PET PEEVES

So I was sitting here watching TV (Gossip Girl, 24, One Tree Hill, and the Hills - wow all in one night! I know Monday night TV is sooo bad for me!) and I was replaying my day in my mind... and couldn't help but think of all the things that bugged me today. So for those of you who don't know me that well, here's your chance to find out a little more.....We'll go from least annoying pet peeves of mine (which are, nonetheless, still annoying) to the most annoying pet peeves:



5. Sadly enough, burping in public - or I guess any weird bodily function in public.
Despite what the Simpson's have taught Americans (which I love that show, don't get me wrong, I pretty much watched it every night growing up), burping is not okay in public.
There is this really annoying and talkative guy in my physical anthropology class that thinks its okay to burp in the middle of class! This afternoon, it was dead silent in the hallway, everyone was studying furiously trying to memorize the differences between Australopithecus afarensis and Homo habilis (don't worry I still don't know the difference after I took the test), and go figure, a loud, long, nasty burp just belted right out from this guy. GROSS! Do you really think you're going to pick up the cute girl that you've been hitting on all semester by belching while she's sitting next to you? Uh, sorry buddy, NO!
Now I know sometimes people just can't control themselves, but please, try and control yourself or at least be polite and try and squelch it or leave the room!

4. Bad table manners
When I was 10 years old, my parents made my brother and me watch a movie on etiquette. I was a lucky, little, 10 year old since I got to learn my manners early on in life and laugh at people when they did ridiculous things at the dinner table. Now I don't expect everyone to have learned their manners at 10, but I do expect them to have learned their manners by 20. For starters, don't start eating before everyone gets their food - this is common sense. If someone specifically says that you should eat before, then go for it, otherwise, rude! Don't eat off other people's plates unless allowed! If you're at your own house and you feel like sharing a plate, go for it. But when you're out to dinner and start eating off someone's plate it just doesn't look nice, and you may just look like a pig. While I know there are exceptions to this rule, such as letting someone taste your food, etc., make sure you make it clear with the other person that they can have it from your plate. Wah, let's just all be civilized, ok thanks!













3. Girls that wear heels to class, totally unecessary!
Ok, so it's pouring rain, I'm in a hurry not only to get to class but also get our of the rain. Go figure, I get stuck behind a girl, wearing the highest stilletos I've seen in a while, falling over because she's getting stuck in every crack on the sidewalk. Uh, talk about holding up the traffic people. Anxious Sarah behind her tried desperately to cut her off, but no, she drops her cell phone. Uh. I hear her talking on the cell phone saying she couldn't walk in her shoes because they were so high and blah blah blah. Then, she gets to the best part when she tells her friend she wanted to wear heels to class because she looks good in them. WHY?! No one is looking at your feet in class!!! It's not like she went to work or had a presentation, she wore them because "she looks good!"

2. SLOW WALKERS
So the high heels led me to my next pet peeve, slow walkers. I, if you didn't already know, am a very fast walker. I admit there are the occasional times when I need to walk slow because I'm hungover, sick, or very tired. But, if this is the case, let the fast walkers past you! Why would you try and keep people from passing you, because you feel too slow? If you feel like you're walking to slow, you probably are and you should get out of the way, or walk faster! I just wish people would realize and not be oblivious to the fact that they are causing a bottleneck in the flow of traffic behind them.


And finally... the deal breaker, are we really friends?

1. WELL vs. GOOD!
Come on people, this is not a hard concept! Which one sounds better, I'm (doing) well or I'm (doing) good? Well if you really don't know, that's sad. I'm sorry, but speak proper English PLEASE! I counted how many times I heard an actor/actress tonight use the wrong word tonight, 4 times. That's 4 times too many, no wonder foreigners think we're ignorant! (Notice, I didn't tell you the correct answer... if you really don't know I'm sorry but we can't be friends.)
And for those of you who haven't figured it out, here's a little help: http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/goodwell.html


So there you have it, now you know how to act around me without annoying the heck out of me, which of course, none of my friends do anyways! :)

WAAAAH

SO, I'm alive, despite me not having written in about 2 months.....

However I'm slowly dying in my bed, bored out of my mind, and wishing I could eat something. Sorry for the complaints, but when I'm sick this is all I can think of...... lo siento!

I just wish there was something on TV, but no, nothing. Naturally, its a Friday night, so lots of Quest commercials keep coming up. LOVELY!

Anyway, being sick is not funnn. I just wish that my mom was here, it sucks that I feel like a baby when I'm sick and need someone to take care of me. It's weird to wish for my mom, but she's the best person to have when I'm sick! I guess it's a good thing I'll be living at home when I graduate since my mom will be there to take care of me if I get sick again. :)

Ok so I'm off to bed now, for the 4th time today. YES.