Wonderland Burlesque's So Tired Quiz

Wonderland Burlesque's

So Tired Quiz

1/ What time of the day do you typically find that you have a dip in your energy level?

That would be the moment I get out of bed.

Or right after lunch.

Or about 2:00 pm.

Or about 3:30 pm.

Or about 6;30 pm.

But you know when I am never tired?

Right when it's time to go to bed. Suddenly, I become the Energizer Bunny and can't sleep at all.

Unless it is Friday or Saturday night.

Then I am wiped by 9:30 pm.

So, yeah... I'm a whole lotta of fun!

2/ What do you do when you feel your energy lagging to get you going again? Got a magic potion? A fabulous exercise?

Hot liquids keep me going. Herbal Tea. I can only do so much coffee. This winter? I've even indulged in some instant cocoa, which I consider the chalk dust of chocolate.

I do work out at 11:00 am. And that helps. I can float on that adrenaline for awhile, unless I eat a heavy lunch. Then? Oh, please, let me take a 20 minute nap. No longer than 20, though. Otherwise, I feel disoriented the rest of the day.

Since Covid hit? I have been so sedentary. I don't think I sat very still when I worked at the office. But at home, it's become easy to do.

3/ Is there a chore around the house you are tired of doing?

That would be shoveling.

It has snowed 29 times since the first of the year, and I am done. I've taken to sweeping it with a giant janitor's broom (unless it is a lot of snow, then I use the shovel.) But it has been so bitter cold this year. It has been a very strange winter. Normally we have one week in January that is sub-sub zero. This year? Too many to count.

I am tired of my fingers going numb from the cold. They end up hurting so much.

So, these last two snows? I pulled back. I stopped doing the neighbors on either side of my house. I stopped doing the lady across the street. I stopped doing the couple three doors down. I stopped doing the little old lady who lives across from The Boyfriend's house. And I stopped doing the neighbors on both sides of his house.

I do The Boyfriend's house, my house and my Mom's house. That is all.

I am worn out. All my shoveling generosity got used up early this year.

4/ What are you tired of eating or drinking?

Alcohol.

Oh, dear... I feel like such a traitor. Such a fraud.

I made it through Dry January. Seriously. I had a drink when I went out to celebrate a friend's retirement on February 3rd and I had some wine on February 10th when my work wife took me out to celebrate my birthday a few days early. But that is it.

And I don't miss it. I thought I would.

The previous year? I tried Dry January and white-knuckled it until the 13th. This year? The month flew by.

So, I don't think gin is my go-to anymore. I still love it, but... turns out it had gotten old or something and I'm just 'not that into' it anymore.

5/ Are there any commercials or products you're tired of seeing/hearing about?

I do wish that internet companies were not allowed to just throw videos in your face without asking.

I avoid Pornhub and GayODay and the like for that reason. They are so loud when they come on, and assault the senses. And heaven help you if you haven't preselected gay porn. I do not need to see a bunch of big 'ol fake titties bouncing up and down while their owner is being done doggy-style by some steroid freak.

Grindr is bad, too. Those stupid games they advertise. No, I do not want to watch this for one second, let alone 30. And when you try to 'x' out, you always end up being sent to GoogleGames to download whatever the flavor of the month happens to be. It's annoying. And it happens so frequently. Every third touch you have to see another ad.

Even YouTube bothers me. If you are advertising on YouTube in such a fashion, trust me, you do not have the secret to anything I want to learn about. Just go away. I'm not doing the latest fad anything. I've been around long enough to know it is all garbage and has the shelf life of one of those political insider tell-alls.

I would like to be asked. I understand the company behind the platform needs to generate income, but the polite thing would be to ask me if I want to watch this overly attractive man with the bleached teeth talk to me about he has all the secrets to prostate health.

Now... if he wants to show me how he does a prostate self-examination on himself?

Well... if that were the case, I could be persuaded to click 'yes.'

6/ What are you tired of seeing on the news?

Everything. The other week was the final straw. I am done with NBC NEWS.

Lester Holt was so rude and such a shyster when interviewing Biden. Even Biden called him on it. That kind of yellow journalism? I will not tolerate.

So, I've stopped watching. I watch the local news to find out who killed who and then I watch the weather.

Now? I get all my news at Bob's blog, I Should Be Laughing. He tells me what I need to know in a manner I enjoy reading about it. Plus, I get to comment.

Be sure to check it out.

7/ What are you tired of seeing portrayed in television shows or in movies?

Why is everybody always so freaking privileged? 

Even the supposedly 'poor' people are privileged. When your major whine is the fact that your Mom buys your clothes at The Gap? And you're the 'poor kid' on the show? 

I gotta say... I have no sympathy for you. 

They all live in these super clean apartments or incredibly perfect houses in these super clean neighborhoods. They dress perfectly. Their hair is always perfect. Their perfect teeth gleam. Their pets are always the kind that are no bother at all and magically appear only when 'cute' is needed. The adults all have these fabulously successful careers that they simply love. Their cars only have problems when it is plot relevant and what they drive is so expensive. How can they afford all this? How can they accomplish and afford all this and be so bad at love?

I'm tired of seeing it. I'm tired of it being presented as 'the norm.'

No one lives these lives. No one lives like that. No one looks like that 24/7 (except that one woman at the gym who works four cubicles down from mine - and I think she may be a heroin addict.)

I am all for fantasy. I am all for romance. But give me a break. Let a little realism enter the picture. Stop selling me a world that does not exist except in the head of some delusional set decorator.

We do not live 'staged' lives. We can't. Real homes, ones that are lived in, do not look like the ones on television unless you are a total control freak. Ask any realtor.

And our cars do not look like any of the ones being driven by these people. Ask any mechanic.

The weather does not behave that way. Pets do not only appear conveniently in our lives when we need someone to talk to. And San Francisco! I have been to San Francisco. It does NOT look anything like it is portrayed on television. It is filthy. Garbage everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

So, I need Hollywood to stick a pin on creating these unrealistic worlds which generate unrealistic expectations.

Try a little reality, people.

The absence of reality is why your products suck. It is also the reason your movie stars behave the way they do in real life because they think their movies ARE real life. You cannot represent life to me in a manner void of reality. It is not healthy. It leads to bad things... like Kevin Spacey. And JLO. And turns someone you once respected, like Queen Latifah, into a whitewashed version of a human being.

Just... stop... it.

8/ What are you tired of hearing in regards to music?

EDM Pop... like the Chainsmokers.

It all sounds alike. And is so predictable. I'm glad it's going away.

Also - EMO Rap. It was all so mumbled and depressing. And whiney. I get it. You feel deprived. But now? You have sold millions of albums, so talk about something else and get over it. Sure, now complain that you have millions of fans and too much money. 

And when Billie Eilish goes the way of Lorde, I will be quite happy. 

Otherwise, I am, quite happily, completely out of touch with what is going on in the music-sphere.

If it wasn't for Sixpence, over at (LO) IMPRESCINDIBLE, I would happily remain stuck in 2019.

Except for Lil Nas X. 

Suck it, Jesus. He's my god, now.

9/ What kind of advice are you tired of hearing from others (friends, relatives, talking heads)?

I don't know if this counts, but it was a little disconcerting this summer to have news people from the local station I watch on the one hand tout and encourage people to attend the Minnesota State Fair and then immediately follow it up with a report regarding the most recent numbers on the Covid19 death count. They would announce the previous day's State Fair attendance in one breath and the number of new infections in the state with the next.

It was like the weirdest, largest state-sanctioned game of Russian Roulette ever.

So, I spent the summer not knowing which reality to believe in.

Was the story: We are getting back to the way things used to be, or people are still dying?

Good thing Omicron appeared on the scene a few months later to clear things up.

(Pssst. The story was: people are still dying.)

So, now we appear to be on the other side of the whole Omicron rush and all the talk is about lift restrictions and go eat at a restaurant. Except... then we had the Olympics going on and in that tiny, very controlled environment - athletes were still coming up with positive tests.

So... again? Which side of the neck am I supposed to be listening to now?

Yeah... based on history? We know the answer.

10/ What are you tired of regarding Covid-19?

Stop throwing around the term variant. Variant? My ass.

To be a variant - you must do something different than the original. 

Killing people? It has literally been done to death. 

So, come on, Covid19 (or whatever your real name is.)  Bring your A-Game, or go home.

You want to be declared a variant? Then turn people purple. Or maybe have them develop an eye on the backside of their skull. Or make everyone's genitals grow in size. 

Something... anything... different.

Otherwise? 

You're not a variant. 

You're nothing but a copycat. A plagiarist. 

People are quickly becoming immune to your brand of drama, dear.

You need to up it...

...or leave the stage for good.    

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And that's enough of me. 

Okay, now? Your turn. You know what to do... leave your answers in the comments section or post on your blog and leave a link here. It's all good.

That's all for now. Until next time..

Thanks for reading... and participating.

I'm So Tired - Lauv & Troye Sivan

I'm So Tired - The Beatles