Belly Laughs

Do you ever just need a good laugh?

I do. All the time. And there are times, particulary when I’m stressed out, that I enjoy a good laugh more than others. So yesterday, I put out a question to my trusty Twitter followers, asking for them to hook me up with laugh links.

Here’s what they came up with…

The first is from Failblog, where I should always remember to go when I feel a need to take myself to the edge of peeing my pants:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYckGMNknQw

Then, my friend Karl Woll of Outdoor Vancouver sent me this Excessive Ping Pong Celebration video… which gets funnier and funnier the more you watch it, particularly when you realise the music is edited in for the video and this guy was celebrating to just the music in his own head.

This next video made me laugh so hard I felt uncomfortable but did manage to forward it to my one black colleague… I figured he’d get as much of a kick out of it as the Stuff White People Like blog he was enjoying in the office a couple of weeks ago.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWblCaFL1lc

Next up, dinosaurs, pigs, farts and stuff…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWRDjTm1wto

Then this one shows how I feel during the night with a snoring husband, only this baby is cuter than I am and doesn’t assault the snorer with a poorly disguised kick.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEUVwfp8gF8

The Piece de Resistance was this offering from @GodFodder who sent me a Whose Line Is It Anyway sketch featuring Richard Simmons… worthy of forwarding all ’round the office. Not sure my General Manager really thought it was as funny as I did, but whatev.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ_lXJTaT5g

I still maintain laughter is good for the soul.

The Fun of Christmas

Toronja Azul on Flickr

Photo: Toronja Azul on Flickr

There are so many things about Christmas that sort of take away from the holiday: the angry shoppers, road rage and rudeness. There are the guys who threw a planter through my church’s glass front door yesterday or the car insurance claims caused by slick roads. There are family arguments over who will make the turkey or who will get Christmas Day vs. Christmas Eve, or whether or not the inlaws will get to see their grandchildren at all this year.

Whatever challenges you face this year, try and think about all the reasons why Christmas is fun.

  • Decorating the tree
  • finding the perfect gift for that someone special
  • sledding and snowmen
  • laughing at bad wrapping jobs
  • horrendous Christmas sweaters
  • Bailey’s in your morning coffee
  • kisses under the mistletoe
  • playing Santa & Mrs. Claus *wink wink*
  • listening to some really outdated Christmas music on the radio
  • watching the yule log on TV
  • spending time with friends and family…

There are so many reasons why Christmas is fun and not all work… take the time to enjoy those fun moments and let the stressful ones roll off. What do you find most fun about Christmas?

Here’s my favourite fun moment of the season so far: My mini-man’s pride at his work of art.

gingerbread-house

gingerbread-house-pride