Things I like and loathe - Feb 2011

Things I like a lot:

1. Crunching dried leaves in my hands

2. When I play You Tube videos of meowing cats really loud when Ozzie is
asleep next to me.

3. Freshly chargrilled corn-on-the-cob from the Garden of Unearthly Delights

4. When I'm practicing either music or skating and I hit the 'I'm finally getting this'
stage. That first time when you feel like it's not just a fluke any more. Best feeling
ever!

5. That first gulp of a cold beer on a 40 degree day...especially when it's in the
company of good friends and good music.

6. Inside jokes with close friends ("Extra Percussion", "I love Alex", "The prawn
looked at me!", poke-in-the-eye gesture...there are so many!)

7. When I go for a walk and a passer-by smiles and says hello. Doesn't happen very
often and it is heart-warming.

8. A nice cup of Tetley tea in my ridiculously oversized 'Always 100% Grumpy' mug
when I'm feeling stressed and tired.

9. New socks, especially when they are colourful and knee length.

10. Buttered Popcorn Jelly-Belly jelly beans.


Things I could do without:

1. Certain people who, despite being chronologically accepted adults, have the social
consideration of a toilet plunger.

2. When someone borrows a book or sheet music and it is returned dog-eared,
with a broken spine or coffee stains on it.

3. When you go to the shops for something and you leave with everything but the
thing you came for - always happens....especially when it's milk that I need.

4. Banks. In the words of Wil Anderson, "1. They're bastards and 2. We hate them".

5. Having done several thousand dollars worth of unpaid overtime and then feeling
guilty for now refusing to do it!

6. Text language. I want my text messages in full sentences with correct
punctuation! And the correct use of 'Your' and 'You're' is a necessity!

7. Employers who don't even have the decency to send a generic rejection letter
when you unsuccessfully apply for a job.

8. People putting videos of angry, distressed animals on YouTube and then claiming
it is not abused, like this one. Hello?!!! What you are doing is abusive, assholes!

9. Texting while driving. There is no excuse. It is clear and well-known that
it is dangerous and that you are putting other people's lives at risk. People who
text while driving are ignorant and selfish pigs and deserve to hit a stobie pole.
Although, that would be cruel to stobie poles!

10. People who, when they have children, talk about nothing but their children. I
was friends with you before the kids. I want to log on to Facebook and hear
about you, not about how your child with the stupid bogan name did a poo in the
potty this morning! And no, I don't think she's that cute so SHUT UP and
ENOUGH WITH THE MILLION PHOTOS ON MY NEWSFEED! We don't care!


Phew, that took a lot of energy, that last one! :)

Quote of the day: Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down - Dave Barry