One of the most depressing activities one can do is flip on the morning news. You will be innocently sipping your fresh, dad-made coffee on your couch, with a fire flickering in the background, and kitties snuggled on you happy as can be.
Then you turn on the TV:
-Missing girl’s prosthetic leg found in forest
-Notre Dame student dies in freak tower toppling over accident
-American mauled to death by a jaguar in Belize
CURSE YOU TODAY SHOW! I tune in to see dancing cats, the best halloween costume ideas, and Al Roker’s smiling face–not tragic news!
It seriously makes me sick to my stomach. I want to be informed about what is going on in the world but lately the only form of news that I can stand comes in the form of humor.
Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart have long been my heroes, but at this point they are my sole way of getting news. I realize that it is incredibly biased through my own personal viewpoint–i.e. democratic and utterly disgusted with the notion of a Sarah Palin TV show on TLC—
Seriously click it, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Considering boycotting TLC when that airs, even if they do show documentaries about pregnant 70 year olds..
Anyways, Colbert is the love of my live for so many reasons but a large one is his ability to make fun of Glenn Beck. Not that Beck makes it so difficult.
Ah the perks of being a day ahead of responsibilities (or 8 hours) hahah I can procrastinate until the evening and still make my deadline for my column!
It’s really not even that bad, I have written most of it already but I am just not satisfied with it. I feel like it should be more professional or something along those lines, I’m not use to putting my opinions into my articles so..yeah.
I’ll figure it out. I could always just condense it to be:
- Lines suck, and they are taking over Sweden.
- If I have to stand in line one more time I will kick a baby.
that would about sum up my topic of choice. In the name of further pushing back tasks (two papers for class, one column, laundry, reading an entire history book) I took the route of looking up random shit on the internet.
I found this on Yahoo! I don’t necessarily agree with all of them but it is still a nice though.
101 small pleasures you can enjoy every day
- coloring (yes, grown-ups can do it, too)
- crisp cotton sheets
- soft skin
- old family recipes
- the first daffodils of spring
- sleeping in
- an exercise endorphin high
- window boxes
- a perfect cup of coffee
- a genuine compliment (giving or receiving)
- the way babies smell
- a handwritten letter
- waking up in a good mood…for no real reason
- singing in the shower
- finding a couple forgotten dollars in your pocket
- doing something nice for your neighbor
- a home cooked meal
- movie theater popcorn
- playing hookey
- a bubble bath
- an afternoon nap
- street musicians
- your favorite song
- saying thank you
- helping someone in need
- old fashioned photo booths
- fresh whipped cream
- inspiring blogs
- a glass of wine
- rainy afternoons
- the funny things kids say
- a novel you can get lost in
- finding the perfect piece of clothing…on sale
- clean laundry
- the wind in your hair
- treating the person behind you at the drive-thru
- sharing an umbrella
- the smell of lavender
- a long walk that clears your head
- a bear hug
- The Beatles
- smiling at a stranger
- eating with chopsticks (Chinese food optional)
- staying in your pj’s all day
- singing along to the radio and knowing all the words
- fresh herbs
- ordering in pizza
- happy endings…even if they’re fictional
- flying a kite
- root beer floats
- holding open the door…
- …or having someone hold the door for you
- fountain soda
- white, fluffy towels
- spending an afternoon at a museum
- really great advice
- green lights all the way home
- the sound of rain hitting the windows
- sitting in a booth
- holding hands
- a great hair day with no effort
- building a fort with your kids
- when someone falls asleep with their head on your shoulder
- the perfect taco
- geraniums on a windowsill
- slow dancing
- the smell of fresh-baked bread
- cheesy, uplifting musicals
- great stories
- the smell of gasoline
- the cold side of the pillow
- love letters
- old friends…
- …new friends
- a pull-through parking space
- a baguette — crisp on the outside, airy on the inside
- when a dog licks your hand
- sitting at the counter at an old-fashioned diner
- using your favorite dishes
- reading your child a bedtime story
- Girl Scout Cookies
- kissing someone you love
- the smell of onions and garlic cooking
- hot chocolate
- jumping in puddles
- old photographs
- birds hopping on the sidewalk
- Ella Fitzgerald
- a spoonful of peanut butter straight from the jar
- your softest t-shirt
- a new magazine in the mail
- having exact change
- bacon and pancakes cooking on Saturday morning
I also found this sucker:
7 games you can do with bricks..
If you have a brick or a pile of bricks, you may be thinking “bricks are really boring.” But you’re wrong. There are probably a million ways to have fun with a brick. Here are seven of them.
I also found some really funny pictures that I had on my computer from my childhood hahah
Ah the productivity in my life is astounding.