- Whistling. Ahhhh, just thinking about it puts my teeth on edge.
- People who talk to me like I'm a child. I might look 15 but I'm not a moron.
- My own tendency towards procrastination. My life would be so much better if I'd just get up off my arse and do something.
- Their/They're, should've/should of, could've/could of, lose/loose, you get the picture.
- The current obsession with 'realness'. As in, someone who is bitchy, catty, unnecessarily cruel, rude etc is 'real', someone who obeys the general rules of politeness, civility, thinking before they speak etc is 'unreal' or 'fake'. A phenomenon particularly displayed on shitty reality shows.
- Society's obsession with material wealth. I grew up in a pretty wealthy area, and gratutious displays of money were considered crass, tacky and generally 'nouveau riche'. Definitely NOT something to aspire to. For some reason this message seems to have alluded the swathes of celebrity who think nothing says class like gaudy jewellery and ugly sports cars. Seriously, in a world where people are starving or where people can't afford health care there's something distasteful about overt displays of how much money you've made.
- People who give their kids trendy spellings of names. I'm all in favour of wacky names, bring on the Apples, Tallulahs, Trixies and Dixies. The world needs more joy. But if you do choose a more traditional name for you kid, please don't think it makes it more interesting to mess around with the spelling. Cameron is perfectly acceptable (for a boy or girl), there's no need for Kamaryn. Britney does not need to become Brytnee, Devon does not need to become Devvonne, Siobhan does not need to become Chevawn and so on. And please, names which end in 'i' like Danni, do not need to become Dannii, one 'i' will always suffice. ESPECIALLY if you dot them with little hearts.
- That the nasty, bitchy girl from my school is currently happily married with a great job and her own house, when we all hoped she'd end up working in MacDonalds.
- My fat little feet which are about as wide as they are long. It makes it very hard to wear sexy shoes when your feet are square!!!
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