The favourite smells you love
What are your favourite smells? Is it freshly cut grass in the summer? Blossoms in the spring? Fresh bread in winter? Or petrol all year ’round?
Favourite Smells
Month: January 2017
Stages of Running
Stages of Running: the emotional rollercoaster
“Gonna go for a run, yeah. Gonna ace this no sweat.”
“OH WHY? *huff puff* WHYYYYY??”
“I DID IT! I’m so fit.”
These are the three stages of running one tends to go through. Arrogance plunging into despair, and euphoria when it’s all done. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.
Deus Ex: Moving Day
Deus Ex Moving Day: different location same messy apartment
Our protagonist, Adam Jensen, is a creature of habits. So when he moved from Detroit to Prague he made sure his apartment was just as home-y as it was before. Unpacking? Why unpack when everything is already neatly organised:
Where’s the remote? In a box.
Where’s the underwear? In a box.
Where’s the breakfast cereal? In a box.
Simple.
Let them eat cake
To eat cake, or not to eat cake…
From humble bready beginnings to towering monstrosities of confection, we love cake.
“Let them eat cake!”– Marie Antoinette
“You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
The word ‘cake’ comes from Scandinavia: in Swedish, ‘kaka’; in Danish, ‘kage’.
Back in the old days, cake used to mean a small round roll^. It was nothing like the delicious sugary treat we gobble down today. When refined sugar became mainstream, and icing was invented (in the 17th century), the modern-day cake was born.
Quotes about cake
Accused of uttering this callous exclamation, Marie Antoinette did not, in fact, say “Let them eat cake.” This quote first appeared in Jean-Jacques Rosseau’s ‘Confessions’, attributed to a ‘Great Princess’ who was actually fictional^. His book was written in 1762 when Marie Antoinette was 9 years old at the time.
Ridiculous. Of course you can. This oft-misquoted line should read: “A man cannot have his cake and eat his cake.” first written in a letter from Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, to Thomas Cromwell in 1538^.
Eat the Damn Doughnut
Don’t complain; eat the damn doughnut
That Person is the one who feels guilty for indulging. The one who knows how many calories are in the doughnut, down to the last sprinkle. The one who stresses over the tiniest bit of pudge.
Don’t suck the joy out of eating marvelous dessert. Eat the damn doughnut.
Batman’s Weakness
Batman’s weakness is no joke.
Leg day done right is actually debilitating. #SeriousPains #SeriousGains sitting down is painful, standing up is worse, and climbing stairs? No.
The best recovery is to lie on the couch all day and groan in a tough way. If you’re at work, then wheel yourself around in your office chair and rub your thighs with a grimace, so people know you’ve worked hard. And don’t forget to talk about it over lunch.
Rubbing it in is half the fun, anyway.
An Unspoken Bond
There’s an unspoken bond between runners.
It’s a bond of understanding. A bond of mutual recognition. Two people who resisted the siren call of the Comfy Chair and Netflix. Two people wheezing their way through the streets. Both enduring the uncomfortable jiggle of excess.
While some acknowledge it with a ‘Hi’, some with a nod, there are others who make no sign at all. This is probably because they’re so close to death that any interruption will make them stop running. NEVERTHELESS. The unspoken bond remains.
Old Age
SO YOU’RE GETTING OLD, HUH?
What was once exciting is now terribly depressing. Old age looms; the weight of your years bear down on you with the force of a thousand elephants. Wrinkly, saggy, old elephants. You can’t even enjoy the cake because it will go straight to your thighs.
Old age isn’t all bad, though. Sure you have lost your youth, lost many opportunities, but you’ve gained more wine, and a better perspective on life. None of those crazy hormonal thoughts rocketing around, making you look stupid and do stupid things.
Plus with age comes privilege: learn dampen those pretentious young whips who think they’re all that. Speak your mind at the most awkward of times. And have breakfast for dinner because you’re an adult, dammit.
Running – New Year’s Resolution
Running – A New Year’s Resolution
A year and one month ago I made a resolution to take my fitness more seriously, and made this comic to reflect it. Running had always been a thing for me, but never a serious thing.
A year and one month on and I’m giving myself a pat on the back because I made running a serious thing. Starting with 5km’s, moving to 10kms, running 18km’s on the weekend, and finally a solid half marathon. It was hard, though. Damnably hard.
For 2017 I have a new goal, just as tough as last year’s. I’m going to do a push-up.
Watch this space.
A year and one month on and I’m giving myself a pat on the back because I made running a serious thing. Starting with 5km’s, moving to 10kms, running 18km’s on the weekend, and finally a solid half marathon. It was hard, though. Damnably hard.
For 2017 I have a new goal, just as tough as last year’s. I’m going to do a push-up.
Watch this space.