{"id":2333,"date":"2012-01-06T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2012-01-06T09:24:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T13:24:43","slug":"friday-is-the-new-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=2333","title":{"rendered":"Friday is the New Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only six days into the new year, and here it is already Friday.\u00a0 The ManFaq is gone (<a title=\"ManFAQ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?page_id=1101\" target=\"_blank\">Long Live the ManFAQ<\/a>), but I needed something to while away the empty, sleepless\u00a0hours and keep the darkness at bay.\u00a0 You&#8217;re all used to seeing <strong>some<\/strong>thing here on Fridays, and I&#8217;m so used to posting something here on Fridays that I figured, why not?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And so a new feature was born:\u00a0 The Big Ugly Horoscope.\u00a0 Fridays around noon, assuming this server and I ever agree on what timezone we&#8217;re working with, you&#8217;ll have a chance to catch up with your own personal astroilogical future for the weekend and next week &#8211; your daily dose of destiny under your sign.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure you can&#8217;t wait.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how it goes for a few months; if it sucks or I get bored with it, we&#8217;ll find something else to do &#8211; if it&#8217;s OK, we&#8217;ll give it the year.\u00a0 Let me know.\u00a0 As for the first one, though, you&#8217;re on:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2337\" title=\"Aries\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ari.gif\" alt=\"Aries\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Aries (The Ram):<\/em>\u00a0 You might be all that, but if you don&#8217;t stop basking in your own awesomeness, you&#8217;re never going to get that proposal finished.\u00a0 Shut up and listen to yourself.\u00a0 Hear that?\u00a0 That&#8217;s the sound of you procrastinating, you lazy slug.\u00a0 Why are you still reading this?\u00a0 Get to work!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2346\" title=\"Taurus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tau.gif\" alt=\"Taurus\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Taurus (The Bull):<\/em>\u00a0 You know the difference between laid-back and passive-aggressive?\u00a0 Yeah, I&#8217;ll just bet you do.\u00a0 I used to drive a Taurus, and you know what?\u00a0 It was a lemon.\u00a0 I traded it in.\u00a0 For a pack of gum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2340\" title=\"Gemini \" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gem.gif\" alt=\"Gemini \" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Gemini (The Twins):\u00a0<\/em> You know you want it.\u00a0 This week, you&#8217;re going to get it.\u00a0 Be ready.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2338\" title=\"Cancer \" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/can.gif\" alt=\"Cancer \" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Cancer (The Crab):\u00a0<\/em> The Sagittarius two offices down from you wants your job and will stop at nothing to get it.\u00a0 They&#8217;re already sleeping with the boss.\u00a0 Cover your ass next week, or start surfing Monster.com.\u00a0 I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2341\" title=\"Leo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/leo.gif\" alt=\"Leo\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Leo (The Lion):\u00a0<\/em> Oh geez.\u00a0 Are you really going to wear <strong>that<\/strong> tonight?\u00a0 Was it on sale or something?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2347\" title=\"Virgo \" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/vir.gif\" alt=\"Virgo \" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Virgo (The Virgin):\u00a0<\/em> Perhaps it would be best if you said nothing at all.\u00a0 This would be a good week to keep your pie hole shut.\u00a0 Capisce?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2342\" title=\"Libra\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/lib.gif\" alt=\"Libra\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Libra (The Scale):\u00a0<\/em> You&#8217;re going to be invited to dinner this weekend, but you&#8217;re not going to go.\u00a0 You&#8217;re going to think about that invitation, wondering who else would have been there, while you&#8217;re heating up that shitty microwave diet food and feeling good about not drinking that beer that you know is in the downstairs fridge.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all OK.\u00a0 They&#8217;re having a lousy time anyway, and you going wouldn&#8217;t have helped.\u00a0 That restaurant sucks; they&#8217;ll never go back, and they&#8217;ll ask you on Tuesday how you knew.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t tell them you hate them.\u00a0 Just smile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2345\" title=\"Scorpio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sco.gif\" alt=\"Scorpio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Scorpio (The Scorpion):<\/em>\u00a0 Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down there.\u00a0 No need to go all ninja on people just because you can.\u00a0 Last week was bad, but it&#8217;s over.\u00a0 Put it behind you, and next week try to keep the body count to a minimum.\u00a0 Zero is a good goal.\u00a0 Your lucky numbers are 13 and Pi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2344\" title=\"Sagittarius \" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sag.gif\" alt=\"Sagittarius \" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Sagittarius (The Archer):\u00a0<\/em> I know what you did last summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2339\" title=\"Capricorn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/cap.gif\" alt=\"Capricorn\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Capricorn (The Sea-Goat):\u00a0<\/em> It&#8217;s your birthday, all week this week!\u00a0 Party on, Garth.\u00a0 Party on, Wayne.\u00a0 This is a good week to invest in that bullshit scheme your brother-in-law keeps trying to get you to give him money for.\u00a0 Party on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2336\" title=\"Aquarius\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/aqu.gif\" alt=\"Aquarius\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Aquarius (The Water Bearer):\u00a0<\/em> OK Gunga Din, time to get serious about that degree.\u00a0 You can only fake it and make it on your looks for so long, and you&#8217;re what?\u00a0 72?\u00a0 73?\u00a0 If you ever want to be more than just &#8220;that guy who used to carry the bucket&#8221; you&#8217;re going to need to find some self-discipline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2343\" title=\"Pisces\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pis.gif\" alt=\"Pisces\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><em>Pisces (The Fish):\u00a0<\/em> Why does it always come down to sushi?\u00a0 You&#8217;ve got some kind of sick, cannibalistic death-wish, don&#8217;t you?\u00a0 Are you still masturbating?\u00a0 Next week&#8217;s not a good\u00a0week to stop.\u00a0 The week after that doesn&#8217;t look too good either.\u00a0 You&#8217;re not going to get laid so much as get hooked.\u00a0 Deal with it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Big Ugly Horoscope.  Catch up with your own personal astro-illogical future for the weekend and next week &#8211; your daily dose of destiny under your sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}