Why Daylight Savings Time Makes Me Want to Punch a Koala

Well, if you are reading this right now, it should be 9:30 PM, but because we want to save energy or some other nonsense, it is only 8:30 PM.  You are probably thinking "YEAH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME" right?  WRONG.  Wrong on so many levels.

First of all, daylight savings time doesn't make any sense in Michigan.  In the High Five of America, we do not get any sunlight during the winter months.  Literally, it is like a giant black storm cloud just situates itself over the Great Lakes region and smolders until it decides that it's had it's fun.  Then it moves somewhere else (like Europe or something.  I don't know.)  Even when we pay homage to the storm cloud, it is never pleased.  So this whole energy saving idea that daylight savings time is supposed to represent doesn't really matter because there isn't any daylight to save.

Second of all, this obviously isn't a good idea since not everyone does it.  Just look at Arizona, Hawaii and some other places I can't remember.  They don't celebrate (I think that's what you do.  At 2AM, everyone cheers when their cell phones go back an hour) with the rest of us.  Way to stand up to peer pressure Arizona, Hawaii and unnamed locations.  Way to be different and work against this horrible thing.

Third of all, daylight savings time made me late for work.  I am usually never late or miss a day of work because A.) I'm poor and can't afford to and B.) Because work is entertaining (who doesn't love feeding old people for eight hours?!?!?)  I was up until two in the morning celebrating the arrival of daylight savings time.  However, my alarm clock doesn't believe in daylight savings time (I guess) because it didn't change.  My cell phone changed, but nothing else.  So I, being of sound mind, changed my alarm clock back EXACTLY one hour.  I went to bed and didn't think anything of it.

Next thing I know, I'm getting angry phone calls from my coworkers complaining that I'm not there.  I look at my clock and it says it's only 5:47 AM.  I look at my phone:  6:47 AM!!!!!  My alarm clock apparently believes that daylight savings time begins at 3:00AM and not 2:00AM like the rest of the freaking world (except Arizona, Hawaii and the forgotten lands).  WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ALARM CLOCK?  You think you're so much better than the rest of us that you are able to make up your own daylight savings time?!?!  Not in my house!

So, I speed to work and make it there in basically 10 minutes.  Work was fine.  Except we didn't have dip.  And it was Sunday.  We always have dip on Sunday.  Damper on the day.

So...yeah...I don't really know where the whole Koala thing came about.  But here's a picture of a Koala so you think its relevant:



And here is a picture of Koala Yummies because they are the best thing in the world:



I wish I had some Koala Yummies right now...  :(