It's strong

Ever wonder what happened to all those kids who used to just shove papers into their backpacks in elementary and middle school? Do you yearn to understand how their chaotic behavior impacted their futures? Spoiler alert: It did not impact them well. As a former paper-crammer, the concepts of structure, organization, and focus are pretty damn foreign to me. And I'm really trying. I've got a planner, I've got a to-do list, I've got alerts and habit trackers galore. But it's still not enough to ge…

Nearly everything in the modern world moves at a pace that would kill a medieval peasant girl. The level of productivity has shot up, and it doesn't look like it will dwindle anytime soon. That reality is because we're all conditioned to do things unbelievably quickly. The about of stuff we are expected to do each day is genuinely baffling. We need to shower, make three meals, go to work, do a good job at work, eat three meals, and reflect on your day, which doesn't even mention socializing, le…

Sprinkle sprinkle

Come hither

Well, someone's got to break the ice, and it might as well be me. I mean, I'm used to looking through memes , it's part of my husband's work. And it's always difficult when a group of new friends meet (to scroll through 30 hilarious images) together for the first time, to get acquainted. So I'm perfectly prepared to start the ball rolling. I could start reading the memes out-loud if you'd like. Or perhaps, I could pass them around in an orderly fashion. If I'm being truthful, I mean, I-I have a…

Not every meme can be devastatingly clever. It's just a fact. Consuming clever or esoteric content is enjoyable, yes, but sometimes it's a bit exhausting. There are times when a simple relatable meme just hits. The same goes for cute memes and wholesome memes. Some may call the memes we speak of basic. They may call them normie. But we think of them in a more favorable light. We think of them as universal. Universality is a great quality when it comes to memes, a medium that is designed to be s…

A year and a half ago I made the decision to deactivate Instagram for the sake of my mental health . It's actually insane how much time these apps can eat up if you're not careful about your behavior. It's easy to scrolling aimlessly through one's infinite feed, and at a certain point, it becomes addictive. The devolution starts innocently enough: you plant your butt on the cold, hard toilet and start tapping on Instagram stories of users you barely know, or scrolling past the boring posts from…

Hooray

We've got a fresh hot list of memes for one Mr. Rand Om? Is there a Randy Om in the room? Randolph Om, are you present? No? What a waste. Coming up with clever and funny pun names are one of the few instances where I find the art of punning vaguely tolerable. My friends and I keep a list of different pun names we think of and they range from incredible to abominable: Collin Response, Jaqueline Turn, Miss Taken Identity, Patty O'Furniture, Heather Interior, Cathy Lick. The list goes on and on. P…

Pure chaos. That's how much of the internet seems to me, especially lately. The other night I got that notification about Shinzo Ab e as I found out that one of my memes about something lewd went viral. I cared more about the latter, but that's also because of my politics. Anyway, there's been nothing but good news here in New York as we brace ourselves for yet another sh*ty wave of the newest C-word, and it's time to get really comfortable with the weirdness of the worldwide web. There's no be…

Life is short. It's often cruel and thankless, as well. I, for one, spend many an evening staring at my tv, exhausted from my work, wondering what the point is. It does feel pointless, though, doesn't it? Slog along making next to no money so that some person who is already richer than I'll ever be can make even more of it? Not the most enjoyable situation. That's why we like to take healthy breaks whenever possible. Breaks that allow us to pursue our interests, to pursue stuff that makes us la…

No more punchlines

Voila

When I was a kid I used to sit in my basement and watch the same five movies over and over again. Pocahontas, Wild America, Independence Day, The Goonies, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy (okay, that's three movies, but I'm counting it as one). Yes we had the internet , but as far as I was concerned, watching LOTR for the hundredth time was way more appealing than sitting around for several minutes waiting for the dial-up to do its thing so that I could continue downloading "track001artist0000…

Nonsense