What better topic for a blog that has consistently discussed some of the major wastes of time in today's world than the virtual highway. Cyberspace. The World Wide Web. The average person spends 23 hours per week online. That includes everything from creeping your ex on Facebook to researching a topic you should already be familiar with in order to do your job. It's SO easy to get lost in the abundance of tabs and information and even easier to get caught up in the many internet fads and campaigns floating around. If you've never taken part in one of those social media trends (ex. neknomination?) or hopped on an internet bandwagon (here's looking at you Kony 2012) then you better head to your local church for confessional, because you are a liar. Everyone's found themselves wrapped up in the "internet community" at some point or another, nothing to be embarrassed about folks. So that's why I want to take a look at one of the more recent trends fl...
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Had to say goodbye to this old girl a couple of days ago. She was the sweetest. ...no matter how many articles of clothing she ate on me. Keeping with the theme of New Year's Resolutions, but straying from my usual theme of sarcastic and hilarious (to myself only probably), let's get real. With a recent influx of unfortunate news coming my way and from my hometown, something dawned on me. Resolution's are usually about ourselves. Although there's nothing wrong with that, improving yourself is always a great thing, why not direct some of that motivation towards others. Whether that means making the resolution to visit your grandma more, to donate to the less fortunate or promising to call your mom every Sunday. We all seem to get so caught up in our lives and our routines, and forget that sometimes it's totally fine to just waste time, especially with the people we care about . We don't need to be constantly moving or thinking or doing. As important as...
So...it's January. So obviously I'm jumping on the resolution train! But in a different way than I have before. I mean, I've been trying to live a healthy lifestyle for awhile. I was vegetarian for three years (moving in with a carnivore boyfriend makes it tough to stick to that promise though, sorry cows). But I've also taken up pole fitness (do not judge) and hot yoga. And let me tell you, I fell in love with both! Finally, something I enjoy that isn't a big ol' waste of time! Resolutions are funny things though, don't you think? I get that it's a new year, a fresh start, yas a yada yada. That's all great. The problem comes when we make these crazy lists of things we think we HAVE to accomplish. Also, setting the resolution to lose a ton of weight in the winter when there's chocolate and comfort food and it's freezing outside? Just not feasible. Or promising yourself to reconnect with your 3rd grade bestie who now lives on the other side...
It's been awhile since my fingers hit the keyboard for a blog post - my apologies! I've been swamped with my 2.5 jobs lately (one is volunteer). But with December first just a couple of days away, I figured it's time for a CHRISTMAS POST! Christmas is my most favourite time of year. I love xmas activities like decorating the tree and drinking candy cane flavoured drinks and getting dolled up for holiday parties. I start getting excited as soon as Halloween is over, but try to suppress my urge to deck the halls until at least late November. That being said, I know some people just can't. So today class, let's discuss the three types of holiday lovers. 1. The Christmas Craver - This is the category I think I fall in. The Christmas Craver can be found dreaming of visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads in early November. However, you won't see a decoration on their tree before December 1st. They're respectful of earlier holidays like Remembrance D...
I FREAKIN' LOVE HALLOWEEN. Don't you?! Of course you do. With Halloween being only ONE WEEK away, I feel as though a Halloween post is more than obvious. So, awaaayyyy we goooo! Now, as we all know, this blog is about wasting time, not wine. And let me assure you, NO wine gets wasted when I go out on Halloween. However, I do waste buckets of time preparing for Halloween - it's something lots of people do. And we do it for one night, a night that's not even a holiday! It definitely doesn't make much sense, but I do it every year so whatever. As good as some Halloween costumes are, the real beauty is in the terrible ones. The ones that are almost undistinguishable - "are you a pile of leaves?" "Oh, Poison Ivy, right..." So I took to my friend Mr. Google and found some pretty hilariously bad Halloween costumes that we can all laugh, cringe, and shutter at together. Believe me, you'll never see anything scarier than some of these below... ...
I can’t twerk, I look like I have ants in my pants whenever I try. So needless to say, this is not a literal title with a how-to video. I’m dedicating this post on this lovely Thursday to one of the people I’ve found myself wasting way too much time on lately – you guessed it, the twerk queen herself, Miley Cyrus. Rolling Stone just released her cover shot and interview and after reading it, my weird infatuation with the little freak simply grew. As a PR person who checks social media 76 times a day, I love nothing more than a watching people react to a good scandal or crisis. When Miley cut her hair and started twerking up on any stationary object she could find, I IMMEDIATELY started following her on Twitter/Instagram. Why, you ask? Because it’s entertaining! After the whole VMA’s thing with Robin Thicke, Miley became the most talked about celeb out there, but she also lost some fans. So let’s look at why, in my humble, unprofessional opinion, this was a good move. ...
My most recent purchase has brought new meaning to the term "waste of time". Since dropping my hard earned bucks on this product, I find myself continuously being late for things, letting my food get cold, and putting off yoga/running (not that I had a hard time doing that before). So what is this time wasting wonder of a product? It's an iPhone. Yes. I do live under a rock. Until just two weeks ago, I was the not so proud owner of a Blackberry. So today, I will describe to you how my life has dramatically changed since chuckin' the berry and picking the apple (haaa). For those of you who have had an iPhone for the last two years, this may sound pathetic to you - it may sound pathetic anyway. But I KNOW, at some point, every new iPhone user felt the way I do now, and does what I currently do. I'm so addicting to the thousands of things I can do on my phone, that I have already downloaded 27 apps. TWENTY SEVEN. Social media apps, games, news and weather apps, m...