Days like This

Have you ever had one of those days? A day where your alarm clock doesn't go off and the shower is stuck on either lava flow or liquid nitrogen. Where your shoelace snaps while you're tying it and your toast catches fire. Where your car grinds to a halt on the way to the office and you are catastrophically late for a very important meeting. In other words, a day where everything that can go wrong, does. And usually in spectacular fashion.

We've all had days like that! Everyone is out to get you and your boss is secretly planning your assassination. Death by paperclip. Or keyboard. It's enough to make one go absolutely batty!

People have various ways of dealing with days like this. Some smoke, standing outside puffing cigarette after cigarette in hopes of calming down. Or killing their boss with secondhand smoke inhalation. Others drink. Usually in large amounts. And usually something strong enough to make you explode if you sneeze. I don't use either of these methods. I calmly walk to my car. Close the door. Start the engine. And then crank the radio all the way up to 11! And not with Mozart or the soundtrack to the Sound of Music or Mary Poppins. No. With ROCK. And the harder, the better! I want electric guitars and smashing drums! I want my passangers' ears to bleed, and the people in the cars around me to change lanes to get away from the audio onslaught! Don't get me wrong, classical music is awesome, but nothing gets rid of frustration as quickly as doing your best KISS impersonation while barrelling down the highway.

If you've never tried this, I urge you to get yourself something hard and heavy. Something like Seether, Prime Circle or The Narrow. Get in your car, take a deep breath, turn on the radio and ROCK ON!

For those of you who have been living in a basement somewhere, or possibly in Yugoslavia, here is an example of local South African brilliance: