Things that annoy me that really shouldn't.

It annoys me when people are asked what their proudest moment is and the reply is "the day my children were born." 

Stop it. That might be your happiest day, and that is completely understandable, but proudest? Do you know what "proud" means?

    1."Feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated."

And....

1. 2.

   having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance.

   "a proud, arrogant man"

   
   

   Because really, pretty much anyone can have a baby....it doesn't take skill or smarts or hard work. When I ask you what's the proudest moment of your life, I expect to hear of something you worked hard for, studied for, strived for, something you dreamed of and acheived, not a bodily function. Besides, everyone says its the birth of their kids....come on folks, show some originality

   
   

   That's just my pet peeve though.

   
   

   Another thing that annoys me is when people race to Facebook to report the death of a famous person,  and send "prayers and thoughts" to the family. Why would you put that on your Facebook wall? Do you think the rest of us actually care that you sent  your thoughts to a family that you don't know? Send it to them, not to us. Put it on their Twitter or Facebook or website. Having said that though, I know I don't have to read your Facebook wall anyhow, so I'm being a bit hypocritical since I also don't like it when people say about others people's comments "hmph...that offends me."  I want to say stuff even more offensive then, just to annoy you even more. But still....did you really send your prayers and thoughts? And did it make a difference? 

   Or did you just think it sounded good? And why are you telling me anyhow? To see how many "likes" you get? 

   
   

   That's my Friday rant. So have a little sitdown and think of your proudest moment. Getting a degree after years of hard work? Very cool. Getting to the top of that mountain? You rock! Starting your own business? Losing that weight that's been bothering you? Learning a new language? I want to hear those amazing accomplishments, and to praise you for them. 

   
   

   Mine? Quitting smoking after over twenty years. It's been almost 17 years since I've smoked and I am damn proud of that.

   
   

   Happiest day? Most memorable day? The birth of my boys.  ❤

What IS IT??

So, this morning in the mail there was a promo thing from the newest car dealership in town, Mitsubishi. These kinds of things are always being left in our mailbox....match numbers or symbols and you've found yourself the winner of cruises, big money, cars and/or other amazing prizes. 

(In tiny print below, you are reassured that you have won something, but it's more than likely a free carpet cleaning, a tour of a timeshare, or $500 off the price of your new car, when you happily purchase it)

But this one was different, not in the sense that I thought I'd won anything, but in the sense that it wasn't a scratch or pull-tab. It was an odd plastic box. It had a piece  of cellophane that you pulled out to "activate" it, and numbers apparently light up...oohhhhh....that's kind of appealing and fun....so I pulled the plastic out. And sure enough...numbers lit up. I was childishly and gleefully amused at the way today's technology works. And how cheap it must be, to just send out thousands of these to nameless people. 

So I enjoyed looking at it for 7 or 8 seconds and then threw it in the garbage.

About 4 hours later, I thought to myself: "You know, this was probably made in some third world country, and it's some cheaply made battery. So...what if...just what if....it somehow sparks and sets my garbage on fire. And my house burns down. Because I don't really understand how batteries work, so it's obviously a possibility. Because you read about these freaky things happening now and then, and the victim always says "I never would have thought something this crazy could ever happen to me."

So I looked in my garbage can, and the thing was glowing brighter than ever. A little creepy.

We are leaving town for two days tomorrow and I didn't want this thing glowing and igniting while we were away, so I dropped in in the sink and went about my way.

I came back a few hours later...only to find it still glowing, even after being submerged all this time. I think it was smirking at me. And what's more....different numbers were glowing.....

Now  I'm thinking that it just might be a Transformer!!  Secretly transforming in my sink! And the different numbers meant it was calling others!

Just because it was attached to a flyer that said Mitsubishi doesn't really mean that it's from Mitsubishi

At this point I'm a bit concerned. If water doesn't kill it, then I obviously can't put it back in the garbage because now it will surely spark or short out or transform or do whatever electronics do when you try to kill them.

So I decided I'd better beat the shit out of it with a wooden hammer. (Yes, a wooden hammer, never mind, that's another story for another day.)

I hammered it really hard. More than once. Not only does the plastic seem to be indestructible, the numbers won't stop glowing. They won't  stop glowing.

As a matter of fact, they seem a bit brighter.

I think I might have heard a faint squeal of pain with that last beat of the hammer, the screen seems to have moved off...ummm, a little bit like skin being torn away...and glowing...still glowing....

I hear my microwave beeping, I think my washing machine is creeping across the basement floor, the toaster is making noises. I think I've started an invasion....