{"id":2308,"date":"2007-07-19T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-19T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2007-07-19T05:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-19T12:10:00","slug":"brain-weasel-stomping-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=2308","title":{"rendered":"Brain Weasel Stomping on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snarfed from otaku_tetsuko<\/a>, today’s birthday girl.<\/p>\n

Wow – what is it in the air lately? Post after filtered post about how everyone is feeling alone, disconnected, unwanted. It’s not like this is one or two people – it’s like a rash all over my friends list the past few days. Male, female, betwixt, undecided, unconcerned…it seems to be an equal opportunity Brain Weasel Invasion.<\/p>\n

Clearly, something needs to be done.<\/p>\n

I think we need to have a Brain Weasel Stomping Day.<\/p>\n

The problem, as I’ve noted before, is “it’s easier to see the Weasels when they’re eating someone else’s brain.”<\/p>\n

So. This is my call to my friends list, and to your friends list, and beyond. This Friday, make an effort to squish someone’s Brain Weasel.<\/p>\n

Have a crush on someone? Post a flirty comment in their journal. Admire someone’s skills? Post a comment about it. Just think a person is nifty? This Friday is the time to tell them.<\/p>\n

Doesn’t matter if the post you’re commenting to doesn’t have much to do with your comment. Just post those good thoughts. Trust me. People will appreciate it.<\/p>\n

Do this for everyone – not just those you suspect are feeling down (After all, you might not be on their Brain Weasel filter). Take a few minutes and help launch people into the weekend with a smile.<\/p>\n

And…who knows? Maybe sharing how others make you happy will make you a bit more cheerful in return.<\/p>\n

It’s worth a try.<\/p>\n

PS: You can find the graphic at http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/cjdoyle\/pic\/0005866b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snarfed from otaku_tetsuko, today’s birthday girl. Wow – what is it in the air lately? Post after filtered post about how everyone is feeling alone, disconnected, unwanted. It’s not like this is one or two people – it’s like a rash all over my friends list the past few days. Male, female, betwixt, undecided, unconcerned…it Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memes","category-lj-xfer","tag-memes-aboutyou"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}