pet peeves
Things that consistently annoy me...
Don’t Lecture Me
My brother gives unsolicited TED talks in deep detail about things I already know. Any attempt to get him to the point just creates an opportunity for a new dissertation.
The Plague of Stupid Continues
I carefully chose a new seat in lab to escape the idiots from lecture. The guy next to me spent 30 minutes on a 20-question open-book quiz. The plague of stupid continues.
The Plague of Stupid
First day of chemistry. The person next to me hadn't heard of the class schedule, didn't know what a graphing calculator was, and had eaten an entire curry for lunch in an enclosed room.
I Should Have Known – Signs It’s Not Meant to Be
I should have known that my marriage was not going to last the first time I looked at the sleeping face of mr Horrible and I wanted to smother it with a pillow.
Tales from the High Road…
I consider it a gross abuse of my kindness and familial obligation to be tardy to an event you have asked me to help you with. OMG! Case and point: Helping my brother move the last pieces of furniture from his old apartment to his new one. He asks for my help because I have a truck and trailer (I totally “fit in” here in Texas, who knew?). I told him I wanted to get started at 9am because (SURPRISE!) it is still hot in Texas in September, and lately, by noon the heat is in the high nineties and I am even less interested to do any heavy manual…
