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I Heart Michael Jackson

Franca Schulte — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:20 +0000

Well that didn’t take long at all. CrookedMonkey.com has already released t-shirts in memory of MJ and our love for the king. Kind of sad to think about it isn’t it? It always takes someone to die for them to be appreciated more than when they were alive. It was so easy to poke fun of him when he was a live and how weird he was, but as soon as something tragic happens, we aren’t laughing anymore are we.

T-shirt courtesy of Crooked Monkey

I think it’s great that we honor Michael Jackson, I just think we do it in the wrong ways. MJ’s music will always live on and we will always have his music, but that’s all we knew him for in the first place. It’s not like he was still producing music and coming out with new hits here and there. His music was finished and he had finished his peak time for his music. His biggest hits had already past and there was nothing that was going to exceed further.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy and turn on Thriller and i’m grooving…but I just think sometimes our world is pretty poor when it comes to attention, who gets it and when. We decide based on when the media tells us. They bring out the stories, they decide what stories are bigger than others and based on the publicity, we follow along.

I hope MJ rests in piece. Despite whatever we said about him in the past about his ‘bizzareness’, he will never be forgotten and his legend will forever live on.

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Keg Stand

Franca Schulte — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:05:19 +0000

So thanks to my dad I have a bit of a reputation. Chugging reputation that is. There is something about my dad, where he can just open his gullet, and let all the beer pour down within seconds. So thanks to him, I have inherited the same gene Don’t get me wrong, I’m not upset about this talent of mine, it is quite the party trick I tell ya.

T-shirt courtesy of Crooked Monkey

So of course my chugging abilities got a bit to my head, so the first time I saw this thing called a ‘Keg Stand’, i thought my name was written all over it. A Keg Stand? You mean you drink the beer upside down? Oh this is awesome, let me have a go! First mistake girls, don’t do a Keg Stand if you are wearing a dress or skirt. It’s not pretty or hot, it just looks sloppy.

I had passed the first rule. Am I wearing pants? Check. Am I thirsty? Check. Am I somewhat flexible enough to hold myself upside down for a while? Check….I guess. And I was off. Before I could even show interest of this Keg Stand, I had people who I had no idea who they were grab hold of my feet and tip me upside down. Someone found the nosel to my mouth…and the counting began. 1….2….3….4….5….The higher the numbers went, the more motivated and determined you are to go higher! You are more concentrated on the numbers than what actually is happening.

Then it hits you. You are filled up with more fizz then you could ever imagine. You all of a sudden realize you can’t get anything more down you while upside down so you try to say that you are done but you have your mouth filled with beer so all you are capable of doing is kicking your feet for them to let you down.

So what’s the point of a keg stand? Don’t ask me…

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The One Thing Everyone’s Good At…

Franca Schulte — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:00:32 +0000

Napping. It’s something that you don’t have to be good at, or bad at, you don’t have to think about it, or make a big deal about it – you just do it! All those people out there that say they don’t nap or they don’t need naps is bull. Everyone loves a good nap and whether you think you need it or not, they are the most delightful thing in the world. Sleep is important. We almost spend about half of our lives sleeping – who says we don’t need it. A lot of people seem to think it is unproductive and that it’s a waste of time but actually, it is the most precious. A lot more goes into sleeping that you think. We don’t just lay there and waste the seconds away, we actually live an entirely different world when we sleep.

T-shirt courtesy of Crooked Monkey

Okay, so napping isn’t so important that it could be your day job, but this t-shirt is pretty funny. I know everyone wishes it was one, and got paid to do it, but no, dream on. Some people do doze off during the middle of the day, but that’s different. The guy who sits to the left of me does it often. He doesn’t work during the mornings, then he has does this massive yawn where this sigh comes out high-to-low and then next thing I know? His head is down on his desk. He comes up for air a little while later, and then his working day starts. That might work for him, but for me, napping is only fun when you prepare yourself to do it. You make it a big deal, and you set aside time for it and actually do the whole ‘get ready for bed’ process. I get into my pj’s all over again! I gear myself up for it because that way once you crawl into bed, it’s actually like a reward.

There are many different kinds of naps. There is the cat nap where you literally only need to put your head down for 15 minutes and then wake up but feel completely refreshed and ready to go again. Then there are the naps where you doze off for about an hour, but wake up in a pool of slobber thinking you have been asleep for the past 10 hours. Those are the ones where you have completely removed yourself from the world and have no idea where you are anymore. Those ones take you a while to get back into reality. You walk around and everything just seems to be so slow. That’s what I call a little ‘over-rested’. Then there are the annoying naps, where you only have a certain amount of time because you have something else to do but you can’t fall asleep for the life of you. You toss, and you turn, and then you start thinking about what it is you have to do when you wake up so you can’t sleep still, and now you are just mad at yourself because you are wasting your precious nap time thinking about what you have to do after your nap! I hate those.

Whatever nap it is that you have, napping is good and don’t let anyone tell you differently. They are an important part of our life. Learn to embrace them and treat them like they do to you. Just don’t be the guy who sits to the left of me…

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Facebook Stalker

Franca Schulte — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:17:35 +0000

Is the word facebook even in the dictionary yet? Because if not it should definitly go into the 2010 addition. The word ‘facebook’ has even become a verb with us when talking to friend or when meeting someone know. “Hey – I’ll ‘facebook’ you”. Which really means, you should be expecting a message on your facebook account from whoever said that. Unless they were just saying that to get out of the conversation you were having. So if someone says that to you and you don’t get a message, then they know they don’t actually like you.

Facebook has actually turned into something kind of creepy. You can actually find out everything about someone if you wanted to. The thing I still don’t understand is those people that actually allow you to know everything about them. They have no privacy status, and anyone, even if they are not your ‘friend’, can check out your profile. Why do people feel the need to update and share with you what they are doing every 5 minutes!

Their are two types of facebook users. You have the people eat up facebook and use it to it’s max by adding all the applications, write on everyone’s wall, update their status with useless information and has been through every album that they can get a hold of. Then there are the people who just go on it when they receive a message, and maybe once in a while check out who’s birthday it is and send a happy birthday. That’s me. Which is why I can’t understand the whole ‘craze’ about it. I don’t care if I am one of your top 10 friends because I really don’t buy it. I also don’t really care if I can paint graffiti on someones wall. The scary part about it is when i over hear people say “oh i recognize her from facebook…Oh ya…she’s so and so’s friend, and used to date so and so but they just broke up.” You know what those people are called? Facebook stalkers.

T-shirt courtesy of Crooked Monkey

Seriously though. Get over it. Ya sure it’s fun to count how many friends you have but really are they all your friends? And also, people only put pictures up for one reason and one reason only – to show off. Ok, maybe not the entire only reason because I put an album up once but that was only so everyone could download the pictures rather than be having to send all the pictures out. But those of you who add an album every day? What really could you possibly be doing everyday that everyone else needs to see. Get a life.

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