pick me ups.

So, real talk: we're adults now. And it sort of sucks. I mean sure, I can (and TOTALLY DID) eat ice cream for dinner, stay up AS LATE AS I WANT, and generally do what I want. And that rules. But our lives now have moments which are soul suckingly awful as opposed to groin grabbingly awesome. I don't care what you have, what you look like, what you do, who you are - we are all faced with moments, hours, days, weeks that are just miserable. That feel like you're treading water or drowning or honestly, have already drowned. Aka, our wildly uncertain, gen-Y twenties.

But we get through it, don't we? We wake up to another day, begrudgingly put our pants on, and hope for the best. But sometimes I can't do that unassisted. More than anything, in the immortal words of McCartney/Lennon - I get by with a little help from my friends. And I love you all so much and thank you for, well, everything. BUT ALSO, there is a little thing I like to call the internet...perhaps you've heard of it? There are a few random things that just always make me laugh no matter what, and I'm going to attempt to share them below - if the video doesn't embed, you can blame George Mason University for allowing me to pass IT-103 with such embarrassing technological skills.

First off - a photo I discovered tonight while googling a SUPER EMO website for a dose of schadenfreude - true story, I googled "Dear Old Love" and THIS CAME UP:

IS THAT ANDY SAMBERG HIGH FIVING A LYNX? YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT IT IS. If for whatever reason you don't like this or get this, I cordially invite you to get out of my life.

UPDATE: I can't figure out how to embed video. So, links to youtube it is.

Did Steve tell you that perchance? Steeeeeve.

Two words: Grape. Lady. I know. I know, it's awful but it makes me laugh EVERY TIME I watch it.

Okay, so this is "seasonal" I guess, but I LOVE THE PUMPKIN DANCING MAN and his commitment to this dance.

Also, I am obsessed with music and generally things with a sick beat (yeah. I went there) put me in a better mood -

Notably:

Passion Pit, Moth's Wings

Passion Pit, Sleepyhead ( I will never get sick of this song. Ever.)

Ra Ra Riot: A Manner to Act

Broken Bells: The High Road

Florence + The Machine: Dog Days are Over

Florence + The Machine: Kiss With a Fist

Florence + The Machine: Rabbit Heart

Margot + The Nuclear So and So's: Paper Kitten Nightmare (note: not upbeat, but the chorus is just meow meow meow meow meow meow meow and that makes me laugh)

Cake: Nugget (HOLY SHIT I FORGOT HOW GOOD THIS SONG IS)

Beastie Boys: Paul Revere (now my name's MCA, I've got a license to kill. I think you know what time it is - it's time to get ill.)

The Beatles: Maxwell's Silver Hammer (I know it's about a guy murdering people with a hammer but it's so cheerful.)

The Beatles: Good Morning Good Morning

The Beatles: Your Mother Should Know (currently in competition for my favorite Beatles song - tough race between YMSK and I, Me, Mine)

You Make My Dreams: Hall and Oates (No, it's a guy..Holland Oates.)

The Decemberists: All of Her Majesty, The Decemberists. That whole cd. Actually, most of their catalogue puts me in a good mood.

Dirty Projectors: Two Doves

Fun: Be Calm

Gaslight Anthem: Casanova, Baby!

Hot Chip: Ready For the Floor

Lady Gaga: Bad Romance or Teeth

Matt and Kim: Daylight

Metric: Hustle Rose

Hey Mercedes: Bells

Modest Mouse: March Into The Sea

Modest Mouse: Fly Trapped In A Jar

Moe: Captain America

Queen: Don't Stop Me Now

Rush: Tom Sawyer

Toto: Africa

Spoon: The Way We Get By

Talking Heads: Psycho Killer (I don't know. I really don't. I just love this song.)

Tenacious D: Fuck Her Gently, Karate

Tom Petty: Wildflowers, Into The Great Wide Open

Wolfmother: Vagabond

xoxo.