Cinnamon Challenge Mega Fail

Last week I blogged about photo memes that have been spreading like wildfire. I didn't mention, however, the equally long and insane list of VIDEO memes. One of my favorites has always been the Cinnamon Challenge.

For those who haven't seen one of these videos yet it's pretty simple: you take a spoonful of cinnamon and try to swallow it without water. It's basically impossible and causes an immediate and strong gag reflex, kinda like these:




As you can see, it's not fun. Well, a new study out of the University of Miami shows it can also be DEADLY! It can cause all kinds of problems all the way up to EMPHYSEMA if the cinnamon is inhaled. Last year alone poison control centers got 222 calls about cinnamon swallowing incidents and 30 teens were hospitalized after attempting the challenge.

Find a damn hobby people!

Meme Mania!

Dictionary.com defines meme as "a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes". Basically that means a meme is something that gets spread around society via things like social networks and grows, develops, and mutates as it spreads.

Some classic examples of memes are "planking" (lying flat in a random place like a plank):



Then there was "Batmanning" (hanging upside down like Batman):



Then it was "owling" (perching like an owl):



Then it started getting more complicated with  "Hadukening" (posing like u just got hit by a fireball in Street Fighter):



Which lead to "Vadering" (posing like you're being Force Choked by Darth Vader):



And the newest way to prove you have nothing better to do with your time is.... "QUIDDITCHING" (posing like you're playing Quidditch in the Harry Potter universe):



Although like most memes, it will be EVERYWHERE then disappear to make way for the next meme which is going to be...

Creepers Gonna Creep

Everyone reading this has either been the giver of or recipient of the dreaded "uncomfortable stare". It happens. Sometimes it's just our mind wandering and our face happens to be pointed at another person. Sometimes a hottie or stud catches our eye and we get caught up in the view. Other times, it's just plain creepy.

Take for example this past Sunday when me and my girlfriend had dinner in New Bern. We were walking back to the car and saw this random dude staring at the wall... or so we thought. Upon closer inspection he appeared to be reading some promotional flyers hanging in a store window. At least, that's what we thought until we saw that there was a Zumba class in the store he was standing outside of. Then we joked that maybe it was some perv watching the class but figured it was probably someone's husband.

Well, we found out later from someone who was in the class THAT HE WAS A CREEPER! He just stood out there watching them exercise. This brought several questions to mind: Did he think nobody would notice? What was his plan if anyone asked what he was doing? Does he not have internet access to watch porn at his leisure?

The moral of this story is: don't be creepy.