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Have you ever noticed how bad you feel on Mondays?
Garfield the cat is a character whose personality I
greatly love. Even though he may not be as critically revered as some iconic
favorites, but comic strip is without a doubt the most successful series of all time. My
younger cousin likes him like he is a hero who delivers him from the claws of
mediocre cartoons that he watches from dawn to dusk. Ideally, Garfield has a
wry and grumpy attitude. While most cats walk on fours, Garfield walks on two. Garfield
the cat, lives with his long-suffering owner, Jon, and fellow pet and perennial
crossword puzzle clue, Odie the dog.
Statistics show that Garfield the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, with dozens of record-breaking best-selling books, plus award-winning animated television series and specials and more than 400 licensed products including everything from toys, games, backpacks, and costumes to bedding, credit cards, and diapers. This comic strip has been confirmed by The Guinness Book of Records to have the highest readership in the whole world.
I am also a fan of the character but not the comic strip (just realized they exist), but the movies. The first movie was produced by Bill Murray in 2004. Murray told GQ Magazine he became interested in the project because he thought the “Joel Cohen” attached to the project as a screenwriter was actually one of the Coen Brothers, the acclaimed directors behind such classics as ‘The Big Lebowski’ and ‘Fargo.’ The question that begs is: When and why did Jim Davis decide to make Garfield hate Mondays?
Oh today is Monday. I wanted to wake up early but my head was too heavy and acclimatized to the holiday season. Of course my alarm rings a few minutes before 0500hrs and I was already awake by then. Guess my sleep never lasts long enough to enable me get the very best out of it. But there is a difference between being awake in bed and getting out of bed. I usually have trouble getting out of bed. It is easy to wake up but when it comes to leaving the comfort of my warm blankets, that is a different story.
Monday is a day that has issues. I usually loll a lot before my system recovers from the weekend hangover. It is sometimes very tasking getting back the body to the weekday mood in the morning. You try to wake up but you find it such a grueling challenge. When you are awake and out of bed, you are still lethargic and languid. You go to the shower room like a snail wishing that you had no obligation in life other than luxuriating maybe in the Billionaires’ club or in Ali Barbours Cave Restaurant relishing your brunch and cozying lavishly like an Arabian Prince.
Monday as opposed to Friday has no freedom. The weekend is usually like a mini vacation. Monday gives people no anticipation at all. It gives most people a brutish experience especially the act of getting out of the bed. Studies show that positive anticipation can bring us as much or more pleasure than the actual event itself.
There is this monotony that is Monday. Your boss just wants to show you pictures of his fabulous jet set life and the other worldly experiences he had during the weekend while you splashed your feet in the backyard kiddie pool drinking beer with your best friend while your kids played with each other all afternoon. Since it is a boring day you resort to the social media while scratching your head and if you have a bald you caress it while contritely lamenting, “My oh my! So it was happening while I was not on the know.” How can anyone expect you to love Mondays when you have nothing about this day that is pulling you toward a brighter future? Not even Brighter Monday can change the portent feeling that Monday is.
Without a plan of action to bring in possibilities and wondrous experiences to the life you live, you’re absolutely right to hate Mondays. Nothing worthy is ever achieved on a Monday. Mondays are horrible and there’s nothing you could ever do to change that. Where did they get the idea that you could just choose to be happy about Monday and actually expect to enjoy every bit of the day?
Statistics show that Garfield the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, with dozens of record-breaking best-selling books, plus award-winning animated television series and specials and more than 400 licensed products including everything from toys, games, backpacks, and costumes to bedding, credit cards, and diapers. This comic strip has been confirmed by The Guinness Book of Records to have the highest readership in the whole world.
I am also a fan of the character but not the comic strip (just realized they exist), but the movies. The first movie was produced by Bill Murray in 2004. Murray told GQ Magazine he became interested in the project because he thought the “Joel Cohen” attached to the project as a screenwriter was actually one of the Coen Brothers, the acclaimed directors behind such classics as ‘The Big Lebowski’ and ‘Fargo.’ The question that begs is: When and why did Jim Davis decide to make Garfield hate Mondays?
Oh today is Monday. I wanted to wake up early but my head was too heavy and acclimatized to the holiday season. Of course my alarm rings a few minutes before 0500hrs and I was already awake by then. Guess my sleep never lasts long enough to enable me get the very best out of it. But there is a difference between being awake in bed and getting out of bed. I usually have trouble getting out of bed. It is easy to wake up but when it comes to leaving the comfort of my warm blankets, that is a different story.
Monday is a day that has issues. I usually loll a lot before my system recovers from the weekend hangover. It is sometimes very tasking getting back the body to the weekday mood in the morning. You try to wake up but you find it such a grueling challenge. When you are awake and out of bed, you are still lethargic and languid. You go to the shower room like a snail wishing that you had no obligation in life other than luxuriating maybe in the Billionaires’ club or in Ali Barbours Cave Restaurant relishing your brunch and cozying lavishly like an Arabian Prince.
Monday as opposed to Friday has no freedom. The weekend is usually like a mini vacation. Monday gives people no anticipation at all. It gives most people a brutish experience especially the act of getting out of the bed. Studies show that positive anticipation can bring us as much or more pleasure than the actual event itself.
There is this monotony that is Monday. Your boss just wants to show you pictures of his fabulous jet set life and the other worldly experiences he had during the weekend while you splashed your feet in the backyard kiddie pool drinking beer with your best friend while your kids played with each other all afternoon. Since it is a boring day you resort to the social media while scratching your head and if you have a bald you caress it while contritely lamenting, “My oh my! So it was happening while I was not on the know.” How can anyone expect you to love Mondays when you have nothing about this day that is pulling you toward a brighter future? Not even Brighter Monday can change the portent feeling that Monday is.
Without a plan of action to bring in possibilities and wondrous experiences to the life you live, you’re absolutely right to hate Mondays. Nothing worthy is ever achieved on a Monday. Mondays are horrible and there’s nothing you could ever do to change that. Where did they get the idea that you could just choose to be happy about Monday and actually expect to enjoy every bit of the day?
Let’s just admit the truth. There is absolutely nothing
that will ever change about Monday. The only thing that could ever change is
you and me.
SITUONANE.
[Photo Source: Google Images]
SITUONANE.
[Photo Source: Google Images]
