Day 192: Excuses

Day 192 and I still have not missed a single day. I still am both proud and surprised about myself. Most of the times I write either late in the afternoon or late in the evening. As long as it is before midnight it is fine.

The thought about missing a day got me thinking about excuses. What would be a good reason to miss a day? So today’s Top 10 is a list of lame excuses for being late, not doing your homework, not finishing your blog or presentation, etc. Here we go!


  1. My alarm clock didn’t go off because my pet hamster was playing with the snooze button.
  2. I accidentally time traveled and got stuck in the wrong decade.
  3. I was abducted by aliens who wanted to borrow my pen for intergalactic paperwork.
  4. I was chasing a rainbow, hoping to find the pot of gold, and lost track of time.
  5. My laptop was hijacked by Nigerian scammers, I had to pay them to get access again.
  6. I was busy searching for the fountain of youth but got lost in a maze of skincare products.
  7. I accidentally joined a marathon without realizing it, and couldn’t stop until I crossed the finish line.
  8. I had a severe case of spontaneous temporary amnesia and forgot all about the deadline.
  9. My pen ran out of ink, and I had to search the entire city for a store that sold refills.
  10. I’m sorry for being late. You won’t believe it, but I got caught in an intense game of rock-paper-scissors with a street mime, and we ended up in a tiebreaker that lasted longer than expected.