Tuesdays suck. The traditional maxims for the work week are "Thank God it's Friday" (TGIF), "Thirsty Thursday", Wednesday as "Hump Day", and... whatever cliche negative connotations people attach to Mondays. To my knowledge, there aren't any sayings or nicknames associated with Tuesdays (maybe I'm just ignorant, though), and I think I've come to figure out why: Tuesdays suck.
I'm a little over a year into my post-college single working man's lifestyle and I find various reasons to keep myself busy in the evening and be tired at work the following morning, but I've found that Tuesday seems to drag along much more slowly than the other 5 days of the week, and to figure out why, I've broken down the days of the week in no particular order.
Friday: It's the weekend. Even if nothing pops up at night, there's always sleeping in on Saturday morning to look forward to. Good times.
Monday: It's supposed to be the worst day of the week, but it's really not. If you had a great weekend, the memories are still fresh enough on Monday that you're still riding the wave of good feelings-- keep that in mind. If you had a terrible weekend, you have a brand new week ahead of you with plenty of helpful distractions lined up (i.e. your job). If it was neither, you probably got plenty of rest so there's nothing to complain about. A typical weekend usually falls somewhere between those limits, and your left with either plenty on your mind on Monday or plenty of rest to get yourself going. Also, Monday Night Football and even Monday Night Raw for those of us who enjoy being entertained, scripted or otherwise.
Thursday: It's practically the weekend, so usually you can either start planning for Friday and beyond, or you can start planning on how you're getting through you're hangover at work on Friday. Even if you're not into that lifestyle, Thursday's typically a great night for TV: Louie, Wilfred, The League, quality stuff. Also Thursday Night Football for anyone with NFL Network.
Wednesday: The aforementioned "Hump Day". The high point of the work week in the sense that it's all downhill after Wednesday, as in downhill towards a life of debauchery and poor decision making, as in the weekend either starts tomorrow or the day after. Heck, some places let you get the weekend started early with specials like dollar beers every Wednesday, so Wednesday is generally nothing to pout about. Which of course brings us to...
Tuesday: Far enough from the previous weekend that the wave of good feelings is probably long gone, and far enough from the upcoming weekend that there's no real need to start making plans or getting excited about anything. Not much on TV. If you live in a big enough city, you can probably find something to do on a Tuesday night, but if that's the case, you could probably find something to do any night. Probably ideal for a gym day, but there's really no day that can't be a gym day if you can afford to make the time for it. Tuesday just kind of sits there, twiddling its thumbs while the rest of the week finds ways to be interesting or attention grabbing. Dragging its feet while most of the working world (those with conventional Monday-Friday schedules) gets ready to proclaim how happy they are that Wednesday is here, which means Wednesday is almost over, which means the week is almost over, which means the weekend is finally here, mimicking the excitement of clumsily tinkering with a bra strap as you go for second base. No one gets excited over Tuesday. That would be like getting excited while tinkering with a bra strap that was still on the rack at Wal-Mart. It's almost sad in a lonely, under-appreciated and undervalued way....
But, if talking about Tuesdays leads you to sad depressive thoughts about the loneliest, least fun day of the week, do you really need more proof of how much it sucks?