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Pet peeves

I have A LOT of things that annoy/bother me. Here are some:

2003

Idiots who back out into a highway reallllllly slowly and then get mad when the other people glare at them for being stupid drivers.

People who blast their music in their cars, causing all of the immediate area to shake.

People who think they are right all of the time.

You do your business in the bathroom then realize that the roll is bare...and you are all alone in your house.

People who hate certain things but have no real reasons to back it up.

If people DO have a reason to hate something stupid, then it's probably something they can fix, but they don't.

When girls with extra flub wear hiphuggers....ewww....

When obese people wear swim suits to the beach. If you're overweight and you know it, you really should think about other people here! @_@

Boys just climbing into adolescence who act like idiots thinking that they are cool...

Little yappy dogs that appear cute only from a distance....get within range and they go after you!

Simple, rush-along romantic stories.

How a movie is good for the first half, then gets really stupid the other half, and so terribly cliche that you have to change the channel.

A bunch of not-so-skinny folk singing and dancing, promoting their automobile business on some channel at midnight.

Sitting in some lovely public place, or even just in my front yard, then being assaulted by someone's cigarette smoke.

People who buy the things you like and the things you want just because they know that you love it so much, even if they don't find it that great.

Anti-whatever web pages. Ok, some of them are funny, but most are hella annoying.

When your name is ALWAYS spelled wrong by everyone except your immediate friends and teachers...when in fact YOUR spelling matches the pronounciation that is used for the more popular spellings, which don't fit your pronounciation.

Stupid sitcoms or other random tv shows that hog the majority of the programming, which are pretty much all about sex.

STUPID COMMERCIALS!!!!!

People who can't handle the fact that not everyone shares their opinion.

When you are working on something, let's say a project, and you're looking for a specific writing utensil and you can't find it! You look EVERYWHERE and finally stand up to discover that you've been sitting on it...

You look everywhere for it, stand up, but you AREN'T sitting on it, and in fact it is about a foot away from you.

When people try to get a rise out of you (being labeled anti-social, somewhat) by touching/patting you.....

When no one listens to what you have to say about something. Then, later, it turns out that you were right, but you don't want to sound like a bitch so you smile and nod, not really being appreciated.

You spend hours on a project/essay, only to get a C on it, because your English teacher is mega picky, and no matter how hard you try, it's never enough.

When people ignore you when you're trying to talk to them or just make conversation, and you know they'd usually respond, but they don't, because this is the new "them".

When people CHANGE and there is nothing you can do about it.

Everyone loves something/someone but they know absolutely nothing about it.

People who say spelling isn't their greatest ability. Hello? This is our LANGUAGE, and if you are at an age where you are nearly done with school....how the hell can you not spell SMALL words? There are exceptions, but that's not what I'm talking about.

People who take YEARS and YEARS to mature, and by the time they do, they realize they don't like the big picture that they see, and fail to notice the paintbrush in their hands. (Sorry, I am a metaphorical maniac.)

When you are looking for a particular item in the fridge, which you saw earlier, but now it has disappeared. But you know it didn't really DISAPPEAR, someone before you just shoved it into oblivion (the back of the fridge) because it's not what they wanted.

You're trying and trying and TRYING to burn a VCD, but it pulls the switcheroo by now saying it doesn't accept .wmv files, but it does accept .avi, when in fact it used to be the other way around. Oh, and the majority of the CMs/PVs you were going to burn were in .wmv, and there is no way you can convert them.

You are trying to view a commercial, or a music video, but the media player freaks because it isn't good quality and the picture just sits there, while the background music/sound goes on playing. What do you have to do now? Jiggle the damn window manually so you can see Ayu dance around.

When you are very, very hungry, but too lazy to fix anything for yourself. Well, I guess we're not THAT hungry yet, ne?

When your dog or cat ignores you when you call them, and there is NOTHING around to distract them. They just don't FEEL like coming to you.

When there is a popular show/movie, and EVERYONE you know thinks the evil nemesis or bad guy is cooler than the main protagonist.

You're happily playing Dance Dance Revolution, until your dogs come in and step all over the pad, messing up your somewhat-good score.

No matter how hard you look, you just can't find any information on your favorite J-pop group. And forget finding a forum, which you could have utilized, if discovered, to learn more about them. Sigh.

Everytime any TINY thing goes wrong with the computer, it's automatically your fault, just because you go on it more than often. Or, in fact, maybe just because you were the closest human being to blame.

When you're trying to burn a CD and at the END of the burning process, it tells you that the media you have inserted does not have the adequate ammount of space needed...Even though you made sure of that before you started burning.

2004

You're driving along, unexperienced but aiming to gain experience, and people staaaare at you, like you don't belong the road. Well, excuuuuse me!!

It's a horror movie. Or just a suspense flick. Whatever. The evil antagonist (a human, usually male) is chasing the protagonist...chasing...is stabbed/shot/knocked out/pushed over a cliff/ran over BUT that still doesn't stop him! After awhile, in ANY movie, it gets ridiculous, no matter how *special* they are. Even if he's a superfreak, Micheal's gotta go down sometime! O_O (Don't know what I'm talking about? Tsk tsk...*coughhalloweencough*)

Annoying, snobby, smart ass kids in books/movies who are too YOUNG to know the crap that they know (and I don't mean just kid geniuses--NORMAL kids that just ACT older than they really are). Oh, if I made a list, it would go on and on...

Book-to-movie adaptation. What's wrong with it? Something ALWAYS goes wrong and something is NEVER interpreted or represented correctly...leaving unsettled fans of the preexisting novel...

Those damn sponge monkeys. "Oh, they're so cute!" Excuse me...want to run that by me again?! And the sad part is...I saw them online (thanks to my nephew) before they were advertising for Quizno's...Grr, they make Quizno's look bad! ;_;

Here's something no one will understand:
"I like cats, not dogs!"
"I like rabbits."
Later...
"I like dogs!"
"I thought you hated dogs..."
"No, I LOVE dogs!"

Teachers who can't teach.

Your favorite show is scoffed at because it went mainstream, gaining know-nothing fans. Wasn't your fault, though, and by golly you're all but a jaded fan at this point.

People who laugh at every damn thing said. Some may call it a sense of humor (on stimulants) but too much is too much.

You're either broke/poor or in debt. All the time. Hmm...

When people expect you to change your persona to better fit the atmosphere that they have created. Hell no.

Tripod. Tri-pod. Triiiiipooooood. By far, they have the most stubborn and annoying ads. One might identify these attributes as persistent and enthusiastic. If they're heading a crummy ad company on the net, that is. I'm just SITTING here at this crappy Tripod site and ads barrage me every 30 seconds. Jeebus cripes.

Gahhhh I can feel the spyware chewing away on my computer....I'm not even ON the site anymore. Gahhhhhhh....

You pick out a yummy beverage at the store for everyone to enjoy at home, but guess what? Your mom can't drink it because of sugar (but you knew that), and your extra picky sister has no exception. That leaves you and your father, who will soon forget it ever exists, even though he likes it. Now, you like it, but you don't want to drink it all by yourself. *sigh*

1337. If you can't read that or don't know what it is, good for you. I don't know if it ever was a REAL "hacker" language, but it's mainstream 12 year-old chatroom crap-lingo now.

You recently regain access to your old, old guestbook and find that not only can you still see all the entries, but half of them are replies to a 2-kiddie cat fight. Just bitching it out about how Sesshoumaru is and isn't cool. But what baffles me is how they accessed that GB. My old expage site has been down for nearly two years--how the hell did two bored idiots FIND it? O.o

You're playing DDR and the announcer guy says, "Whoa, you are no ordinary fella!", or, "You are one cool dude!". The problem? You are a female. DDR is sexist! XO

You're the only person you know who shares the first name of a man who is a pastor on televised worship services. Yes, man, because your spelling is the MALE spelling.

Livejournals. I just don't like them. (She really wants one, she really does, so she can share her (_) life with freaks who have nothing better to do than read her life!) My opinion.

You wake up to your little sister "playing" her newly-aquired ocarina (she loves Zelda more than life itself, dammit) and you think, in your half-asleep state, that your mother and sister are "cooing" to each other.

When you're watching a movie with your friend and your friend falls asleep, leaving you to watch it in solitude.

You're in the year 2004 and trying to find a specific anime mp3 (because you're evil like that, downloading and burning Japanese music), and are unable to find it.

Sometimes you're "Hello, sunshine, how are you?" and sometimes you're "What do you want?".

When an anime you've been thoroughly enjoying has a crappy ending. Or an ending that had the potential to be acceptable but just left you to stare at the "aftermath" images behind the rolling credits.

Being an outlet. (Haha this can be interpreted in a very...different way but that was not intended.)

When your e-mails consist of account updates, account verifications, link exchanging and/or request replies.

When you're at a sleep-over and your designated partner in sharing the precarious air mattress decides to up and move in the middle of the night, leaving you with a comforting layer of plastic between you and the hard floor.

You try to keep in touch with a family member who lives a measly 3-4 hours away by means of the occasional friendly e-mail and never, ever get replies. Replies to another family member, but not you.

When your sister complains about a physical ailment that can be fixed by simply swallowing a pain reliever, but she refuses to do so.

When you're trying to cross the damn road (on a crosswalk without a light) from your school to the other side, and nearly get hit by an idiot who didn't feel like stopping.

Hypocrites...especially extreme hypocrites.

People who ask others to speak for themselves, and then, later in a conflict (involving the same person), when the third person replies to an answer they accuse them of speaking for you.

When you forgot to bring one part of your homework home that restrains you from doing ANY of it.

After a hurricane has sweeped across your state (I think you can gather where I live now), the school board decides to take away HOLIDAYS to make up for the lost hurricane days....*shakes fist*

You're TRYING to do your duty as an older, more experienced player, since you like to help people (and want to get out of your guild), and the novices ignore you. (What the hell am I talking about? An online MUD, foo'!)

^ Novices that are level 1 today, level 40 the next day. (Ok, maybe I'm slightly exaggerating, but only slightly).

When you burn a PV or live performance and the burner screws up, leaving you to watch someone move their lips unsynchronized with the words. *massive twitching*

People who open their mouths before thinking.

People who think that anime is the only aspect of Japanese culture that matters. (Or, they think it's the ONLY aspect)

Arguments with certain people, that, if illustrated on paper, would resemble a circle.

People. Who. Chew. With. Their. Mouths. Open.

People who sneeze and cough without covering their mouth. (ECYOJ!)

When someone brags about how bad they are at something. Or, more generally, how "bad" they are.

A good 85% of freshmen. They just radiate this wave of naievete and ignorance. And if they're not simply radiating it, they're trying to show if off by acting stupid. Bleh.

You can't find a job...a decent one anyway, because you want to avoid fast food gigs and the like.

You're walking behind someone at school (or any public place with tons of people) and they are s-l-o-w! It drives me crazy.

People who try to make a music career stemming out of an acting career, and they have little or NO talent. *coughhilaryduffcough*

People who are presented a music career on a silver platter simply because they are the sibling of a famous singer with TALENT. *coughashleesimpsoncough*

Those types of people who are negroes and if the tiniest thing bugs them, they EXPLODE! Then they go do the little things that piss them off but YOU can't get pissed off because they'll beat the shit out of you. It's more scary than annoying, really. I'm afraid! (BTW I'm not in any way racist)

Having to navigate through 2699 or so other students in a school that was built to hold about 1500.

2005

(I have to vent this, it is just SO ANNOYING) Be it the manga or the anime of Sengoku O-Togi Zoushi Inuyasha, when Kouga starts or invites a fight, and Inuyasha responds only to be sat by Kagome. *Brought to you by Chapter 382*

People who abuse animals. For any reason. It fucking pisses me off.

My computer. And geocities. Together they are a force from the furthest ring of hell. So when PB says I'm not logged in and I have to end task the failing PB window, it not only closes that window but the other fucking 3 windows I have open trying to UPLOAD stuff. ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

The man who is the genius of computers yet blames me for not knowing the difference between burning a CD and downloading.

When a download that you know will take a long time takes two seconds because, actually, it failed for some random reason.

You're at a Disney resort that actually HAS NHK...and when you're not obligated to certain activities, can you catch ANY bit of Jpop/rock or any music? Noooo...

When people who are in your same age pool act like they are adults.

How some singers hog the throne/spotlight when it is obvious by the quality of their material that their alotted time is up.

It seems like a majority of the anime you've come to really enjoy and call your favorites keep ending up going mainstream on American TV, where it is butchered and edited beyond recognition.

When your little sister contsantly reminds you of how close to going back to school you are and how little summer is left.(!?@#$%(*&^(*%!?)

People who have no regard as to how they should act and take care of their messes when they're at someone else's house.

People who think that you are not a real fan of something unless you've bought licensed DVDs (because you're not a fan if you've watched the entire series fansubbed), manga you can't read since you're not Japanese (because you're not a fan if you've read the entire manga fan-translated),and believe that any measures should be taken (even if they butcher the show) so that the American entertainment businesses can rake in as much fandom (fandom=franchise=MONEY) as possible.

People who know that they have a problem but do nothing about it.

When people refer to the Do As Infinity song, "Buranko", as "Blanco". It's not effing Spanish!!!!!!!

When the computer freezes TOTALLY upon trying to watch a video that is below 30mb and is in .wmv format.

When the computer freezes TOTALLY and you're NOT trying to watch a .wmv file. It's an .avi, goddammit!! You were doing many things at once but thought it safe to watch a NON .wmv file. Now all that uploading/downloading you were doing is wiped out. I hate my computer.

When RoadRunner is going about as fast as a roach that's been sprayed repeatedly with Raid.

When people who own mp3 rotation sites make it idiotically difficult to reach the actual download page. I know why they do it but some just go so far that it is annoying as hell.

When the girl who sits in front of you in class whips about her luxurious locks which proceed to fall all over your desk and any folders that might be on your desk. I just hate it!

The way people spit and hiss about Akico (vocalist of Dai Nagao's band, Amasia Landscape). They are so annoying. "I hate her, she took Van's place, blah blah blah". They really piss me off! Grrr...just for that, I like the girl. I freaking love the girl, goddammit.

The talk of how much Hikaru Utada's song "Passion" pales in comparison to "Hikari" and how she shouldn't have tried to make it sound rockish. It doesn't EVEN, people.

How people really build the hype up about a particular music group or song and when you actually downlaod it and listen to it, find that it really isn't anything to scream about.