Choose Your Own Adventure: How was Valentine's?

 So how was your Valentine's Day?

It's Wednesday, which would usually mean a post from Mr. Juke Box Hero, but a busy week combined with lavishing his lady with thoughtful Valentine's Day courtesies has put him out of commission until tomorrow.

Instead, in recognition of the likelihood that we all celebrated (or pointedly ignored) yesterday's Hallmark holiday in ways that may require some musical soothing the morning after, here are a few videos to set the mood for today. Choose your own adventure!

How did you spend Valentine's Day?
a) With my beloved! It was beautiful and perfect!
b) With my beloved! It was somewhat less than beautiful and perfect.
c) On an awkward date.
d) Alone, because I chose to be alone, goddammit.
e) Alone, with a tub of ice cream.
f) Alone, with a bottle of vodka.

a) With my beloved! It was beautiful and perfect!

Why mess with a good thing? Let's just keep the happy vibes flowing. Kick it, Van Morrison.

b) With my beloved! It was somewhat less than beautiful and perfect.

Relationships are difficult. Nobody's perfect. Everyone's fallible. Even if your day didn't go down exactly as planned, just be thankful for the people in your life. And let Stephen Lynch remind you of the value of laughter with his hilarious ode to Dungeons & Dragons. If it doesn't work out with your current beau, it seems pretty likely these guys are still single.

c) On an awkward date.

These were days made for the booty call. What else can I tell you?

d) Alone, because I chose to be alone, goddammit.

You know what? Valentine's Day is a stupid holiday created by an American greeting card company. Fuck you and your stupid candy hearts.

e) Alone, with a tub of ice cream.

So you listened to Adele, cried, and finished off the pint of Ben & Jerry's you'd bought an hour earlier? You know the best medicine for any malady of the heart is dancing. James Brown and I encourage you to stand up, wiggle it, shake it up, work it out, bust a move. Bonus points if you can find outfits more 70's-tastic than the back-up dancers in this performance. And check out the James Brown-inspired moves of Bruno Mars in the Daijams recap of the 2012 Grammys.

f) Alone, with a bottle of vodka.

We've all been there. As you nurse the pounding hangover, take solace in this drunken 1996 performance of "El Scorcho." Rivers Cuomo sounds like the last guy standing at the keg party, sighing and slurring his way through a song they'd just released that year, off their new album Pinkerton. It's painfully fascinating to watch -- sort of like watching you, today, sucking down the coffee and trying to see through the blaring office florescent lighting. Godspeed. If you're feeling better later, jump up to (e) for a pick-me-up.