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12-04-2010, 05:22 PM
It's to be expected.
The recent cold snap with frozen precipitation over large swaths of the country can take its toll on one's sanity or what little some of us have stock in to begin with. The shorter sunlight hours can also be depressing, even frustrating when faced with fewer options for activities that may be more conducive towards relieving stress and just getting the general static build up of the day out of our systems.
It happens and is to be expected. Especially when you've settled down to a daily routine and are faced with less options for diversion and have more time on your hands and nothing constructive or at least stress relieving to fill that time with. Well folks, ADAPT!
Pull up your shit kicking snow boots, pull down that big wooly headwear, button up that flannel and tie down those coatstrings! Don those gloves and bear the heavy skins and get outside! Drag your significant other to the mall, the gun club, the bowling alley, the Radio Shack even! Get out and buy some art supplies, build a bear, throw some clay, plug in the soldering iron, or grab a flashlight and a camera with a tripod and paint the sky! Yes, it is cold. It's OK. You will get acclimated! Drink some coffee, tea, hot cocoa, maybe a wee nip of brandy (a wee nip) as you peruse some cheeses at the cheddaranist. Pipe tobacco is still cheap, get out and check out the selections and make yourself a new blend. Go to the music store and get a new set of strings, reeds, sheet music, tubes, CDs. Learn candle making, cook soap, put up a picture of people you don't care for and throw darts at them as you say each time, "Bless their heart."
Go to the hardware store and stock up on the many colors and flavors of caulk. Pound nails, screw screws, rip sheet rock, measure twice and cut once. Woodstain, shelves, nooks, holiday centerpieces, even carve out a block to use as a press for homemade Christmas cards.
Indoors, outdoors, washroom, garage. It's all at your fingertips and it's going to stay this way a until at least March for some folks, April and even May for others. Get creative and don't worry about what your neighbors think because your neighbors are stupid, bless their hearts.
Remember the curiosity you had as a child? Don't tell me that we're soooooo jaded that our curiosity is sate. Look up your family tree paying close attention to the knotholes. Uh huh, see what you found? It was there the whole time like our good friend Jesus who was hiding behind the couch. Play with magnets, magnifying glasses, wires, batteries. Get out you DMM and test you galvanic skin response to resistance. Test you friends, pets, simulated metal plating, sour cream.
Finally, when all that fails, buy a gym membership and go beat the fuck of a heavy bag or hop in the ring and take a beating! Whatever you do, don't kill your spouse, your neighbors, your friends or yourself. Cabin Fever, she's a well known bitch. Do you know how to caress her softly?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_fever
LOL! After seeing the Wiki, I forgot to add, GET LAID!
That you for reading this Island PSA. I'm your GD Bartender.
You know the barkeep is right.
The recent cold snap with frozen precipitation over large swaths of the country can take its toll on one's sanity or what little some of us have stock in to begin with. The shorter sunlight hours can also be depressing, even frustrating when faced with fewer options for activities that may be more conducive towards relieving stress and just getting the general static build up of the day out of our systems.
It happens and is to be expected. Especially when you've settled down to a daily routine and are faced with less options for diversion and have more time on your hands and nothing constructive or at least stress relieving to fill that time with. Well folks, ADAPT!
Pull up your shit kicking snow boots, pull down that big wooly headwear, button up that flannel and tie down those coatstrings! Don those gloves and bear the heavy skins and get outside! Drag your significant other to the mall, the gun club, the bowling alley, the Radio Shack even! Get out and buy some art supplies, build a bear, throw some clay, plug in the soldering iron, or grab a flashlight and a camera with a tripod and paint the sky! Yes, it is cold. It's OK. You will get acclimated! Drink some coffee, tea, hot cocoa, maybe a wee nip of brandy (a wee nip) as you peruse some cheeses at the cheddaranist. Pipe tobacco is still cheap, get out and check out the selections and make yourself a new blend. Go to the music store and get a new set of strings, reeds, sheet music, tubes, CDs. Learn candle making, cook soap, put up a picture of people you don't care for and throw darts at them as you say each time, "Bless their heart."
Go to the hardware store and stock up on the many colors and flavors of caulk. Pound nails, screw screws, rip sheet rock, measure twice and cut once. Woodstain, shelves, nooks, holiday centerpieces, even carve out a block to use as a press for homemade Christmas cards.
Indoors, outdoors, washroom, garage. It's all at your fingertips and it's going to stay this way a until at least March for some folks, April and even May for others. Get creative and don't worry about what your neighbors think because your neighbors are stupid, bless their hearts.
Remember the curiosity you had as a child? Don't tell me that we're soooooo jaded that our curiosity is sate. Look up your family tree paying close attention to the knotholes. Uh huh, see what you found? It was there the whole time like our good friend Jesus who was hiding behind the couch. Play with magnets, magnifying glasses, wires, batteries. Get out you DMM and test you galvanic skin response to resistance. Test you friends, pets, simulated metal plating, sour cream.
Finally, when all that fails, buy a gym membership and go beat the fuck of a heavy bag or hop in the ring and take a beating! Whatever you do, don't kill your spouse, your neighbors, your friends or yourself. Cabin Fever, she's a well known bitch. Do you know how to caress her softly?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin_fever
LOL! After seeing the Wiki, I forgot to add, GET LAID!
That you for reading this Island PSA. I'm your GD Bartender.
You know the barkeep is right.