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26 October 2006
Things I am not in favor of:→[More:]* Mike thinking he can tell me what to do.
*Erosion of the U.S. Constitution
*Pineapple on pizza (though I'm supposed to have my mind changed about that soon)
*Development on formerly open space
*Gossip
*Industrialized food production
*Hagar the Horrible and the Family Circus
*Clear Channel radio
* Automated bathrooms
* Draconian internet restrictions at work
* Yellow mustard (*gag*)
* Intolerance
* Saying "Oh, full house, huh?" and doing that stupid half-laugh when entering a bathroom whose stalls are all full (Get off the bathrooms already, mike!)
* Spam
* Violence to animals
* CMM (If you know what that is, you know what I mean)
* Reality television
* The fact that it's easier for me to think of things I hate than things I love
* parents who don't parent
* green chartreuse
* kevin federline
* people who chew with their mouth open
* people who are babies about what sort of food they will try
* ice storms
* the designated hitter
* opening presents christmas eve
* printers in china
* sequels to 'bring it on' that in no way include kristin dunst
* cults pretending to care about my personality
* being ignored when I comment on someone's photos at flickr
* lumpy mashed potatoes
* owen wilson's penis nose
* actually, everything about owen wilson
* people who don't follow up on promises
* weak tea, when I've really been looking forward to a cup of tea
* that project runway is over
* having a son who just got his license so now I have something else to worry about
* salmon
* celery
* sheep-like insistence of presents at Christmas and birthdays
* spam
* bush
* blair
* UK house prices
* people famous for being famous
* religious extremism
* Tesco
* the crap they put into food to fly it half way round the world
* the fact that people eat so much of that crap
* anyone going out with anyone I really like
* the fact that there's so much music out there I'll never hear
* the fact that hangovers are getting far harder to shake off
* the fact that I put on weight so easily
* my grey hair
* chewatadistance tricking me into thinking that entire list would rhyme. ("Free-ee-zy fe-eet and gray sandwich meat, these are few of my least favorite things!")
*chickens who won't SHUT THE FUCK UP
*cat puke
*hair falling out
*headaches
*other people's idiot friends
*cell phones + driving
*wind
*raking leaves
*broken ribs
*large hospital bills for broken ribs
*people who make statements that, when translated, mean "I believe this and therefore this is the way it is"
* weeds in the garden
* pollarding trees
* this mad insistence of society that any time before 10:00 am is a reasonable time to be anywhere but home
* tortilla chips without salt
* margaritas without salt
* horrible wine margaritas created to evade liquor laws
* cramps
* the cost of tampax
* the way the physical cost of fun things like eating and drinking go up every single frickin' year until by the time you're in your 40s you can no longer eat, drink and be merry the way you did in your 20s, even though you would really know how to appreciate it now.
* Delis that run out of deviled eggs when I want some NOW
* Houston drivers because they
* are inveterate red light runners
* turn left out of right hand turn lanes
* and spend the duration of a red light creeping slowly into the intersection
ONLY TO SIT THERE UNTIL YOU HONK AT THEM WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN AUUUGH!
* carnivores making lame cracks about vegetarians
* vegetatians that are pushy about their beliefs
* everybody else who're pushy about their beliefs
* heartburn
* "balls-out" rock
* ironic love of "balls-out" rock
* serious love of "balls-out" rock
* football
* baseball
* basketball
* NASCAR
* golf
* any sports I haven't listed
* homophobia
* botoxed lips
* vindictive ex-wives that suddenly decide to remember passwords to multiple websites and passive-aggressively post lame comments and fuck with profiles
- New England drivers
- the overhead paging system at GD
- having a neverending chronic illness
- not being able to watch the Hawks on East Coast TV
- dealing with imbecilic temp agency reps
- not being able to go to Molly Malone's Pub every night to hang out with Amy and Jeff, the managers
- being down to my last Smutty in the fridge and knowing full well I want more
- not having the energy to do everything I want to here in this glorious amazing New England place I have found myself in
* People that fill in album details in iTunes (or whatever) with loads of typos and then submit them to Gracenote. C'mon people, what the hell's a "Deluxr Edition"?
* The thought of how z-grade the chicken in a supermarket chicken sandwich probably is (although I love them)
* Any utter choad driving a suburban 4x4
* Over-analysing far too many situations
* Salaries that football (soccer) players get
* The Smiths and their dull lead singer (although How Soon Is Now is listenable)
* Euro-pop
* The insane amount of teenage pregnancies in the UK
* When I can't work out JavaScript, but I know it's something pretty straight forward. I suck at JavaScript
*rude people
*wind-driven, cold rain
*brussel sprouts
*artichokes
*Paris Hilton
*TomKat
*NASCAR
*the toll aging takes on the family of the elderly/sick
*feeling helpless
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