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whenever a study shows excessive screen time causes brain damage i'm like yeah. me know

I used to be afraid of ghosts but then I found out they're not real so now I guess I'm afraid of the living Victorian child that stands at the foot of my bed screaming every night.

The best part of any X-Men film is always this scene Magneto: [sternly but affectionately] Charles. Professor X: [affectionately but sternly] Eric.

Mike's Hard Tax Return

Hollywood thinks we want more superhero movies. But nay, the people yearn for stories about a mysterious circus that comes to town, bringing with it dire consequences for the townspeople and a profound journey of self discovery for the troubled protagonist.

Opening 6000 tabs on my old laptop until it gets so hot I can use it as a panini press

Hi you're through to my voicemail, please do your best seagull impression after the tone and I'll only call you back if it's funny enough

My cat just phoned to say she's stuck in traffic but I'm pretty sure I could hear slot machines in the background

I have my annual review today where I will dust off last year‘s goals because they were good goals. I didn’t get to them, but they were good goals.

My Brain: Me: My Brain: Me: My Brain: Tiiiiiiiiin roof. Rusted.

me: (talking out loud while i write in my diary) today was ok, i just wish i could have eaten more breadsticks waiter: *sighs* sir would you like more breadsticks

me: if z is the length of a slice and a is the area of the pie, then pi(zz)=a PhD advisor: this is what you’ve been working on for three and a half years?

She thought I was mad, but I was just 52. That’s what we look like.

I like to say "Make sure you're not followed" when I make plans just to keep things interesting.

Love when that spring sunshine hits and I step outside like a seasonally depressed Dorthy stumbling into technicolor.

Me: My Brain: Me: My Brain: Me: My Brain: *Steve Zahn voice* “You see, we're not "The Wonders" right now. We're "Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.”

interviewer: it says here you’re not afraid to challenge authority me: no it doesn’t

[bookstore] customer: can you tell me where the do it yourself section is? me: you are not off to a good start

[reading my will] lawyer: he left you this pair of shoes my son: this what lawyer: he instructed me to say you are his “sole heir” I am so sorry

You’re worrying about things that might not even happen, I think to myself. But it’s my specialty, myself thinks back.

Me: And how do I make sure my McDonald’s points make it to the right person? Estate Planner: I don’t think I can help you.

Get her what she really wants this Valentine’s Day: A nap, some chocolate, and a floor to ceiling library that can only be accessed by a hidden lever.

Decided to fake my own death. I'm not disappearing, I'm just going to start replying 'such trivial matters are the concern of the living' to any questions asked of me.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls because it’s the alarms I set on my phone for 6am, 6:05am, 6:10am, 6:15am, 6:20am, 6:25am, 6:30am, etc.

You can’t embarrass me. My phone ringer played Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie at full volume back in 2006.

ME: [first day as a waiter] How would you like your steak, Madam? HER: Well done. ME: Thank you. I’m very nervous.

Me *orders our food fluently in Italian to impress my date* McDonalds drive-thru employee: what

Thought I was having a nervous breakdown but it turns out the necklace I really wanted to wear was just tangled in a bad knot I couldn’t get undone before I had to be somewhere.

(at self checkout) me: did you find everything ok? me: yes thank you

At work they call me “The Fixer” because everyone is deeply sarcastic.

[in the mosh pit] HAS ANYONE SEEN MY MONOCLE??

For every like I’ll yell through the wall to my neighbor I GOT ANOTHER ONE DARIN I TOLD YOU IT WOULD WORK

[date] her: I’m a big fan of monogamy me: *trying to impress* that’s my favorite kind of tree

Probably time to get in shape for the summer. Just got winded running through all the made up scenarios in my mind.

Life hack: come up with a simple strategy or clever trick that will help you manage your time in a more efficient way

Enjoying my lunch in a perfectly calm and ordinary way. Nothing strange or unusual about how I'm eating my lunch. Just having some regular lunch normal-style

The best way to get out of a prior commitment is to dissipate into a heavy fog that hangs low upon the moors

Now hiring: A trusted vizier with sinister ulterior motives to manage my business affairs and societal obligations. Salary is substantial and the position comes with unfettered power beyond your wildest dreams. Do not apply if you're going to betray me.

Me: *doing jazz hands Mugshot photographer: No

I don’t tell people how old I am. I just say “I’m chillin’ like a villain” and they get the picture.

Changed my email signature to "And there's nothing any of you can do to stop me!" Mostly positive feedback so far

We do not offer "floor nachos." That was an accident. But we're glad you all enjoyed them so much.

*first date* i already wrote a sea shanty about you

Me: My Brain: Rusted Root was a crazy name for a band though.

Inside me, there are two wolves and neither one of them knows what to make for dinner either.

[me on a roadtrip about to become super popular with the fellas] I call it a carmonica

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of a good snack must be in want of an eight season show to binge watch in one sitting.