My favorite shows as a kid

If you haven't ever gone to the website youtube.com, go there. I must warn you that it is very addicting. On this site you can search for pretty much anything that has ever been on T.V., like old shows or commercials. When I was searching things on it, I began to remember the awesome shows I used to enjoy as a young'un. The following are my top favorite shows (in reverse order):

10) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- I fondly remember getting up on Saturday mornings to eagerly watch the "heroes in a half shell" battle the likes of Shredder and Krang. Not only are they experts in the martial arts but they enjoy a good pizza, and don't we all? If you really think about it, this is probably the most wacked out idea for a kids show. Turtles doing ninja moves? A rat for a sensei? Whoever came up with this must have been snorting the purest cocaine.

9) Scooby Doo-- Tell me, who doesn't love Scooby Doo? "He drove around in a van and solved mysteries. No, that's correct. I remember he had a pal, Scrappy Doo". Puppy Power! Zoinks! Jinkies!

8) Rug Rats-- This was a show on Nickelodeon that my brother and I used to watch all the time. It was a show about babies that go on adventures in their own homes. My mom hated it.

7) Tom and Jerry -- This was probably my favorite cartoon about an ongoing cat and mouse chase filled with slapstick comedy. You know, the hitting on the head with the frying pan, etc. Great show.

6) Hey Dude -- Another Nickelodeon show that I watched all the time that was about some teenagers that worked on a dude ranch in Arizona. Since I really love horses and cheesy teenage drama/comedy this show was right up my ally. Ben Affleck's wife (the girl who played Matilda on Zoolander) was on this show.

5) Pee-Wee's Playhouse -- Talk about a goofy show, but my parents even liked this one. My brother and I would scream the secret word all day after learning the word on the show. There were a lot of random characters like a dirty sea captain and a big fat lady who sat on pies and would walk out with them stuck to her butt. Later on the guy who played Pee-wee went to jail for indecent exposure. Good thing they screen people on kids shows nowadays.

4) Anamaniacs -- My brother and I always watched this show after school. It was actually pretty clever and witty. My favorite was the little mouse who always tried to take over the world.

3) Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood -- He was the grampa I never had. I loved this show and even had a poster of him over my bed. He visited the best places (which all happened to be within walking distance of his house) and made up great songs. I always wondered where he came from at the beginning of the show and where he went at the end. Isn't that his house? And why change your shoes and sweater at the beginning? Oh well, he wanted to be mysterious I guess. If only I could get to the set, go through the hole in the wall where the trolly goes, and finally get to the land of make-believe.

2) Sesame Street -- This show almost made #1. It has been on for so long and is loved by many generations. The same people who were on the show when I was little are still on there! That's dedication. Also, as my brother pointed out, the yip-yip aliens are hilarious.

1) The Simpsons -- I didn't get all the jokes, but I got enough. I have been watching this show since it started, and I think it is arguably the greatest show of all time.

Oh, I went outside alot too and didn't just watch T.V.

I like sleep

I really like sleeping. Last night when I went to bed, I just layed there awhile and enjoyed what was about to happen. It's funny how one minute you're staring at the ceiling and the next your alarm goes off. All this time passes by and you are unaware of it. My brother has brilliantly taken this aspect of sleep and makes it work for him as a time machine. For example the twins game is on at 6, but it is only 4 and he has nothing to do. So he just enters the "time machine", and doesn't resurface until the pre-game talks. My mom will say "Paul's in his time machine" if he's home for the weekend and I ask what he's doing. Of course, sleep can only take you forward in time. Well, for now... Today I have been feeling like I am trapped in an obese person's body. Not because I am having a "fat day" but because I am really tired. It is a new level of tired in that I need to lay on my bed and recover after going up the stairs. It took me an hour to eat dinner because the hand-to-mouth motion was too tedious. I just feel like sitting in a giant heap like Jabba the Hut. I collapsed on the couch after work for a couple hours but forced myself to flip every 20 minutes due to a horrific story that Laura told me yesterday. She heard on the radio that there was this 600 lb woman who sat on her couch for 6 years and didn't move. This caused her skin to start growing into the couch, making her a human/funiture hybrid. I'm not that tired. I have been wondering why God designed sleep. Is it a result of sin that we need to sleep? Or is it a gift of God in light of our bodies becoming mortal and needing recharging? I think it is a gift. Not only do you energize, but sleep is also a chance to be by yourself. It is a chance to get lost in your mind while you wait to drift off. And dreams! Sleep allows us to have often crazy dreams to either laugh or be disturbed about the next day. If nothing else, sleep gives us something to look forward to at the end of the day. I am so glad God made sleep.