Motorcycles and their owners.

About a month ago, I was sitting in my room watching TV with the window open.  It was like 72⁰ outside, and the sun was setting behind the mountains.  Sounds nice right?  It was.  Until suddenly one of my neighbors starts up their motorcycle.  Normally I would just pause my TV and wait for the noise to stop and then continue my loafing.  Obviously no one had ever taugh this guy manners, because what does he do next?  Revs the engine. OVER AND OVER.  For almost a solid 2 minutes he sat in his driveway revving the engine on his motorcycle which must have had no muffler at all.  It was ridiculous.

On a note totally unrelated to this blog...

It's tail was bright blue, and its body was yellow.  Pretty Legit.

I was sitting outside some building on campus today because I had an hour before my next class started, and this awesome lizard ran across the wall on the building behind me.  So I took a picture.

Inclement Weather.

I know, I know... I can't really complain about this one.  Nothing will can ever get done about it.  But in all seriousness, I hate bad weather.  I have nothing against snow or rain, but I'm talking about Huge Storms, or any Thunderstorm in general.  Probably my biggest fear of all time is Tornadoes.  Pardon my language, (this is probably one of the only times I will cuss on here, I promise) but those things are FUCKING SCARY AS HELL.  When I was flying home from Italy in 1st grade, the in-flight movie was Twister.  I had nightmares for months about tornadoes.  Only after my parents had explained that Santa Barbara doesn't get tornadoes because of the mountains did they go away.  I've never even had a bad experience with weather either.  The worst is like the power going out for an hour or two.  But I will almost never go outside in a thunderstorm.

Incorrect Apostrophe Usage.

Hey man, whats up? Not much, just heading off to you're moms house.  


What's wrong with that sentence? If you said "He was very rude to his pal!", you are wrong (kinda).  The correct answer is incorrect grammar.  There are 2 incorrect uses of apostrophes and 1 incorrect use of 'you're'.  Some people may call me a grammar nazi, but I prefer the title "One who uses correct grammar". It's not hard to understand the English language when you've been speaking and writing it all your life.  I will give some slack to those who are learning it as their second language.  This matter is one that bugs me incessantly whenever I pass a street sign advertising:


"Fresh Veggie's at the Farmer's Market"


If they got the second apostrophe right, why would they put in the first?  Sometimes I feel like they must do it on purpose, just to bug people like me.  

Phone Alarm Clocks with the default of "weekdays only".

The Culprit: The enV3.

One time, my friend Ryan and I were sharing a hotel room at the Hyatt Regency Kansas City for the JEA Fall Convention.  We needed to be at breakfast by 7 so that we could be at the convention by 8. Simple right?  So we set Ryan's brother's phone (his had died that week) to go off at 6:30am.  We specifically checked that it was AM and not PM.  Next morning, we both wake up to the sound of someone pounding at our door.  When we answered the door, it was Mr. Dent, wondering why neither of us were answering our phones or at breakfast.  What time was it? 8:01am.  Upon further examination, the phone's alarm default was for weekdays only, and today was a Saturday.  Moral of the story: Whenever you set an alarm, triple-check every setting so you don't look like a fool.

Text Message tones that are too long.

Ever been in say a Chipotle, or some other public place, and heard someone's loud ringtone?  Sure, we can all have fun ringtones that express our personality or our favorite music.  But what really bugs me is when you take that 30 second ringtone, and apply it as your text message tone.  That way, every 45 seconds we get to watch you slowly take the phone out of your pocket, hold it in your hand to see who the message is from, and then read it.  Tip for the guilty parties: once you know you are in a conversation with someone that will last at least a few minutes, put your phone on vibrate as a courtesy to others.  Thank you.

Fine Friday I: Hershey's Chocolate.

Have you ever had REALLY good chocolate?  Like Kinder Chocolate from Germany or Ghirardelli?  Those are my two favorite chocolates in the whole world, followed closely by Lindt.  Somewhere at about the middle of my favorite chocolate list lies Hershey's Chocolate.  While they got the taste right, there is just one problem: it makes you thirsty.  Like movie theater popcorn, your mouth gets dry and chalky, and you need to drink water with it.  So overall, I rate Hershey's as meh.

Fine Friday: Something I find Mediocre/Pleasant

As suggested by my sister, on Fridays I will write about something I either don't mind, or just find ok.  Watch for the first one later today.

People who listen to music on their headphones too loud.

$350 for folding headphones?

We've all been around them at one point or another... Those people who are totally oblivious to the real purpose of headphones: being able to listen to music without bugging the people around you.  Sadly, most of the people you meet with this habit have (what I believe to be) a terrible choice of music.  No one wants to hear Lil' Ugly's New Hit Song "Kill all dem' Hoes and 'Mo 'Fos".  It's even worse when they have those overpriced Beats.  Why would you pay $300 for a pair of headphones that aren't worth it?  And then just wear them around your neck?  Because you got them for Christmas and you want to be the cool kid in the neighborhood!  That's why!  Now don't even get me started on people who use their iPod Touches to play music with the speaker...

Prii.

In case you didn't get the memo, Toyota announced that the plural of Prius is actually Prii (not Priuses).  Now, I have a had a long time stance against Prii.  Not only do they look stupid, but the people who drive them are stupid 90% of the time. They don't understand that a Prius doesn't actually help the environment in any way shape or form.  Sure, you might say that they save you money with gas, or that it's a practical car.  Not only are the batteries not very recyclable, but the car is made in Japan, so you're still using oil to ship it overseas, and then US jobs are given to the Japanese. There are so many better gas saving options out there, especially ones made my American Car companies or produced in America.

Cigarettes.

Ugh.

So, possibly the worst thing about going to school in Kentucky is the fact that way too many people see cigarettes as cool or normal.  I cannot walk outside my dorm without seeing atleast 3 people smoking.  One thing that suprised me even more was the fact that some restaurants still allowing smoking indoors! Granted not that many anymore (NEVER again will I eat at Waffle House). Cigarette Smoke is literally the worst smell in the world.  I would rather smell straight-up sulfur. BTW: If I get cancer because I went to this school, I am sueing the hell out of someone.

So I made a blog

Wellllllllllllllll. This has been a long time coming. I decided to make a blog about all the things that bug me. I am making this post as I walk up the hill at wku. I plan on posting atleast one thing a day, so let me know if I forget.