{"id":3324,"date":"2014-06-03T15:02:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T19:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2014-12-30T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T16:15:09","slug":"beating-the-tuesday-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/beating-the-tuesday-blues.html","title":{"rendered":"Beating the Tuesday Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Rainy, rainy, rainy here in the sunshine state. The nickname for Florida is clearly a lie. It is like we are in that other hemisphere, the one where it\u2019s cold in the summer and warm in the winter, except here, it\u2019s warm and sticky all the time, but the sun doesn\u2019t shine in the summer because it\u2019s always raining. I would like to take that up with whoever made this place up. (That\u2019d be you, God. What\u2019s up with Florida?)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to cheer myself up by posting delightful things the internet has given to us as a way to compensate for rainy days. (Thanks for the internet, God. I will accept it as recompense for Florida\u2019s summers. And winters. And existence.)<\/p>\n<p>From the glorious minds at McSweeney\u2019s, this list, which makes me happy because e.e. cummings is\u2026not my favorite poet. \u201cPoet\u201d is being generous. (No, I never studied him. I just like to make unfounded statements about famous poets, because I have a liberal arts degree, and that\u2019s what we do.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">YouTube Comment or e.e. cummings?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BY Fran\u00e7ois Vincent<\/p>\n<p>1. loog a his lirow nose<\/p>\n<p>2. there is some shit I will not eat<\/p>\n<p>3. LISN bud LISN<\/p>\n<p>4. this i bad sorry to saY<\/p>\n<p>5. leave her alone<\/p>\n<p>she\u2019s not your gal<\/p>\n<p>6. She is Lucifierian !<\/p>\n<p>7. THuNdeRB<\/p>\n<p>loSSo!M iN<\/p>\n<p>8. aThe):l<\/p>\n<p>9. stunned. i. am. stunned. every question speaks to us<\/p>\n<p>10. What is nothing?<\/p>\n<p>(Click over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/youtube-comment-or-ee-cummings\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">McSweeney<\/a>\u2018s to see the answers)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But really, this one is my favorite. Michael McIntyre talking about how people with no kids don\u2019t know (<em>one bad word, fyi<\/em>, <em>but also TRUTH!<\/em>):<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"People with no kids don&#039;t know\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFQfylQ2Jgg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Pretty much. \u201cGood luck\u201d, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, internet. I can now continue on with my day in a slightly less grumpy mood. And look, the sun is almost thinking about coming out!<\/p>\n<p>Oh never mind. It\u2019s raining again.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"storify\"><noscript>[<a href=\"\/\/storify.com\/njj4\/bye-bye-englisshe-jakke-of-dover\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">View the story \u201cBye, Bye, Englisshe Jakke of Dover\u201d on Storify<\/a>]<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rainy, rainy, rainy here in the sunshine state. The nickname for Florida is clearly a lie. 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