This is happening to me, right now
I attended a gig this evening (Reuben's christmas show at the Westy in Aldershot for anyone interested), and was invited back to a friend's house afterwards for drinks and general merriment. Stopping in at home inbetween the two, I told my father (I'm only 20, and still live with my parents, alas) that I'd be going and staying out, returning tomorrow morning in time to have a shower and get ready for work at 11am.

After drinks took a backseat to retrieving and reconstructing an old MSN log (referred to in my QOTW post "The Death of Dave" last week - link on the way soon for those who requested it!) I opted to drive home about 3am instead of crashing there for the night.

I arrived home about 3:15 to find that my father had put the security chain on the front door. I'm currently sat in the car outside my house accessing our wireless network, with 13 minutes battery time remaining on my laptop. Last time I checked it was -2 degrees (C, not F, for any yanks) outside. I've tried banging on the door, shouting through the letterbox and phoning the house. They seem stubborn in their slumber. Balls.

That's pretty stupid, right? My own damn fault. I'd drive back to my friend's house if I had enough petrol.... I've got work in 6 hours for a rather reputable store which doesn't sound dissimilar to Sparks and Mencer, I can't imagine they're going to like me turning up for an 11 hour shift on the Saturday before Christmas after no sleep. Damn, damn, damn.

*shivers*
(Mr. In-Between has regretted posting this ever since, Sat 22 Dec 2007, 5:00, 6 replies)

How was the show? Big fan of Reuben, wish I could've seen that!
( Whillow, Sat 22 Dec 2007, 5:46, closed)

Pfffffffft!
Sucks to be you mate...
( jim_bob can herd cats., Sat 22 Dec 2007, 8:22, closed)

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Be sure to give us an update, won't you?
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 22 Dec 2007, 11:57, closed)

I survived!
Was discovered by my mother at about 7:30 after leaving a big sign poked through the letterbox reading 'LOCKED OUT - NOW IN THE CAR -BLOODY FREEZING- LET ME IN'. I was wrapped in all the clothes I could find, which was two work shirts, a t-shirt my normal pair of trousers plus one pair of work trousers, a hoodie and a giant green cardigan thing. I was EXTREMELY bloody cold, and hadn't slept a wink. I had to text my manager at about 5am to say I wouldn't be in on time. Very thoughtfully, she actually text me back there and then, wishing me luck. I've just woken up from about 5 hours sleep (ish, which isn't that bad I guess), but I feel pretty rubbish. I've still got to go have a shower etc. then head off to work in Guildford, where I'll remain until 10:30 this evening. Yeugh. Click "I like this", etc...

Whillow - Reuben were excellent, the setlist ran thusly:

Christmas is Awesome
Missing Fingers
Blood, Bunny, Larkhall
Blamethrower
Crushed under the Weight of the Enormous Bullshit
I saw her standing there (Beatles cover)
Return of the Jedi
Weight of the World
Deadly Lethal Ninja Assassin
Freddy Kreuger
Act of Kindness
Glitterskin
No One Wins the War
Words from Reuben
Everytime a teenager listens to drum'n'bass a rockstar dies
Shambles (extended version)

And it was a very fun night.
(Mr. In-Between has regretted posting this ever since, Sat 22 Dec 2007, 13:01, closed)

What?
No "Let's stop hanging out"?

Ok, that's the only Reuben song I know - but it's a really good one!
(MrC. Having the most boring username on b3ta since 2004, Sat 22 Dec 2007, 16:04, closed)

Not this time, no....
It's a fairly common one normally, but for the Christmas show (a 3 year old tradition now) they try and do something a bit different - Acts of Kindness, Weight of the World, Glitterskin, Christmas is Awesome, Shambles, the Beatles cover etc. are all live rareties, so it's nice to do something a little different.

If you like LSHO you should check out some more stuff, they have 3 albums of excellent material.
(Mr. In-Between has regretted posting this ever since, Sat 22 Dec 2007, 23:21, closed)