I Am Annoyed

Have you seen this commercial for Google Nexus?



How is selling a product through the demise of someone's beloved pet the right way to go in advertising?

I mean, what genius thought that this is a brilliant ad?

It annoys and disgusts me.

And yes, the ad works, because it makes me talk about the product, but no, it doesn't make me want to buy it. It makes me want to send nasty letters to the company about how terrible this ad is.

Things That Annoy

I've been blogging for many years. I passed the 10 year mark in August! Can you believe that? In those 10 years I've discussed things that annoy me.

Today I'm going to do the things that annoy me about blogs.

1. Tips for bloggers: OMG no! Blogs and bloggers that take themselves too serious scare me.

2. Blogger: I love blogger, but I hate the new blogger platform, it screws stuff up. Over at my book blog, I take part in some book tours and we're sent press kits etc. If I go to copy and paste the author and book info when I post the background turns white and not pretty. If I switch to edit html I have to re-link things.

Boo hiss!

3. Bloggers that do nothing but memes. I love memes! Cat Thursday and my Top 5 are part of my routine, but some people really overkill on the memes.

4. That said, people that need to mold their blog into something they think the world will like. Now unless you are a celebrity or you are blogging for professional reasons, the world's approval is not needed. People who treat their blogs like a job freak me out! Shouldn't this be a fun hobby?

5. Bloggers that try to extort money out of their readers. Yeah paypal links on personal blogs freak me the hell out. Seriously...if your writing is so good why aren't you doing it professionally?

I think that's enough for now? Don't you?

It's Hot..I'm Cranky...It's Time For: Things That Annoy

~ The Accu-weather app on my phone just shows a thermomater exploding today. It isn't nice when the computer app is being snarky about 100 degree heat.

~ The government: Perhaps I should refer these asshats to my debt management program? Take away their credit cards! Someone said they should hand cuff them to the parking meters in D.C. today because it is going to be mother humping hot in D.C. and take away their water....and see how long it takes them to hammer out a deal. Cruel and unusual punishment? Yes, would it get 'er done? I bet it would!

~ My sister and her youngest son on vacation. I've had to help her oldest son take care of her animals while she was away. Have I mentioned that if you have a small zoo, you have no business being away from home for 4 days? Grrrrr.

~ The traffic alert sign that says: Char/Monessen Bridge Closed. Really? It's closed? Last I checked, it wasn't even THERE!!!!

~ Charleroi for not being able to bring a REAL grocery store into town. Save-A-Lot is great but the produce isn't always good and there's no Deli.

~ Giant Eagle...sure you give us fuel perks but could you ever put lunch meat on sale? Pretty please? I have to drive 10 miles just to get chipped ham on sale!! Oh and cheese too...plz thank you.

~ To the cable networks...Can you please re-air some of the summer shows since it is too freaking out to sit in my living room? GAH...I almost miss winter...

I'm so annoyed

Elvis Costello is supposed to have a new Best Of album out at the end of this month, or at least he was going to. There's no date on the amazon page anymore.



Kind of cute artwork and the tracks were chosen by Mr. Costello.

1. Bedlam
2. Stella Hurt
3. No Hiding Place
4. This House Is Empty Now
5. Impatience
6. Tart
7. The Sweetest Punch
8. My Mood Swings
9. When I Was Cruel No. 2
10. Ascension Day
11. Dust
12. Country Darkness
13. 45
14. In The Darkest Place
15. The River In Reverse
16. Monkey To Man
17. In Another Room
18. Still

I don't have any issues with the tracks chosen. In fact I'm over the moon that he put This House Is Empty Now on the album, as that is one of my favorite songs from his album with Burt Bacharach.

Still, I'm a bit miffed that its just a Best Of album. I want new material. I want an album I can be excited about, like I was when When I Was Cruel came out. Sadly, I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.

Do You Know What I Hate More Than Anything?

I hate people that continuously talk about weight loss and working out. I know people need a support chain when it comes to losing weight. I know I do, but listening to people talk about exercising annoys the hell out of me.

I generally think its because I find exercise to be one of the most boring topics out there. I go to the gym, perhaps not as regularly as I ought to, but really its damn boring. There's nothing exciting about it. The whole exercise thing bores me, and talking about it, is a total conversation killer in my book. What the hell is there to talk about anyway, when it comes to exercise. "OMG! I felt the burn!" Conversation over.

I tend to think that people that casually drop the "I worked out," into all their conversations need to be hit with sticks.

I always want to tell those people that I feel sorry for them or ask what it was they worked out. Where did the term actually come from, because it sounds stupid too.

"I worked out."

Eh.

I guess it sounds "cool" to say it that way than the basic, "I exercised" or something similar.

Either way, I do not care.

I'm thrilled that you are fit and active! Have a cookie, now shut up about it!

Oh and do you want to know what I hate more than people that talk about weight loss related things? Blood work. Yuck.

Things That Annoy

Yes, its time for another exciting episode of "Things That Annoy"

~ There's never enough room in closets/dressers for the laundry even though these clothes came from those same places.

~ The car always needs gas when I have the least amount of money.

~ When you want to use the elliptical at the gym every one but the two in front of the windows will be in use.

~ Some 90 lbs skinny bitch will always be on the AB machines.

~ One beer will makes me a weepy drunk. ONE FREAKING CORONA!!!!!

~ There's never enough time to read all the books that are piling up in my house.

~ No concerts that I can afford coming to the city when I can see them.

~ Bernie the 91 Chevy Beretta simply for existing or not ceasing to exist

~ A certain computer I use that operates on windows 98 and only has a dial up connection. Ya know that piece o' poo isn't in my house. Growls.

~ The waistline that is resisting all the exercise I've been doing.

Things That Annoy

I have a long list of these things, here are some of my current not so favorite things that make me crazier than a bed bug

1. Fox News (Can anyone watch this and not blow a gasket? My guess is only if you're Republican)

2. Good Morning America: Its a news show, its a gossip show, ITS FUCKING ANNOYING!

3. Twitter: This is what people who are too lazy to blog do.

4. Writer's block: I have it big time right now. I'm still trying to work on a story.

5. American Idol: When is America going to realize that this is shit tv?

6. The lack of family programing on regular networks: If you want a comedy to watch with everyone present in the family, you have to watch Disney or Nickelodeon.

7. All TV dramas are either police related or hospital related in some way. And you wonder why I watch BBC America. (Heck even those shows are the same....but at least they have a twist)

8. Jeans: I am the only person that does not look good in them at all

9. My health insurance: It pays weird amounts of stuff and nothing for stuff one would think it would pay for. ARGH!

10. Sunday nights: They always transition into Mondays, damn it!!!

I'm Annoyed

Why you ask?

1. Where is the US getting the money to bail out AIG? $85 Billion? Why won't the gov't bail me out..I don't even need a tenth of that? And how can someone that's not making their bills pay back an $85 BILLION loan. I just don't understand. I probably don't want to because then I'd just be angry.

2. My dad who bitches about the alarm clock not going off, is actually sleeping through it. HA! Anyone that sets their alarm for 4:40 a.m. gets no sympathy from me, especially when it wakes me so that I can't get back to sleep. OK, I did and sad dreams ensued.

3. Fell asleep for a half hour after the dad debacle only to dream of grandma. It wasn't a bad dream. I just dreamed that I was hugging her and telling her how much I missed her, mostly because I was doing a lot of crying last night about her. Time does not heal all wounds. 5 months has made nothing better, its just made the void bigger.

4. A random guy from NYC leaving a comment on my Myspace saying "Hi sexy, whatcha doing." Uh. erm. Let's play spot the loony. Oh look there you are!

5. Arby's buying out Wendy's the only fast food chain that I really like. Grrrr

Things That Annoy Me....

Oh yes folks, it's time for another entertaining episode of THINGS THAT ANNOY ME!

~ Lent - It's pretty much the eating of fish...erm...oye does that not sound good...on Friday. Feel the innuendo that is dripping from my mind. Sadly most of my erm..fish consumption is tuna. Other kinds might be a bit more amusing though....

~ Best Buy - They have both the digital camera I want and the Zen Vision for the same damn price. Way to make my head explode.

~ That evil groundhog - Where's my early spring? I want unseasonably warm and I want it now.

~ 3/4 of my family - Too much togetherness. Oh and have I mentioned I still haven't seen Music and Lyrics? ARGH!

~ My hair - Which doesn't want to grow fast enough for me or hold the damn hair color I use. I blow raspberries at my hair. Sadly my hair flips me off back.

~ People that don't know how to operate their computers.

~ People that leave me in the dark - Some people leave me in total blackness, others semi-blackness. I think I need a night light so I don't trip at every step.

~ The feeling that I'm a total pest - No need to mention why. That's obvious. God I hope I don't see a can of RAID coming at me any time soon.

~ Friends that can't just listen - Anyone got an ear for me?

~ Britney, Anna Nicole Smith and the Oscars - A few words I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!

~ Romance novelists that can't make a heroine that's normal and not devasatingly beautiful, or for that matter a hero that's not a typical prince charming figure. Excuse me...why can't we have books about "real people" and "relationships?"