It wasn't all crayons and rainbows

A lot of college kids I know miss their childhoods and try to go back to that fun, worry-free time of their lives by watching Disney movies and coloring. But I don't miss being a little kid. For me it was a very confusing time of my life.

For example my mom often told me lies to get me to not do stuff. Like once I wanted a Spiderman balloon. My mom told me there were hundreds of little spiders in the balloon and if it popped they would all come out. She also said if I slept in a ponytail my hair would fall out. I just recently tested that. It's not true. 

Once my dad played a trick on me. After dinner he called me back to the kitchen saying that I didn't drink all of my juice. I thought I had drank all of it, but there was my juice cup filled with with juice. I couldn't deny that. I was so distraught. But he had refilled my cup- I found out later.

Of course just because my parents told me something didn't mean I believed it. They warned me one night before bed not to touch the humidifier because it was really hot. I had to see for myself. So I touched it and burned my finger. It was really hot. And it hurt.

So a whole bunch of big men chase after a ball then jump on each other?

My dad just kicked me off the TV because the Bears-Packers game is on. And it's a big deal, I guess. But yeah, have you seen the local Walmart? They have a huge thing set up with Bears t-shirts and chips and stuff. You know, if Walmart thinks it's a big deal, it's a big deal. Or not.

At least after today it will be over. The news around here has been all about the game. Especially with that Wisconsin newspaper that had in a headline "Chicaco"

The truth is though, that I'm up for anything that makes the day even just a little bit more special than every other ordinary day. So even though the game is on right now and I'm not watching it, I'm wearing blue and orange. My mom bought cheesy popcorn for the occasion too. You can't get mad when there's cheesy popcorn.

The internet makes you do stupid things

One of my favorite websites, and a very popular one amongst my friends, is one called Surviving the World. Where a guy writes funny and interesting things on a chalkboard. It's always amusing, usually laugh out loud funny, and occasionally hilarious. And the guy who does it is cute too which doesn't hurt. If you haven't heard of it, you should check it out.

So this blog post has a point besides free advertising for STW, the guy who does it is currently doing something he calls "Student Presentations" where readers of the website can submit their own web comics in the style of STW and he picks a few and puts them up on the website. So, being as internet-obsessed as I am, I just had to try it.

Considering I don't have a chalkboard/whiteboard or camera-it didn't really work out. But I thought I'd post it here so those two hours of hard work and the embarrassing moment where my mom walked in on me talking pictures of myself with my computer with my decorative Ikea lamp on its side pointed on my face, will not have gone to waste.

Enjoy! Gloria's STW failed atempt: "Well I'm certainly not going to read it"

I watch too much TV

A commercial that was well thought out:  ExtenZe for men.

There's an older gentleman holding a football at a game with hot cheerleaders behind him while he talks about the product. At the end, he throws the football and says "go long." Get it?

A commercial that was not well thought out: PediaSure.

One soccer mom asks another if one kid looks like he's playing slow. They show him on the field and he is wearing a huge fry container with gigantic fries costume. The second mom says, "you are what you eat" and they go back to the soccer game where the goalie is a big donut and the ball goes right through her middle into the goal. Hence they should drink the product in order to play better. Except all the other children playing soccer were just children. They weren't PediaSure or a carrot. So if this "you are what you eat" thing holds true, those children eat other children. Cannibalism!

It's a twister! or just tuesday...

I've always wondered what the chances were of there being a tornado, where I live, on the first Tuesday of the month at 10 am. I figure not very good. That's pretty specific. And if Mother Nature is hell bent on unleashing that kind of wrath, I assume she wouldn't take the time to appreciate the irony of a tornado during the tornado siren testing.

But to be completely serious for a moment, the tornado sirens is a good system that's in place. It could possibly help save lives and prevent serious injuries if there really was a tornado. So it is a good thing they test it the first Tuesday of every month at 10 am to make sure it still works. Because if you don't make it into the cellar, you'll bump your head and end up dancing with a scarecrow, talking to a lion, getting bossed around by a big floating head, and taking advice from a lady whose idea of transportation is a bubble. And if that's what you want, it's a lot easier just to see your local drug dealer.

Plus, the siren made a really good alarm clock this morning.