Rant Thursday

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE? I'LL TELL YOU (PS THIS WHOLE ENTRY WILL BE IN CAPITALS BECAUSE I HATE THIS THING SO MUCH AND BECAUSE I AM JUST OVERALL CRANKY RIGHT NOW)

I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE NOISE WHEN A STORY IS BEING TOLD. WHEN THEY'RE ALWAYS LIKE GASPING OR EXCLAIMING THINGS LIKE "WOW" AND "YOU'RE KIDDING" AND ANNOYING THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT SITTING AND LISTENING QUIETLY WITH YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS TRANSMITTING YOUR SILENT EMOTIONS? YOU ARE CERTAINLY NOT MAKING THINGS ANY MORE ENJOYABLE FOR THE SPEAKER OR THE OTHER PEOPLE LISTENING.

THE ONLY THING ACCEPTABLE IS LAUGHING, AND ONLY IF SOMETHING'S LEGITIMATELY FUNNY, NOT JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT. IT'S SO ANNOYING. I'LL WRITE OUT AN EXAMPLE.

SPEAKER: SO I WENT TO THE MALL THE OTHER DAY
LISTENER: OH YEAH?
SPEAKER: UM, YEAH, AND I SAW MY FRIEND KATIE
LISTENER: UH-HUHHH
SPEAKER: AND SHE'S SHAVED HER HEAD
LISTENER: *GASP* NO WAYYY!!!
SPEAKER: YEAH, SHE LOOKS LIKE HOWIE MANDEL
LISTENER: HA!
SPEAKER: I WAS LIKE "HEY KATIE"-
LISTENER: HA!
SPEAKER: -AND SHE ACTED LIKE SHE DIDN'T KNOW ME
LISTENER: *GASPS* WEIRD.

THE CONVERSATION DOES NOT PROCEED FROM HERE BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THE SPEAKER HAS IN FACT MURDERED THE LISTENER WITH A PHONE CORD.

GRANTED, THE HYPOTHETICAL CONVERSATION WAS KIND OF A SNOOZER, BUT COMMON COURTESY IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED!

GAHD.

RENEE OUT.

Rant Thursday

Those ads that are like, "Ask your doctor if this drug is right for you." And they go on and on being like, "I asked my doctor and it was the smartest thing I ever did," or "I love myself, therefore I asked my doctor about this drug" but they NEVER SAY WHAT THE DRUG IS.

I don't understand...is it a legal thing? Do they not have enough time to list the eight thousand possible side effects? Maybe I'm just clueless, or MAYBE everybody is just very annoying.

[Two young college girls sit on the sunny grass outside their university having a "natural" conversation.]

"I asked my doctor about Drug X".

"So did I!"

"It's because we're female!"

"Yes, females should take Drug X."

"Ask your doctor about Drug X today."

[They walk off laughing arm and arm.]

Ugh.

Renee Out.

P.S. Now I'm just watching the whole movie the Parent Trap in the computer lab. People are staring because I keep reciting all the lines. 

Dancing Through Life, Skimming the Surface

Haha, Ugly Betty, I loved that part. "Hola Jesse." I love how Marc and Amanda always imitate her so Spanishly. P.S. Gio is a fox. Of the short variety, but still.

Am I supposed to do that Thoughtful Thursday thing? I can't remember. Well, what I am going to do, since we all know that I'm chock full of pet peeves, is have a rant Thursday. Isn't that judgmentally fabulous?

Rant Thursday 1

People who use diction that they are not native to. PAR EXAMPLE people that are from, say, oh I don't know, Vancouver but take it upon themselves to use the word "y'all." Or people who are in no way British but use the words "bloody" and "wicked" frequently. It drives me up the wall. The word "wicked" should only be used if someone says "Oh wow, did you see Adam Lambert in Wicked, wasn't he foxtastic?" Or something like that.

Yes, I can see myself getting really into this. Next Thursday: people who say "Chuesday." UGH gives me goosebumps.

Renee Out.