More things to do when you’re down / stressed

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Hi, Fluffsters!

Good news- I got my computer back! And it’s doing great! Ok, so I lost all my bookmarks. But there’s nothing else wrong with it.

But that’s beside the point.

Because here are some ways to de-stress or to get a little happier when you’re feeling down.

a) Go outside in an epic storm. First, though, make sure you’re wearing clothes you don’t mind getting wet. And follow safety procedures. But there’s something way too cool about being outside with all that raw elemental power around. It’s quite inspiring.

2) Listen to fantastic music. I’ve recently discovered another one of The Piano Guys’s pieces: Waterfall.

Isn’t it amazing? I’m so having trouble with the fact that he wrote that at age… 17. That. Is. Scary.

If you don’t want beautiful music, though, you could also just go with silly music.

The “cow in my soup” song instantly comes to mind…

I hope that helps!

Happy Thursday!

Interesting Article about Victorian Era

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Greetings, Readers!

Today’s post is short. I am filling in for the Webmaster while she is busy today, but I do not want to write a lengthy post.

That is actually just as well, however, because I found an interesting article about myths concerning women from the Victorian Era.

I encourage you to read it.

Two Things to do when feeling Stressed

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Hi, Fluffsters! Happy Monday! I hope you had a good mother’s day yesterday, and I hope your week is starting off well.

I think that this is part of the year when much of my prime audience, those who are looking to procrastinate, are feeling stressed.

So, here are two things you can do when you’re feeling stressed.

1) Learn a fancy braid. The first time I was taking finals, I learned how to french braid my hair. That’s fun. Playing with hair is a great stress reliever. It’s kinda soothing, and it looks pretty, which also helps relieve stress. This primarily only works for women, though, since most guys a) don’t have long enough hair, and 2) wouldn’t want to french braid it anyways.

2) Learn how to pronounce long, impressive words. For example, I learned how to pronounce hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia over a finals time. Isn’t that a great procrastination tool? It sticks with you, too. Kinda like learning to ride a bicycle.

I hope that helps, fluffsters! Here’s to not feeling stressed!

Cute Video a Friend Sent Yesterday

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Hi, Fluffsters! Happy Sunday!

A friend sent me this video, with the description of “If you have a free 15 minutes, this’ll probably be the cutest video you watch all day.”

That was an accurate description. For me, anyway.

Anyways. Since the video is 15 minutes long, I’ll just stop the commentary here.

Enjoy!

Thoughts from Kids

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Hi, Fluffsters!

Today I’m sharing somebody else’s listed humor. I found it quite funny. Basically, it’s a list of “deep thoughts” from kids aged 5-15. Wide age range, I know, but some of the teenagers have the funniest comments.

Isn’t it kindof funny looking at the differences in answers? From my perspective, the teens were very likely going for the laughs. The youngsters probably were just giving the first thing that came to mind.

But what do you think?

Finished Dragon

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Hi, Fluffsters! Happy Friday!

Today’s post is a bit short. But basically, a dragon I built a bit ago just came out of second firing, and so it’s finished and has color, and I’m really happy with how it turned out.

Here’s a picture for your to admire.

Purple-y dark colored dragon

I’m not quite sure what color this dragon is…

The Mary Sue and “Protagonist Flaws”

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Greetings, reader! It is I again, Fluffy McGiggles, Melodramatic Actress Extraordinaire.

As demonstrated by that overly flowery introduction sentence.

Today, I bring a tale of woe to you about writing. For you see, readers, there exists out there an evil character masquerading as good. She sneaks upon you unexpectedly, and corrupts whatever writing she manages to infiltrate. She is… the Mary Sue.

What, you ask, is the Mary Sue? Well, she is the “perfect” character. As in, she literally has no flaws. Any “flaws” that she has would, in other characters (or in real life people) be considered virtues. This list of “flaws only a protagonist could have” essentially summarizes the Mary Sue set of character flaws. The list is quite amusing, also.

Alas, I fear that there will always be Mary Sues in works of writing, especially as teenage girls are now capable of posting their works of written fiction online. However, I hope that some will avoid them.

If you have encountered a Mary Sue, I give you my sincerest sympathy, and hope that you have managed to escape relatively unscathed.

I now wish you a joyous Wednesday.

Engineers Again

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Greetings, readers! I bid thee a joyous Tuesday.

I recently encountered this amusing tale about a company problem.

It involves a multi-million dollar decision from a CEO and a solution that may or may not be expected by some people.

I encourage you to read it.

I hope you enjoy.