Societal Pet Peeve of the Day - Three course meal during class

I should have snapped a picture of this. It was beyond ridiculous. A girl shows up properly 20 minutes late for class. Disruptive enough, as it is a note-taking intensive class where the teacher just talks as much and as fast as possible and we all type furiously. So she finally makes her way into the front of the class. Then, for what seemed like the longest 2 minutes of everyone in the class's lives, she starts unpacking 3 Tupperware containers from a loud-ass plastic back. THEN she starts slowly opening them all up; one container had some cut up fruit, the other had some white jizzy looking stuff and the third was a tin can with what looked like dried flowers. She starts mixing all three together. Seriously? WTF???? I fully understand that some people have classes back to back and some classes are all the way across campus...so I get eating like a granola bar, or a quick bite of some left overs, or a sandwich...but like unpacking, mixing, putting away...in classs....in the front row...when you're late... sorry I don't get it.
Ultimately though, who doesn't have the 10 minutes at some point in their day to stop and eat. Or if you don't, wouldn't you bring something normal?
Such a "really dude?" moment for me. I guess there are just some things I can't fucking understand.

feeling awkward for people and bong hits

That describes the Oscar hosting situation. On the left you had James Franco, who appeared to have checked-the-fuck-out, eyes barely open, can't even be bothered to finish a sentence with any sort of enthusiasm, and looked as though he had been hitting a bong between sets and theennn you have Anne Hatheway who was so awkwardly unfunny, nervous, sttrruuggling to pick up the slack, knowing she sucked (that was the worst part) and not having any idea how to save it. Though their montage was good (obviously it was good, they're fucking actors) the opening skit and everything else hurt (obviously, they're not comedians). I properly hate being embarassed for people. Like you know when you're on the bus, and a crazy person gets on it and starts yelling obscenities at the bus driver? And you can feel that tense awkward vibe and you're feeling bad for driver that has to deal with it? Or when some one yells at a clerk or cashier? And you're both embarrassed for the yellee and yeller? Shit man, that makes me sooooo uncomfortable. Well that was the opening monologue for me. I wanted it to all stop. For them to just say fuck it.
Remember when Hugh Jackman hosted and he did this hilarious musical mash-up of all the best picture nominees? That's what they should have done. I mean, when it comes to comedy I could literally think of a million other combos that could have been put together. Let's play this game.
-Alec Bawldwin and Sandra Bullock
-Robert Downey-Junior and Jude Law
-Louis C.K. and Kathy Griffin (Good God!)
-Justin Timberlake (I'm thinking of the cool,SNL J.T.) and Sarah Silverman (Why not)
-Ellen Degeneres (again) and anyone
...I could play this game all day.
And p.s. I'm not just putting this on Anne and James, were the writers for this thing out to lunch? Or did they put everything they had into the taped sequence?
For a vid of what should have happened (though nothing can top this)copy this link. It's worth it. (youtube won't let me re-post it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Terhj8mjPwY

PS I got 5/6 for my picks. Damn Inside Job.

Societal Pet Peeve of the Day - Weather Appropriateness

So in Vancouver it rains probably 70% of time. It can be warm and cloudless and sunny and within an hour, the weather can turn to damp shit. If you've resided here more than a week, you know. Wear a jacket and bring a compact umbrella.Everywhere. Even if its sunny. That is the unfortunate trade off for living in our city. It may be pretty but the rain fucking sucks. always. Anyways, I have two HUGE pet peeves when it comes to clothing: dress for your body and wear weather appropriate shit. For the former, I believe that anybody can look good no matter the body type, it's just a case of understanding what fit works best. NOT ALL TRENDS WORK FOR ANYONE (that should be a commandment). I have thick runner thighs (that fact will never escape me) and a short torso and a fat ass. That is my reality. And I deal. I cannot wear high-waisted pants or else I'll look like a stuffed sausage. That is fine. I've accepted it.
Now for the latter...how is that EVERY SINGLE TIME it is properly raining I see someone in fucking flip-flops and shorts. UMM....IT'S FEBRUARY. That is so not okay. Why would you even allow yourself to leave the house with flip flops on, in Vancouver, in February (like one of the dampest, coldest goddamn months of the year). It just...it doesn't make sense. I can expand the idea of retarded footwear to high-heeled open toe shoes which I also often see around campus. It's school. Lot's of walking from one building to the next to the bus loop and back. WHY? And it happens all the time! Like, shocking.
My acute problem with weather dressing is either wearing too much or not wearing enough layers. I also blame the unpredictability of Vancouver for this one. In October especially, when there are residuals of nice weather from the summer... dressing oneself is a total arbitrary guess. I get up and have class early in the morning when it's freezing, and throughout the day it gets warmer (or may piss rain) so who the fuck knows what to wear. Just layer and wear water resistant shoes (not Uggs).

Bottom line - do away with flip flops till summer. It otherwise, will always look wrong, wrong, wrong.

Gum will be the death of me

I know I should be essay-ing it up at the moment, but I have to take the time to rant before my head explodes.
GUM.
I'm not gonna be a hypocrite and say that I never, ever chew gum cause I do. But I chew it only for immediate flavor or for a bad breath quick fix. I do not chew AT LENGTH. Despite how unappealing the idea of chewing on your own bacteria is, that is not the core of my beef against gum. I don't hate gum per say, I hate everything about the chewing of it.
Setting aside the fact that I seriously believe myself to have some form of misophonia (hatred of sound) disorder, I cannot bring myself to justify loud, obnoxious and crude gum chewing. It elicits some form of a reaction in me, just short of murderous rage.
You want to chew gum? Okay, that's completely fine. BUT let's say, you're in a dead quiet study room. And you chew your gum SO LOUD, and pop gum bubbles SO OFTEN and sharply that you have the teacher's assistant bobbin' his head out from between the computers to figure out who the hell is also driving him NUTS with the popping and the chewing. I know I'm not alone in this cause years and years ago I remember Oprah talking about how she finds it to be the most disgusting habit on the planet. And how she once had a guest at one of her dinner parties, put her old gum on the rim of Oprah's plate (WE HAVE ALL DONE THAT... well on our own plates, not Oprah's). That grossed out Oprah so bad she threw the plate out. Now I know we're not all able to be throwing out plates left and right cause we're not gazillionairs but the point is, Oprah hates gum too. And more importantly she said, "who can possibly look good while looking like they are constantly chewing a big fat steak". Sigh. So true. See? even Oprah said so.

You hate me now don't you?

Bitch get your own table!

So this just happened. At school, in a study/cafeteria area, a girl on her laptop was occupying a small table (size of a desk), minding her own business. The area is full. A lady walks over to the girl and informs her that because she has food, and because the said girl isn't "doing anything", she should give up her spot so that said-bitch can sit down. The girl was clearly a bit thrown from this rude request, and agrees. Now, instead of sharing the table the lady JUST STOLE from the girl, she pulls it towards her end and leaves the girl to awkwardly rest her computer on her lap. The lady doesn't say, "oh is it okay if we share, so that I could have some place to eat?" No. straight kicked the girl out from her spot and took over. Fucked no? My god, I wanted to say something, OH MY GOD it was so hard to just sit there. I'm so lame like that, no balls sometimes. I also need to stress that this area is a first come, first serve type of seating place. No priority. It's not a restaurant. The cafe is there if you happen to be hungry.

I have a similar personal story. I was sitting at a Starbucks reading my book and drinking my latte when a lady (always fucking ladies that have the inner bitchiness to do this kind of shit) asks me if I want to leave my table and join some else's (some complete stranger) oh and BTW she left it to my discretion to now go table hunting table because SHE has nowhere to sit with her friend. Thanks for the offer bitchy-lady #2! I was soooo intimidated that someone could be so self righteous to impose that because I was alone I had no merit in sitting there enjoying myself at a two seater table. And because I was alone I had to GIVE UP my spot for her and her friend. I just told her I would be leaving soon anyway, and she stood over my shoulder, while I was packing up my shit, and basically pushed me out of Starbucks.

So what would most people do if the place was full? Fucking leave!!! you leave. If there's no room, you can wait around for a bit, but if nothing opens up...you leave!

Like who are these ladies to decide that what you are doing is inconsequential? Who are they to say that your time is up when they have just arrived themselves? Who are they to tell you that their pressing business trumps yours?

I wanted to pimp slap that lady in the face. And any other person like her.

Societal pet peeve of the day - bus etiquette special

Okay. Let's go over some simple social decorum. Bus is full. Bus doors open. If you're wanting to get into the bus, you WAIT for people to exit before you make your move. Easy right? No. It's evidently not easy at all. On the regular I have people who, when I'm trying to get out, start to force their way through the crowd. Just an unnecessary bustle. Drives me absolutely nuts. Also, while we're on the bus topic I may as well let the whole bus etiquette rant roll

1. On a full bus you TAKE OFF your overstuffed backpack because if I happen to be sitting, and you're standing, your backpack happens to be consistently hitting me in the face every time you turn around.

2. If you are seated in the upper front area of the bus, you are in the child and elderly people priority section. If the bus is full, or all the seats closest to the bus entrance are full, you GET UP and offer your seat. Once too many times have I seen a young punk sitting while an old lady, about to keel over, stands. NO. I'm by no means a saint, but I was raised with a Polish mum and that is like, a social requirement on public transit over there. If that kid wouldn't offer his seat in Europe, someone would offer it for him. Or tell him off. True story. Anyways, I am programmed, especially when sitting in that zone, to scan who comes on the bus to make sure i'm not jacking some old lady's seat.

3. Singing to yourself on the bus. Sometime people do this, people with ear phones. There are worst things, yes. But that's just plain awkward. No one wants to be embarrassed for someone else.

4. Loud and intrusive conversation for EVERYONE to hear. Again, keep that shit to yourself cause it's awkward. Don't involve the whole fucking bus in your business.

5. Let's assume the bus is rather empty. Must you sit right next me? Really?

I take the bus enough to feel that a lot of people are actually good on all of these things. Especially avid or daily commuters. I am one. And so when there's is that one inconsiderate son of a bitch that disrupts everyone trying to get from point A to point B (let's face it, no one rides the bus for the fun of it) and makes it that much worse....it gets a serious rise out of me.

Societal pet peeve of the day

Let's consider this; it's a relatively small walk way, a main artery, [if you will] that is narrow and flooded with people. How is it that you'll always get that cluster of people who decide it to be a good idea to stop IN THE THICK OF THE CROWD to have a conversation, hug, stand around etc. After repeatedly being "excuse-me'd" a million times, one would expect these people to feel out that they are seriously clogging crucial walkway and move. but they don't. they never do. At work, you'll have people who stand IN FRONT of the doorway between the patio and the lounge, get nudged repeatedly because they are in the way, and still STAND THERE. it boggles my mind, it lacks social decency. Next time, at school its a backpack in the face and at work it's tray in the rib cage.

I feel better now.