~ when I neglect doing something important for school in order to hear a friend tell me things about their life that they usually don’t reveal to anyone, only to have me say I have to go after hours of being online, having the person get greatly offended, saying, “Oh I see, I have all the time in the world for everyone but no one has time for me” and signing off before I have a chance to say anything…
~ having a friend telling me that he wants to kill himself and knowing that he may very well do it.
fundamentalism of any sort
Silver Platter kids. (Guess what, guys! It doesn’t matter how you got here- now that you’re away from Daddy, you have to pull your own weight.)
writer’s block
not being taken seriously because of my age
girls who think I want to jump them
boys who think they can change me
hatred in the name of God
the great white noise that is the gay media at large
quietgirl’s family o’ rednecks
people who ignore the basic rules of grammer, spelling, and coherence
being lumped into a group of people that I feel I have nothing in common with
and, finally… heathens who insist that flavors other than peppermint are the superior Altoids. Heathens.
[sub]gotta get the levity in there somewhere…[/sub]
Anyone on the net who can’t spell properly.
Anyone who blames bad spelling or grammar on ICQ, chat rooms or their spell checkers.
Anyone who can’t or won’t punctuate properly.
The substitution of letters or numbers for sounds (“how r u doing?”)
People who wear kilts.
People who make fun of kilts.
Anybody who associates the word “eh” with Canada.
Female comedians (Jerry Lewis was right; most aren’t funny).
Old Saturday Night Live re-runs.
The word “docudrama”.
Hype about e-business.
The fact that movies based on novels invariably suck.
Really dumb people.
Moderately dumb people.
Somewhat dumb people.
Anyone who falls into a stereotype of his/her race, religion, etc.
Anything directly involving american politics.
The NDP.
The fact that my computer may need to be replaced soon.
FPS computer games.
Pro Wrestling or anything related to it.
Pro Sports or anything related to them.
The price of gasoline.
The price of coffee.
Pretentious behavior.
When people wear thick-rimmed glasses on purpose.
White cowboy hats.
Polaroid’s new useless cameras, and the commercials for them.
That guy in the polaroid commercial wearing thick-rimmed glasses and a white cowboy hat.
People who don’t know proper cell phone etiquette.
The Christmas season.
Christmas specials that incorrectly identify the “true spirit/meaning of Chirstmas”.
Québec separatism.
Internet sites that take forever to load, despite my cable modem connection.
I don’t care for being behind a bus in the HOV lane because they always go slower than the posted speed limit and you can’t get around them.
Other things that rub me the wrong way (today):
People with perfect children.
HeRBerT’s (Holy Rolling Bible Thumpers) with their “I’m not perfect, just forgiven” and holier than thou attitude.
Hypocrits in every walk of life, but especially in HeRBerTs!
Having to tell my kid the same thing over and over and over again.
Not being independently wealthy.
People who won’t take a stand on ANYthing.
Anything that’s PC. (btw, do hard core vegetarians wear leather products?)
Guys who don’t know the meaning of the word “foreplay”.
People who think they know everything (they really annoy those of us who do!)
People who justify everything they do through rose colored glasses.
People who become “professional victims” through justification and because it’s always someone else’s fault and life’s just not fair.
When people buy something from one store and try to return it at another store that’s selling it at a higher price and they actually GET AWAY WITH IT. With my luck, this model would have been on clearance at the new store for $0.99!
The smell of cigarette smoke, and obnoxious smokers who aren’t considerate of non-smokers who hate the smell of cigarette smoke.
Office politics.
The fact that I can’t seem to end this list!
Our extremely crowded working conditions (sharing little partial cubie-desks with 2 other shifts.)
Having to do system checks in one UNIX directory, and having to cd back to another to add new users then back to the other one…(why don’t they just put the darned command in the path???–never mind, geek/tech thing)
Working shifts where I don’t get to see my hubby.
Working 2 double shifts in the same week for meetings that I really don’t need to attend, but are mandatory.
Non-work hates:
“There’s the banjo serenader, and the others of his race,
And the piano-organist–I’ve got him on the list!
And the people who eat peppermint and puff it in your face,
They never would be miss’d–they never would be miss’d!
Then the idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
All centuries but this, and every country but his own;
And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy,
And who “doesn’t think she dances, but would rather like to try”;
And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist–
I don’t think she’d be missed–I’m sure she’d not he missed!”
(Apologees to Mr. Gilbert.)
Not saying you do this, having never seen you drive, but if you’re hanging on the slower person’s ass, don’t be surprised if they don’t get out of your way. No one likes to be pushed around by bullies. Also, if the people to their right are going slower than them, why should they have to get out of your way when they’re still moving faster than the rest of traffic? Remember, that 2,000 pound hunk of metal you’re hurtling down the highway in is just a split second from being a deathtrap due to one thoughtless or frustrated mistake. How often is it worth risking yours or someone else’s life to gain those extra few seconds to reach your destination?
Oh, in case you can’t figure it out, my list of things I dislike include people who think they’re invincible on the highway, people who run redlights, tailgaters, and people who speed well beyond what everyone else on the road is doing (I’m talking 90 when everyone else is doing 65 even if the speed limit is 55). Oh, and I also dislike parents who let their underage children drive without supervision resulting in a crash the day after Christmas that completely totals our Neon even if the result is a brand new F150 extended cab pickup (not that the crash covered the entire cost since the Neon was worth only about $5500, but that was a large chunk of the down payment).