Get a life!

Ok. I love stories about the super natural, love stories about folks with finely chiseled, sculpted bodies experiencing electrifying and passionate romance, and stories of people discovering their hidden, untapped secret powers. I can suspend reality for a time to enjoy the story for the fun of it. Be it a book or movie.

For example, 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern filled with magic, illusion and manipulation of the elements; the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlene Harris and the 'True Blood' TV series featuring vampires, werewolves and telepathic humans; Harry Potter the famous student-magician; 'Firefly' the sci-fi Western TV show and I am even occasionally a sport about 'Twilight' another vampire vs werewolf series that immerses the reader or viewer into the teenage angst of a girl unable to just be herself and insistent that she would be better off and easier to love if she were different i.e. if she were converted into a vampire.

But I have to draw the line somewhere. Recently a friend told me about 'Second Life.' Luckily, this friend does not have a second life, he was just telling me of it's existence.  'Second Life' is an online virtual game where you pick an avatar i.e. body and can 'interact' with other people.

As you can see, besides wasting a lot of time, there are many things you can do with a 'Second Life.' Including have a baby.

Wow. I never knew it was possible to have a baby without any blood involved. Also, the nurse/doctor is showing a lot of cleavage and tattoos and is wearing very high heeled boots with a very short skirt. Nothing wrong with all of that, but not so common I think when you are delivering a baby. But it seems anything is possible in 'Second Life.'

If you can have a baby in 'Second Life', that leads me to believe that 'Second Life' sex is possible. But the thought of watching that play out on my computer screen is more than a little weird.

I'm not into online gaming, nor do I want to be. But this whole 'Second Life' concept really is intriguing to me because it's so Matrix-esque. I think I'll take a pass for now as I'm too busy with my first life.

Sometimes I wonder...

Sometimes I wonder why I originally decided I didn't want to have a TV. For one, I waste enough time on the internet I would never do anything if I had TV to distract me as well. But then I see videos like these and I'm reminded that I am exposed to less garbage by not watching TV regularly. We need to find beauty in ourselves and those around us, and invest less in the images that distort our sense of what true beauty is. I'm an adult and have a hard enough time with what images I'm bombarded with. But sometimes I worry about my nieces and nephews and the next generation. I wonder how I can be a positive influence in their lives. Maybe it starts with praising them for their intelligence and creative ideas and not just for their clothes and how cute they look. I actually think I do a decent job of this, but it's something I feel I want to be really aware of in my interactions with them.

Yes!

(I found this on Pinterest and have no idea where it originally comes from, so that is my reason for not giving appropriate credit where credit is due.  But this poster makes me smile.)

I like this song

The Reformed Whores

Check out this article/video from the Huffington Post. (Click on the previous sentence for the link to the article.) One of them is playing the accordion which in my opinion makes this extra awesome.

For a certain lame guy who will probably never see this

but it is okay because there are real men out there who are way better!

(Friendly warning: The lyrics to this video may be considered R-rated if you have sensitive ears. Proceed with caution.)

Have a laugh.

So one of the officers at work had a rough day. He came in to the Bureau to make some photo copies and came to my desk to talk about something that was really sad that had happened. A couple hours later he showed me this video.  Sometimes having something silly to laugh at can relieve stress; and we have a lot of stuff we laugh at at work because sometimes the shit that goes on in this world is, for lack of a better word, really shitty. So have a laugh, even if you're having a rough day. Especially if you're having a rough day. Bring some silliness into your life. Enjoy!