humor
"Humor is what binds humans together and makes difficult times just a little less painful; Sometimes you can't help but laugh. "
Black Ice
The snow crunched under Olivia’s feet like ice being ground in a blender, sharp and loud. It was the melody of her Monday in the cold Nebraskan winter. A blizzard passed through just a week prior, painting the world around her in a scene out of a Hallmark snow globe. It was the type of weather that Olivia would rather see than experience. The cold chilled her bones and made her want to hide under the cheap twin bedding she had bought from Walmart. Yet there she was, trudging her way through the snow to get her mail on the other side of campus.
Becca VolkPublished 6 years ago in HumansI Almost Burned Down a School
When I was in the first grade, I would sometimes do mischievous things. They were little things like blaming my older sister for things that I did or messing up my mom’s photos by smudging them (yeah, she was pissed). Yet, there is one specific thing that almost cost lives of others and could have resulted in extreme consequences.
Ericka SalasPublished 6 years ago in HumansYour Next Door Neighbor Is Cheating! - a 5 Step Program
It's 2 AM again. My roommate has gone to bed already, and all is silent save for the quiet hum of the fan and the occasional snore from his bed. It's been a long night of drawing out chemicals—hexagons and pentagons fill my brain. Maybe it's time to head to bed. I do have class at 9 AM tomorrow.
Markus McWinstonPublished 6 years ago in HumansA Day in the Life of a Fool
Who needs Jacque Cousteau or Stephen Hawking to tell you about a life that has never been explored? Allow me to give you a tour of a typical day in the life of a dweeb/dork/geek/nerd. It's easy. All we have to do is look at my typical and mundane day.
Maurice BernierPublished 6 years ago in HumansHow to Make Someone Not Like You
We've all been there. Someone is crushing on us and we really don't want them to. It just leads to feeling awkward and maybe even ruins a friendship. But how do you get someone to just stop liking you? Let's be honest, telling them you don't like them in that way usually doesn't work because they keep those feelings for you anyway. Being mean doesn't usually work either, especially if you want to maintain the friendship. So how do you get someone to stop liking you? Here are five simple steps.
Those Awkward 5 Minutes
It is an indubitable fact that when we are communicating with other people, we tend to look at them very carefully. Sometimes we create this awkward atmosphere where your companion just wants to run away. So, should we look at our partner or should we look at something else? Isn't it rude to look in multiple directions while we are talking and listening to another person? Well, it may change with the situation. I believe that it is all about the balance between both things.
Manuela GonzalezPublished 6 years ago in HumansMy Worst Date: The Legend of Strum Strum
#MyWorstDate My junior year of college, I was at a get-together when I started talking to this guy. We had been in classes together and we were the same major. He was 23, a super-senior (college for 5, not 4 years). He was pretty decent looking, charming, and very intelligent.
Ashley ClousePublished 6 years ago in HumansKittens & Computers?
(Tuesday evening) The rain continues to pour immensely from the grey heavens... almost as if the angels were reminding me that going to this so-called 'date', was a bad idea. I ignored them despite the continuation of the rumbling thunder, which made my heart jump and that did not help at all. I finally arrived at the Fire Bird Restaurant...
K. AlexandraPublished 6 years ago in HumansHash and Reindeers
#MyWorstDate started with shots of tequila, a stranger in a bar, and a mysterious fluffy cat (as many do)... but ended in a way I never saw coming.
Rebecca ErinPublished 6 years ago in HumansJesus Is Just Alright with Me
He was a coworker, and about three years older than I was. I was fresh out of high school, and truthfully a virgin. To everything. I had only ever been on a few sorry-excuses-for-a-date before—ones that generally included Costa Vida (every time, why is that??), followed by board games with a group of Mormon-like snobs, (I lived in a community of mostly these types of people, which I used to blame for my embarrassing lack of experience. In reality, I think I'm just a painfully introverted and anxious person).
barbed.wire.disease :Published 6 years ago in HumansWorst. Flippin'. Date. Ever.
I don’t really know what to say. I keep smiling and then I start laughing at other people’s jokes. I mean, that’s fine though, right? If they’re only a few tables down, they are technically close enough for me to hear, so it would be normal if I heard their jokes and responded accordingly. I guess we do share something in common, though, we did pick the same restaurant, after all. And in all of that, I completely forgot about Robert. My date tonight, sitting right in front of me eating his duck souffle as I tuck into the standard “on my first date so I am going to impress him by eating a caesar salad” meal. Well, I say caesar salad, but I did order the Caesar without the salad. I just wanted Caesar, I wanted him so badly all over me and inside me hard and warm making me drip like… and then, shit, I forget about Robert. Robert isn’t Caesar and I knew that because he was lanky and his glasses didn’t make him sexy enough for me to want to rip his clothes off. But nonetheless, I was on a date with Robert.
Becky MaxwellPublished 6 years ago in HumansTo Chug or Not to Chug
In 2003, online dating was not a very big thing, nor was mobile data plans. T-Mobile had a service on their data. There were no pictures, just some instant messaging, games, and connections. Through this wondrous doorway, I met and started chatting with a girl from a small town near where I lived. We had many things in common and enjoyed chatting late into the night. This went on for 3 months.