{"id":8,"date":"2011-12-30T16:11:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T16:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f6a4e7b1-3519-4540-a41e-94b888a69532"},"modified":"2011-12-30T16:11:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T16:11:45","slug":"december-needs-to-end-before-it-kills-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendables.com\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"December Needs to End Before it Kills Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" face=Arial><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\"><\/font><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #ffffff; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 173px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 139px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #ffffff; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #ffffff\" border=3 src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/7\/8\/5\/2\/3\/141704-132587\/biggestloser.jpg?a=76\">Dudes, it has been FOREVER since we talked. <em>What the hell is wrong with me?<\/em> Oh yeah, it\u2019s December. Which is kind of like the opposite of that show \u201cThe Biggest Loser.\u201d We\u2019re all on a fat-train to hell, and it\u2019s stopping at a donut shop, a chicken shack, and a burger joint (twice) before we get there. I mean, seriously? I could eat all day.&nbsp;We already went through the whole <a href=\"https:\/\/trendables.com\/2011\/12\/01\/why-are-holiday-desserts-so-freaky.aspx\" target=_blank>freaky-ass holiday dessert story<\/a>, so let\u2019s just call it what it is\u2026if December doesn\u2019t end soon, I may die. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" face=Arial>And not in the figurative emo-eyeliner wearing hipster kind of die. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" face=Arial>I mean, clogged-arteries-sugar-coma kind of die. Not that I\u2019m usually this unhealthy (I run, I play racquetball, I occasionally take the stairs), but in December the wheels are off the fucking bus when it comes to any kind of fitness. You see, much like the rest of you, I suffer<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 156px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 191px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/7\/8\/5\/2\/3\/141704-132587\/bunnyfooties.jpg?a=6\"> from a syndrome I have dubbed <i>BusyLazyitis<\/i>. It\u2019s a technical term. It\u2019s basically that we\u2019re all busy as hell and then when we aren\u2019t busy, we are lazy bitches wrapped in Snuggies watching television and scarfing down treats like there&#8217;s no tomorrow. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font face=Arial><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\">You know who you are. <i>In the pink bunny footie pajamas. <\/i><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" face=Arial>I know. <i>I know.<\/i> We should all take better care of ourselves. We should all live in moderation. I say BULLSHIT, it&#8217;s December. We\u2019re weak. We\u2019re so easily manipulated into one more cookie, one more slice of pie, and <i>for the love of Pete<\/i> pass that bowl of gravy. Because if wanting that hot, salty gravy goodness is wrong, then I don\u2019t want to be right. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" face=Arial><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; WIDTH: 173px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 156px; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/7\/8\/5\/2\/3\/141704-132587\/ilovegravy.jpg?a=2\">I\u2019m totally glad that the holiday season is coming to a close, even though it means we are locked in until Spring. I need to detox like Lindsay Lohan after a long weekend in Vegas\u2026.or actually, just <i>any<\/i> day if you\u2019re Lindsay Lohan. I will miss the constant barrage of bizarro-food, and also the constant joy of days off. But it\u2019s getting out of hand, I tellya\u2026.getting OUT OF HAND. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" face=Arial>If you need in on this intervention, we meet on Thursdays&nbsp;at the donut shop on Main. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" face=Arial>And yes, they will dip that glazed number in a vat of fudge if you ask. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><font style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\" face=Arial>What? You can\u2019t expect me to quit cold turkey? <i>Mmmm<\/i>. <em>Turkey<\/em>. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dudes, it has been FOREVER since we talked. What the hell is wrong with me? Oh yeah, it&rsquo;s December. Which is kind of like the opposite of that show &ldquo;The Biggest Loser.&rdquo; We&rsquo;re all on a fat-train to hell, and it&rsquo;s stopping at a donut shop, a chicken shack, and a burger joint (twice) before &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/trendables.com\/?p=8\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">December Needs to End Before it Kills Me<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>December Needs to End Before it Kills Me - Trendables<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trendables.com\/?p=8\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"December Needs to End Before it Kills Me - Trendables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dudes, it has been FOREVER since we talked. 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