You know those periods of nostalgic regression? When you start listening to music that you used to like "back in the day", when you feel urges to do things you haven't done since you were a kid - like making snow forts, going sledding, going down a slide and climbing the ladder as fast as you can just so you can go back down again?

Right now I'm just on the music and snow fort part of the phase, but I can feel my mindset changing. I feel much less cynical, much more optimistic and excited about simple things.. and, unfortunately for some people, much more tempted to cut out the parts of my life that I feel are bringing me down.

It definitely feels like it's almost time to move on.. this "moving back" that I'm going through seems a bit out of place, but it's part of the ride.

I can only think of one way to end this post - a video of two baby pandas wrestling. Be amazed by their absolute lack of coordination.

oh hai miss teacher - fell off meh chair again

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I realize that by posting about Brawndo that I'm buying into a viral marketing campaign.. the sort which I would normally try to distance myself from as much as possible. But.. Brawndo has electrolytes. And it'll make me win at posting! And just by reading this, you might be winning at something.

If you've been watching things though, you may know that the roll-out date for the sugary goodness is Dec 15.. just 2 days from now. Turns out it's been for sale at various outlets for some time now, including my favorite online source for goodies - Thinkgeek.

We're going to have to plan a Brawndo party.. which will probably include more booze than Brawndo. If you're in the south-eastern Wisconsin area, drop a comment and I'll put you on the guest list.

If you haven't seen the movie Idiocracy then this video won't make any sense and will just seem really stupid. If you have seen Idiocracy, well, it'll still seem stupid - but funny stupid. Yes.. you'll actually be able to buy Brawndo.

It's got electrolytes!

I'm sort of lacking the motivation to actually post about anything, so here are some links to some stuff that I found interesting. Enjoy - or not.. it's up to you.

Acrobots - This is ridiculously amusing - for a few minutes.

What to do in an emergency - A parody of ready.gov.

Poor Pluto.. he just wanted to hang out with the other planets.

Color Hunter - Automatically creates color palettes from images. I like stuff like this.. so there.

Bedtime Tunes - Mellowish songs. Great when you wanna take a nap, like now. I'd recommend clicking on the "Highest Rated" rather than the "Latest" songs.

After spending almost the entire day outside.. I'm now frozen to the very core of my being.

The dog in this video is demonstrating the exact opposite of how I feel towards winter and snow.

Another Friday.. another batch of lolcats. If there's just a link below, click it to view the pictures.

pwease can i haz one

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