In too much pain to sleep.
PAINKILLERS, PLEASE KICK IN SOON.
I guess I will rant a bit, then. D'you know what I think is lame and yet surprisingly common (especially in fiction)? NAMING YOUR CHILDREN AFTER YOUR PARENTS.
I don't know, maybe because it's done so much that it seems cliché at this point, but every time it happens, I roll my eyes, and not in an affectionate 'I love you because you're stupid' way, either. (I was so strangely disappointed when a show I've been watching revealed something like this recently. Anyone watching it probably knows what I'm talking about, but it's a bit of a spoiler so I'm not being direct about it.) (edit: since it is old news now, the show I am referring to here is Supernatural.)
Also I'm totally allowed to say this, shut up, my family actually used to do this. I AM THE NAME BREAKER. My grandmother was not pleased. (Following the pattern, I should have been a Mary, like her. Thank goodness I am not, though, as fiction has taught me that females named Mary die horrible and bizarre deaths. Though my grandmother actually had a pretty good death, as far as those things can go.)
(No, really. I think there were ... three Marys before me? ...How long ago was the first? I should know this. History class has failed me. Wiki says mid-1800s. ...yes, one of my great-grandfathers has his own wiki page. No, I did not write it. You have probably not heard of him, but you've probably heard something he was largely responsible for, so~ Indirectly famous is good enough for me. Heck, it's preferable.) (Not linking/saying who here because random people I do not know could be reading this and may be stalkers or something, I don't know. If you really want to know, I'll tell you, but it's really probably not that interesting.)
Now, admittedly, in fiction it's usually because the parent in question has died and it's all some bizarre honour* thing or what have you, and not just for... whatever reason my relatives decided to go with, but I still think it's kind of lame. SORRY. (Not really.)
OKAY SERIOUSLY I'M JUST GOING TO CUT OFF MY ANKLE AND BE DONE WITH IT. RAGE. *starts chewing on leg*
* See, my problem is that pretty much everyone I communicate with via text uses 'u' (well, 'ou' instead of just 'o') and 's' (instead of 'z') and everything else, and I've found it is starting to take over my spelling. I've stopped bothering to cut it out whenever it turns up, so I'm very (sincerely!) sorry if you're one of those people who finds it stupid or offensive, but I'm tired of going back and editing it all out.
...The other day, I saw "color" written somewhere and honestly thought it was misspelled for a few minutes. That was embarrassing.
I guess I will rant a bit, then. D'you know what I think is lame and yet surprisingly common (especially in fiction)? NAMING YOUR CHILDREN AFTER YOUR PARENTS.
I don't know, maybe because it's done so much that it seems cliché at this point, but every time it happens, I roll my eyes, and not in an affectionate 'I love you because you're stupid' way, either. (I was so strangely disappointed when a show I've been watching revealed something like this recently. Anyone watching it probably knows what I'm talking about, but it's a bit of a spoiler so I'm not being direct about it.) (edit: since it is old news now, the show I am referring to here is Supernatural.)
Also I'm totally allowed to say this, shut up, my family actually used to do this. I AM THE NAME BREAKER. My grandmother was not pleased. (Following the pattern, I should have been a Mary, like her. Thank goodness I am not, though, as fiction has taught me that females named Mary die horrible and bizarre deaths. Though my grandmother actually had a pretty good death, as far as those things can go.)
(No, really. I think there were ... three Marys before me? ...How long ago was the first? I should know this. History class has failed me. Wiki says mid-1800s. ...yes, one of my great-grandfathers has his own wiki page. No, I did not write it. You have probably not heard of him, but you've probably heard something he was largely responsible for, so~ Indirectly famous is good enough for me. Heck, it's preferable.) (Not linking/saying who here because random people I do not know could be reading this and may be stalkers or something, I don't know. If you really want to know, I'll tell you, but it's really probably not that interesting.)
Now, admittedly, in fiction it's usually because the parent in question has died and it's all some bizarre honour* thing or what have you, and not just for... whatever reason my relatives decided to go with, but I still think it's kind of lame. SORRY. (Not really.)
OKAY SERIOUSLY I'M JUST GOING TO CUT OFF MY ANKLE AND BE DONE WITH IT. RAGE. *starts chewing on leg*
* See, my problem is that pretty much everyone I communicate with via text uses 'u' (well, 'ou' instead of just 'o') and 's' (instead of 'z') and everything else, and I've found it is starting to take over my spelling. I've stopped bothering to cut it out whenever it turns up, so I'm very (sincerely!) sorry if you're one of those people who finds it stupid or offensive, but I'm tired of going back and editing it all out.
...The other day, I saw "color" written somewhere and honestly thought it was misspelled for a few minutes. That was embarrassing.