The Book of Even More Awesome

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that’s good. Maybe when your wife nonchalantly blasts one while barbecuing on the balcony, that’s good.
    And maybe it’s especially good when everyone laughs afterward.
    Because hey, it just means we’re comfortable being ourselves and relaxed enough to know farting is a natural and normal part of life. Nobody chooses farting as a hobby but it’s part of what makes us human. Tuba scales, silent stink bombs , machine-gun blasts, whatever you’re putting out there, that’s fine, that’s fine, that’s perfectly fine.
    Now, we’re not advocating a world of no limits . There’s nothing wrong with keeping some personal space either. After all, maybe you do your nose picking in the car, shower behind a curtain at the gym, or burp quietly into a fancy cloth napkin. If so, that’s cool too.
    All we’re saying is that if you get to the point where you’re comfortable farting around each other, it means you’re family, you’re friends, or you’re completely in love .
    So just relax and let it out.
    AWESOME!

Walking into class and seeing a substitute teacher
    Postpone the pop quiz, lose the science lab , ax the algebra lesson.
    Now’s the time when energy bolts blast through brains as everybody revs up for forty-five minutes of whispering, passing notes , and tossing paper airplanes.
    AWESOME!

Fully justifying whatever terrible thing you’re eating
    Let the grease glisten, mayo drip , and soda fizz.
    Here are three ways to make the magic happen:
    1. Veggie Validation. My friend Mike is king of this move. “Gotta get my greens,” he’ll say, while chomping dill pickles on the couch playing video games. “Carrots are good for you,” he’ll smirk, while licking thick cream cheese icing off a moist brick of carrot cake. Remember: Anything with vegetables in it fully qualifies as potentially healthy. Now go relax and enjoy a slice of pumpkin pie with a side of onion rings.
    2. Dumbbell Defense. On the rare mornings I venture to the gym for a half-dozen sit-ups and some stretching in sweatpants, I always end up eating a tipsy mountain of nachos for dinner later in the day. “No worries,” I’ll think with cheese-greasy fingers and salsa dripping down my chin. “I totally worked this off already.”
    3. Vacation Breakin’. When you go on holidays it’s fun to free your stomach from the shackles of the kitchen. Slip into shades and shorts and start breaking the rules in the slow lane. Remember: Getting away from it all means putting your feet up and having a third sundae.
    Yes, fully justifying whatever terrible thing you’re eating is a beautiful eyes-wide moment of taste-based wonder. It’s great ditching the guilt once in a while to enjoy a crispyskinned wiener on the sidewalk or a drippy Quarter Pounder after the bars on Friday night.
    People, we ain’t spinning on this rock too long, so let’s all remember to relax and just enjoy the extra scoop.
    AWESOME!

When you get the scissors at that perfect angle where it slices through wrapping paper with no effort from you
    I’m a terrible gift wrapper.
    Yes, I’m the guy who cuts off too much paper, overtapes the ends , and realizes when I think I’m done that the corner of the present is still visible so I’ve got to add random patches of paper from rogue scraps off the floor.
    I’m a sharp-n-sticky, tape-n-scissors disaster sitting in a hunched-over clump on the family room carpet with squashed bows and twisted ribbons scattered all around me.
    Honestly, the only time I’m on top of my game is when I manage to snip my scissors into the paper at that perfect angle where it just glides across the sheet in one beautiful sweeping slice.
    That’s when I suddenly ditch my incompetence for a beautifully brief moment of gift-wrapping
    AWESOME!

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