Ok, so if I have to see one more post about 50 Shades of Grey I'm going to kill myself. I understand people like to suggest things to other people that they like, such as restaurants and movies. I am totally fine with this, but it bothers me when people suggest things that are awkward or completely useless.
My main concern with this is the plot of the story, or should i say what I assume the plot of the story is. Keep in mind I haven't read the book and am basing most of these facts off of what I've heard or read in reviews. According to what I've read, its about a female college grad who happens to be a virgin that has never had a boyfriend (Yeah ok, that's going to happen today......soooo realistic). She takes a job at some company and starts banging the CEO, but I guess the dude is into like all kinds of freaky crap (bondage and crap like that). First off I don't know the details of how they started banging, nor do I really care. Secondly, a girl who actually is reading it told me it reminded her exactly of Twilight. Great so apparently all I need to do now to be a successful author is just start writing books about weird squirrely girls who bang really socially awkward guys. What ever happened to writing a great story that people want to read? When did we decide we wanted to read pornography? I'd love nothing more than for a book I write to become famous and for people to actually enjoy it! Not to mention make some money off of it so I don't have to work at place that doesn't appreciate me.
I know that I'm clearly going to pick a fight with some of my female readers here but like this goes back to my previous blog on love. Why in god's name do women want some mysterious asshole to come and whisk them away. Like I thought girls always wanted the white knight to come and rescue them. All my life I have been raised to be the "nice guy". Granted I can be an asshole, I can treat people like shit, but deep down inside I always do the right thing. I was taught to always help out people, friends or not. There's no reason you should shit on someone for no good reason. Plus later on down the road you may need help from someone else and I doubt you'd like for them to shit on you. Perhaps I'm showing my age here, but I was taught to respect people. Thus why I am so confused when it comes to books like this. Shouldn't women be like "OMG I WANT TO FIND A NICE GUY WHO TREATS ME WELL"? The last girl I dated, told me about how "retarded" her ex was. How he treated her like crap and told her how to live her life. She wanted to have kids some day and get married, he told her he was not doing that and she'd have to deal with it. So eventually she got fed up with him and left him. We started dating, I can say this, and with out exaggerating, that I treated her amazing. I listened to her, took her out, took her to hockey games, movies, parties. Out to dinner, cooked her dinner, had movies nights, gave her gifts(which i know isn't that important), all the things that should make her feel good, appreciated and dare I say loved. What was my thanks for this? She went back to her ex and left me high and dry, blocked my number and deleted me from Facebook almost instantly (Insert "Somebody I used to know" lyrics). I just don't understand it. Again not to toot my own horn here, but i'd have to say I was better looking than that jitbag anyways.
I think my main point here is how women constantly underrate themselves. I don't know why, maybe its the whole supermodel/barbie concept where they don't think they are good looking enough or popular enough. Why women are never satisfied with themselves I'll never know. I was once told that this affects their relationships too, and I wasn't sure I believed it, but the more I see, the more I do believe it. The theory goes as such: If you treat a woman nicely and the way you should, she will think that she's above you, that clearly you are doing all these things to hang on to her, because she's better than you. Which will thus lead her to look else where, because she thinks she can do better. If you treat a woman like shit, degrade her and not do things that make her happy, she will feel as if she can't do any better. She will think that if this is the way she is being treated, that you must be the upper echelon of men that she can attain. Thus she will never leave you. Now I'm not saying I do this, but maybe this is why women are they way they are today. Perhaps this answers the question of why women have an infatuation with assholes. They have been grown into a culture where this is normal and thus it is clearly hard to break them from these ways. Again, not all couples are like this, I know people who are nice to their wives or girlfriends, and they get along just fine. But for every couple I know like that, there are 20 that are dysfunctional or fit the great girl/total asshat boyfriend category.
Aside from that, I'd just like to say this:
Women, please respect yourselves. Don't settle for some douche bag who treats you like total garbage. There are still nice guys out there, I know a few myself, and I don't even mean just myself. There is no reason why you need to think you are inferior or beneath someone. Believing in yourself and what you are is the best way to empower yourself. Don't ever tell yourself you can't do something, there are plenty of assbags out there that will to do that for you. Stay true to yourself and there is no reason you will ever feel dissatisfied with your life.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Love
OK so today's topic is a legitimate deep topic, coming right from the heart and it makes sense, today's topic ladies and gentlemen is: Love.
So many people are "looking for it" ,allegedly some people have "found it", and honestly too many people complain about it or the lack of having it. I myself have been guilty of the last one. A few times I thought I found it, only to be ripped apart leaving me in tatters worse than a shitty roll of 2 ply shit wrap (Toilet Paper, haha). Regardless I'm really not the type to put my business out there on the facebook, granted I have done the "In a relationship", "Is now single" BS. But I'm entirely sick of looking in my stream and seeing women complaining about how some douche bag ripped their heart out and that all men are the same and dickheads, yadda yadda, so on and so forth. I don't necessarily mind the people that proclaim their love, or say how great their spouse is. You would think that this may annoy me as I'm not in love of whatever. Wrong, I'm not a bitter person, I really enjoy seeing people being happy, Thus I enjoy seeing my friends and family happy in a relationship and happy. Good for them and I hope to find something like they have in the future.
My problem lies with the idiots out there. Guys who have the greatest girlfriend, smart, fun, cute, and they either A. Treat her like shit or B. Complain about her til my ears bleed. Or the women that complain, as i stated earlier, about how there are no good guys out there and everyone treats me like garbage. 1. Stop dating douche bags who treat you like shit and that wont happen. 2. Stop being closed minded and snobby and only dating Brad Pitt and maybe you will get someone who actually respects you. 3. If you have to constantly hound your boyfriend into hanging out or spending time with you, he probably doesn't care about you enough.
Someone I recently spoke with, was dating a person who lived a decent amount of mileage away. They saw each other here and there due to their work schedules. Recently they broke up, the dude ended it, my friend is the girl. He said that it really hurts him to do this, because he likes her and all that. Maybe its me but like......WTF? Generally if you like someone you don't leave them. By far the dumbest excuse I have ever heard. I know a guy who is in a relationship, and the girl lives 11,000 miles away. So don't ever tell me distance is an excuse. Also who the hell is he going to find a person who works the same exact schedule? That is whats known as being selfish. Don't get me wrong I need attention as much as the next person, but I can also use my space as well. Alone time, time with my hockey team, time with family, or hanging out with friends doing whatever. What I'm getting at here is "YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GLUED TO EACH OTHER". I'm quite sure if my father didn't go fishing as much as he did when i was a kid, my parents would have killed each other years ago. Back to the original point, if you like someone, you would move mountains to be with them, to get to them, there is no reason that you have to hurt them as well as yourself to be more convenient for yourself.
Perhaps this is a shit subject for me because I'm still looking for love. I've dated a number of girls, some that cheated on me, some that were nice, that i screwed up, some that weren't right for me, and some that were just plain nuts. Like literally nuts. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not Brad Pitt, but i'd say I'm like a pretty good looking guy, I'm smart, I'd consider myself funny and fun to be around. A problem I have is meeting new people, I hate going out sometimes, I get all anxious and stuff. However for the most part I'm a guy who loves the light, a social butterfly if you will. I just have a hard time, and always have had a hard time, talking to and meeting girls. I've tried the whole online dating thing too. Boy is that a total sham. I legitimately take the time to read over a cute girls profile, send her a thoughtful email and they read it and delete it. Like OK I'm not Brad Pitt, but give a dude a chance. Also from what I've heard women usually get like "HEY, wanna bang 2nite?", in their inbox. So like if I'm taking the time to send a thoughtful email why would they not take the time to say something back, or even "I'm not really interested". Holy shit a response would be golden. For Christ's sake you are on an online dating site, why are you being a snob?! Balls. Anyways, enough about my bullshit.
What I'm getting at here, with this whole topic of love is that people need to be themselves. People need to care less about what other people feel or tell them to feel. They need to be more concerned with what they feel. If you like someone, be with them, if you hate someone or they treat you like shit, tell them, don't string people along, or bullshit them. I don't care what race or creed you are, if you are an asshole I'm going to tell you that you are, because that's how you deserve to be treated. If you are in a relationship that sucks, fix it, or end it, don't complain about it on facebook and especially don't categorize all men or women as jerks or whatever just because something didn't go your way.
So many people are "looking for it" ,allegedly some people have "found it", and honestly too many people complain about it or the lack of having it. I myself have been guilty of the last one. A few times I thought I found it, only to be ripped apart leaving me in tatters worse than a shitty roll of 2 ply shit wrap (Toilet Paper, haha). Regardless I'm really not the type to put my business out there on the facebook, granted I have done the "In a relationship", "Is now single" BS. But I'm entirely sick of looking in my stream and seeing women complaining about how some douche bag ripped their heart out and that all men are the same and dickheads, yadda yadda, so on and so forth. I don't necessarily mind the people that proclaim their love, or say how great their spouse is. You would think that this may annoy me as I'm not in love of whatever. Wrong, I'm not a bitter person, I really enjoy seeing people being happy, Thus I enjoy seeing my friends and family happy in a relationship and happy. Good for them and I hope to find something like they have in the future.
My problem lies with the idiots out there. Guys who have the greatest girlfriend, smart, fun, cute, and they either A. Treat her like shit or B. Complain about her til my ears bleed. Or the women that complain, as i stated earlier, about how there are no good guys out there and everyone treats me like garbage. 1. Stop dating douche bags who treat you like shit and that wont happen. 2. Stop being closed minded and snobby and only dating Brad Pitt and maybe you will get someone who actually respects you. 3. If you have to constantly hound your boyfriend into hanging out or spending time with you, he probably doesn't care about you enough.
Someone I recently spoke with, was dating a person who lived a decent amount of mileage away. They saw each other here and there due to their work schedules. Recently they broke up, the dude ended it, my friend is the girl. He said that it really hurts him to do this, because he likes her and all that. Maybe its me but like......WTF? Generally if you like someone you don't leave them. By far the dumbest excuse I have ever heard. I know a guy who is in a relationship, and the girl lives 11,000 miles away. So don't ever tell me distance is an excuse. Also who the hell is he going to find a person who works the same exact schedule? That is whats known as being selfish. Don't get me wrong I need attention as much as the next person, but I can also use my space as well. Alone time, time with my hockey team, time with family, or hanging out with friends doing whatever. What I'm getting at here is "YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GLUED TO EACH OTHER". I'm quite sure if my father didn't go fishing as much as he did when i was a kid, my parents would have killed each other years ago. Back to the original point, if you like someone, you would move mountains to be with them, to get to them, there is no reason that you have to hurt them as well as yourself to be more convenient for yourself.
Perhaps this is a shit subject for me because I'm still looking for love. I've dated a number of girls, some that cheated on me, some that were nice, that i screwed up, some that weren't right for me, and some that were just plain nuts. Like literally nuts. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not Brad Pitt, but i'd say I'm like a pretty good looking guy, I'm smart, I'd consider myself funny and fun to be around. A problem I have is meeting new people, I hate going out sometimes, I get all anxious and stuff. However for the most part I'm a guy who loves the light, a social butterfly if you will. I just have a hard time, and always have had a hard time, talking to and meeting girls. I've tried the whole online dating thing too. Boy is that a total sham. I legitimately take the time to read over a cute girls profile, send her a thoughtful email and they read it and delete it. Like OK I'm not Brad Pitt, but give a dude a chance. Also from what I've heard women usually get like "HEY, wanna bang 2nite?", in their inbox. So like if I'm taking the time to send a thoughtful email why would they not take the time to say something back, or even "I'm not really interested". Holy shit a response would be golden. For Christ's sake you are on an online dating site, why are you being a snob?! Balls. Anyways, enough about my bullshit.
What I'm getting at here, with this whole topic of love is that people need to be themselves. People need to care less about what other people feel or tell them to feel. They need to be more concerned with what they feel. If you like someone, be with them, if you hate someone or they treat you like shit, tell them, don't string people along, or bullshit them. I don't care what race or creed you are, if you are an asshole I'm going to tell you that you are, because that's how you deserve to be treated. If you are in a relationship that sucks, fix it, or end it, don't complain about it on facebook and especially don't categorize all men or women as jerks or whatever just because something didn't go your way.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Love Hate Relationship
My relationship with working out / eating healthy can be described in nothing more than Love / Hate. A few years back I knew a kid whos bicepts were about the size of my head. He got me into working out and eating healthy. Now I'm a small dude, not huge or tall by any means. At 5'7" I'm usually wishing for stilts or debating on whether or not i should lift my leg when i kiss a girl taller than myself. But i figured it would be nice to get into better shaped and feel good. Not to mention attract some attention from the ladies! O.o Anyways, I got into it and bought supplaments and Protien shakes and weights. I worked out almost every night and felt the best i think ive ever felt. Eating healthy can really change your mindset and litterally you dont feel like ass (The kind of ass you feel like after eating KFC and a large mac and cheese). It really can make you into a different person. I was eating healthier than I ever had. Yogurts, lean meats, rice cakes and all those sort of healthy fruits and veggies you should eat.
The only problem there was that i sort of tailed off. I ended up regaining the weight i took off, lost muscle and went back to my old eating styles, which included but are not limited to eating bags of Doritos, ice cream, and fast food. Even Soda, which is a terrible waste of calories. Now again a few months ago, before Thanksgiving and the Holidays, i started eating healthy again, not even working out (unless you count hockey like 3 days a week), just eating healthy. I have to say within two months I felt great. I was skating faster and playing harder than I ever had on the ice. I woke up earlier with more energy than I had. Then again, I slowly slipped back into bad habits, then the holidays hit and I like most Americans pigged out and stuffed my face. Which lead me back into the blahh stage. I really want to get back to this.
I have P90X I just have a hard time making time and following it. I have a membership at Planet Fatass, although I don't use it that often because its so far from my house. I'd eat healthier, but i don't always have time to make a lunch or go shopping. Those are all bullshit excuses that I use all the time. This time around it's going to be different. I plan on holding myself accountable for the things I do now. Playing in three hockey leagues, and maybe some work outs during the week 1 or 2 times, combined with healthy eating should get me there. There's no reason why I can't do this. The only person stopping me is myself. My job is even physical so this should be easy. Plus summer is coming and that will have me outside hiking, playing sports, and running around. Thus I am committed to getting back in shape and wont stop until I am.
The only problem there was that i sort of tailed off. I ended up regaining the weight i took off, lost muscle and went back to my old eating styles, which included but are not limited to eating bags of Doritos, ice cream, and fast food. Even Soda, which is a terrible waste of calories. Now again a few months ago, before Thanksgiving and the Holidays, i started eating healthy again, not even working out (unless you count hockey like 3 days a week), just eating healthy. I have to say within two months I felt great. I was skating faster and playing harder than I ever had on the ice. I woke up earlier with more energy than I had. Then again, I slowly slipped back into bad habits, then the holidays hit and I like most Americans pigged out and stuffed my face. Which lead me back into the blahh stage. I really want to get back to this.
I have P90X I just have a hard time making time and following it. I have a membership at Planet Fatass, although I don't use it that often because its so far from my house. I'd eat healthier, but i don't always have time to make a lunch or go shopping. Those are all bullshit excuses that I use all the time. This time around it's going to be different. I plan on holding myself accountable for the things I do now. Playing in three hockey leagues, and maybe some work outs during the week 1 or 2 times, combined with healthy eating should get me there. There's no reason why I can't do this. The only person stopping me is myself. My job is even physical so this should be easy. Plus summer is coming and that will have me outside hiking, playing sports, and running around. Thus I am committed to getting back in shape and wont stop until I am.
College
So, I haven't posted in a while here, mostly because I've been running around like a mad man for the last few weeks. I had a hockey tournament in Pittsburgh, typically work weeks, Overtime, as well as the fact that I'm now in 3 separate hockey leagues. That being said, here is my latest entry.
I've officially decided to go back to school this fall. The hardest part is figuring out what the hell I'm going to do to pay for it. I never went to college out of high school as i got a job using my computer certification. It was a decent entry level job, with opportunity to advance. Around 2 years later I found myself unemployed with no degree and hardly any experience in the field, which landed me back in a retail job. I jerked around in this field for a few more years, which finally i decided that i need to go back to school to get out of the dungeon known as retail. I went back for Pharmacy, and quickly learned it was more work than i could handle with a full time job, that combined with the fact that Wilkes was charging me 26k a year. I was so broke after paying bills I could barely eat. Those two combined factors is what led me to leave school. 2 years in and I had nothing to show for it.
This time I've changed my major to something I really actually am interested in.....Communications. I plan on taking Journalism classes as well as Media classes. I've always been quite good at expressing my self via text and or speaking my mind. I was a DJ on the radio for a little while and I always found that to be cool. I got to create comedy sketches for the show, play the music I thought was cool, and even have friends listen to me. If you cant already tell I'm pretty much 100% obsessed with Ice Hockey, I'd absolutely love to do something in the sports field, sports writing, sports reporting, anything like that. I have to say I'm really quite excited about this.
The challenge now comes in the small stuff. "Don't sweat the small stuff" they always say. I say that's bullshit, at least for me. Small stuff like funding for college, money for books, class scheduling, electives, figuring out all the paper work. These are the hardest things for me. I hate reading monotonous text about loans and such. If its something I'm interested in its no problem, but fine print about loans....I'm going to have to will myself to do this.
The question I have is how the hell do people get all these grants and scholarships. I've filled out the FAFSA and they always tell me to go blow a dong, thus i get no funding. I should have payed more attention in high school when they talked about these things. I dated a girl that went to school essentially on a free ride after all her scholarships and grants, and some how had so much left over she put a down payment on a car with it. How do things like this happen to everyone else, but not me. Well not this time, I'm gonna figure this shit out if it kills me, By THE WAY, if anyone has any input or ideas, please let me know.
I've officially decided to go back to school this fall. The hardest part is figuring out what the hell I'm going to do to pay for it. I never went to college out of high school as i got a job using my computer certification. It was a decent entry level job, with opportunity to advance. Around 2 years later I found myself unemployed with no degree and hardly any experience in the field, which landed me back in a retail job. I jerked around in this field for a few more years, which finally i decided that i need to go back to school to get out of the dungeon known as retail. I went back for Pharmacy, and quickly learned it was more work than i could handle with a full time job, that combined with the fact that Wilkes was charging me 26k a year. I was so broke after paying bills I could barely eat. Those two combined factors is what led me to leave school. 2 years in and I had nothing to show for it.
This time I've changed my major to something I really actually am interested in.....Communications. I plan on taking Journalism classes as well as Media classes. I've always been quite good at expressing my self via text and or speaking my mind. I was a DJ on the radio for a little while and I always found that to be cool. I got to create comedy sketches for the show, play the music I thought was cool, and even have friends listen to me. If you cant already tell I'm pretty much 100% obsessed with Ice Hockey, I'd absolutely love to do something in the sports field, sports writing, sports reporting, anything like that. I have to say I'm really quite excited about this.
The challenge now comes in the small stuff. "Don't sweat the small stuff" they always say. I say that's bullshit, at least for me. Small stuff like funding for college, money for books, class scheduling, electives, figuring out all the paper work. These are the hardest things for me. I hate reading monotonous text about loans and such. If its something I'm interested in its no problem, but fine print about loans....I'm going to have to will myself to do this.
The question I have is how the hell do people get all these grants and scholarships. I've filled out the FAFSA and they always tell me to go blow a dong, thus i get no funding. I should have payed more attention in high school when they talked about these things. I dated a girl that went to school essentially on a free ride after all her scholarships and grants, and some how had so much left over she put a down payment on a car with it. How do things like this happen to everyone else, but not me. Well not this time, I'm gonna figure this shit out if it kills me, By THE WAY, if anyone has any input or ideas, please let me know.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Pet Peeves.....Grrrrrrr....
Alrighty! First off id like to say i hope everyone had a good holiday. I for one was working 12 hours, so needless to say it wasn't a totally Happy Easter for myself.
This post is entirely focused on a few things lately that have become my pet peeves.
For starters the work it self. Why do we call them pet peeves. Well upon doing research i have realized peeves is another word for something that's annoying. Pet refers to the fact that its your favorite or favored, Thus Favorite Annoyances. However, i still cannot understand why we don't just call them, things that piss me off. People in today's society have become too politically correct, if more people spoke what was on their minds, there would undoubtedly be less Red tape and lines of bullshit circulating in today's world. God forbid someone say what they feel. And perhaps people are worried about what people will think about what they say. Mostly because of the aforementioned political correctness. People shouldn't look so much into other peoples opinions and doubt themselves so much. There are plenty of people that are willing to put you down, so don't ever do it to yourself.
Another one of my favorite annoyances would defiantly have to be the squiggly letter, confirmation boxes on websites. I under stand that there is a need to determine if the person is indeed not a computer bot. But for shits sake the robot would have a better chance at typing some of those things that i would. Not to mention half the time its not even a real word in the box, which i personally think makes it five times harder to figure out. Or the fact that one word is easily readable like Book then comes the second word and its likequidgibo. Like what the hell does that even say? and to top it all off they have the balls to make it squiggly as all hell too.
Recently another thing that has been sighted on my pissed off radar are the pictures on facebook that people put up just so they can get "likes" or what ever. There is one of a badly burned veteran in his military uniform, looks to be a Marines uniform. The posting i saw was something to the effect of "Like this if you really respect veterans". First off, i have a tremendous respect for veterans. Both my grandfathers served and a few of my friends as well. They served their country in its time of need. If the time came i would do the same. That being said, id imagine that particular veteran didn't want his wedding picture posted all over the internet. Something like that must have been and may still be a traumatic experience for him. My one friend served in the marines in a combat zone and rarely says anything about the service, mostly because he doesn't want to talk about it and secondly because i probably wouldn't understand half of the terms he uses. The second one i saw was a little girl clearly suffering from cancer or something, with no hair, in a Cinderella costume. "Like this if you think shes beautiful" the post said. Like i have a hard time dealing with this one. My grandfather died from cancer. Thus it pains me deeply to see a small child having it at such a young age. The problem i have is that i don't know this child. I don't know her parents, and i certainly don't know anything about her. There are people that i know that have died from cancer or other diseases. Some of them were complete and total assholes. I'm not making the case of they got what they deserved, I wouldn't wish that on anyone or anything. However just because the person died in a certain way or of a certain disease doesn't make them a saint, nor does it take away all the bad things they did in their life. If Hitler died of cancer, 1. He would still be a great public speaker. 2. He would still be a terrible asshat who did unspeakable things. So please before you go liking pictures make sure its for a good reason.
This one may seem simple and stupid but it really gets under my skin. You approach a door way, there are two doors, on on the left and one on the right. You proceed to the one on the right has this is the way traffic usually would flow, and someone comes plowing out of it. Why is it so hard to use the correct door, when entering and exiting a building? Or when you open the right door and people coming running out of it, as if they don't know how to use the second door. Do these people drive on the wrong side of the road? Are these people from Britain and don't know any better?
I work for Lowe's, i'd rather not get into details as i may say something that will come back to bite me, however, the old Lowe's slogan was "Let's Build Something Together" which i thought was rather clever. IT showed a partnership between the company and the customer, working together to accomplish a goal. Now the slogan has changed to "Never Stop Improving", which sounds motivational, however to me its the company saying, "Keep buying things, cause we don't care". With this new slogan has come a rash of new commercials that make absolutely new sense what so ever. Around Christmas there was one that showed people rolling a giant ball of lights all over the country, Myself and countless others thought it was an AT&T commercial. Recently there's one where an awkward green mist comes into your house and makes you float out the window and do yard work. All of these are accompanied by some sort of lame hipster music. Most people that shop at Lowe's are from one group, and they don't want to be there, they are called.....Men. As long as i can remember, my father has been home project himself. Which naturally made me the sidekick / helper. Many of my childhood weekends were spent fixing things around the house, which is where i learned to curse like a sailor. Not usually ever went right, which caused more trips the the hardware store, or you'd get home and find out the supposedly knowledgeable staff (actually a 17 year old kid who could care less) sold you the wrong part. Not to mention the fact that no one likes working around the house, anyone who says they like cutting the grass is a complete dummy. Its not relaxing, its work. It's something to do yes, but id much rather be doing something else. To me a Lowe's commercial should be something like "(Man sitting on couch watching the game) Aww yes the game! (Woman enters the room complaining about how the sink is still leaking) "I thought you said you were gonna fix the sink this weekend?!?! (Man, lets out a long drawn out sigh............)" And that's where you drop the slogan "Lowe's, Fix things and get back to life", or "Lowe's get shit done".
I have a ton more i suppose, but i shall leave it at that for now! Stay tuned as i plan on explaining the reason for the name change of my blog. As well as more posts! For now i'm off to my Hockey game, feel free to come out and support us, admission is free! Pittston Ice Box (Revolution Ice Center). Game is at 8PM!
-Russ
This post is entirely focused on a few things lately that have become my pet peeves.
For starters the work it self. Why do we call them pet peeves. Well upon doing research i have realized peeves is another word for something that's annoying. Pet refers to the fact that its your favorite or favored, Thus Favorite Annoyances. However, i still cannot understand why we don't just call them, things that piss me off. People in today's society have become too politically correct, if more people spoke what was on their minds, there would undoubtedly be less Red tape and lines of bullshit circulating in today's world. God forbid someone say what they feel. And perhaps people are worried about what people will think about what they say. Mostly because of the aforementioned political correctness. People shouldn't look so much into other peoples opinions and doubt themselves so much. There are plenty of people that are willing to put you down, so don't ever do it to yourself.
Another one of my favorite annoyances would defiantly have to be the squiggly letter, confirmation boxes on websites. I under stand that there is a need to determine if the person is indeed not a computer bot. But for shits sake the robot would have a better chance at typing some of those things that i would. Not to mention half the time its not even a real word in the box, which i personally think makes it five times harder to figure out. Or the fact that one word is easily readable like Book then comes the second word and its like
Recently another thing that has been sighted on my pissed off radar are the pictures on facebook that people put up just so they can get "likes" or what ever. There is one of a badly burned veteran in his military uniform, looks to be a Marines uniform. The posting i saw was something to the effect of "Like this if you really respect veterans". First off, i have a tremendous respect for veterans. Both my grandfathers served and a few of my friends as well. They served their country in its time of need. If the time came i would do the same. That being said, id imagine that particular veteran didn't want his wedding picture posted all over the internet. Something like that must have been and may still be a traumatic experience for him. My one friend served in the marines in a combat zone and rarely says anything about the service, mostly because he doesn't want to talk about it and secondly because i probably wouldn't understand half of the terms he uses. The second one i saw was a little girl clearly suffering from cancer or something, with no hair, in a Cinderella costume. "Like this if you think shes beautiful" the post said. Like i have a hard time dealing with this one. My grandfather died from cancer. Thus it pains me deeply to see a small child having it at such a young age. The problem i have is that i don't know this child. I don't know her parents, and i certainly don't know anything about her. There are people that i know that have died from cancer or other diseases. Some of them were complete and total assholes. I'm not making the case of they got what they deserved, I wouldn't wish that on anyone or anything. However just because the person died in a certain way or of a certain disease doesn't make them a saint, nor does it take away all the bad things they did in their life. If Hitler died of cancer, 1. He would still be a great public speaker. 2. He would still be a terrible asshat who did unspeakable things. So please before you go liking pictures make sure its for a good reason.
This one may seem simple and stupid but it really gets under my skin. You approach a door way, there are two doors, on on the left and one on the right. You proceed to the one on the right has this is the way traffic usually would flow, and someone comes plowing out of it. Why is it so hard to use the correct door, when entering and exiting a building? Or when you open the right door and people coming running out of it, as if they don't know how to use the second door. Do these people drive on the wrong side of the road? Are these people from Britain and don't know any better?
I work for Lowe's, i'd rather not get into details as i may say something that will come back to bite me, however, the old Lowe's slogan was "Let's Build Something Together" which i thought was rather clever. IT showed a partnership between the company and the customer, working together to accomplish a goal. Now the slogan has changed to "Never Stop Improving", which sounds motivational, however to me its the company saying, "Keep buying things, cause we don't care". With this new slogan has come a rash of new commercials that make absolutely new sense what so ever. Around Christmas there was one that showed people rolling a giant ball of lights all over the country, Myself and countless others thought it was an AT&T commercial. Recently there's one where an awkward green mist comes into your house and makes you float out the window and do yard work. All of these are accompanied by some sort of lame hipster music. Most people that shop at Lowe's are from one group, and they don't want to be there, they are called.....Men. As long as i can remember, my father has been home project himself. Which naturally made me the sidekick / helper. Many of my childhood weekends were spent fixing things around the house, which is where i learned to curse like a sailor. Not usually ever went right, which caused more trips the the hardware store, or you'd get home and find out the supposedly knowledgeable staff (actually a 17 year old kid who could care less) sold you the wrong part. Not to mention the fact that no one likes working around the house, anyone who says they like cutting the grass is a complete dummy. Its not relaxing, its work. It's something to do yes, but id much rather be doing something else. To me a Lowe's commercial should be something like "(Man sitting on couch watching the game) Aww yes the game! (Woman enters the room complaining about how the sink is still leaking) "I thought you said you were gonna fix the sink this weekend?!?! (Man, lets out a long drawn out sigh............)" And that's where you drop the slogan "Lowe's, Fix things and get back to life", or "Lowe's get shit done".
I have a ton more i suppose, but i shall leave it at that for now! Stay tuned as i plan on explaining the reason for the name change of my blog. As well as more posts! For now i'm off to my Hockey game, feel free to come out and support us, admission is free! Pittston Ice Box (Revolution Ice Center). Game is at 8PM!
-Russ
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
First Blog!
Seeing as I am new to this whole blogging idea. Take it easy on me would ya?
I guess I can blame my sister as well as myself for wanting to start doing this. I find myself to be rather opinionated on most things, so why not type it up and put it out for more people to read and hopefully appreciate.
I figure since this is my first blog i should introduce myself and give you some insight on to what makes me tick and what my background is. I was born in the great city of Wilkes-Barre, PA. Somewhere around age 3 i departed the area and moved to the Poconos, where i still currently reside. The only unfortunate thing about that is that i still do 98 % of my activities in the "Valley". The fact that gas is so expensive caused me to get rid of my truck and buy an economical car, that i have been told would be great for a grandmother or a 16 year old girl. Great..... However it keeps me from vomiting over gas prices and spending my bi-weekly pay checks on it as well.
For hobbies i really enjoy playing/watching Ice hockey, soccer and football. Playing video games, fiddling with radio and computer equipment has always been a talent of mine, as well as cooking. I was a DJ for a small while on the radio, which i found to be tremendous fun.
I'm sure you will see more insight into myself as time goes on, i don't want to beat the drum about myself for 900 paragraphs.
Stay tuned as i plan on updating this a lot. Also, thanks for taking the time to read this!
-Russ
I guess I can blame my sister as well as myself for wanting to start doing this. I find myself to be rather opinionated on most things, so why not type it up and put it out for more people to read and hopefully appreciate.
I figure since this is my first blog i should introduce myself and give you some insight on to what makes me tick and what my background is. I was born in the great city of Wilkes-Barre, PA. Somewhere around age 3 i departed the area and moved to the Poconos, where i still currently reside. The only unfortunate thing about that is that i still do 98 % of my activities in the "Valley". The fact that gas is so expensive caused me to get rid of my truck and buy an economical car, that i have been told would be great for a grandmother or a 16 year old girl. Great..... However it keeps me from vomiting over gas prices and spending my bi-weekly pay checks on it as well.
For hobbies i really enjoy playing/watching Ice hockey, soccer and football. Playing video games, fiddling with radio and computer equipment has always been a talent of mine, as well as cooking. I was a DJ for a small while on the radio, which i found to be tremendous fun.
I'm sure you will see more insight into myself as time goes on, i don't want to beat the drum about myself for 900 paragraphs.
Stay tuned as i plan on updating this a lot. Also, thanks for taking the time to read this!
-Russ
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