Things I hate! (II)
as an antidote to all this budding spring optimism, I continue my list:
*iTunes
*folding laundry
*Bella in Twilight (Edward is too boring to hate)
*man hair in the sink
*man hair on my chin
*food
*Thomas Hardy
*hard chairs
*global recession
*driving
*medical insurance being tied to employment (because you know, unemployed people don’t get sick, and sick people don’t become unemployed. Stupidest Idea Ever)
So what do you hate?
Having to hurriedly find a new apartment just as I was finally getting things just the way I needed them and just as I was getting my business going, all because some crazy drugged up felon downstairs threatened my life. Apartment hunting is already hard enough without adding a feeling that I’m not safe where I currently am, and that I have to do it quickly, including organizing help to pack up allll my stuff.
Comment by stacer — March 5, 2009 @ 12:22 pm
Plastic pillow covers.
Comment by Numi — March 5, 2009 @ 12:33 pm
A few years ago I was in Dorchester (TH’s crib) and occasionally we’d meet people old enough to remember him riding his bike around town. Their commentary was all basically the same: “Oh, yes. Thomas Hardy. He was a horrible man.”
Comment by Kerry — March 5, 2009 @ 12:33 pm
I hate -
-lack of water sanitation
-mosquitoes
- that the man hair on my chin is now worse than ever. Seriously. One more boy pregnancy and I am going to be a brown double for Brigham Young.
Comment by Asha — March 5, 2009 @ 12:35 pm
When I misplace something. I KNOW exactly where I left it and it isn’t there. Then after frustratingly looking for it, I find it exactly where I really left it.
I think the things I love post was so much more fun.
Comment by bigmama — March 5, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
What do I hate? When my children need to be reminded and prodded about such basic things such as getting ready in the morning, doing their homework, getting ready for bed, staying in bed, going to sleep, etc. It’s not like this stuff is new to them.
Comment by Hunter — March 5, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
I too hate Thomas Hardy.
I also hate getting pop up adds for mortgages, cellulite treatments and wrinkle reduction.
Comment by hawkgrrrl — March 5, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
I actually love Hardy. Delightfully depressing.
I hate sitting in a cubicle all day feeling like I’m not actually accomplishing anything with my life. While sometimes I like my job, I’m just in a bad place right now career-wise.
I hate being unsure of whether I should quit my job to pursue something that interests me more, or try to stick it out here because things might improve.
I hate the BK Burger Shots commericals.
Comment by earlgreyrooibos — March 5, 2009 @ 1:03 pm
Oh! I hate all the diet ads on facebook.
Comment by fmhLisa — March 5, 2009 @ 1:05 pm
FUBO
(what does it mean? the F U is text speak and the BO is Barrack Obama)
Not only is it terribly terribly hypocritical from the team that, through all the Bush years, dribbled on and on about respecting the office, no matter what happened there, but this is being propelled by a man who claims to be Mormon! Such bad PR!
Comment by ESO — March 5, 2009 @ 1:08 pm
I don’t hate anything… too much energy. So I will downgrade to dislikes:
1. Amen on the chin hair. What is with that? Did my eyebrows run away in the night?
2. People who disrespect the military and police officers.
3. Taxing the rich to give to the poor.
4. Stoplights that aren’t properly timed.
5. Feeling tired all day after staying up late — 11pm.
6. People who try to work drunk.
7. People with cold hearts who claim to be righteous.
8. People who smoke, fart, or otherwise emit obnoxious odors in public.
9. Soon to be inlaws who want to control every aspect of a wedding but want me to pay for it all.
p.s. #9 - you get diet ads. I get lesbian dating ads. I didn’t think I was lesbian but maybe facebook knows more than I do.
Comment by StillConfused — March 5, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
oh man, I’d way rather get lesbian dating ads!
Comment by fmhLisa — March 5, 2009 @ 1:20 pm
- Drivers in DC. I still maintain that Jesus Christ Himself would curse if He had to drive here.
- Cleaning the house. It’s the 21st century, why can’t my house clean itself yet?
- Dog #2 refuses to be housebroken. I wish the carpet could clean itself (see above).
Comment by Bro. Jones — March 5, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
Oh man — it depends on the day sometimes but..
*another amen to the chin hair
*people who think every other word has to be the “f” word to be cool - I mean I can live with some but every other word? really?
*mosquitoes
*slow work, which = no money
*braces with no insurance - and the teen who insists on still sneaking laffy taffy and breaking them
*everyone thinking my husband is years younger than me even though he is month older. Whats with these guys who always look 19 or 20??? Even when they are over 30? *sigh*
*mosquitoes
*nascar - at least when he thinks I need to watch it with him
*ann rice
* oh did I mention mosquitoes?
*idiot siblings. You love them — but itch to smack them
Just to to name some
Comment by Samantha — March 5, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
The fact that I can’t multitask and operate my broiler simultaneously. We’re going to have crispy lemon meringue pie at book club tonight!
Comment by Shelah — March 5, 2009 @ 2:02 pm
Grocery shopping with a toddler. Actually, grocery shopping, period.
Also, diet ads on Facebook.
Comment by Emily U — March 5, 2009 @ 2:24 pm
P.S.
It’s nice to see people just frankly complain. Why do we have to always “enjoy the journey” when sometimes we’re in a part of it that just plain sucks?
Comment by Emily U — March 5, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
>root canals
>the scaler the dental hygienist uses to get the plaque off (shiver, shiver, shiver)
>the lace on my G’s- I put up with it cuz I like the lycra ones
>under(barbed)wire bras
>pantyhose
>toe hair
>clutter
>hidden agendas and guilt trips
>false modesty
>insincerity
>asparagus and liver
>too much perfume or cologne
>someone leaving one tablespoon of icecream in the carton
>a garbage can stacked to the max and having it fall over when I open the cupboard
>untangling Christmas tree lights and trying to find the one freakin’ bulb that is burned out.
Comment by Kimberly — March 5, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
I hate -
-Rush Limbaugh
-cupboards that refuse to close no matter how hard you push
-the skim on pudding
-cleaning the tub
-the bottom of my plastic garbage pail (underneath the bag, yeech..)
-the gopher currently destroying my backyard
-the virus that just digested my laptop
-self righteous people
Comment by Lula O — March 5, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
One of my best friends often says “Hate is such and ugly word, like moist. mmmmooooiiissstt”
I often say “I hate people”.
People who text while attempting to drive
People who don’t used turn signals or look.
People who step out to cross the street without looking or waiting to see if I can stop (BYU students on 700 North!)
Herman Melville
Mark Twain
Withering Heights (yes I know it’s Wuthering)
Romeo and Juliet (but I love Shakespeare)
American Gods
GBA sticker, cards, flags, etc. God blesses everyone folks!
Amen to the job thing - I’ve got my resignation letter written and am just waiting to hear if they fire me first (budget cuts).
ok ok ok I should now make an I like list - I need the Karma.
Comment by Robin — March 5, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
I just HATE it when I get short tempered with my Sweetie. He never deserves it and I feel all mean and bad all day afterward.
I hate it when I put the rice on to cook and then rush outside to just do one little thing and then get distracted and forget the rice until I see the
smoke coming out the window. ESPECIALLY since it’s not like this has never happened before….
Comment by Betty Jo — March 5, 2009 @ 4:28 pm
* cold tile floors in the bathroom on winter mornings.
* whoever got my dog addicted to peanut butter - he’s now a shameless sandwich thief.
* the cracked windshield on our van - second one in two years, welcome to Utah, road gravel capital of the world!
* the crunchy tomatoes they’re selling in the stores right now. crunchy tomatoes are just not right.
* having all four kids go down with the same influenza virus one after another like dominoes.
* cramps.
That all I have energy for today. I’m going to make lemon bars and smile fondly at the two daffodils sprouts that have managed to emerge in the front flower bed.
Comment by kimbobim — March 5, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
oh! I remembered one more - I hate Jane Austen. And since my book club has decided to spend the entire year reading her works, I’m going to have to find a new book club. Rats. Maybe I’ll just knit and grumble all by myself.
Comment by kimbobim — March 5, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
I hate (or very, very seriously dislike)….
*People who tell you how you should be doing your calling
*People who complain when they’ve heard half the facts
*People who talk negative politics in the temple
*Paying a lot of money for highlights in my hair and ending up looking like a skunk
*Washing cookie sheets
*Not getting enough sleep
*Having the internet make my email address book disappear
*Having a telephone that only works half the time–AAAAGGH!
Comment by ErinG — March 5, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
winter (and the holes in my boots that let it in)
diet ads
diets
making an ass of myself
and 24: im with you on the cookie sheets, but i think muffin tins are worse
Comment by nobodyputsbabyinacorner — March 5, 2009 @ 5:28 pm
being patient, hate it, only when it comes to getting something tangible (like a house or a car), I do ok with the kiddos. Funny thing is that my hubby is the total opposite, he can wait a lifetime for a good deal on car/house/whatever but has very little patience with the kiddos.
folding laundry!!!
that for some reason my little girl is hungry 24/7
not being in Belize right now
not being able to go out on the weekends with my hubby without major planning, discussing, calling and then feeling guilty if we actually get the MIL to watch them.
having a car that leaks water onto my head through the sunroof when it is raining outside.
planting 12 new fruit trees in my new backyard and knowing that I won’t be able to harvest fruit from them for a couple of years. ugh!
To counteract all of the negative thoughts popping into my head I think we need a thread about all the things we love. I love the ocean on a warm summer day and watching my kids play for hours in the sand and waves. Can’t wait for summer!
Comment by LT — March 5, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
law school.
law school.
law school.
very much.
Comment by Maye — March 5, 2009 @ 5:52 pm
#27 - I loved law school. I thought it was a blast. The teachers were a hoot. Very little of what you studied mattered anyway. In my case, there was typically only a final (no tests to study for throughout). It is just a matter of how you look at it.
Comment by StillConfused — March 5, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
That my husband burned my fresh whole wheat bread***************
The timer was even on!
Are you kidding me?
Comment by Sunshine — March 5, 2009 @ 7:39 pm
you go back and make her do it right. i’m serious.
Comment by mfranti — March 5, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
furloughs
layoffs
that I can’t get over my food addiction while lots of people have no food.
people who try to convince me that 250,000 dollars a year is not a lot of money. It is a lot of money. Piles of money. I don’t care where you live or how many children you have. It is a lot of money.
Mommy wars. Why does it matter that I work and someone else stays home? Who cares?!!!
Chris Buttars.
I could go on. This is enough for now.
Comment by Maren — March 5, 2009 @ 9:18 pm
i don’t care for:
stats professors that use the same tone for the entire lecture.
the cracks in my thumb from the dry weather
that i have all sorts of aches and pains all over my body now that i didn’t have 7-10 years ago
trolls and asshole commenters that come here just to pick fights with us; or to “get riled up”-as one commenter stated.
people who talk on the phone while driving (c’mon, you knew i would have to put this in my list)
that i’ve lost inches but not weight and most of it has been on my chest. wtf!!
parasites on my chickens
network television reality shows (AMERICAN IDOL?)
people who take themselves seriously
that i have 742 posts in my queue but i’m too lazy to actually post one.
that i’m lazy and a scatter brain. i’m pretty sure the latter is connected to age.
Comment by mfranti — March 5, 2009 @ 9:19 pm
You hate iTunes?
Comment by Stephen M (Ethesis) — March 5, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
mfranti: not age. at least i hope not. i blame it on the kids.
and yeah, wtf is up with the inches getting piled onto the chest? i don’t recognize the girls’ anymore
Comment by LisaJ — March 5, 2009 @ 10:08 pm
no lisa, my boobs are shrinking.
i’ve always been blessed, just not so much anymore. i could pull it off in the past because i was balanced, now my bottom looks huge compared to my top.
wah.
Comment by mfranti — March 5, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
mfranti:
for real? what the hell?
maan.
i can’t buy a top to save my life anymore.
a girl i know said it best (about her, but it applies to me): if i lost the weight i’m looking to lose, i’d look like a “rock of love” contestant.
i don’t want that. i miss my girls.
Comment by LisaJ — March 5, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
I know, I know…but I HATE that, too.
Comment by ErinG — March 5, 2009 @ 11:13 pm
i will do it for you.
you paid good money for a service and she didn’t tone your highlights properly.
Comment by mfranti — March 5, 2009 @ 11:20 pm
There’s so much hate in the world- and I am happy to add to it!
-acne (I am 37- com’on!!!)
-paying more for dental insurance than it costs to pay out of pocket.
-people lacking empathy. for anything.
-religious policy influencing political policy that limits personal freedom
-anything that limits or represses freedom
-my personal lack of self-control
-the global economic situation
-people telling what to eat when I mention I am trying to lose weight.
-people telling me what to eat. period.
-the bags under my eyes.
Comment by spunky — March 5, 2009 @ 11:25 pm
Yeah, please tell more about the iTunes thing. I think it is the best thing since sliced bread. I used it for years before getting my first ipod, and not I have the iPhone it is such a joy,
Comment by Naismith — March 5, 2009 @ 11:31 pm
That Artic Circle commercial where the lady is giving sexy eyes to a cow.
Comment by Hildegard — March 5, 2009 @ 11:39 pm
I’ve had a series of bad days, and this thread is a perfect place to take out some of my negativity. I appreciate that (and I apologize if my list gets kind of long).
- Knowing I should be doing something productive that I’m definitely not doing.
- Giving really good advice to other people that I know I will never follow myself.
- My nose (the shape of it…I actually like my sense of smell quite a lot.)
- Feeling tired ALL THE TIME.
- Not getting to eat sugar anymore. It sounds like a small thing, but somehow it’s not.
- Closed-mindedness
- People who look at non-representational art and say, “My 2-year-old could do that.” I mean, yeah, probably she could. Probably she’s making really amazing art all the time that you don’t appreciate because you think the only good drawing of a cow is the one that looks the most like a photograph of cow. See? I can be snobby and judgmental too. (I’m not a visual artist, BTW; I just have strong feelings about it.)
- Suddenly realizing I have no idea what to do with my life - a month and a half before graduation.
- How we spend more time talking about Michelle Obama’s fashion choices than anything else about her, ever.
- When people think it’s funny to hurt animals, even in minor ways (shooting BB guns at cats comes to mind).
- When you tell someone something you’re going through and they say something like, “Man, I would kill myself if that happened to me.” Is that supposed to make anyone anywhere feel better at any time, about anything?
- Volunteering to do things that I really should know I don’t have time for and then not getting them done to my satisfaction and then feeling guilty about it.
- I hate the way my hair is curly when I really want it to be straight, especially when I know there are other people out there with straight hair they wish would curl. I hate this because I know it’s dumb and I should just appreciate what I was born with because it’s actually quite beautiful (so they tell me), but I still just like it better straight.
OK, that’s enough for now. Man, it feels good to complain once in a while.
Comment by OhMissJulie — March 6, 2009 @ 12:06 am
#32, #34 mfranti and LisaJ - I don’t have kids. What’s my excuse for being scatterbrained?
Comment by OhMissJulie — March 6, 2009 @ 12:08 am
Mass produced IKEA “art”
Comment by No love — March 6, 2009 @ 12:08 am
I would just like to say that I have something I love to put on this list. Prarie Dawn from Sesame Street. Someone reminded me of her today and I spent a good ten minutes google imaging her. What a hoot.
I hate: homophobia, people that say uh huh too much, people passive agressively changing the thermostat up or down without discussing it, this dang cold, how its the bad daylight savings time this Sunday, that my brother has to go back home next wedneday, that some Senate staffers are a bit over the top.
Comment by lemondrop — March 6, 2009 @ 12:11 am
I hate when my toddler asks for a glass of milk, because it doesn’t necessarily mean he wants a glass of milk to drink. Sure, he might want to drink it, or he might want to dump it on the floor, or pour it back and forth between some other cup he found (ultimately spilling it on the floor), or see how it feels with his hand (which displaces it enough to spill it on the floor).
Or sometimes he’s saying “Milk! (That stuff is milk. Right? Right? see how smart I am?)” instead of “Milk? (I want milk).” Or the cup is wrong, or he really wanted water, or he wants me to set it on the table so he can pick it up instead of handing it to him. And if I try to bypass it all and just say no, he wails and moans as if he were dying for the want of milk.
Ugh. Toddlers.
Comment by Starfoxy — March 6, 2009 @ 12:57 am
Oh, and it has to be milk too. The stuff that costs $2.50 a gallon. He can’t use water for his experiments. Of course not. Water’s practically free.
Comment by Starfoxy — March 6, 2009 @ 1:00 am
I hate cancer.
And I want to hate people who slip me manila envelopes full of natural cures for cancer while my son is in the OICU. Idiots.
I also hate political gloom and doom and 99.9 percent of all forwarded emails.
I hate driving in inclement conditions (eg blizzards, lightning storms, basically any Minnesota weather).
I hate living far away from my best friends.
I hate jumping to conclusions.
I hate being reliant on others.
I hate that my closet is unorganized.
I hate find ants in my cupboard.
I hate living in an energy inefficient home.
I hate sleep deprivation.
I hate to think of just sitting around hating.
I seriously love iTunes. Best way to rent movies.
Comment by Lupita — March 6, 2009 @ 1:32 am
insomnia.
drama.
obscene global economic inequality.
divorce.
for-profit health care.
all the bruhaha around prop 8.
anxiety.
middle seats on airplanes.
peanut butter.
(Yes, I know I was doing great until that last one.)
Comment by MikeInWeHo — March 6, 2009 @ 2:19 am
I hate iTunes, too. It’s slow, bloated and unintelligent. It was definitely not designed to handle a gigantic music collection like mine. Unfortunately, having three iPods means I can’t get really get away from it.
Comment by steve-o — March 6, 2009 @ 6:03 am
Spunky- Which kind? Dark circles or puffy bags?
OMJ- Isn’t it amazing how a well-educated lawyer, raking in a salary over $300,000, who started out as her husband’s boss, is now reduced to a barbie doll? I read the Vogue spread- my cheeky brother sent me a Vogue subscription to counter all my political/economics magazines…it was a joke. But to my surprise, I really enjoy the artistic pictures. Anyway, my dh had a fit in Costco when he saw her on the cover of People magazine and when he flipped to the story, it went on and on about her pink dress…
Starfoxy- Where are you finding milk for that price? I’ve been picking it up on sale, but the best I could do was at Walmart for $3.59. Hood is going for $5.99 around here! I have to move.
Comment by Kimberly — March 6, 2009 @ 6:31 am
Getting gray hair and pimples at the same time. It’s just wrong
Comment by edawn — March 6, 2009 @ 7:39 am
costco powdered milk. that stuff lasts forever.
Comment by mfranti — March 6, 2009 @ 10:21 am
Do not even get me started on forwarded emails. I especially hate forwarded CHAIN emails that say things like, “If you love puppys or your friends or your dear, sweet children and you’re not a monster, you must forward this immediately to your nearest 100 friends.” Oh, brother. (Of course, if the computer ate your email address book, then there’s no one really to forward emails) Hee hee hee.
Comment by ErinG — March 6, 2009 @ 10:22 am
I really hate how a simple exercise session just WRECKS me for the whole rest of the day, and that I’ve never been able to break through that to some alleged point where exercise leaves you feeling energized.
Comment by reese — March 6, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Ooo, this looks like fun!
* the chin hair! (even more annoying for me cause I’m 22!!!)
* being punished at work for getting sick
* faux friends
* insomnia
* people who have horrible relationships but insist on giving me relationship advice
* slow drivers in the passing lane
*drivers who cut me off even though I’m going the speed limit and then slow down
* finding cat litter all over the house
* cat vomit as an act of retaliation
* false sincerity
* parents who scream at their kids from across the store, movie theater, parking lot, etc.
* ignorance
* close mindedness
* still having no idea what I want to be when I grow up
* driving in the rain (doesn’t happen much here so NO ONE knows how to do it)
* drama
* having a car with no a/c and broken windows
* needing the a/c in MARCH
* unsolicited advice
* nosy people
* insurance (health, auto)
* prop 8
* forwarded e-mails that “cause bad luck” if you don’t send them on
* fear-mongering talk about Obama
Wow, I talk too much.
Comment by belluschanteuse — March 6, 2009 @ 11:43 am
Being a complete pariah just because I like education, don’t enjoy conservative talk radio/tv, and am young, married, and childless. Thanks MFH, for letting me know that not all Mormons are feed-lot Mormons. Go free-range!!
Comment by Moniker Challenged — March 6, 2009 @ 11:44 am
i’m sorry.
that’s one of my problems. i get too charged up that i can’t sleep at night.
Comment by mfranti — March 6, 2009 @ 12:01 pm
oh…i don’t care for…
kitties that poop on the floor instead of the litter box (thank goodness for big doggies that like scooby snacks)
and people that disregard anthropogenic global warming even tho they’ve never studied, researched, investigated by a simple google search to know what they don’t believe in.
and people that don’t understand that the earth is finite and so are many of the resources.
patriarchy (speaking globally)
Comment by mfranti — March 6, 2009 @ 12:15 pm
I also hate iTunes.
Cold.
Grocery shopping.
I haven’t seen my love in a year and I don’t know when I’ll see him again.
People who demand information from you.
People who get offended when you tell them it’s none of their business.
Sitting in this cold office all day, wasting my life.
Only having 5 hours every day to try to take care of my life.
Getting headaches at work from staring at the computer.
Menstruation.
Not being able to remember everything and keep track of it all.
Irresponsible people.
Facebook memes.
Not having time to work out.
Dog/cat hair all over everything.
I could go on . . .
Comment by Redoubt — March 6, 2009 @ 12:23 pm
Oh, yeah, mfranti…
we have a to keep a baby gate in the doorway to the bathroom, becuase we also have a dog that sticks her head IN the litterbox and takes the kitty poo out and leaves it around the house.
Comment by belluschanteuse — March 6, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
Moniker Challenged
I call them “Stepford Mormons”; If you don’t know about the Stepford Wives you should check it out.
The men folk are “The Suits” like unto the Agents in the Matrix.
and you know what - I hate them *makes a sheep like noise*
OH, and Thomas Kinkaid - he’s the Anti-Artist.
Liz Lemon Swindle, Greg Olsen, Simon Dewy, etc. It may be a painting of Christ, but it’s got no SOUL!
Comment by Heavenly Mother's girl — March 6, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
#28- While I’m glad your law school experience was a good one, mine has not been. Saying, “It’s a matter of how you look at it,” is not going to change it. It’s a matter of what you’ve experienced.
That being said, I am totally happy with my soon to be job. I can’t wait. Do I hate law school? Oh, yes. Am I grateful? Very much.
Comment by Maye — March 6, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
#62- I agree. *Wearing a suit must mean you’re important*. And the art, bleck!
I hate when Mormons and other conservative types drive a Prius and have to disclaim that it’s strictly for fuel economy reasons, “Not because I care about the environment”. Heaven forbid you care about the environment.
Comment by Anne — March 6, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
oh my yes I hate hate hate iTunes. I hate that I can’t transfer music off my iPod, I hate their stupid aac format, I hate that I can’t put my iTunes music on my kid’s mp3 players because of the stupid protections. I hate that I have to have two versions of every song (aac and mp3) I hate that it doesn’t support online library services, so I can’t check out audiobooks from my library’s website.
And now it’s just losing all my music, I click on songs and on half of them it tells me it “can’t find the original” so if I want to listen to it I have to dig out the CD, what’s the point of having my music on my computer if I have to pull out my CD every time I want to listen to it. Plus it’s clunky and slow and poorly designed. I HATE it.
Comment by fMhLisa — March 6, 2009 @ 2:48 pm
http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=201
For all the iTunes and technology haters (I say this tongue in cheek of course) out there! I love the chair in the sky thing, I couldn’t believe when I boarded Delta last week and saw there was wi fi on board. What will they think of next!?
Everyone watch the video, have a laugh, and make it a great day (As commenter Mary Magdalene would say)
Comment by lemondrop — March 6, 2009 @ 2:59 pm
Maye,
I’m with you on law school. I hated it, hated it, hated it. Many years later, I look back and there isn’t much that I learned in law school that I have actually used in my practice. The best thing about law school is that it gave me the degree that qualifies me for my job.
Comment by CS Eric — March 6, 2009 @ 3:47 pm
Bipolar Utah Weather
Which isn’t to say I hate Utah. LOVE IT HERE! Y’all are just so wonderful and friendly.
But your weather SUCKS RAW EGGS!
Comment by Paradox — March 6, 2009 @ 3:58 pm
Maye, Sorry you didn’t have a fun experience at law school. I attended law school at BYU which was great because there was some actual practical experience gained there. The teachers were so open and fun. If my kids didn’t have school, they would spend the day with me at class and they loved it too. We had some professors that made the learning process fun. Ahh the mischief. Having a fellow classmate doing a mock strip dance to YMCA — at BYU — great stuff!
Comment by StillConfused — March 6, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
Here’s another. Giant flowered headbands on a baby girl’s head.
Comment by Anne — March 6, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
I LOATHE Bella in Twilight, too!
And what I hate worse is how her emotionally abusive relationship w/Edward (he controls, he makes all the decisions) is glorified instead of shown as dangerous.
Ick!
I also hate it when people talk on their phones while driving. Hello, people! Can you please NOT endanger everyone else on the road while you make a call?!
Comment by A Paperback Writer — March 6, 2009 @ 5:58 pm
Daylight savings is this week? Really? How could I NOT know this!
I hate:
-owing lots of money. LOTS of money.
-facebook
-forwarded political e-mails of any kind
-people who think a criticism of Pres. Obama is a direct attack on them and must take it personally and respond with pure emotion instead of one iota of logic or reason. Dude, I voted for him too, but he ain’t God!
-people who think they’re good enough church members that they can criticize everyone else and put us into fun little categories as if they really know anything about other peoples lives.
-grocery shopping - that should be #1 on my list, wait, no, #2
-bad news that I’ve had a lot of lately
-cleaning my house
-drivers that have no business being on the road.
With the mood I’m in, I better stop before this becomes a two page b*tch & moan session!
Comment by Bewitched — March 6, 2009 @ 6:48 pm
Oh wait, wait!
Just one more I forgot:
CUTE SAYINGS IN VINYL LETTERING PLASTERED ALL OVER THE HOUSE!!!
Comment by Bewitched — March 6, 2009 @ 6:50 pm
I’m too worn out from building a career to hate much, but I’ve got a few minor irritations:
-Not being proposed to.
-Detoxing from caffeine.
-Ornery, socially awkward coworkers.
I spend 3/4 of my year with my coworkers. The least I could ask for is a little optimism.. just a little! Pleaseeeee!
Comment by Kari "Kaitlyn" P. — March 6, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
#49 Divorce? I have to say I love that there is divorce. I don’t ever want one, and they can be ugly, painful experiences for all involved, but can you imagine if everyone was stuck with such a huge (possibly horrible, potentially physically or emotionally dangerous) decision they made, possibly right out of highschool or at gunpoint by angry parents of a pregnant teenager… there needs to be divorce. Yes, it would be better if people took the decision a little more seriously to begin with, but come on, that’s just not going to happen.
Something I hate - people who take out their bad day on innocent bloggers like I just did. (grimace) Sorry
Comment by POM — March 6, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
To atone for my grumpy comment above, here is a real list:
- plastic chocolate (I’m looking at you, hersheys)
- needless blame
- irational, angry pride (some kinds of pride I like)
- stuff that just accumulates around my house for no reason, making it necessary to donate yet another carload of junk so we can actually see the floor - where does this stuff come from?
- mildew
- comercials
- when people bring up politics at church - never done tactfully or considerately in my experience
- people who have to put others down to feel good about themselves
- nutella - what I mean is I soooo hate that I looooooove it and can’t stop eating it.
Comment by POM — March 6, 2009 @ 7:13 pm
I hate:
-all my premature grey hairs
-weeding
-doing laundry and dishes
-all the paper my kids bring home from school
-books that look intriguing but turn out to be complete porn
-movie rating systems
-my computer being outdated after two years
-not being able to drink coffee
-”mainstream” Mormons who think those with different political or personal views need to repent (how many times am I going to hear, “You need to pray about it more”?)
-”liberal” Mormons who think all the mainstream Mormons are sheep and also need to repent
-that I have absolutely no idea what to do with eyeliner
-that I have to get dressed up and go to things where I should wear eye liner
-hospitals that ban VBACs when the nearest hospital that allows them is at least an hour away (much more with traffic)
-people that swear too much around me (because then I start doing it too!)
-Wal-mart
-blueberries
I need to stop all my hating.
Comment by jen — March 6, 2009 @ 9:48 pm
Oh YES! :)) I can’t believe another Mormon woman is admitting that they hate Bella! I totally agree. I have to wonder if those books would be such a sensation if the author wasn’t Mormon. You know how we flock in support of our own. Well, I wish women would read some REAL literature. I just can’t believe that the majority of people think they’re well written books. Twilight is a step above a romance novel. Are they that oblivious? I would like to think not, but things point the other way. So I HATE the twilight craze.
Comment by Heidi — March 7, 2009 @ 1:23 am
I hate my job (sometimes)
I hate my boss (sometimes)
I hate not being a good enough mom because I’m preoccupied with work or whatever.
I hate having to come up with ideas for dinner.
I hate my current weight.
I hate abayas and hijabs and veils
I hate McDonald’s
I hate coughing
I hate being boring
I HATE getting ripped off
I hate being a crappy writer
I hate dirty fingernails
I hate my left knee when it does this funny thing and gets really stiff and says to me mockingly, “you’re old! you’re old!!”
I hate getting old.
I hate any kind of organ meat.
I hate okra.
I hate swearing.
I hate conflict and malice and fighting
I HATE when people are just DENSE. You know, like when they have an unparalleled amount of stupidity embedded in their DNA and then on top of it all, they think they know more than you do.
Man, I hate that.
I hate bronchitis.
I hate when my computer says every thing is perfectly connected and yet my internet won’t cooperate.
I hate waiting a whole week to watch Lost.
I hate missing family weddings because I live so far away.
I hate disappointing people.
Comment by meems — March 7, 2009 @ 2:01 pm
Heidi, I too am totally not a crazed Twilight fan. I am an English major and I find many ways to mock the series when having class discussions.
I do praise Meyers for her getting out there and making a success of herself. Ambition is admirable. I just don’t get into teenage love stories, but if I were 15 again, I would probably love them. I must admit, I only made it through the first book and it was on a peer-pressured dare - which apparently I am not too old to succumb to.
Comment by bigmama — March 7, 2009 @ 8:56 pm
Guh. Twilight. But you know? I read Sweet Valley High when I was a kid, which was waaaay worse. So if tween kids like it, no big deal. It’s the people who are older and really should know better, and still tell me things like, “Yeah, I’m just waiting for my Edward” as they blissfully sigh…those people I don’t get. You’re just waiting for a sparkly man to come along and control your life? Really? Yeesh.
I hate how many people openly dismiss Jane Austen as “chick lit”. Like her, don’t like her, I don’t care, but the woman was a genius. I think we’re conditioned by modern movies (”Clueless is just like Emma! Because of how she gives the girl the makeover!”) to think of them as simplistic romance novels, when in reality most of her novels are really challenging, well-written social commentaries about class, gender, and sexual relationships. Seriously, Pride and Prejudice? That is one loaded story. I always suspect that the only reason she gets dismissed so often is because she wrote about “Girl Stuff” (ie, marriage, the thing that pretty much determined a woman’s entire future wealth and happiness at that time) instead of Important Things (a/k/a “Guy Stuff”).
OK, rant over. Or, OK, one last thing: I HATE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. Why do we still do this?!
Now rant over. And an idea: we should have a book thread on here sometime. I think it’d be interesting.
Comment by OhMissJulie — March 8, 2009 @ 4:08 am
Re: 81 I totally agree. Daylight Savings Time is a pain in the butt. This morning my run was totally dark for 35 minutes before it even started to get light. And I didn’t leave my house until 6:45. I can’t wait to start complaining about it being too hot. Oh wait, that never happens.
Comment by Numi — March 8, 2009 @ 11:09 am
I hate ants.
Comment by Janet — March 8, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
I hate ants, too, Janet, when they’re in my stuff, but more than ants… I hate weevils. HATE them.
Comment by meems — March 8, 2009 @ 1:16 pm
-stretch marks
-porn
-when people who told me I shouldn’t criticize the Bush because I needed to “respect the office” say horrible things about Obama when he hasn’t even been in office long enough for us to see the result of anything he’s done yet
-fast food
-anything that can infest my food storage
-pop music
-the word “stimulus”
-those high heels with really long, pointy toes. They are ugly.
-Waiting to see if my husband loses his job/takes a pay cut
-Snooty “literary” critics/writers who think Fantasy and Sci Fi are worthless, no matter how well written (Yes, I write fantasy. So I am biased. But darn it, I write it well)
-chunky bright plastic jewelry
-When people try to fix immodest fashionable clothing by sticking another shirt underneath. It usually looks terrible. Just wear the undershirt, guys. It’ll look way better.
-Global gender and economic inequality
-Fake fruit filling
-The pain in my lower left abdomen that gets worse before my period starts, which no doctor has been able to explain to me yet
-wonder bread
not having time/energy to work out
Comment by ifrit — March 9, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
Why Herman Melville? I have Moby Dick on my long list of “to read someday” but I’ve never actually read anything of his, so I’m just curious. I hate “Gone With the Wind” and especially Scarlett O’Hara. I haven’t read the Twilight series yet (I think I’m the only one in my ward who hasn’t) but I am planning on it, maybe when I get my kindle this week.
I also hate ITunes and any other DRM music. It has been a few years since I had an IPod, but I lost everything that I purchased on ITunes (although the stuff I downloaded in the heyday of Napster has traveled with me through every computer change). I understand that DRM is slowly dying though, so I probably wouldn’t hate it anymore.
I hate Dane Cook. I really love stand-up comedy so when I kept hearing his name I watched his comedy special, and he wasn’t funny at all. I can’t figure out why he’s popular.
I hate the vaccination/autism controversy. My son is autistic and I don’t think that vaccines caused it. I understand that some people do and I think it’s perfectly reasonable to want as much information about it as possible, but I hate when people are on such a crusade to “save” everyone from vaccinating their children that they ignore the information that doesn’t support this conclusion and insist that it’s just like the tobacco companies telling us that cigarettes are safe, and even attack those who do vaccinate, when we should be supporting each other.
Oh, and I hate the sequels to The Matrix. I actually refuse to acknowledge their existence so that they don’t ruin my enjoyment of the movie. I have considered doing that with Star Wars, too, after seeing Revenge of the Sith, but it’s a little harder to ignore.
Comment by Kimarie — March 12, 2009 @ 5:33 pm
I hate “the good news minute” in relief society.
Hate it.
Comment by anotheranderson — March 15, 2009 @ 10:44 pm