Uncontrollable Laughter 2

           It’s time to write about another time this semester where I laughed uncontrollably. Last time, I wrote about the time I helped my brother Mitchell move into college at Ouachita Baptist University. He’s a freshman, so the process can be kind of scary, but we were able to share a great moment together that at least I will remember for a long time. And just to update everyone, Mitch is doing great at Ouachita. He loves his classes and is doing great in them. He is also getting involved on campus and hopes to join a fraternity in the spring. Ok, I think that’s enough about Mitch.

            I mentioned her in the last uncontrollable laughter blog, but if you didn’t read it, I have a girlfriend named Sydney. Sydney and I met on campus at TCU our freshman year. Actually, we met for the first time before classes had even started. But that’s another story for another time. We have been dating for a little less than two years now, so naturally we hang out all the time. A few weeks ago, Sydney and I were perusing the Internet, switching back and forth between iwastesomuchtime.com and BuzzFeed or something like it. Most of the time we look for funny things or lists or whatever that will make us laugh a lot. This time, though, we hit the jackpot.

            Sydney stumbled onto some compilation of “22 dogs that just can’t handle it right now” or something like that, an we started going through the list. Sydney is a big fan of dogs. She used to have one, but after she moved out of her parents’ house for college, they gave the dog to her grandparents. I’m also definitely a dog person, although I don’t think I see as much humor dogs making weird faces as she does.

            As we go through the list, Sydney laughs at every picture, and I’m laughing too. Most of the pictures are dogs making weird faces in the water or something like that. We get to this one picture, I forget which one it was, but Sydney starts laughing hysterically. Suddenly, I start laughing uncontrollably as well. I think that my laughter was caused more by Sydney’s laughter than the actual picture. We must have laughed for a solid minute or so before we calmed down.

            This fit of uncontrollable laughter definitely improved my outlook on the week. I think I was stressed out about a bunch of tests coming up and a project presentation that I was definitely not prepared to give, and it helped me to not dread those things as much. If I had to guess, I’d say it had a similar effect on Sydney.

            I think it’s really important to laugh. It’s a great stress reliever, and everyone can use a good stress reliever nowadays. I’m not sure why those early Christian theologians were so against laughter. Maybe it’s because they weren’t especially funny. Since no one would laugh at their jokes, maybe they decided that no one could laugh at anyone’s jokes.