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A real quick one for a lazy Saturday night: Glowing Balloon Monsters, created from a "recipe" found in this crafts magazine I picked up that was probably more intended for people who have to make two trays of name-tagged cupcakes by 8 AM sharp. Also note the new addition to the bottom of the main page -- a very grainy but mostly watchable commercial for the McDonald's McBoo pails.

Survey: A friend of mine who's home with nothing to do tonight was telling me of his grand plan to down some Johnny Walker on the rocks and slap on his Batman Returns DVD before drifting into a coma, an idea that made me somehow very envious. So the survey: what's your poison when it comes to being home alone on a weekend night with plenty of energy left in the tank but no real ambition to find something to do? Pretzels and Simpsons reruns? Booze and books? How do you lull yourself into that pleasant ambiance of Absolute Blah? I'm not sure if I'm explaining what I mean correctly, but you should be used to that by now.

Posted by Matt on 10/02/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 70 comments

That monster is damn sexy.

My poison of choice? Baking and a movie. Nothing rocks me more than figuring out some cookies or a cake and watching Return of the Jedi.

Chestnuts roasted by Lauren @ 10/02/2004 11:43 PM

I’ll usually kick back on my couch, have a Coke and a cigarette and watch a movie on IFC.

Chestnuts roasted by mushroom @ 10/02/2004 11:54 PM

My posion is definitely a movie, a soda, and some junk food, like maybe a box of crunch and munch, or even some Mrs. Fields cookies.

Chestnuts roasted by Number 5 @ 10/02/2004 11:55 PM

Doritos and Nascar >_>

Chestnuts roasted by Bifflog @ 10/03/2004 12:14 PM

Whatever Coors is left in the fridge and metal mania on vh1 classic

Chestnuts roasted by bob genghis khan @ 10/03/2004 12:16 PM

Mountain Dew and Josie and the Pussycats.

Enough sugar to make the room spin, Rachael Leigh Cook and Alan Cumming….ahhhhhhh.

"well that would explain why you aren’t wearing any…hats"

"you can hire all the 15 yr old girls you want to scream at you but your party will not be the same without Rachael Leigh Cook’s leopard pattern hairdo lighting the way"

I feel free to misquote that slightly; as I corrected the spelling error Matt made in the original article =)

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/03/2004 12:29 PM

Ebay window shopping. I put all the things I want but have no intention of bidding on on my watch list. Then sadly watch as they get bid on by people who actually have money. A bottle of Mamertino completes this pretty picture.

Chestnuts roasted by CryptKitty @ 10/03/2004 12:42 PM

White Russians, mmmm
I drink those and watch some good, relaxing 80s movie, preferrably something of the John Hughes variety. Or any 80s movie really. Just recently I was watching The Neverending Story on the Spanish language channel, nothing beats that.

Chestnuts roasted by DJ @ 10/03/2004 12:59 PM

I tend to just kick back and play video games. If it’s Saturday, I watch anime.

Chestnuts roasted by Zoghade @ 10/03/2004 1:10 AM

Here’s two of my favorite time-wasters.

Method 1: Get yerself GBA SP with Wario Ware Inc. and some MST3K DVD box sets. Fire ‘em both up and alternate between playing the microgames and watching the DVDs.

Method 2: Go to the following web sites:

http://www.jigsawsgalore.com/
http://hn.iodized.net/

Download and install the program. Save the comics and import them into the program to make puzzles. Set the pieces and shape however you like.

Chestnuts roasted by TB Tabby @ 10/03/2004 1:12 AM

smokin pot, surfin’ the net, and trying to keep a good TV show on in the background.

Good surfin’ shows be: The Golden Girls, Cosby and Rosanne, Iron Chef, and Mad About You. Stuff on E! makes me keep looking at the TV too much.

I’d be drinking whiskey, but I can’t cause…well, I have my reasons.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/03/2004 1:15 AM

wait, right now I am smokin pot and watching uncensored Jay and Silent Bob on Comedy Central!! OOooohhhh yeah!!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/03/2004 1:19 AM

Sailor Moon and ramen. ^_^ Or if I’m feeling moody I write or draw something.

Chestnuts roasted by pikachulover @ 10/03/2004 1:59 AM

Wow. I never thought the day would come when shoving glo-sticks up a balloon’s ass would classify as an art project…

Hmmm. What’s my poison? Well, last Saturday when my apartment was empty except for three of us (three out of nine), we watched Singin in the Rain, sat around for two hours tossing around variations on the old "What do you wanna do?" "I dunno, what do you wanna do?" theme, we decided to bake cookies. At midnight. Under normal circumstances? Video games, films I can quote in my sleep (favorites include Fight Club, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and anything written by Quentin Tarantino), and munchies. Under college dorm circumstances? Finding Nemo and a bottle of Bacardi. Oh, the stories I could tell…

Chestnuts roasted by Pirate7L @ 10/03/2004 2:10 AM

I pull something from my vast library of video games and DVDs; my collection kills hours or entire days if you’re not careful. I’m always in the mood for one of these things I own, and there’s always one I haven’t played/watched yet because like any American consumer I’m constantly getting newer things.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 10/03/2004 2:21 AM

These are one of those simple things that make me go, "Why didn’t I think of that?!"

My "poison" is making a nice veggie pizza, talking to my bestest friend online while having either anime or hockey on the TV in the background.

*sigh* Hockey… :’(

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 10/03/2004 2:47 AM

If college football is on, it becomes my poison by defualt. Otherwise, it boils down to the presence of friends.

Without friends, pretzels and pepsi plus a selection from my ever-growing DVD library.

With friends, enough places for everyone to sit and a couple bottles of vodka.

Good times all around.

Chestnuts roasted by trance- @ 10/03/2004 2:52 AM

beer and movies or video games. totally vege out….so yeah has anyone heard of Robosapien? like i said before it looks interesting….

http://www.robosapienonline.com

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/03/2004 3:06 AM

A rum-based concoction and a low budget Italian horror movie — the more ridiculous, the better. Another great combination I keep coming back to — gin and old school British Hitchcock.

MST3K also makes for a fun, easy 2 AM intoxicated viewing experience.

Chestnuts roasted by Phen @ 10/03/2004 3:13 AM

Bacardi 151, bud light, and a season of something sci-fi on DVD, oh and of course X-E.

Chestnuts roasted by Jonas @ 10/03/2004 3:34 AM

Matt! The balloon ghosts are brilliant!

As for my choice…

Hot cocoa (homemade, not that powdered add-water crap) and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Keeps me busy for a good 2 hours crying my eyes out. :)

Oh, and Matt, the server stopped attacking me the following day. Go figure. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Cuddles @ 10/03/2004 4:24 AM

Hey, Cuddles, I just finished watchig Breakfast at Tiffany’s! No, seriously! It was on Bravo or some such thing. Mr. Trajeal wanted to know what the song was all about. I can’t believe George "Hannibal from A-Team" Peppard used to be so good looking.

Saturday nights are good for stupid "American’s Funniest Home Videos" type of shows. Nothing beats watching some other idiots fall down while sitting comfortably on my couch w/ a Dunkin’ Donuts Latte steaming right next to me.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 10/03/2004 9:19 AM

Watching my ‘Sliders’ DVDs and eating Flinstones Push-Ups and Kellogg’s Fruit Twistables.
That’s the perfect weekend.

Chestnuts roasted by AngeFaitore @ 10/03/2004 9:43 AM

I’ll play with the kids, then, once they fall asleep, I’ll put on some music and lay in bed with a good book.

No, I’m not a girl, fuck you very much.

Chestnuts roasted by Whirred @ 10/03/2004 9:49 AM

Some killer kind bud, a bong, an orange slice or maybe a root beer float, and a on-demand movie if the girlfriend is home, or internet porn if she’s not.

Chestnuts roasted by naturekid @ 10/03/2004 10:31 AM

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