JumSnap

Last week, I saw this on YouTube:

and had no comments. It's just so stupid that I can't even formulate a comment!

And then I read this in British Cosmopolitan:

"JUMPSNAP: The ropeless jump rope
Cosmo Features Editor, Fiona Cowood, gives it a whirl
This is no ordinary skipping rope (it's certainly not) - the JumpSnap has a digital calorie counter (so what?), a device that stores your weight and profile, a stopwatch and even a talking workout summary. It is, however, missing a rope! (!!!!!) I was sceptical (I still am) but, thanks to the novelty factor, I was astonished to find myself bouncing three minutes in. (I'm also astonished that you waisted your time on this) And with no rope, it's the perfect exercise for my tiny sitting room." (the things in brackets are my comments)


Fiona Cowood, I don't know you so I'm not judging but just wondering, you don't really meen that, do you? Are you really willing to pay money for a ropelesss jumprope? Isn't it easier to just jump with just 2 things in your hand (2 hair brushes, 2 remote controls, 2 whatever) or nothing at all (hands free) and getting you're sister or someone to encourage instead of a metallic voice that you don't even know and that's giving you orders?

14.04.09 The question

I'm sitting on the bus regretting that i chose to sit on the left instead of the right while looking at people's faces while they're sleeping and all in all being very bored when some"action" happened: we got stopped at the border.
I remember last time this happened: I had a big meat sandwich in my bag (if not several because when I travel my parents seem to think that I'm going to starve although they know that I get travel sick and want to throw up more that I want to eat) and border people (can't remember what's they're called: agents?) get on with 4 dogs who are training on becoming sniffing dogs. The dogs go back and forth in the bus sniffing everyone in a respectable way, keeping their distance and being polite, but one (he's probably the least attentive in that class) jumped up on me (I blame the meat sandwich) and started sniffing me while I totally freaked out and his master was pulling him back! Very fun experience, i highly recommend it!
This time the "agents" didn't have dogs, they only wanted to see if they could throw some illegal immigrants off (I have witnessed that before) so they start checking every ones ID asking them why they're coming into the country, where they work and stuff like that. One guy from a non EU east european country hasn't gotten the nationality but some travel papers that allow him to travel in and out, so they ask a very very clever question:
"Do you carry with you something that you're not allowed to take in to the country?"

WTF?

What do they think he will answer? "Yes, I have 3 kilos cocaine, 2 kilos hash, 3 fire guns, 7 swords in my bag and while I was packing I totally forgot that it was illegal to bring it with me, sorry?" ? Do they really think that this is the way to catch criminals. I know it's probably just some stupid procedure that they're obliged to do but they most feel really stupid while asking that question, I know I would!

Freaking out!

I really and deeply wonder how the brain works and especially mine. Ok. Maybe it's just my brain that's damaged. It works in a very weird and abnormal way. Like right now. I have one hundred and thirty five things to do, yet I'm spending 45 mins on facebook watching stupid videos that my friends have posted and now I'm writing this and afterwards I'll probably read some blogs and then watch some TV because here's how my stupid brain works: A side of my brain or maybe it's my conscious is telling me that a have an exam paper to write to next friday, that I have to find an artist/band that's willing to play for free to next saturday, that I have to read about 2 chapters of a school book before monday and a lot of other things, but my brain get's really stressed, freaks out because it's afraid that it won't be able to do all this and controls my body into doing nothing or just doing stupidities like watching 2 movies in a row or watching 3 episodes of Ugly Betty. Sometimes, this conscious thing kick in again and I tell my self: "OK, after I¨m done with this episode, or with this gossip website, I'll start doing something". Well actually right now I'm telling myself: "After I'm done with this post, I'll definitely start reading my history book" but we'll see what happens. And that's how it goes on and on and on until I sit there the night before the exam and write down whatever and regret every single moment i spent on doing nothing. What is wrong with me? Am I stupid?

Apparently.