I have these two pet peeves. And they're two pretty significant ones, as far as these things go (three, actually, if you count how much I hate to listen to noisy eaters slurp and lipsmack their way through a meal).

Peeve the First: I hate being interrupted. Because nothing sends the message that what you have to say isn't important like someone ( Read more... )

I really need to be working on my research paper, but financial news is EATING MY BRAIN.

And Barney Frank really, really needs not to be implying that people criticizing Congress's lousy financial decisions are racist. (Isn't that some variation on Snacky's Law?) Granted, the Community Reinvestment Act is just a part of a much larger problem, but, ( Read more... )

Because posting my to-do lists on my LJ actually helps me GET STUFF DONE:

Vacuum
Clean kitchen
Empty dishwasher
Laundry (in progress: 1 load washing, one on-deck)
Dust living room
RESEARCH PAPER (goal: 3 single-spaced pages [which I will then convert to double-spaced so I beam at my level of accomplishment])
GO TO HOME DEPOT and get:
      4 3/4"X10' PVC ( Read more... )

Do you suppose Revenge of the Sith is so problematic because no one had the balls to tell George Lucas when his ideas were bad?

I mean, yeah, the lava planet is visually cool, but why the heck would you want to mine lava?

Padme?  Don't get me started.  Just don't.

Anakin's dialogue?  Good lord.  "From my point of view the Jedi are evil!"  Said ( Read more... )

...Rant ahead. Be prepared ( Read more... )