Hi Friends on Facebook  & Friends in Life,

You look great!  How was your weekend?  Did you do anything crazy?  Did you go see any good movies?  I saw Tron.  Have you seen Tron yet?  It’s pretty epic.  Did you meet anyone new?  Did you run into anyone old?  Did you go on a date?  Did you catch any of the football games?  I watched the Eagles Vs. Packers game.  Huge upset!  Did you watch Saturday Night Live?  Jim Carrey hosted the show…it was pretty funny stuff.  Did you go to the gym?  Did you see the news?  Did you hear that as of Friday obesity is now the leading cause of preventable death in America?   Gee, I wonder what used to be number one.  Did you go shopping?  Did you go to any good parties?  Or did you just relax?  Did you…

OH, FUCK SMALL TALK AND FUCK MONDAYS!

I’ve reached a point in my life where I’m done pretending that I want to be anywhere doing anything on Mondays.  It’s the most miserable and tiresome day of the week.  There’s absolutely nothing glorious about Mondays, a fresh start my ass!  I was just beginning to relax at 11:59pm last night before Monday had to come and wake me up.  Seriously when was the last time you heard someone say, “I LOVE MONDAYS!” (crickets) never!  Heck, this is the first time I’ve ever typed the words ‘LOVE’ and ‘MONDAY’ beside one another…I had to wait 3 seconds for the words to show up on my screen, my computer stalled because it thought I was crazy. 

Did you know that each year all of us wake up to 52 dreadful Mondays, 53 if it’s a leap year and you better not hope that January 1st ever falls on a Monday during a non-leap year or else its technically 53.  That’s 52 days of grumpy behavior, extra small talk and agenda planning. 

As horrible as Mondays are for the majority of society, there’s actually something worse than dealing with a regular maddening Monday.  It took me a minute to realize it but what if you had to experience your Mondays in the city that was declared as the most miserable city in Canada?  Wouldn’t that be adding to your misery?  Can you guess which city in Canada earned that depressing title?  I’ll give you a small hint…it starts with a ‘T ‘and ends with a ‘Dot’.  That’s right in case you missed the results from last year, the Canadian Centre for the Study of Living Standards, conducted a survey that showed Toronto ranking the lowest on the happiness scale.  Ohhh shit-balls!  Just when you thought your Monday couldn’t get any worse, it just did.  And in the US studies revealed that Cleveland is the most miserable city…ahhh yes, now I FINALLY understand why LeBron James left the Cavaliers for Miami, poor guy was miserable L

SIDEBAH:  I must say that the results naming Toronto, as the most miserable city is complete shit!  No way did Toronto beat out Canada’s mid-section, the Prairies.  I’d like to know who exactly participated in the survey.  Did Toronto come out on top because of its enormous population?  Mondays aside, I met some of the happiest people I’ve ever met in my life in Toronto.  Sure the temperature in the winter can sometimes make you feel like your eyes are gonna freeze but, other than that it’s a wonderful city with very vibrant and happy people that any one would love and adore.

Moving forward, take a moment and think about the place that makes you happiest in your city.  Is it your bedroom, your favorite bar/restaurant, your relatives house, your best friends house, the movie theatre, a secret city viewpoint, a coffee shop, the gym or is it anywhere as long as your in the company of your favorite person(s).  Wherever your place is write it down in your agenda and plan to go their next Monday. 

Mondays ARE the worst but they could always get better.  You know when you get stuck with someone that has a really crummy attitude and you try to remain kind and calm but, eventually you mirror their behavior and then all of a sudden they seem nicer and you seem like the one with the stick up their ass.  That’s how Mondays should be treated like, the person with a crummy attitude.  Accept that it sucks and get on with your day knowing that you’re not going to let it bring you down.  How?  Put your middle finger up to the screen and quietly whisper, ‘Fuck you Monday, Tuesdays coming after you!!!’

Hasta manana! (‘until tomorrow’ in spanish) 

In the entertainment world:

+ Kanye West & Jay-Z’s album “Watch the Throne” is rumoured to be released tomorrow 1.11.11. I just realized that if this album drops tomorrow, this will be the first time in years that a music album hasn’t leaked on the net weeks prior to its release.  Congrats to their people for keeping it under wraps. That’s huge!

+ Gayle King Oprah’s BFF is premiering her new talk show on the OWN Network.

Lils

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