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Monday, January 17, 2005


   Gather Round, Learn a Secret...
The secret to happiness in life is not what you do, but how you do it.

For example, I love doing laundry.
This isn't due to any virtue in the laundry itself, but due to the way I do it.

1. Have your computer, gaming console of choice, music source and other deeply enjoyable entertainment within 10 steps of the washer and dryer.

2. Get a good cup of coffee; in fact, take the pot with you to where the laundry will be. Bring the Fruit Center Peek Freans with you.

3. Turn on the tunes. I like anything with Toshihiko Seki (V.A. for both Duo and Sanzo, which is funny in itself) singing in it, because it makes me laugh so hard I drop stuff.

4. Sort and start laundry. Put a blanket in the dryer for a few minutes while the washer is starting so you can wrap up in it fresh and warm.

5. Sit down and drink the coffee, eat cookies, and pet a kitten. Play videogames, update your silly Otaku page, make bishi wallpaper.

6. THE BEAUTIFUL PART: The dryer will beep every half hour or so. That's the precise minute when your hands will be getting cold and your eye will get square. Get up, strech your legs, save your game, and go warm up your hands by folding toasty hot, nice-smelling laundry.

7. Do the laundry for everyone in the house. That way they not only think you're a good person, but think they owe you a favor for doing something you thoroughly enjoyed.

Try it. It's a remarkable joy.

Don't forget to scratch the kitten's ears. They like that.
=^-.-^=

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