Things that I hate
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I like Frosty because it reminds me of what a very, very cute child I was. "With a corncob pipe and a butt and a nose..."
Watching Angel reminded me of my second favorite childhood lyric misunderstanding -- we had a record that played Anne Murray singing children's songs, including "Teddy Bear Picnic." The line is supposed to be, "See them, catch them unawares." However, 4-year old me had never heard this word, "unawares" before and would happily run around singing, "See them, catch them underwears!"
However, I hate Burl Ives' rendition of "Holly Jolly Christmas." Mainly because I once drove in a moving van with my father from North Carolina to Texas right before Christmas, and he insisted on letting the song play through every time we ran across it. Which was a lot.
Watching Angel reminded me of my second favorite childhood lyric misunderstanding -- we had a record that played Anne Murray singing children's songs, including "Teddy Bear Picnic." The line is supposed to be, "See them, catch them unawares." However, 4-year old me had never heard this word, "unawares" before and would happily run around singing, "See them, catch them underwears!"
However, I hate Burl Ives' rendition of "Holly Jolly Christmas." Mainly because I once drove in a moving van with my father from North Carolina to Texas right before Christmas, and he insisted on letting the song play through every time we ran across it. Which was a lot.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I absolutely hate that I have to work tomorrow. I also hate that the roads are so bad I have to have my dad take me and pick me up because he has a truck.
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And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
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*hugs*
Thanks. I've never had to be away/work on Thanksgiving morning. I actually really love getting up super early to help with everything. I know it shouldn't bug me that much, but i'm really, really bummed out about this.
Thanks. I've never had to be away/work on Thanksgiving morning. I actually really love getting up super early to help with everything. I know it shouldn't bug me that much, but i'm really, really bummed out about this.
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And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
How seriously I take rom-coms and how much of what I see around me I consider to be a possible sign of what to do, what will happen, how I should act.
The movies are bullshit. Real life doesn't work that way and for the thousandth time, those things, on even a more realistic level, will never happen for me. They'll happen to everyone around me, and that's exactly what's happening, but to me? No way.
I have to say, I want that movie to be a sign and I hate that about myself because I know it's not.
The movies are bullshit. Real life doesn't work that way and for the thousandth time, those things, on even a more realistic level, will never happen for me. They'll happen to everyone around me, and that's exactly what's happening, but to me? No way.
I have to say, I want that movie to be a sign and I hate that about myself because I know it's not.
So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways, all my underdogs.
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I am absolutely loathing the pseudo-festive commercialism this year. I know it's like this every year, but it's bugging me especially bad this year. "Save money this season, buy a car" makes no sense. "You're a disappointing parent if you don't get your kids this" infuriates me. And it's everywhere. AUGH.
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
Guilt trips from my mother about moving out, a whole year and some change before I actually do it. I haven't told her it's going to be out of state yet because I anticipate it'll only get worse when she learns that.
My grandmother is coming to visit for possibly two weeks, starting Sunday. Every time she's here, I get to be told that there's nothing wrong with me but hey, here are all the things that are wrong with me. Even better, she's telling these things to my mom while they both think I'm asleep in my room and can't hear. She doesn't act this way in San Diego, so what the hell makes her think it's okay to be this way in AZ?
My grandmother is coming to visit for possibly two weeks, starting Sunday. Every time she's here, I get to be told that there's nothing wrong with me but hey, here are all the things that are wrong with me. Even better, she's telling these things to my mom while they both think I'm asleep in my room and can't hear. She doesn't act this way in San Diego, so what the hell makes her think it's okay to be this way in AZ?
So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways, all my underdogs.
AIM. Why do I use that, again?
It booted me and wouldn't let me back in on AIM itself, Meebo, Gmail, or my phone. I'm pretty sure I lost some messages in there and after the day I've had, well, not getting to see him say goodnight to me was enough to make me cry (since I didn't get to earlier like I wanted). I'm going to go to bed now and tomorrow will be a better day.
It booted me and wouldn't let me back in on AIM itself, Meebo, Gmail, or my phone. I'm pretty sure I lost some messages in there and after the day I've had, well, not getting to see him say goodnight to me was enough to make me cry (since I didn't get to earlier like I wanted). I'm going to go to bed now and tomorrow will be a better day.
So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways, all my underdogs.
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No one calls me these days but if they did and they didn't leave a message saying to call them back, chances are about 70-30 I wouldn't call them back. For all I know, they butt-dialed me (happens all the time since I'm usually at the top of people's contacts) or didn't leave a message because they don't consider whatever reason they called important enough to warrant a return call. There's also the possibility that it was time-sensitive and it'd be pointless to return the call later.
Of course, they could just tell me whatever in the message itself and save me the trouble of calling them back either way.
None of that applies if I like speaking to the person who called but that is a very small set of people.
Of course, they could just tell me whatever in the message itself and save me the trouble of calling them back either way.
None of that applies if I like speaking to the person who called but that is a very small set of people.
So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways, all my underdogs.
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I, on the other hand, rarely leave a message if it's someone who I call on a regular basis. I figure that they will go with Zero's thought process. Also, I'm too lazy to wait and leave a message.
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus in Return to Tipasa
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Criticism of my driving. I'm not talking about safety stuff, which is more important and all. More like "why didn't you take that other route" or "you don't need the wipers on steady, intermittenet would do", or "you can do a U-turn here, why are we going around the long way?" or similar. I'm the driver, I'll drive the way that I feel most comfortable.
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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**intermittent
Sorry, I was posting under the influence of a migraine. Spelnig, what?
Sorry, I was posting under the influence of a migraine. Spelnig, what?
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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Computers. I don't care if I'm using one right now to say that, I hate computers.
One day, about a month ago, my CD/DVD drive stopped working. I'd insert a CD/DVD and it would spit it back out, telling me I needed to insert a disc. If I go to My Computer and double click on the E: drive or right click and Open, same deal; Insert a Disc.
I went into the Device Manager and it says "This device is working properly." Like hell it is. It (Microsoft Fix It or some such dealie) is suggesting my media is not readable. Really? Because I know for a fact that one disc in particular was considered readable by that drive a month ago. It was the last one I used before the damn thing stopped reading anything.
I've tried both DVDs, all region 1s, all work on my DVD player in the living room, and data discs with the same outcome.
*stabs technology* I never realized how annoying it was to not have that drive work until it stopped working.
One day, about a month ago, my CD/DVD drive stopped working. I'd insert a CD/DVD and it would spit it back out, telling me I needed to insert a disc. If I go to My Computer and double click on the E: drive or right click and Open, same deal; Insert a Disc.
I went into the Device Manager and it says "This device is working properly." Like hell it is. It (Microsoft Fix It or some such dealie) is suggesting my media is not readable. Really? Because I know for a fact that one disc in particular was considered readable by that drive a month ago. It was the last one I used before the damn thing stopped reading anything.
I've tried both DVDs, all region 1s, all work on my DVD player in the living room, and data discs with the same outcome.
*stabs technology* I never realized how annoying it was to not have that drive work until it stopped working.
Se paciente y duro; algún día este dolor te será útil.
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Well, it was a nice run with Digsby, I quite like the interface. But three minutes of a new conversation window with the latest update, and I'm ready to stab something. Thanks for forcing flash ads in my conversation window, Digsby, I was totally happy and not at all thinking of returning to Pidgin.
EDIT: Scratch that, finally found the "OFF" option. Thank you, Digsby, I retract the above. For the record, though, I would find ads in my buddy list window FAR less intrusive, since I'm not constantly switching back to it and staring at it.
EDIT: Scratch that, finally found the "OFF" option. Thank you, Digsby, I retract the above. For the record, though, I would find ads in my buddy list window FAR less intrusive, since I'm not constantly switching back to it and staring at it.
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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The millions of f***ing laws and regulations applying to secured transactions. I don't care about rules related to financing statements, attachment, perfection, priorities, lienholders, redemption, foreclosure, proceeds of proceeds, fixture filings, bankruptcy reorganization, comingled goods and crops, or the interstate movement of goods. Or, most importantly, the millions of other related rules that I don't know or can't remember.
Step softly; a dream lies buried here.
I hate that my ketchup isn't a dvd burner.
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A thread snagged and broke on my brand new shawl. It's pretty much unfixable, and the shawl is still gorgeous, so I'll continue to wear it, but I'm so mad! I haven't even had it a week yet!
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
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