Random Good # 20 - Catching a Green Light

Green lights are awesome, especially when you barely catch one. I especially appreciate when lights have a timer for the people walking, so then you know how risky you're being when you're trying to catch it.

Random Bad #19 - Nothing on the Radio

Considering how bad popular music is nowadays, this tends to happen more often than it used to. You're driving in your car, jamming out to a decent song, then a dreaded radio commercial pops up after it. Simple, right? You switch to another station. Poker Face is playing for the trillionth time and you don't want to hear it again. Flip to the next station and what do you find? Nickelback. You throw up in your mouth a little bit, and hope for something listenable on the last station on your presets. What do you get? More commercials. Frustrated, you settle on Poker Face because it doesn't completely make you want to shoot yourself.

Now, I know a lot of you think that you're immune because you choose to not listen to the radio. You think you get some sort of street cred by saying, "Oh, I stopped listening to the radio years ago." Well, you're not that cool. This still happens to you when your iPod is on shuffle and you go through 20 songs before you find one that you actually want to listen to.

Random Good #19 - The Smell of Bacon

The smell of bacon awakens every sense in me. I can immediately taste the bacon in my mouth, visualize the bacon on a plate, hear the sizzle of the bacon, and imagine chewing the rubbery texture. Whenever I smell bacon, I stop in my tracks, take a big whiff, and immediately seek out the source.

What's not to like? Bacon smells great and tastes great on everything. Bacon Cheeseburgers, Bacon Sandwiches, Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon, Bacon Bits on a Salad, Bacon Salt, Bacon, Bacon, Bacon. This might be an uninspired post, but who cares? Bacon rules.

Random Bad #18 - Bad Handshakes

As you become older, introductions become more and more frequent. From job interviews, to work related introductions, to socializing with new people, almost all the time, the introduction begins with a handshake. Once in a while, though, there's the botched handshake. These come in different forms. These include:

• The flimsy handshake: Where the other person fails to firmly grasp your hand, leading to an awkward shake.
• The mis-lock: Where you go in for the hand shake, but you end up grabbing only the ends of their fingers, and shaking those.
• The sweaty palm: Where one of the handshakers has a sweaty palm, and the sweat is exchanged during the handshake, and both people feel awkward.
• The Lingerer: When one of the persons involved shakes for too long.
• The combo: When two or more of the previously mentioned shakes occurs in the same instance, leading to an even worse handshake.

The bad handshake leads to a bad first impression. Just make sure to lock in correctly, grasp firmly, and end the shake in a timely fashion.

Random Good #18 - Getting Somewhere in the Nick of Time

In today's world, we always seem to be in a rush. There's always some place that we have to be, and it always has to be in a timely fashion. You almost always end up late for something because there just never seems to be enough time for anything. Sometimes, though, it just happens to work out. You get to your destination right in the nick of time.

The most common examples, for me, include:

• Catching an Elevator.
• Barely beating the Red light.
• Getting to a store right before it closes.
• Making a flight/train before it departs.
• Getting to McDonalds right before breakfast ends.

When it happens, it just gives you a good feeling, and that's what random goods are all about (corny).

Random Bad #17 - Getting Rained On

Rain is a necessary evil. We need it to keep our crops alive, our thirst quenched, and our Earth...wet. The rain isn't really that bad, as long as you can stay dry. If you're smart, you're prepared with an umbrella and things end up okay. If you're dumb, like me, you push your luck and journey out and try to spite Mother Nature. She then sees you and says, "Eat this." Torrential rains begin 5 minutes after you start walking outside, and you start running for cover as she laughs at your misfortune.

It's not over yet. Getting rained on has a longer effect than most random bads. For the next hour, you're stuck in wet clothes, wet shoes, and wet socks. Your body is drenched and you look like a fool. Usually, you're a good distance from home base, so you deal with it for a while. You get home, and it's a bitch to remove the wet clothes from your person, you have to take a shower, and it just ends up taking a long amount of time in your day.

What's the lesson? Bring an umbrella, idiot.

Random Good #17 - Good High Fives

The high five is probably one of the most enjoyable celebrations in our culture. It's impulsive, succinct, and generally, a good time. I'd say probably about 75% of the time, though, the high five isn't performed perfectly. Hand position is usually off and the sound of the clap isn't as loud or as meaningful as it could be. The perfect high five comes without thought. It's a spur of the moment thing, usually in celebration of a good sports play. The good high five completes this brilliant moment like a period ends a sentence.