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First day at my job today. Kind of boring and tiring. Having a fulltime job kind of sucks. I won't talk about that cuz it was boring. Nor will I talk about my recent road trip adventure cuz you can read about it at www.twoandrewsroadtrip.com.
Last year I made a list of things that bug me and it was popular, so once again starting at the beginning of the school year I made another list. Here ya go:
1. When my mom makes hamburgers without any buns.
2. People that write 'and' instead of 'an'. This still puzzles me.
3. When I'm listen to music and my mom starts talking to me, so I pause it. Then when she stops talking and I put it back on, she begins talking again.
4. Those band geeks who think the world revolves around band.
5. When my mom asks me if the heat is at a good temperature and when I say yes she turns it off.
6. When my mom says "knock knock" and opens my door (without waiting for any acknowledgement).
7. How my dad thinks leaving a notebook where he can see it is an invitation for him to open it and go through its contents. And make dumb comments about my handwriting.
8. People who think the Yankees losing is the same as the Red Sox winning.
"Haha, the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs! Go Sox!"
"Um, the Red Sox didn't even make the playoffs."
"Yes, but the Yankees lost in the playoffs, therefore the Red Sox are better."
"???"
9. People who volunteer for things solely so they can put them on their college application. How altruistic.
10. When I go to bed and I can't go to sleep because my dad has the TV on so loud. If you don't want to turn it down you could just close the door, geez.
11. When people use expressions like "down to" or "up from" with no connection to the actual location. "My grandparents are coming down from Florida for the week."
12. When my sister stays up really late and leaves all the lights downstairs on. Thanks to my ricepaper door my room is lit up like the sun and I can't sleep.
13. When people instead of leaving a nice away message like "Went out to eat, be back around 7." are like "Man this NIN song rules! I bet people would really like to read the lyrics in their entirity when they check my away message!"
14. When my mom tries to subtlely make comments about how much I use the computer in front of my dad in the hopes that he will tell me to stop or something.
15. When you're really hungry and you find out dinner is SOUP!
16. When my dad calls me downstairs to gripe about something stupid. Oh, I forgot to put the new bottle of Sprite in the fridge? I see why you couldn't wait to tell me this!
17. Pointy shoes.
18. How my dad feels the need to tell everyone what to do, even when they aren't asking for his advice.
19. When a glass is so full of ice that you can barely drink from it.
20. My dad buys these Exxon gas cards because you get $100 worth for only $95, but there really is no savings considering you have to drive around looking for Exxon stations, which may not even be the cheapest.
21. When I order Sprite at a restaurant, and they don't have it, but instead of telling me they try to fool me by giving me Sierra Mist or 7UP.
22. When you automatically say "You too." to someone and then realise how stupid it was. Example:
Usher: Enjoy your movie.
You: You too.
23. When my sister just hands me the phone without asking if I want to talk to the person.
24. When people call the Pheasant Lane Mall the Nashua Mall. They're different!
25. When people wear a sweatshirt over a t-shirt and they don't tuck in the t-shirt so it sticks out the bottom.
26. People that think it's a good idea to put "keywords: nissan chevy toyota corolla camry maxima altima 5 spd manual 1995 1997 1996 01 2003, etc." at the bottom of their craigslist posting so that it will come up no matter what is searched for.
27. People that are like, "This webpage is loading so slowly! The school needs new computers!" And I'm like ''No, the school needs to fix its network."
28. People that are all like, "The school needs new computers, look how old this is." based upon the fact that the case has an old design. Since I've built a number of these computers, I know that we just take an old computer, take out all the old components and put new ones back into the same case. Partially because they're cheap and partially because they don't make desktop-style cases anymore, for whatever reason.
29. People that tie up 911 with non-emergency calls.
30. People that come up with terrible reasons for not coming to school: "I didn't have hot water!" "My car was broken!" Seriously, just not feeling like coming is a better reason.
31. People that think just because something's new, it's automatically better.
32. People that rage against the police for no reason. Cops can be dicks, I understand that, but the people that are all like "I was going 20 over the speed limit and the officer gave me a warning. I hate these stupid cops, why don't they catch some real criminals? (Hurr)" drive me nuts.
33. People that complain about the drinking age that are like "I can smoke cigarettes at 18, I can drive at 16, how come I can't drink until I'm 21?" Cigarettes are equally harmful to 16 year-olds and 18 year-olds, but 18 year-olds are supposed to be old enough to decide whether they want to smoke or not. On the other hand, alcohol is more harmful to a younger person than it is to an older person.
34. Those purple onions restaurants use.
35. Pronouncing 9/11 "nine-one-one".
36. This new trend of repeating the last letter of a word a bunch of times, like "I'm going to beddddddddd, byeeeeeee." I can see how it would be fun to type, but it looks stupid.
37. The people that always have to act like homosexuality is the norm instead of uncommon. "The greatest thing about being male is the women...." "Just because you're male doesn't mean you like women! Gender is a social construct, blahblahblah."
38. When my mom is like 'Andrew, your PDA has a camera! Take of picture of x!' and then she never mentions it again and I'm stuck with a picture of something dumb wasting memory for months.
39. My dad's graituitous comments about the food he is eating. "This ham is salty. Way too salty! At first I didn't realise how salty it was, but now I do because I'm eating more slowly. This grape juice is too sweet! I hope they don't add sugar to it...etc."
40. When people give movies a poor rating with the reasoning "in english :(" What did you expect?
41. When people pronounce "menstruation" "menstwation". Sure, the dictionary claims it's a valid pronunciation, but it makes you sound like you're four, AND WHERE DO THEY GET THAT 'W'?
42. When people refer to Wikipedia as wiki.
43. Anyone that automatically thinks domestic cars are unreliable.
44. Getting gum on the bottom of my shoe.
45. When people in my household think the fact that I buy CD-R's for myself = "Oh, I don't have to buy CD-R's, Andrew has some".
46. My mom was always borrowing my old camera so when I got my new digital camera I said she could have my old one. Now of course she wants to use my new one. It's even worse than it was with my film camera because now I have all her pictures cluttering up my memory card.
47. How my dad always eats hot dogs with no bun and no condiments, then complains about how salty they are.
48. No one has a headache anymore. Those are kids' stuff. Anytime you have a headache it automatically = migraine.
49. When I pick up a book and start reading it and then a bookmark falls out and I'm like, Oh crap, I just lost someone's place.
50. When my dad asks questions that have no right answer.
51. Someone needs to tell my sister that just because someone in front of you is slowing down slightly does not mean you have to put the clutch pedal to the floor.
52. When magazines just randomly are like ''article continues on page x" which is like twenty pages from the current page.
53. When my dad tries to catch me lying when I'm not lying.
54. Sites that make noise (sounds, talking, music) on load, or when it's unexpected.
55. Short sleeve dress shirts.
56. Moths.
Last year I made a list of things that bug me and it was popular, so once again starting at the beginning of the school year I made another list. Here ya go:
1. When my mom makes hamburgers without any buns.
2. People that write 'and' instead of 'an'. This still puzzles me.
3. When I'm listen to music and my mom starts talking to me, so I pause it. Then when she stops talking and I put it back on, she begins talking again.
4. Those band geeks who think the world revolves around band.
5. When my mom asks me if the heat is at a good temperature and when I say yes she turns it off.
6. When my mom says "knock knock" and opens my door (without waiting for any acknowledgement).
7. How my dad thinks leaving a notebook where he can see it is an invitation for him to open it and go through its contents. And make dumb comments about my handwriting.
8. People who think the Yankees losing is the same as the Red Sox winning.
"Haha, the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs! Go Sox!"
"Um, the Red Sox didn't even make the playoffs."
"Yes, but the Yankees lost in the playoffs, therefore the Red Sox are better."
"???"
9. People who volunteer for things solely so they can put them on their college application. How altruistic.
10. When I go to bed and I can't go to sleep because my dad has the TV on so loud. If you don't want to turn it down you could just close the door, geez.
11. When people use expressions like "down to" or "up from" with no connection to the actual location. "My grandparents are coming down from Florida for the week."
12. When my sister stays up really late and leaves all the lights downstairs on. Thanks to my ricepaper door my room is lit up like the sun and I can't sleep.
13. When people instead of leaving a nice away message like "Went out to eat, be back around 7." are like "Man this NIN song rules! I bet people would really like to read the lyrics in their entirity when they check my away message!"
14. When my mom tries to subtlely make comments about how much I use the computer in front of my dad in the hopes that he will tell me to stop or something.
15. When you're really hungry and you find out dinner is SOUP!
16. When my dad calls me downstairs to gripe about something stupid. Oh, I forgot to put the new bottle of Sprite in the fridge? I see why you couldn't wait to tell me this!
17. Pointy shoes.
18. How my dad feels the need to tell everyone what to do, even when they aren't asking for his advice.
19. When a glass is so full of ice that you can barely drink from it.
20. My dad buys these Exxon gas cards because you get $100 worth for only $95, but there really is no savings considering you have to drive around looking for Exxon stations, which may not even be the cheapest.
21. When I order Sprite at a restaurant, and they don't have it, but instead of telling me they try to fool me by giving me Sierra Mist or 7UP.
22. When you automatically say "You too." to someone and then realise how stupid it was. Example:
Usher: Enjoy your movie.
You: You too.
23. When my sister just hands me the phone without asking if I want to talk to the person.
24. When people call the Pheasant Lane Mall the Nashua Mall. They're different!
25. When people wear a sweatshirt over a t-shirt and they don't tuck in the t-shirt so it sticks out the bottom.
26. People that think it's a good idea to put "keywords: nissan chevy toyota corolla camry maxima altima 5 spd manual 1995 1997 1996 01 2003, etc." at the bottom of their craigslist posting so that it will come up no matter what is searched for.
27. People that are like, "This webpage is loading so slowly! The school needs new computers!" And I'm like ''No, the school needs to fix its network."
28. People that are all like, "The school needs new computers, look how old this is." based upon the fact that the case has an old design. Since I've built a number of these computers, I know that we just take an old computer, take out all the old components and put new ones back into the same case. Partially because they're cheap and partially because they don't make desktop-style cases anymore, for whatever reason.
29. People that tie up 911 with non-emergency calls.
30. People that come up with terrible reasons for not coming to school: "I didn't have hot water!" "My car was broken!" Seriously, just not feeling like coming is a better reason.
31. People that think just because something's new, it's automatically better.
32. People that rage against the police for no reason. Cops can be dicks, I understand that, but the people that are all like "I was going 20 over the speed limit and the officer gave me a warning. I hate these stupid cops, why don't they catch some real criminals? (Hurr)" drive me nuts.
33. People that complain about the drinking age that are like "I can smoke cigarettes at 18, I can drive at 16, how come I can't drink until I'm 21?" Cigarettes are equally harmful to 16 year-olds and 18 year-olds, but 18 year-olds are supposed to be old enough to decide whether they want to smoke or not. On the other hand, alcohol is more harmful to a younger person than it is to an older person.
34. Those purple onions restaurants use.
35. Pronouncing 9/11 "nine-one-one".
36. This new trend of repeating the last letter of a word a bunch of times, like "I'm going to beddddddddd, byeeeeeee." I can see how it would be fun to type, but it looks stupid.
37. The people that always have to act like homosexuality is the norm instead of uncommon. "The greatest thing about being male is the women...." "Just because you're male doesn't mean you like women! Gender is a social construct, blahblahblah."
38. When my mom is like 'Andrew, your PDA has a camera! Take of picture of x!' and then she never mentions it again and I'm stuck with a picture of something dumb wasting memory for months.
39. My dad's graituitous comments about the food he is eating. "This ham is salty. Way too salty! At first I didn't realise how salty it was, but now I do because I'm eating more slowly. This grape juice is too sweet! I hope they don't add sugar to it...etc."
40. When people give movies a poor rating with the reasoning "in english :(" What did you expect?
41. When people pronounce "menstruation" "menstwation". Sure, the dictionary claims it's a valid pronunciation, but it makes you sound like you're four, AND WHERE DO THEY GET THAT 'W'?
42. When people refer to Wikipedia as wiki.
43. Anyone that automatically thinks domestic cars are unreliable.
44. Getting gum on the bottom of my shoe.
45. When people in my household think the fact that I buy CD-R's for myself = "Oh, I don't have to buy CD-R's, Andrew has some".
46. My mom was always borrowing my old camera so when I got my new digital camera I said she could have my old one. Now of course she wants to use my new one. It's even worse than it was with my film camera because now I have all her pictures cluttering up my memory card.
47. How my dad always eats hot dogs with no bun and no condiments, then complains about how salty they are.
48. No one has a headache anymore. Those are kids' stuff. Anytime you have a headache it automatically = migraine.
49. When I pick up a book and start reading it and then a bookmark falls out and I'm like, Oh crap, I just lost someone's place.
50. When my dad asks questions that have no right answer.
51. Someone needs to tell my sister that just because someone in front of you is slowing down slightly does not mean you have to put the clutch pedal to the floor.
52. When magazines just randomly are like ''article continues on page x" which is like twenty pages from the current page.
53. When my dad tries to catch me lying when I'm not lying.
54. Sites that make noise (sounds, talking, music) on load, or when it's unexpected.
55. Short sleeve dress shirts.
56. Moths.