I love it when teens challenge you to play video games with their triumphant look that says, "I dare you. You're so old anyway it's not like you'll win." But it seems teens today have forgotten something, namely that video games STARTED WITH MY GENERATION. Technically, there was Pong even before us...
You're a sore loser
13 year-old Tetris boy
Show some Game-boy respect
What is a lifeku?
A lifeku is a haiku about daily life. For those who are unfamiliar with haiku, it is a form of Japanese poetry usually about nature, "profound," and formatted in 3 lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables. Feel free to check out some famous haikus if you still don't get it.
Comment. It'll make the popular kids like you.
Comment. It'll make the popular kids like you.
Wednesday, September 9: Reader Submission
I received this rather angry yet totally valid reader submission from Buzz, who once again called me out on being too French by "prolonging" my vacation...
You gave us a taste
Got us all addicted
And 'French-Style', you quit
You said just August
Did you lose your calendar?
It's now September
My mornings were bright
The inbox would ding with joy
Where's my Lifeku, bitch?
He speaks the truth...
You gave us a taste
Got us all addicted
And 'French-Style', you quit
You said just August
Did you lose your calendar?
It's now September
My mornings were bright
The inbox would ding with joy
Where's my Lifeku, bitch?
He speaks the truth...
I'm back
Actually I've been back for a week, but I'm basically French now so I was extending my vacation without knowing it.... but I am back in France, where it is unusually cold and rainy for September, which totally blows chunks after a month in Thailand. And of course, no return to France could be complete without a crazy chick on the train:
My first morning back on the RER, this very strange woman sat next to me. She kept changing seats while singing to herself and sucking on some sort of candy that reminded me of that Bazooka chewing gum in a tube. Eww. She was in her 50's and had so much plastic surgery that she looked not unlike a cat...
Crazy Train Woman
I hope you like your candy
Your face is stretchy
My first morning back on the RER, this very strange woman sat next to me. She kept changing seats while singing to herself and sucking on some sort of candy that reminded me of that Bazooka chewing gum in a tube. Eww. She was in her 50's and had so much plastic surgery that she looked not unlike a cat...
Crazy Train Woman
I hope you like your candy
Your face is stretchy
Vacation
Let's face it, The Daily Lifeku is practically French... and not unlike the French, the Daily Lifeku takes the month of August for vacation. Please continue to send your reader submissions to dailylifeku@gmail.com since I'll be back in full force in September (also not unlike the French). In the meantime, marinate on this lifeku that is dedicated to my mom, who was attacked by a ferrel yet not ferrel abandoned psycho cat that happened to be rabies-free:
Oh no, Mom! Look out!
There's a cougar in Cape May
Cat Scratch Fever pills
Oh no, Mom! Look out!
There's a cougar in Cape May
Cat Scratch Fever pills
Wednesday, July 29: Reader Submission
Today's reader submission comes from my Twin Flame, who basically just says what I'm thinking anyway:
This Lifeku is dedicated to my e-mail server company, which obviously doesn’t like using any type of sorting techniques.
Stupid spam filter
No, I don’t need Viagra
Are you even on?
This Lifeku is dedicated to my e-mail server company, which obviously doesn’t like using any type of sorting techniques.
Stupid spam filter
No, I don’t need Viagra
Are you even on?
Tuesday, July 28
This is for someone I saw last night, you know who you are:
Unwelcome non-friend
Why do we still play this game?
You know I hate you
Unwelcome non-friend
Why do we still play this game?
You know I hate you
Wednesday, July 22: Reader Submission
Today's lifeku comes from Shea, who has issues with his mother-in-law:
My mother-in-law moved near us recently. Since you've never met her you can't possibly know that there are no words in any language in the world that can accurately explain her. This lifeku was inspired after a shopping trip I took with Satan herself!
Mean old nagging wench
Find something better to do
Or be thrown in lake
My mother-in-law moved near us recently. Since you've never met her you can't possibly know that there are no words in any language in the world that can accurately explain her. This lifeku was inspired after a shopping trip I took with Satan herself!
Mean old nagging wench
Find something better to do
Or be thrown in lake
Tags
complaining,
family,
in-laws,
reader submission,
shopping
Thursday, July 16
I was feeling nostalgic, so I thought I'd bust out some 90's slang for today's lifeku. Anyone feeling in a particularly "It's the 90's" mood feel free to send your reader submissions for next week...
Sketchy lunch box guy
Could you be any weirder?
Stop wigging me out
Sketchy lunch box guy
Could you be any weirder?
Stop wigging me out
Wednesday, July 15: Reader Submission
Today's reader submission comes from Noelle, who will now probably think twice before reaching out to touch somebody:
"A long time ago, I went to the beach with my grandparents. We went to a reptile zoo and I left them to go use the restroom. When I came out, I noticed my grandfather leaning against the railing, so I decided to surprise him with a sudden hug. After I'd successfully wrapped my skinny little arms around him, he turned around with a look of shock on his face, and that's when I realized something. I'd hugged a complete stranger who didn't even remotely look like my grandfather."
Random old stranger:
sorry for the weird hug, man.
I bet you liked it.
"A long time ago, I went to the beach with my grandparents. We went to a reptile zoo and I left them to go use the restroom. When I came out, I noticed my grandfather leaning against the railing, so I decided to surprise him with a sudden hug. After I'd successfully wrapped my skinny little arms around him, he turned around with a look of shock on his face, and that's when I realized something. I'd hugged a complete stranger who didn't even remotely look like my grandfather."
Random old stranger:
sorry for the weird hug, man.
I bet you liked it.
Monday, July 13
Today's lifeku goes out to all of the ladies that I smell way too much on the morning metro:Parisian Women
Lay off the Angel*
You all smell like barf
*please note that Angel is a perfume intended to smell like chocolate, but more closely resembles rotting stomach lining.
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