The one about Jersey Shore

By some strange and (hopefully) random occurence, my apartment seems to only get a couple local channels, MTV, VH1, and whatever channel it is that only plays Jersey Shore and anything related to the Kardashians.  24/7.  People, this is both painful and life ruining.

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of stupid humor...and, well, stupidity in general.  But Jersey Shore is just above and beyond any reasonable amount of stupidity that a person should be subjected to.

Rewind really quick to last March...or maybe it was July?  Either way, I was at home and my mom and I were flipping through the channels.  We got to the MTV region and saw that Jersey Shore was on.

I said, "You know, I've always been a bit curious about this show.  So many people love it...its gotta be entertaining, right?"

Mom said, "Hey, lets check it out!"

And then we both just stared.  Dumbfounded.  For about 10 minutes.  And then we shook our heads to help break us out of our stupor and changed the channel.  I think we might have made some comment about that being the dumbest thing we've ever seen, but I honestly can't remember.  I was clearly suffering from PTSD...Post Traumatic Shore Disorder in this case.

Ok, now fast forward to present time.  My roommates and their friends watch Jersey Shore.

All.  The.  Time.

And the worst part is, they enjoy it!

Yikes.

I compiled a list today of things I'd rather do than watch Jersey Shore:

1.  Be kicked by a goat.  Repeatedly.

2.  Be barfed on.  By any human or animal.

3.  Go to work naked.

4.  Eat a skunk.

5.  Light my nose hairs on fire.

6.  Shave Danny DeVito's back.

7.  Brush my teeth with sandpaper.

8.  Rinse my contacts with rubbing alcohol.

9.  Hug a porcupine.

10.  Drink rotten milk.  Chunky, rotten milk.

11.  Scoop my eyeballs out with a plastic spoon.

12.  Lock myself in a room with a rabid bat.

13.  Let someone acupuncture me with toothpicks.

14.  Build a bonfire out of all my shoes.

15.  Give up ice cream.

16.  Sleep on a bed made out of barbed wire.

17.  Use poison ivy for toilet paper.

18.  Attempt to pick a buffalo's nose.

Seriously. 

Thoughts while running

This morning, while cruising along on my new favorite three-mile loop, I was hit with the most brilliant of all brilliant ideas:

I should rename my blog Torrie's Stories!

Genius, right?

I originally really liked the whole "Torr's Favorite Things".  I promise, I did.  But then I just kept forgetting to do Favorite Things Fridays.  And I just kept thinking what's the point in having that name if I don't even talk about things that are my absolute most favorite.  Ever.

But then I was hit with the same dilemma I had when I first started blogging.  No matter what, whenever I try to be creative I'm never as creative as when I just let creativity happen.  Got that?  Basically, if I try to force creativity it always just feels, well, forced.  So I decided to just let my idea come to me instead of frantically searching for it.

And boy did it ever.

So give me some time (we all know how much I love procrastination) but sometime in the near future I will be switching the name and address over to the new one.  I promise I'll give plenty of warning in advance and try to make this trasition as easy as possible for everyone.

Ha, I'm so weird.

Good thing I always sometimes listen to my mom

My mom told me I need to keep blogging the other day.  Up until that point, I'd kind of forgotten about blogging.  Probably a little bit because I actually kindasorta have a social life now (weird, I know...I'm still getting over the shock) but mostly just because I'm forgetful.

I'll be honest, I'm not really going to do a full post now.  I just told myself I needed to do at least 3 blog entries this week and now I can drop that number down to 2.

Boom, roasted.

I win.

As usual.

But no, seriously, I actually am social-ish now and sometimes don't get home until 2 in the a.m.  And I usually have something to do both Friday AND Saturday nights.  And that something isn't me sitting at home laughing my head off as I watch youtube videos by myself...not that I've ever done that.

Don't judge.