The Early Bird gets the Worm
They say the early bird gets the worm. I don’t know who they are, but in my humble opinion, they should mind their own business. I mean, who started this stupid rumor? Was it the birds? Is this some sort of avian conspiracy? If so, I hope they all catch a case of the bird flu.
I call BS on this whole “early bird” theory. It implies that people who wake up early, or accomplish things first, will reap all the benefits. That’s ridiculous. It’s not advantageous to be the first one up in the morning. Just ask the worm.
That idiom is a buzzkill. It assumes that all birds have an equal chance of being up at the crack of dawn, when, in actuality, some birds face additional hardships. You know, like the poverty-stricken birds that can’t afford alarm clocks. They are stuck on bird-feed stamps. They live in cardboard nests.
And on the other end of the spectrum, you’ve got birds with an upper wing. Roosters are always up early. That’s kind of their thing.
And don’t get me started on night owls.
In all seriousness, not everyone is a morning person. Some people thrive at night. We shouldn’t have to follow any set schedule. We can accomplish greatness whenever we want.
I don’t want to live in a world where I can only be successful if I wake up at the butt-crack of dawn. I’m always late to everything, so my life would forever be a disaster. I’d probably end up with the shittiest job ever. I’d be working some super sketch third-shift job at a nuclear testing facility scrubbing poop off of radioactive toilets. So yes, it’d be a shitty job indeed.
And worst of all, I’d be a loser. I wouldn’t make a name for myself. No one would know my name. They’d call me Hell. They’d call me Stacey. That’s not my name. That’s not my name.
All because of a stupid expression about a stupid bird. Sigh. I guess I’ll get over it. It’s not worth the trouble. The early bird can keep his damn worm. I don’t want to eat a nasty ass invertebrate anyway. Call me crazy, but I believe that sleeping-in and having a mediocre existence sounds much better than chomping down on a squirmy, nasty bug.
Unless the worm is gummy.
122 Comments
Chrys
WILL WORK FOR ALARM CLOCK!? Dude. That's amazing. How do you think of this stuff, honestly? It's genius 🙂
I eat sour worms too. With the sugar on them in the colourful packets. Teehee 🙂 Candy = goooood.
It was a cow, btw. And I have no clue what it was doing in a dog house, lol. Maybe it was cold 😀 And yeah, the sky in the first one is really, really pretty!!
I'd love to be affies. I'll put your link up on my homepage 😀 Woohoo.
Lillie
lmaos. ur so funny 😀
always make me smile ^-^
Gel
Hahaha another interesting blog entry from Justin :p This semester in school we've been having 730 classes everyday and i'm proud to say that i've never been late in any of my classes in the morning!
Evtiff
Your blog was true and veryy intresting lol. haha i think im an early bird sometimes, depends if i have a commitment. lol and i love sour worms too. and fo sho ur on this list=]
Candy
hahaha! the post was amusing to read, but do really expect me to believe that you dont have dreams or strive for anything in life? I'm sorry to read about this attitude.
Ben
I don't want to be the early bird. The late bird gets felt sorry for so the others give him their worms resulting in the late bird being the winner and getting the worms.
Brent
You give new definition to the word over-exaggerating the metaphor.
Alya
Haha you eat worms if they are sour! Wow.
I can't wake up early either. I woke up today on about 2:00 pm… My mom was entering my room every second. saying: "Alya! wake up lazy head!!" lol hehe XD
Anyways, Yah my happy days are over. I don't know if they are over though, at least that's what my mom said!! Evil her.
Lucky laptop. I can't trash it anymore. But still I need an external.
Liz
lol! poor birdie hahaha xD
Ria
Down with early mornings. I don't wake up before 12 p.m. unless I'm being paid. lol.
Meaghan!
Lol. That reminds me of swimming caps XD Because it makes me look foolishly bald. And swim caps remind me of swimming =/ We have practice everyday now D: Super tiring.
Thanks :] I probably will make you one :0 I only bailed because I forgot about it haha.
Ahhh! We learned about idioms in like 5th grade, forgot about 'em all D:
That means I won't be successful, I'm not a morning person 🙁 I absolutely HATE mornings.
Ewwie, worms 🙁 They are so gross. They don't even have eyes :0
Esme
I don't really like waking up early either.
I can when I need to, but then most of the time I would be angry =P
Ariel
Haha Justin, I love how weird you are…but I mean weird in a good way O_O don't kill me!!
Ahh, I've been running around, doing nothing. But my friend and I finally opened our graphics site today(night). Check it out if you have time/want to.
http://etude.colour-theory.org
April
I hate waking up early. Blah. I don't want worms either, yucky. hahaha!
Kaylee
I don't mind if Mr. Chirpy eats all the worms. Like you said, I don't want worms, anyway 😛 But I like waking up earlier than everyone else! You can plan their downfall while they're still sleeping ;D
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