Sick Day

I truly dislike being sick. I find that I'm easily bored and being stuck in my bedroom amongst a pile of used tissues is anything but fun. I've already slept as much as my body will allow, so now what?

Here are a few ideas:

FACEBOOK

- Look at the wall of every single one of your 500 friends.
- Pause to watch a video on dating services before eharmony:

- That gets you thinking about dating, and whatever happened to What's His Face from 10 years ago.
- So you start searching for What's His Face on Facebook, then you remember how much he hated social networking sites and the internet in general, which is why you've never been Facebook friends.

INTERNET

- So you figure you might as well do a quick Google search, no luck. Who knew there were so many guys out there named What's His Face?

YOUTUBE

- Watch the dating in the 80s video again. Laugh and laugh. Thank your lucky stars you weren't dating in the 80s and have never been approached by a guy in a viking costume.
- Watch several videos on dating, one of which has a commercial at the beginning.
- Realize you still haven't seen all the Superbowl commercials, thanks to answering a call from a rather drunk friend during half-time.
- Watch all the super bowl commercials and the half-time show.
- Computer overheats and shuts down (I hear the half-time show had that affect on a lot of people's brains)

LOW-TECH OPTIONS

- Consider: cleaning room, doing laundry, or taking another nap
- Take another nap

HULU

- Wake up.
- Go to Hulu.com to get caught up on that one TV show you haven't seen in awhile.
- Discover you weren't the only one who stopped watching that show, which would explain why it is now canceled.
- Watch the last 4 episodes of each of your favorites shows so they don't get canceled.

TAXES

- It's like gambling, but with a better chance of walking away with money in your pocket.

FOOD

- Look in fridge. Seriously consider a fistful of bread dough with a couple pepperoni stuffed inside, and stick it in the microwave.
- Have soup instead.

BLOG

- blog about it, then do it all over again.

Silent Football

If you are ever invited to play Silent Football, there are a few things you should keep in mind:

#1 It is not a physical sport
#2 There is no football
#3 Any and all rules can be voted upon and changed by the players

Due to #3, the rules become more complex with each game, so you should try your best to get there on time. If you do not, you may very well find yourself facing the rule that latecomers will not be informed of new rules, in which case you get stuck repeating the same infraction 13 times over, because you can't identify what it is. Then, thanks to a vote by the players, that infraction will forever and always be named for you.

The league in which I find myself playing has chosen to conclude each round with the winner taking a dare designed by the other players. Fortunately these are good-natured dares, that are mostly silly and generally embarrassing. Take for instance the poor soul, who won (or more appropriately lost) the first round. He must write a ten-line love poem, post it on his Facebook wall, and tag one of his female friends in it. Furthermore he is forbidden to explain said poem until March.

Considering the potential for embarrassment, I think I got off easy when I won. I simply need to make a plate of goodies for each apartment in my complex and bake a gourmet dinner for one of guys from the game. I'm just glad I don't have to create a main dish with lime green jello, and serve it to dinner guest while wearing a jello ring on my head. Yep, I definitely lucked out with this one. :)

But you still don't know much about Silent Football, do you? Well, I'm afraid there's not much I can do about that. Like Calvinball, you can't play Silent Football the same way twice, so any explanation I might give you could very well end up being completely wrong. My advice to find a game, join in, and make it your own.

Tokens from San Francisco

I had a surprise trip to San Francisco last week. My company decided to have me join my coworkers for a conference in below-grade waterproofing, chimney effects, green roofs, OSHA, and other topics never covered in my psychology or television production college courses. While the talks were informative and interesting, my brain was on overload by day three, so I snuck out during lunch. Since this was my first trip to San Francisco, and I had no other time for sight seeing this was my only opportunity to visit the neighboring vendors.

That's where I met J., a vendor who sells cut coins. He had a whole assortment. Some had sports teams logos, others looked like volleyballs or soccer balls, but this one caught my fancy:


I questioned J. about why this design was on a quarter. I mean wouldn't a four-leaf clover be more fitting on a lucky penny? But J. kindly reminded me that pennies turn green and in turn will turn your skin green (unless you cover the penny with a heavy coat of clear finger nail polish).

Our conversation then turned to the salt flats, John Deere, spinning knives, volleyball courts, Hello Kitty, and super heroes. Before I knew it, I needed to return to my conference, but before I left, J. kindly hand-carved for me this lovely set of earrings:



They were actually supposed to be two charms, like best friends necklaces, for me and my next boyfriend, but where on earth am I supposed to find a guy who:
1) would wear a charm necklace
2) would wear a charm necklace that will turn him green
3) would wear a charm necklace that would turn him green, that was given to me free-of-charge by another guy

I just hope, they won't turn my ears green. Thanks J. :)