. From friends I talk to almost daily, like the Markiplier's Beeroes Discord, to friends I occasionally talk to, to friends I simply grew apart from but still think very fondly of, it really warms my heart that I can look at my current list of friends and mutuals and see such an amazing all-star lineup of good, kind, inspiring people.

I've also gained, by some miracle, another year of friendship in a row with Nerdgul (go follow him btw, she's the shit). That's 8 whole years of friendship... the longest I've ever had.

But that's not to compare anyone, because I hope y'all know that I love each and every one of you, to the point where I could tear up about it. You mean so incredibly much to me, this I cannot overstate. Just knowing that I have friends as patient, as tolerant, as forgiving as you are, throughout my times of distress this year, helped me through to the other side of it. I care what you think of me, I want to create with you, and I want to instill the level of trust in you that you've instilled in me.

I know I'm not the best person. Not the best morally, not the best quality-wise, not #1 at most things. But I have a lot of love in my heart, and ideas in my head, and songs in my ears, and crafting tools in my hands... and I'm ready to bring them all into the New Year with me.

So... come at me, 2023. My dukes are up.

[littleharpethcrossfit]

Thursday, 2 November, 2023.

We should be enjoying sunny, near 60 degree weather at 4 PM. Perfect for Outdoor CrossFit.

Warmup

4 Rounds

10 PVC Squat Snatch's

10 Banded Pull-Aparts

Strength

Dumb Bell Snatch's: 1 / 1 X 10

Gradually Progress Weight As Long As You Can Lock-Out

and Control DB At The Top. Drop heavy DB's In The Pine-

Straw For Safety.

Ed/Larry=80 Sam=75 Dana/Armando=65 Herb=60 Coach/Chad=50 Paul/Joe/Sue=40 Alicia/Cherrita=35 Shannon=20 Shane/Sabrina/Kayla/No Name/Linda=PJ

WOD

12 Minute AMRAP

9 Power Snatch's ( 95 / 75 / 55 )

15 / 12 Calories Any ERG

30 Double-Under's ( 50 Single's )

SCORE: Rounds and Fractions

Dana=5 2/3* Kayla/Alicia/Armando=5 Ed=5* Larry=4 2/3** Sam/Coach/Sue/Cherrita=4 2/3 Joe=4 1/3 Paul/Herb/Shannon/Chad=4 Sabrina/Shane/No Name/Linda=P

Wine and snacks and convivial discussions post-WOD.

Notes:

Paul, who has the fabled high-end vacation home on 30A, is never here. He thinks he is a long-time consistent LHCF member, but in fact he is about a 20% member. Actually, he thought Alicia was just now visiting from Pittsburg. Paul kept asking when did we start having so much good food at the Thursday wine and snack party, and everyone kept saying it started Pre-Covid. Paul is so 2019 that he voted for Hillary.

NOW, Kayla is complaining that I am not including her and who-ever she is currently in an Instagram life-time forever NOW-CUPID relationship with in this high level influencer blog. I explained to her that this Blog space is extremely valuable and that many people are contending for attention. I can't waste your time with such frivolous people. BTW, I am not supposed to tell you that her "friend" didn't come today (Excuse Number 23) because he twisted his ankle. WHaaa !!

The post-WOD wine and snacks were as usual beyond expectation. Alicia's Buffalo (WHY?) dip with celery and chips is enough to make any man fall in love. Also there was Miss Linda's big platter of sloppy Joe buns, and Kayla's big platter of chicken sliders. Paul was seen eating at least 3 of each buns, washing them down with glugs of only the highest rated wines.

The after-WOD lasted about 2 hours until Ruth Anne made Shane pack up and go home. Before this the Birthday Song was sung for Sam (42? 46?), and several people participated in spanking Sam as he laid himself over the compliant lap of Miss Sue.

An unexpected distraction was that the non-American speaking workers who are currently remodeling the Buck Mansion-House could not go home because their van would not start. Fortunately we had alien speaking members who also had jumper-cables who were willing to help them. Somehow I suspect that this was added to my expense account.

Saturday at 0730 and at 0900.