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Love/Hate

// March 16th, 2004 // No Comments » // Personal

Okay, here’s something different for today. My list of pet peeves. Now this is highly unusual for me because I usually avoid thinking about or being near things that bother me, if it can be helped. But sometimes, they’re just in my face, and for whatever reason, at times like those, I never seem to have my handy rocket-powered backpack-mounted battle midget at the ready. So here goes.

Top things that I hate:

  1. Thieves.
  2. Damn thieves.
  3. Vandals. There is a special ring of hell reserved for people that destroy “for fun.”
  4. People that don’t use their indicator signals (“blinkers”). They honestly don’t realize what mayhem they create for people that know how to drive and anticipate traffic flow. I’m a considerate driver. I will let other drivers go first it the situation calls for it. But if their intentions are not communicated (for example, they’re actually turning when I think they’re going straight), it just creates traffic jams. I’m convinced that these people suffer from synaptic damage.
  5. Websites that have a “remember me” checkbox, but always fail to remember me, even if I’m not blocking cookies from the site. It’s like those buttons at crosswalks — “push here to cross” — that aren’t, in fact, hooked up to anything.
  6. People that have a passionate opinion about something that they obviously haven’t taken the time to reason out. Now don’t get me wrong here… you know me; I love passion. But having passion for a fallacy is just irritating and makes people look incredibly stupid.
  7. People that have a problem with other people whistling. How anti-social can a person be? Take joy in your fellow citizen’s jubliation! At least it’s one less person that’s staring at the sidewalk as the hordes shuffle past.

I could keep going, but I don’t want to go all neg here. So let’s reverse the switch and see what comes up:

Best things that I see other people do that makes me happy:

  1. When people smile at people they don’t know. (Share the love, you know?)
  2. People that know how to carry on a conversation with a total stranger they happen to meet in the course of their day
  3. When people enjoy atypical hobbies, like astronomy (and I don’t mean actual astronomers), spelunking, martial arts, smelting ore for their own die-case miniatures, or ancient history (for example).
  4. When people do the right thing even though no one else will likely notice.
  5. When people give me back massages (duh).

I can’t believe what an utterly boring entry this turned out to be. Welcome to Mr. Roger’s neighborhood children, and don’t forget to floss!

It’s got to be the music I’m listening to. No, I won’t tell you what it is.

Tomorrow: how my merit badge in covert subterfuge techniques paid off in spades at the flea market.