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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.
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.
Face it, people, we're a bunch of lazy slobs who will try to avoid any form of inconvenience, even if it costs us even more problems. In this instance, say you're wearing a long sleeve shirt and you've just finished using the restroom facilities. Now, you know you're in danger of getting your sleeves wet, but it's kind of a hassle to roll up your sleeves, especially if it's a button down shirt.
You try to wash your hands carefully and get enough water to clean them, but at the same time you avoid the areas near your sleeves. Nonetheless, water and soap usually find their way to the edges of you sleeves. You now feel like a fool and a lazy bum, but every time you still do the same thing. It's an easily avoidable annoyance, but it still happens to the best of us.
For you people out there who always roll up your sleeves, though, kudos to you. You are a more patient person than most of us.
*props to my cousin for this Random Bad.
Fast food restaurants are a dime a dozen all over America. Most of them are very similar and offer the usual menu choices of burgers, fries, and drinks. Sure, it should all seem the same, but it's not. You always want to try the fast food restaurants that you've never heard of, just to see what they taste like. There's always a little variation in flavor, menu choices, and other items.
My favorite example of this is In-N-Out Burger on the West Coast. Being from the Chicago Area, we don't get to eat In-N-Out that often, but whenever I step off the plane, In-N-Out is the first place I go. They've got a basic menu and normal choices, but their food is incredibly fresh and tasty. Other examples include Chik Fil'a, Jack in the Box, Portillos, and Del Taco.
Life without the microwave would be a terrible thing. Leftovers would need to be reheated over the stove, popcorn would be incredibly inconvenient, and the instant food/microwave dinner industries would never exist. We all love the microwave, but sometimes, it can just piss you off. To elaborate, the microwave, when warming up some leftovers, is a crapshoot. Based on the size of the portion, you make an adequate guess at how long the food should be warmed. It's not so bad when you warm the food too long, because it can just cool off.
Now, imagine that you're really hungry for dinner. You prepare the food, warm it up in the microwave, sit down, and take the first bite. Usually, the first bite of your dinner is one of the most satisfying parts of your day, but in this case, you underestimated the warming time, and the inside portion of your meal is lukewarm or even cold. Horrible. Now that first bite feeling is ruined, you have to get up, warm the food, wait for the microwave to beep, and do it all over again. Sometimes, you even have to rewarm the food a second time, just to get the right temperature. It kills the flow and makes the meal a little bit unpleasant.
But who are we to complain, the microwave makes life easier for college students and lazy people all over the world. A couple minutes of inconvenience is completely worth the greatness that comes from the microwave.
Being a sports fan can be tough, especially when your team is a whole lot of mediocre. You watch all the games, hoping for the best, but when you're a mediocre team, you win half and you lose half. That just means that half of the time, you're pissed off. Now, once in a blue (and orange) moon, a franchise-type player gets put on the trading block, but you never believe that your team has a shot at acquiring him. Your team is either too cheap, too conservative, or just too blindly stupid to realize that they need him.
Now, you've got that mindset, right? Imagine that, despite all of the previously mentioned factors, your team of choice actually lands the player in some kind of trade. HALLELUJAH! Your mood brightens, your email/facebook/IM accounts explode with talk, and you get a spring in your step. It's an amazing feeling. Your fanhood is rejuvenated and you realize that it really is good to be a sports (Chicago Bears) fan.
Vacations are great. They relax you, recharge you, and are just an overall good time. Most of the time, it's stress free and the biggest worry you have is what kind of drink you want while relaxing. Sadly, the vacation comes to an end, and it's time to go home. You know it's inevitable. Real life slaps you in the face as soon as you get home, you have to unpack.
Unpacking is just one of those things that no one ever wants to do. The trip home is usually tiring enough, but no, you have to organize your belongings, throw dirty clothes in the wash, and put the suitcases away. Nothing like instant chores to welcome you back to the real world.
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