I've had a ton of stress on me lately, with school and work. There are plenty of ways to deal with stress, and it's true that having a lot of stress on you makes your body more prone to illness.
So, I visited my mom tonight. I am still here, actually. And, we are remodelling a room by taking down the walls, the ceiling, and rebuilding it all. For those of you that don't know, I'm a Trading Spaces, Bob Villa's Home Again, This Old House, etc. FREAK. Just ask TF. I absolutely LOVE getting to remodel rooms, or even just give them a totally different look through a paint job and new furniture. So, I tore down all of the drywall that I could in the room my mom is planning on rebuilding in the next month or so. It was a tremendous stress relief. I loved it.
I usually don't do things that are so destructive. I have a punching bag, and taking out my stress on it is usually it's function. But, this time, it was just nice to tear the wall down...literally.
And, I was wondering how you all like to take out your stress. Or maybe you don't get stressed at all. I've just noticed talk of midterms; I know the feeling. They are killer stress creators, so I figured some of you were feeling it, too.
So, how do you deal with your stress?
(In case you couldn't tell, I am a Type A Personality...not completely by any means, but when it comes to taking on stress, that's the personality type I fit. I'm working on being more like a Type B, though. And, I have been for a while.)

I usually sink into depression which I combat (more like aid) with alcohol. Sad but true.

To relieve stress I play drums... Or piano, I started figuring out piano recently. I love banging on it like Ben Folds. And I've been playing Features songs on piano. If you hear "See You Through" coming out of the MTSU music building practice rooms, that's me.

My new fun way to relieve stress is going to Third Coast Clay beside Hastings... I went yesterday, actually, and painted a vase, in a symbolic way that I'm hoping with reflect how I was feeling at the time (you know, after they bake it and whatnot)..

And, of course, going to a party every now and then helps too.. especially when Ceeze' and friends are there to entertain me with a song or two! What lovely voices they have...

And my all-time favorite stress reliever is, of course, driving around aimlessly singing along with the radio at the top of my lungs.. I know I've done some good when my throat hurts at the end of the trip.

I feel it my duty to sing The Righteous Brothers "Top Gun" style to attractive girls whenever given the chance. I took requests that whole night, and I still sang anyway.

i usually crawl into bed with ray davies and have him hold me. then we hop out of bed and have a quick royal rumble on the N64...

......and i kick your ass with Kurt Angle. Don't forget the Three I's.

dude, you know you're my bitch when i use The Rock. where's my cheeseburger?

Who do you think I am.....The Hurricane? The Hamburglar?

Watch out, there's a hurricane coming through.......

to relieve stress i go to florida. bye.

To relieve stress, I like to play Super Monkey Ball "Monkey Target" on the GameCube. I haven't beaten Keith's new top score, though. I also like to play drums and listen to In Utero really damn loud.

I like this guy... not only is he a damn fine lawyer, but rocks out to the best Nirvana album ever? Daaaaaamn. Makes you wonder what him, Helen, Barney and Thelma Lou talk about at the Snappy Lunch Diner over there in Mt. Pilot.

Welcome to the board

Yeah, I know these two dudes that are obsessed with that damn game. I guess it's alright. I only like to do stuff that I'm really good at, though, so I can't really get into it.

Oh, and Incesticide is my favorite Nirvana album these days.

I just structure my life so that it doesn't include stress. That solves the problem quite nicely.

in stressful situations, i inadvertently act bitchy towards exliontamer. then he comments on said bitchiness and it makes me more stressed out.

moral of the story: never take your stress out on others, especially the ones you hold close to your heart.
maybe i should take up power-walking or something.

when im stressed out, i usually just give up and get trashed and watch the golden girls. i don't actually DEAL with stress very well. and stephanieW - trading spaces RULES me eternally.

Indeed, welcome to the board, Ben Matlock. I'm sorry I didn't say it a little earlier.
So, as I was talking to a friend of mine last night, we started discussing shows like Matlock and Murder She Wrote. I thought I was the only one who still watched these things, but apparently I'm not...That's reassuring. I love trying to solve the case. I've come pretty close a couple of times, especially with Murder She Wrote. But, I have yet to figure out the FULL solution.
To keep myself on the subject, I think I am going to start refinishing furniture now, too. I worked on my bed over the summer. I revived it but stripping it and resanding then repainting it. It had 3 layers of paint, so it took a long time. But, when I finish a project I have get this sense of achievement. I love it. So, that's pretty good stress relief, too.

it took me years to figure out that on every episode of scooby doo, the bad guy was always some very obscure uncle who ran an amusement park or something.

murder she wrote = relevant.

murder she wrote had a rad theme song. scarecrow and mrs. king had the coolest one though. wait, sanford and son's theme song was cooler than both. i don't know. the bass-line on "fame" wows me everytime i hear it.....wait......i don't know. remember boner? that guy was awesome.

If I am in major stress mode, I:

1. Chain Smoke

and

2. Cry for a short period once per day

The chain smoking is self explanatory. The crying is wierd, but when you are under a tremendous amount of stress for a prolonged period, you kind of need some release. Usually, things will add up all day and then one last thing goes wrong and I just can't help it. Then I am fine!

Yeah I'll kick anyone on this board's ass at Monkey target! Welcome... Ben Matlock???

I escape from the stresses of life by reflecting on the idea of growing old with YDDD. Sigh.

KITTIES!

This makes me laugh... laughing reduces stress...

Your link didn't work for me, therefore, I have this to tell you. Noone likes you.

and being a loner also reduces stress.

Stephanie- Taking out old plaster and lathe walls with a sledgehammer is much more gratifying than gypsum board, you should try it some time. It is a lot more messy though.

Alcohol and nicotine and fresh outdoor air relieve my stress.

the price is right theme has one of the greatest bass lines ever. right up there with archie bell and the drell's "the tighten-up" and sugarhill gang's "rapper's delight."

ummm... oops! didn't work for me either... let me try again..

...http://www.rathergood.com/punk_kittens/

if this one doesn't work... I declare myself computer illiterate

Good idea. I might have to try that sometime. If any of you are ever remodelling your house, you could have me come and take down some walls. It would be fun.

you should really listen to chic. "rapper's delight" is sampled from the chic song "good times". bernard edwards is quite possibly my favorite bassist ever. download the chic song "everybody dance" if you want to hear crazy bass playing.

I've always liked the bass lines on Jackson 5 songs. I can't remember which brother played bass, and I don't know if it was him actually playing, but I like it.

you're awesome. i'm obsessed with the golden girls. those ladies are great stress relievers. i'm also insanely addicted to trading spaces. if i miss a day, i become depressed, almost as if mr. rogers died or something (and it's very sad that he did. )

(Edited by FlyingFeaturesFan'sGF at 9:10 pm on Mar. 9, 2003)

you too are awesome as jackson 5 is hysterically awesome. you have no idea of my insane obsession.

i really dont get stressed as much as i get like anxiety attacks when trying to plan stuff with my friends and nothings workin out. not drivin makes everything 100 times more difficult. but usually music chills me out. and naps.

i drink lots of coffee, or anything of that sort. cappuccino, frappuccino, latte.....mmm....i need one now. that doesn't actually deal with stress, but if i have enough caffiene i can't remember my name almost, so i forget the stress momentarily. it's nice.

im more of a tea person myself. oh, and i love me some jackson 5 too.

tea is good too. as long as it has caffiene, it's all good.

I have a bout 20 different kinds of tea in my apartment. oh how i love it. i like coffee too, if i drink a lot of it it makes me want to clean. so does speed. ah well.
i was stressed out today, lets see what did i do, i stalked a cute boy and drank some beer. i listened to some bad music and it made me cry then i felt like a tool for crying so i cheered up.

and punk kittens - the greatest thing ive ever seen!!!!!!!!!

thats great. the quote from my signature is from Blanche

ah! i knew i recognized that quote! and what a great blanche quote that is.

I usually relieve stress by making an Excel spreadsheet of some sort that organizes my comics, cds, or Top 100 tv shows.

On the topic of "Golden Girls" I, upon consulting my spreadsheet, can say that it is my #18 favorite show of all time. I love it, even though that apparently puts all of my heterosexuality into question.

On the topic of "Trading Spaces," I have to use that as a springboard to talk about what IWElvis, HSSoma and myself discovered this weekend: TLC's "What Not To Wear." Oh wow that show is hilarious. Basically, these two horribly dressed stylists ridicule and harrass someone dressed even worse than themselves, and they eventually give them a makeover (after giving the person a couple of complexes). We also discovered a great show called "Cheaters" that is so trashy it can only come on after 2 AM.

And, I agree that going to Florida can relieve stress. As well as a long game of Four Square.

Yes, all of these Golden Girls references have made me wonder if we don't have more gay members.

Gosh, that's such a stereotype, I know. But it still makes me wonder...

You know exactly how gay I am.

Indeed.

the people on this board also know about how gay i am.

I dunno, I guess I just find geriatric women discussing their sex lives blindingly hilarious. Plus it might be that I watched it with my mom while I was really young, so there is some sort of tie there. Of course that also makes me a momma's boy as well. Geez, liking "Golden Girls" curses me twice over.

i watched it with my grandmother. there's nothing to be ashamed of. all of the characters are great. blanche devero's a tramp.

Hilarious? Really??? I've always found the show to be strangely erotic... but I wouldn't say it's funny.

Well the fact that it's erotic just goes unsaid. Of course it's erotic, and Betty White has been known to "get me hot and bothered." The fact that the show is also funny just adds to the eroticism.

the truth of the matter is, the golden girls is the greatest show ever. erotic, funny, geriatric, hilarious, scary...all in one.

and what a great message it has! like mr. rogers did. oh wait, i forgot, the golden girls don't really have a point or a message. oh well, it's still the greatest show ever.

i just thought of another show that is relaxing for me. full house. it's the best show ever for relieving stress (aside from the golden girls). it's all just so perfect and michelle is so cute that it just makes you want to smile and live in a family where you sit down and have breakfast together and smile politely and don't get rushed. (aka-leave it to beaver....but that's another story) when i was little, my best friend and i never missed an episode of full house but we referred to it as "michelle is on!!!!" it was so cute. i miss those days. i want to be 6 again.....or younger even.

anyway, do any of you enjoy full house?

(Edited by FlyingFeaturesFan'sGF at 7:56 pm on Mar. 12, 2003)

"Full House" is definitely a guilty pleasure. I knew that the show sucked back then, and I still know that it is horrible, but I still watch it. It is our generation's "The Brady Bunch." I'm just waiting for a "Full House" E! True Hollywood Story.

Ohhh, that would be so good. Imagine the scandal: The Olson twins and Jodie Sweetin are caught shooting up with Andrea Barber.

Eating French Fries are a good way to relieve stress, or Freedom Fries as the Bush administration has ordered them renamed.

And I wanted to see more of the Gia plot on Full House...the forcing Stephanie to smoke cigarettes and go to a make out party left me wanting more scandal.

dude, i've got a better idea than a full house special on e!...
full house dvd boxed set!! WHERE IS IT?!?!? why does it not exist yet?? i'll be a happy happy girl the day that is released. Who cares if it's the whole show, the first season, or a best-of collection...anything would rock my world.

"freedom fries"...i read about that the other day. it reminds me of WWI's "liberty lettuce" (aka sauerkraut). during WWI people also drug dachshund hounds from the back of their cars. that sickens me. let's hope the poodles stay safe.

i also liked gia. she told everyone that stephanie payed some guy to go out with her. what a bitch. it started to suck when she and steph actually became friends though. where's the entertainment in that? but so is the way of full house....

With one test behind me and two more to go this week, I am dealing with a great deal of stress. But, I have found that right after a test, when I am walking out of the room, I feel like a million dollars. So, Friday, I plan on relieving my stress by leaving the room after my Experimental Psych test and then going to Chattanooga to meet up with TF. Two very good antecdotes for stress relief in one day. YAY.

Oh, and I liked Gia, too.

(Edited by StephanieW at 9:59 pm on Mar. 12, 2003)

I liked the episode that featured Gia and Stephanie forming a band alongside Unknown Girl and Kimmy Gibbler. Kimmy? Since when did Steph like Kimmy? That always confused me. Of course, the band covered Ace of Base's "The Sign." Geez...those were the bad days of Full House.

And, unfortunately, I would probably buy a Full House DVD set of some sort.

Yes, and I guess 7th Heaven is now trying to fill that bill. Too bad 7th Heaven is sub-par.

Full House = good stuff, as does Who's the Boss? Some may say Growing Pains, too, but I never got into that show as much.

i agree. full house and who's the boss are wonderful shows, but growing pains and 7th heaven are wanna-bes. they will never amount to anything.

yeah gia brought conflict to the show. i loved that girl. she kinda screwed up the whole scene of perfection.

7th heaven is my guiltiest of guilty pleasures. i used to be obsessed with it. i'd watch it at least once a day (sometimes twice). i never watched the newer episodes though. the cast is all screwed up now. i don't watch that much tv anymore.

i'm just tried cherry cola flavored mike and ikes....odd but enjoyable.

I'm glad to hear someone else affirm the guilty-pleasureness of 7th Heaven. It is undisputedly a terrible show, and I think sometimes I watch it just to make me mad. I loved it that even the "drunk" episode didn't actually entail the kid getting drunk of his own accord. Someone spiked the punch and he seriously couldn't taste it but still got in a lot of trouble and was considered totally demoralized. Neuboy thinks the dad on the show kind of looks likea much older Matt Meeks but I don't really see it.

the best ep of full house, by far, was when danny's sister came in town to visit and hooked up with joey. as a result, uncle jesse made out with a chimpanzee. jesse was actually trying so hard not to laugh during that scene, but how do you not start cracking up while a monkey licks your face?!? classic.

I hate "Full House" more than any show in the universe. I never found it cute, charming, or funny. I thought it was HORRIBLE! I'll take "Who's the Boss?," "Growing Pains," or "Mr. Belvedere" any day. When I was a kid, I knew a lady who thought I looked just like Wesley on "Mr. Belvedere," but I never saw the connection.

On a "Full House" note, I met John Stamos briefly once. However, unlike Sina's celebrity stories, mine doesn't end with alcohol or a bizarre sexual encounter.

I used to love Full House when I was little, but I hated the last few seasons and never watched those. I cannot watch it now. I think its terrible.

Who's The Boss? on the other hand, I have always loved and always will. It brings back such fond memories from my childhood. I love it. . . That crazy Tony Danza.

Growing Pains has also always been one of my favorites, and I would still love to watch it but can never catch it on.

7th Heaven makes me sick. I hate it more than any other TV show I can think of. I'm getting mad thinking about it.

I loved that show! Mr. Belvedere was the shit! Not to mention my love for Silver Spoon and the almighty Dukes of Hazzard.

Lest I neglect to mention American Gladiators.

(Edited by richarddawson at 1:21 pm on Mar. 13, 2003)

full house was allright; im not obsessed or hateful. 7th heaven rules me. my friend aryn and i are obsessed with it. its just so terrible. i remember once one of the girls from 7th heaven was on "the list" and she chose "bye bye bye" as the worst break up song of all time. I guess the cats sucks as much as their characters do.

freedom fries? is this for real? god that makes me want to vomit.

Amen. It's so incredibly shallow, undynamic and saccharine. It makes me gag. And the younger girl on there...does she look odd to anyone else, or is that just me?

she looks that way because her blood is full of jesus.

LOL I freakin' never watched 7th Heaen until last semester. My roomate watched it all of the time so, ocassionally I would be subjected to it. I was like, man this is her "soap opera." But get this, she watches 7th heaven all christian like, and then she watches Springer , Divorce Court and Jenny Jones... and she curses their guest as she waches them lol...

My roommate actually tapes this show. Uggh.

Ahhh, what a shame.

Confession: I used to have the hots for John Stamos.

hey, he had great hair....

its ok. i had a HUGE poster of kurt cameron on my wall and worshipped it nightly.

funny... I had a Joey Lawrence phase..

I still own his cd and I am not ashamed.

WOAH!

And everyone is forgetting the epitome of cool that was Sasha Mitchell, also known as "Cody" from Step By Step. Any guy whose catch phrase was "Whoah...ice cream headache!" totally rules in my book.

okay, I vaguely remember watching "Dallas" as a wee one.. so I am probably wrong about this... but wasn't Sasha Mitchell on Dallas first? I know Patrick Duffey was... but it seems like Sasha Mitchell played his son on "Dallas"?... I don't know!

According to my mom, Sasha played the bastard son of JR.

I do.

7th Heaven sucks.

holy fuck!! there was a point in time wheni knew every word to that CD. i sold it, though...

ok if you mean kirk cameron (which i assume you do) then i went through a small phase where i loved him. however, i had no idea that in real life, he is the brother of DJ on full house. i am quite the ditzy person, but i had no idea.

when i'm at home, i bake to relieve stress. i don't really get stressed in front of the girls. or at least i don't show it.

i save it for when i go to work. and then i take it out on customers and message board members. (and not just this message board.) well, really anyone i come in contact with that i don't like. but, hey, at least i stopped punching people.

He got arrested a couple times for beating his wife. I'm not sure that's cool, but I still like Stone Cold Steve Austin, so who am I to judge?

holy fuck! are you serious?! its so wwird to see a guy like that on TV turn all Leo johnsons on us.

\yes, i meant kirk cameron. i don't think enough of him to even get his name right.

I recently saw Kirk Cameron preaching on a Christian t.v. station. He also starred in the movie based on those awful Left Behind books that you see at every Wal-Mart. Oh, and YDDD and I were lucky enought to catch the second half of the Full House movie on t.v. last month. Interesting, I hadn't seen Kirk in years; now he's popping up in all kinds of bad media.

pg 489

Is the New World Order sterilizing your baby girls with pesticides and dye on oranges? Find out in my book.

I'm scared.

Me, too, Carl. Me, too.

HA HA!

speaking of who's the boss from a few posts back, did anyone know that tony danza was in a porn? and he's famous for "the danza" some sort of move he makes . . .
i know, its disturbing. apparently its common knowledge, too.

and sexy sadie, im glad you got my peaks reference

(Edited by stalker on skates at 7:16 am on Mar. 20, 2003)

I knew that, and I believe the move is called the Tony Danza Limp D**k Slap.

I have nothing to back this up.

Ha. Ha. Now this sounds like porno worth renting.

wasn't danza a baseball player before he was on taxi?

No, but he did star in the adult film "KnuckleBalls" and I believe he had a cameo in "Fenway Pork" as the shortstop for the Houston Asstros.

I have nothing to back this up.

Danza was actually a boxer before Taxi... hence his character's side hobby. And was also the object of affection for Sir Elton John. "Hold me clo-ose Tony Danza..."

I'll never again listen to (or sing along with) that song the same way...

You so got that from Phoebe on "Friends."

I haven't watched Friends in 5-6 years... but I'm not claiming it for myself either... I had a friend in college that would sing that all the time. Funny stuff at 4 in the morning.