#on fun

Stephen Fry

Because nothing feels better than those reaffirmations that you are relevant, you are liked, your virtual company is wanted by someone out there. I get it. But guess what? Being around people means you are living that reality right in front of you. No one gets dressed, trek out of their house to share oxygen with people that they don’t think is awesome (unless they’re getting paid). What’s even more insulting? when all the effort of planning an outting gets spent staring at screens. So cmon, let’s get off our phones and lap in the endorphins of being relevant, being liked with the very people whom you are sharing physical company.

But aside from all that SERIOUS STUFF, action is just FUN. And fun is important! Especially, I would argue, for people who spend a lot of time being considered and careful and attentive and thoughtful. I had a music teacher in college, Bill Dixon, who was real real serious in class and who didn’t suffer fools. He was pretty intimidating. One time I asked him what he listened to when he wasn’t listening to jazz (which is what he taught), and he goes, “BARBRA STREISAND.” When I looked surprised, he said, “You can’t be HEAVY 24 hours a day!” I have obviously never forgotten that. It taught me that even the most genius-y people (no, especially the most genius-y people) need a break sometimes from DEEP RUMINATIONS to just ENJOY shit. (I’m not saying that Barbra Streisand isn’t deep or worthy of penetrating analysis, but this dude was so erudite about jazz that probably listening to any other kind of music would have been a nice li’l vacation for his brain.) Speaking of vacation! There’s a reason we have them—from school or from work. I just googled “the importance of vacation” and found a study that concluded that vacations’ “personal benefits have been found to include: rest and recuperation from work; provision of new experiences leading to a broadening of horizons and the opportunity for learning and intercultural communication; promotion of peace and understanding; personal and social development; visiting friends and relatives; religious pilgrimage and health; and, subjective wellbeing.” FUN IS IMPORTANT. It’s good for your brain, your body, your spirit. It can make you HAPPY, and what’s more profound than that? And isn’t that what summer’s all about?

c: nt125 via ohohkaka-卡

like, seriously. WHO ARE YOU AND WHY DO YOU NEED ALL FOUR WASHERS. Fuck you. I have no clean clothes left.