Things That Annoy Me

I have a hangover. When I have a hangover, I sometimes get a little cranky, so I am going to channel that crankiness into a list today.

1. Strangers That Think They Can Preach At Me About Smoking
I am well aware of the dangers involved with smoking. When I choose to quit and if I do, I will, but that's no one else's business but my own. I don't smoke where I am not allowed to, and I don't even smoke in my own house. Hell, I don't even go through an entire pack in a day. If I am standing outside a pub and some smart ass I don't even know says anything about what a bad habit smoking is, or thinks they need to remind me that it's slow suicide, I will come back with a smart ass comment along the lines of, "Seriously? These things are bad for me? I'm so glad you told me that or I might have never known...", "I didn't know that you were my mother/father...", "At least it's not meth..." Don't like it? Mind your own business. I'm not going to apologize for my habits.

2. Fake Tans
I can appreciate protecting oneself from sun damage by not slow roasting in it or visiting tanning beds, but what is with this Oompa-Loompa orange you see so many people using to fake a tan? There are better products out there than whatever this stuff is. And you know what? There's nothing wrong with your own skin tone and looking natural. In fact, anything is better than day-glo freakin' orange. It's tacky and trashy looking.

3. American Idol, The X-Factor, Britain's Got Talent, etc...
If this isn't a soul sucking scam I don't know what is. They basically pick their winner, package them into some cookie-cutter pop trash, and then release them into the wild. I realize that there is much molding and packaging of performers going on in the music industry, but I prefer real artists that aren't micromanaged to this extent and are allowed a bit of creative dignity. This crap is ready made for the mainstream and nudging out everything and everyone with a bit of real drive and creativity that wouldn't appear or make it on a glorified high school talent show. We need a music revolution. We're overdue.

4. Oranges and Raisins
I just don't like them.

5. Assumptions About My Atheisim
I'm not angry at any gods. I can't be angry at what I don't believe is there. I'm not angry at the religious, and am sure that the ones who piss me off piss off the average religious person as well for perverting their beliefs into something vile. I am not bitter about anything, nor am I unhappy. In fact, I've found more inner peace and happiness without the yoke of religion than I ever did with it. If you disapprove, that's your problem, not mine, but don't assume you know my mind unless you are willing to ask. And if you ask, don't ask with a mind toward trying to change my belief. I'm not out to change yours.

I feel better now.

xxx