When your friend drops you off after a lazy hazy night it s always nice when they sit with their engine quietly revving till you get in the door. And when you pop it open make sure to wave back so they can bee-beep or flash their headlights to say goodnight before quietly drifting away down into [ ] The post #615 When your friend makes sure you got into the house safe after dropping you off at the…
If you strain your ears and figure it out you re a master deep-diving codebreaker who speaks the strange and mystical language of Bubbles. AWESOME! Access my all-new awesome things when you sign-up for the daily awesome thing newsletter: Photo from: here The post #616 Trying to understand what your friend s saying when you re underwater appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things .
I m terrible at sports. Yes, when I was a kid I retired from soccer after just one season. In my final game I took a booted ball right to the face which snapped my glasses in two and caused me to crash to the field in a wet, goobery mess. Unfortunately, since we were low [ ] The post #617 When you win a point in tennis with the ball hitting the net and then dying on the other side appeared first…
Bust the new brush free from it s cardboard confinement, give those straight, crisp bristles a quick welcome-to-your-new-home rinse, plop a fat glob of minty green paste on top, and then get down to business, baby. Yes, it s time to scrape those pearly yellows clean with your brand new scrubbing machine. AWESOME! Even more awesome: Photo [ ] The post #618 The feeling of brushing your teeth with a…
When your friendly neighborhood employee gives you the secret whisper tipoff that the heavy, cardboard something-or-other you re carrying is about to go on sale, you know what to do. Stop, drop, and come back tomorrow. AWESOME! Ready for more awesome? Get brand-new daily awesome things straight to your inbox: Photo from: here The post #619 When the person at the store tells you the thing you re…
Stamped hands and plastic wristbands cover the sweaty crowd as lights flick on at the end of the show. Crowds bump and grind to the bathrooms as eyes adjust and ears pop. Minutes later you pile into the car with your friends and buckle up for a slow, traffic-jammy trip out of the lot, down [ ] The post #620 Singing in the car on the way home from the concert appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things .
Nobody likes bedtimes. Nope, nothing s worse than lying under the covers in hot, flannel PJs with wide, unblinking eyes while the late autumn sun slowly droops outside your window. As the sky fades to a burning orange the streetlights flicker on, the moon pops out, and eventually the thin crack of light under your door [ ] The post #621 Staying up past your bedtime when you were a kid appeared…
Greasy forehead, sore ankles, and a dull headache cap your traffic-jammy ride home from a long day at work. Dragging yourself to the door your stomach rumbles and grumbles as you picture the bland frozen burrito you re gonna nuke for dinner. Yeah, the day got you down, the day knocked you out, but suddenly you [ ] The post #622 When the dog s really excited you re back home appeared first on 1000…
Dim streetlights cast blurry shadows for your cold walk home. Snow-packed mitts, floppy wool hat, and a drippy, sniffly nose cover your shuddery frame as you shuffle down empty side streets on your way to the cozy warmth of your waiting bed. Everything is an eerily pitch-perfect silence buried under a shadowy sheet of bright [ ] The post #623 The sound of snow crunching under your boots appeared…
Brother, I ve made a lot of macaroni. Yes, for a four-year period back in college I became a regular kitchen whiz at cracking open that flimsy cardboard box of thin, rock-hard noodles, boiling them up to a perfect al dente, and stirring in that magical ratio of milk, butter, and pre-packed cheesy powder to get [ ] The post #624 Flavor pockets appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things .