Mondays are just so harsh. A week starting on Tuesday would be so much nicer. Mondays just annoy me, unless I have it off.
People who are constantly happy, cheerful and chipper annoy me. I once had a dental hygienist who was cheery at 7 am. I couldn't take it. Those kind of people just annoy me. I think it's because the cheeriness is fake. Maybe they really are that freaking happy all the time, but I'm not convinced. It's the phoniness I hate, not the happiness. If it was genuine happiness, I would be okay with it, but let's face it, we all have our bitch moments, don't try to pretend otherwise.
Singers who do the vibrato thing on almost every note annoy me. Josh Groban, I'm talking to you. His version of O Holy Night is lovely, but his version of I'll be Home for Christmas sounds like it was recorded while he was driving down a cobblestone road.
Drivers who get in the left lane then fail to drive at the going rate annoy me. I notice that most of them are New Yorkers. If you see a driver with plates from another state doing it, odds are they are a native New Yorker. See, I'm from Connecticut. We drive fast. At least down in southern CT that is.
Smarmy quotes as part of your e-mail signature annoy me. Or uplifting quotes. Or "empowering" or "motivational" quotes. BARF! In addition to being annoying, unless you are a motivational speaker, I think it's a bit unprofessional as well. Just your name please.
The blatantly pious annoy me. Yeah Tim Tebow, I mean you. I have no doubt he believes as deeply as he states - but does he really need to be in your face with it? He reminds me of the parable about the two men praying in the church - one saying basically "look at me God, I tithe, I fast, I'm not like those other guys" and the other one saying "please be merciful to me, I'm a sinner". I would much rather hang out with the second guy, thank you very much.
The Giants playing like crap yesterday really, really annoys me. It's been a tale of two teams this season. You have the team that beat the Patriots and the Cowboys, then the team that lost to the Redskins and the Eagles. I'm thinking that the Colts and the Vikings are wishing the Giants were on their schedules this year! Now, we have to beat the Jets and the Cowboys to make the playoffs. Well - if the same Jets that played yesterday show up next week, we might have a chance. I really, really, really don't want it to be the Jets who end our playoff hopes. Now that would be REALLY annoying!
Later this week - a few of my favorite things.
2 comments:
I don't know anything about football but I heard a good quote from Tebow about his religious fervor, he said, "If you really love your wife, do you tell her once a day? No, you tell her many times." I'm paraphrasing, but if I watched the game I don't think I'd mind. To me, it's preferable to F-bombs and the culture usually associated with pro athletes.
Yes, I heard that quote to and I agree with him. I have no issue with him telling our Lord a hundred times a day that he loves Him. What I find phony is that he is telling us a hundred times a day that he loves God. Using his comparison to a man telling his wife many times a day that he loves her, it would be like a guy going to the office and constantly telling his co-workers how much he loves his wife. It's his wife he needs to tell on a regular basis, not the rest of the world.
I do agree with you that it's preferable to the f-bombs and also to the others who are so self-centered in their own way.
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