MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! I had such a long weekend.... I actually had to work my real J-O-B this weekend (not poppin' and droppin' for Chippendales) but the one that really pays my bills. I had to work at a basketball tournament (which may sound like fun - but it really was hectic...) from Thursday to Sunday. By the time it was finished, I was worn out. It seemed like the day was gone before it started... most of my days have seemed like that this winter. But then, I had a revelation: Spring is in six days! (I bet you're wondering why I even know that - I'm wondering the same thing myself).
Why should you care that the end of the drab, dreary, freezing season known as winter is less than a week away? Well, for starters, nicer weather (above 40 degrees), a general feeling of happiness (probably because you're not trapped indoors), more people wearing less clothing and those hormones that were hibernating re-awaken.
Why should you care that the end of the drab, dreary, freezing season known as winter is less than a week away? Well, for starters, nicer weather (above 40 degrees), a general feeling of happiness (probably because you're not trapped indoors), more people wearing less clothing and those hormones that were hibernating re-awaken.
Why? Because the sun is back and in full effect; plain and simple. People love the light and hate the dark (unless they're inebriated or horny). In that case, my theories get conflicted... but for argument’s sake, let’s just say that it's not.
Again, you might ask why in the world should you care about the sun... ponder it for a bit. Nobody wants to be sitting at their cubicle at 4:30 in the afternoon and see the streetlights coming on. When that darkness hits, all you feel like doing is going home, stuffing your face and falling asleep as the television watches you. It's more depressing than watching a marathon of Sally Struthers’s infomercials.
"They" think they're slick (you know who they are). The way I see it is that they trick us by promising an extra hour. On the surface, it sounds good. "Dang, Joe, I got a whole extra hour! Do you know what I can do with an extra hour?!!!"
Not a damn thing - that's what.
You get the "extra" hour at 2 am on a Sunday, when you're either already asleep or still faded from the club, and therefore wouldn't even notice if you had an extra 12 hours, much less ONE. And I know what you're thinking: "But it's an extra hour of sleep, right?” Wrong….
Folks, allow me to help you understand this quandary.
1. You'll EASILY spend more than an hour of your day walking around your house, office, car, wherever -- CHANGING ALL YOUR CLOCKS. So, at best you might break even, and the sun STILL goes down while you're eating lunch.
2. It’s a weekend, and last time I checked, you can sleep an extra hour on the weekends anytime you want.
3. You'll end up somewhere an hour early because you looked at the one clock you forgot to set back. Ain't that a [insert expletive]!
It's such a fraud. I'd rather have my Social Security savings now (instead of this extra hour) ... at least I can use it in a more tangible manner...
My solution is simple. When Daylight Savings returns in April, I'm keeping my extra hour (they don't even change over in Indiana) and I'm not changing it back. I'm not trying to be all depressed in October when I have to give the sucker back... it's my hour and I worked hard for it (maybe if I had it, I wouldn't be writing stuff like this). Anyway, fight the power; keep the hour... rise up, my people, and hold on to that Light!!!
Jorgemateo: You absolutely may NOT keep your extra Spring hour. This is non-negotiable, we giveth, and we taketh away, deal with it.
ReplyDeletePlease don't make us come after you.
Signed,
The Gub'ment.
Man, it's just an hour. GET OVER IT!!! lol Nah, but seriously, don't make me get all scientific on you about why the time change is necessary...
ReplyDeleteHow about just getting an extra half-hour? It's not as a noticeable but it'll make a big difference!
ReplyDeleteMan, I agree. Daylight savings time is bogus. I say keep the time the same as it is in the summer.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you think it's depressing in the winter where you are, try living in the mountains of central Pennsylvania where the sky looks exactly the same at 11 AM as it does at 6 AM as it does at 3 AM...and that look is depression grey.
I'm going to really enjoy the weather this spring. Maybe I'll cleanse myself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka...lol
LMAO Pimp Hand, you are crazy! I'm hatin' on you, though, since you don't have to be in Grey Sky City anymore :(
ReplyDeleteSorry, Babe. I'll be back though.
ReplyDeleteI think Daylight saving times was really established to help with the econmy.... let me look it up real quick
ReplyDeleteSo essentially the MAN did it again.. its all able greed yall.. read below!
ReplyDeleteDaylight Saving Time has been used in the U.S. and in many European countries since World War I. At that time, in an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power, Germany and Austria took time by the forelock, and began saving daylight at 11:00 p.m. on April 30, 1916, by advancing the hands of the clock one hour until the following October. Other countries immediately adopted this 1916 action: Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, and Tasmania. Nova Scotia and Manitoba adopted it as well, with Britain following suit three weeks later, on May 21, 1916. In 1917, Australia and Newfoundland began saving daylight.
for more infomration please go to
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/e.html
To quote Sean Paul:
ReplyDeletejust gimme the light and pass the dro....
Wow, I forgot all about Spring forward...thanks for reminding me...and yeah, you're right: it will take about an hour to change ALL of the clocks in the house...Just the thought of it make me want to bag them up and give them to Goodwill.
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P.S. What's up with the M.J. pic uptop?
Wow, I forgot all about Spring forward...thanks for reminding me...and yeah, you're right: it will take about an hour to change ALL of the clocks in the house...Just the thought of it makes me want to bag them up and give them to Goodwill.
ReplyDeletefarrah : : mateo
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P.S. What's up with the M.J. pic uptop?
what the hell was the point of this last blog? You cannot keep your hour becuase then your time will be different than everyone else's EVERYWHERE but Indiana.Just know what to expect next week, change your clocks later(you know you only look at your phone for the time anyway) and enjoy the nice warm weather(tornadoes and all). You need a hobby I keep telling you
ReplyDeleteoh well damn! i think if we all got together and kept our hours, and then other people would keep theirs... its like we start a movement...now we can't just give up when people look at us funny or tell us about being tell them we are taking a stand against losing three hours out of our weekend, to me that translates into three less hours of alcohol... i maybe wong, but yeah... i'm not... and then think of all the hours you wont have time to have sex? see thats what i'm talking about... i need my hours so i stand in solidarity with my big brother and i'm keeping my hour too!
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