Ragnaros ready to fight!

Relaxing is an art I've perfected in my months of unemployment. That's not to say I'm practically comatose - I've had more than my fair share of stress to unwind from this past year. Worrying where my next meal's coming from, scrapping with Pook over the state of the flat, the pseudo-break-up last week... situations like these call for a carefully-crafted three-step relaxation routine like the one I've developed.

Step 1: Get on World of Warcraft and solo an instance. Like, go to Molten Core and nuke Ragnaros or something. Show those fire elementals what the Horde's made of. That'll learn 'em.

Step 2: Soak in a nice, hot bubble bath scented with green tea, rice milk and jasmine, with the TV on for company. (Our landlord freakin' rocks for installing a flat-screen TV right above our tub.)

Step 3: Get a soothing yet humorous anime running on the computer - Fruits Basket is a favourite of mine for times like these - and snuggle up in bed. Let's face it, no stress you've got can be worse than the Sohma family curse.

When you wake up in the morning, you're guaranteed to be completely chilled out and floating on air. Feel free to substitute in the violent video game/bubble bath flavour/bedtime viewing material of your choice.