20 inches of snow in Madison today and this Californian survived. Here is a cheesy video to commemorate such a day!!!
“On Top of the World” by Imagine Dragons
This is Amy Hu signing off for December 20th, 2012.
First Snow Day!
Twelve Twelve Twelve
Today is significant. We’re gonna have to wait another century for the day, month, and year to be the same number again.
In order to celebrate this numerically significant day, I will think of how the number 12 has affected my own life:
The number of…
1. chips in bags nowadays (wtf, amirite?)
2. years to create the world’s most awkward lifestage
3. ounces for a medium-sized steak
4. hours I wish I could stay in bed everyday
5. times I’ve been harassed by a dog or cat
6. times in a day I wish I remembered to do something
7. years younger I wish Daniel Craig was
8. years older I wish Alex Pettyfer was
9. feet of spaghetti I want to dive into
10. seconds it usually takes to get my attention while I’m watching TV
11. plates of food I feel I should go through at a buffet to get my money’s worth but realize I want to live
12. years ago my mother started menopause and nearly killed me during a hot-flash emotional rampage
Happy 12/12/12 everybody!
This is Amy Hu signing off for December 12th, 2012.
Bad Luck Brian
Poor Bad Luck Brian.
I think I’m addicted to this meme because, in all honesty, it makes me feel a little better about the things in my own life. Sucks for HIM. It’s also just really tragically funny.
Don’t get me wrong, I love writing about the mishaps and unfortunate moments in my life. It’s not just some way to cope, but I actually feel that God wants me to share it to remind people that He created humor and that He’s the funniest of them all. I like to believe that God’s other option besides the flood was to do a stand-up routine to all of humanity, where they would just all die of laughter. Noah’s family and the chosen animals would just have worn camel-hair earplugs.
So here’s three things that happened recently for “God Likes to Prank Amy”:
1. Basketball Trouble
I went to the park to play basketball on Sunday because of the unusually warm weather in Madison. I was excited the other half of the court was open, so I took out my freshly pumped ball and shot a jumper right outside the key. Feeling good about my first one landing right in, I immediately ran to get my rebound and wondered where the ball went. I looked up in dismay–it was stuck in the net made of chains. I pathetically jumped a few times thinking some force might pop it right out. But my sad lack of height and air did no good. The nice kids on the other side saw my dilemma and immediately came to my rescue. A 10 year-old boy, with all his might, threw his ball right at mine in the net. The ball ricocheted so hard that it hit me right in the face and I fell back into a huge puddle.
2. Water Damage
I came into the office on Tuesday to find that a portion of our department got flooded due to a pipe backing up from the building near us. The strangest thing is that it could have backed up and burst at any place in our large building. Any office, any room, any square foot of space. It, of course, flooded the room where I was editing my project.
3. Venison
Last month, I was able to do a weekend in Chicago with my visiting friend Stacey, and our other friend Julie, who goes to law school there. On the way there, I discovered that roadkill in the Midwest is actually something to be reckoned with. We literally counted about five dead deer who sadly got bulldozed by speeding cars on the freeway. Most of them were fairly easy to avoid. But in one particular case, the genius car in front of me became lazy and just ran over the already deceased animal, causing chunks of now-venison-meat to fly in the air and splatter on the hood of my car. I left it to dry for about two weeks and eventually just used my shoe to scrape it off with relative ease.
Last thoughts: Nowhere near as funny as Bad Luck Brian, and looks like he’s doing well now.
This is Amy Hu signing off for December 5th, 2012.
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