Wild Hair Day

Jazz is standing beside Magenta with his hair standing up in the back. He says, "Why did you let me leave the house looking like this? To which Magenta says, "To be honest, I really didn't look at your face before you left."

Pretty sure the marriage vows didn’t cover ‘checking my appearance before going into a public place.’ Call me old-fashioned but I brush my hair before leaving the house.

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Chicken Tumor

Bug is holding a chicken nugget and says, "Why does this chicken nugget look like a tumor?" To which Magenta says, "It's not a tumor."

Arnold Schwarzennegger’s famous line from ‘Kindergarten Cop’ forever changes how I hear the word ‘tumor’ in that I always hear it in my head in his accent saying, “It’s not a tumah.”

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Bad Poetry Day

A picture of a guy with a bucket and a little heart next to him. There is a poem that reads, "There once was a man from Nantucket who had a relationship with a bucket. If someone frowned, he'd yell 'Taste my musket!' Who am I to judge though. I once dated a back hoe."

Is anyone else obsessed with weird holidays? I love weird holidays. It is such a cool thing to think everyday there is at least one ‘holiday’ to celebrate. Some are really niche but it is just a nice thought that everyday there is a celebration happening.

Today is Bad Poetry Day. I had written this limerick for Limerick Day – another weird holiday – but it seems fitting to share today. For the longest time, I thought a limerick had to include the word “Nantucket” because – well we all know what rhymes with that. Crude humor is my bread and butter and what I was reared on.

A limerick does not have to include Nantucket but does need to include two or three short lines and has to rhyme. I used to think the best poems were the poems that rhymed. I’m just not that deep of a thinker to get poems that don’t rhyme.

When I took creative writing in college, we had to write a poem. I wrote a poem that was deeply personal but it rhymed so everyone hated it. Wow. No wonder I to this day do not like sharing my work. As I’ve gotten older, I realize that everyone has different tastes, so even though that class of 30 didn’t get it, the next 30 people to read it might have loved it.

Anyway, it’s fun to celebrate something everyday. Bad poetry is one subject that is near to my heart. I can churn out bad poetry the rhymes anytime.

One Panel Comics

Fall Guys

Magenta is in a Fall Guys costume which resembles a bean and is falling into a game match and says , "Woohoo! Can't wait to play my first game! Not much longer now."
Magenta is in a bean costume falling when a message appears on screen, "Disconnected from server." To which she says, 'Oh Noes"
Magenta in her bean costume is at the start screen of Fall Guys and she looks sad with a tear rolling down her face.

In case you have never heard of Fall Guys, it is a super cute multi-player game where you race through obstacles to advance to the next round. Your prize for winning multiple rounds is a crown which you can then use to buy cool things for your bean – or character.

Fall Guys launched just over a week ago and was available on the PS4 for free if you had PlayStation Plus which in turn meant there were lots of players. The game grew quickly and so did server connection issues. It seems the game has made it past those rocky days. You can also play Falls Guys on the PC.

I bought it for both me and Jazz. We both experienced some connectivity issues on Saturday but I experienced more than Jazz. He quickly got ahead of me in levels. Luckily Sunday night I finally got past connection issues which seemed to be all me. I needed a Windows update that once that was installed I didn’t experience any connection issues.

The first round starts with 60 players. In the game you have three options: run, dive, and grab. You use grab in some of the mini games but you can also grab other players which gives you a slight boost if you are running. You can also grab players to cause them to drop items or even throw them off maps and eliminate them. For such a cute game, there are some cut-throat strategies.

I haven’t won a game. I feel like it’s an accomplishment that I have made the final round more than once. But Fall Guys was fun. We will probably play it a lot more. Fall Guys also reminds me of other games that I love like Splatoon and Super Monkey Ball. Of course, I’m all about chibis and cuteness, so the bright colors and upbeat music just make me love it that much more.

So I have played the game for four hours and half that time has been spent trying to get into a match. But with the issue resolved, I’m looking forward to the next four hours of game play because it will be way more fun than the first four.

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