You know when bloggers write out a list of things they are currently disliking or things that are pissing them off? I love those posts. If I see a blogger has written one, I save it till last in my google reader. I like that they give everyone an opportunity to see a blogger in a different light. I like that they are usually completely unapologetic. I love that they are always so honest.
I’ve never done one before, mostly because my list of what I’m usually hating goes something … 1.Sarah Palin when she’s being smug 2. cream cheese 3. slow drivers 4. Sarah Palin when she’s being interviewed by Charlie Gibson 5. alarm clocks 6. Sarah Palin…. and you see, that sort of list doesn’t really help anyone. However, I recently realized that my list of current hate-ons is far more diverse than usual, so I thought I would celebrate by sharing them with you…. (I don’t blame you click ‘mark as read’ right about now).
1. I hate that anytime I say ‘I hate this’ there’s a small part of my brain that goes “no, hate is a strong word, you just really dislike it“. This voice sounds eerily similar to my mom’s voice. To this day I have a hard time saying that I hate stuff. Which is ridiculous, because *I DO HATE THINGS.
**2. I hate people who treat you like junk. Especially people who say things to you that you are 100% sure they would never say to you if you were a) 10 years older or b) ***the owner of a penis. (For the record? We have the same degree. I’m not your messenger, nor am I the person who should file for you when we are ‘co-teaching’. Also, please don’t lecture me. You are not my boss and you are only my co-worker for one day. If I wanted a lecture, I would time travel back to junior high and take up an extravagant drug addiction and brag about it to my parents).
3. I hate spam messages sent by people with normal sounding names (as opposed to “BigGuyz4U”) who mark their messages as ‘urgent’. I open them and then feel like a fool. EVERY. TIME. I’m the reason spam keeps being sent, because I’m the girl who always opens it.
4. I hate how panicked I feel about the election. (The American one, not mine).
5. I hate that I feel weird admitting #4.
6. I hate my bank balance.
7. I hate the price of gasoline, smeared nail polish and Sarah Palin when she’s being smug (I had to slip it in somewhere).
8. I hate the look I got today when I told someone I hadn’t seen the new Batman movie. Don’t get me wrong, I want to see it, I just haven’t gotten around to it. But giving me the stink eye like I’ve just finished pistol whipping my grandmother is unnecessary.
9. I hate that it’s dark out by 9pm now.
10. I hate that this list could continue. Easily. Too easily.
Don’t worry, my life isn’t spiraling into a deep depression, I’m just annoyed today by a lot of things. By EVERYTHING. I know this feeling will pass. Tomorrow I’m teaching grade 1 and there’s a good chance that at least 3 kids will tell me they love me by lunch time and 7 of them will draw me pictures of horses and/or rainbows. This will all help when one of them pees their pants, unsuccessfully tries to wipe up the pee with their hand and uses that unwashed hand to grab my hand when they finally tell me about the accident.
*I’m okay with this sounding like I’m 5 years old.
**To those who have emailed me today asking how subbing went, this explains it.
***I could have just said ‘man’ but this sounded funnier. Like a penis was a four legged pet that you had to take to the groomers.
Thank you for giving me a reason to write a “Things I Hate” post in the near future.
I hate Sarah Palin when she’s… doing anything.
We hate a lot of the same shit right now.
And now I’m going to get an email that said “I saw you say ‘shit’ on someone else’s blog.” Which, for the record, I also hate.
I appreciated this post.
Also, I totally hear my mom’s voice whenever I say I hate anything. I hate it! :P
My Grandma constantly told me not to say “hate” when I was little; but when I got older she said it herself.
So when I say I hate something, I feel guilty, and then a little confused.
Shaba- Thank Sizzle, she’s the one who gave me the reason!
Maxie- I love you for saying that.
justrun- Ahh… that would annoy the fuck out of me too. (And I said ‘fuck’ to continue running with the swearing theme…)
e- Isn’t it crazy how mom’s just get inside our brain?
Rachel- Your grandmother sounds like my mom. The thing that bothers me with that is, I’m quick to say I love. I love juiceboxes and new shoes and boys with nice hair- and that’s completely acceptable, so why can’t the other extreme be accepted as well?
hooray for hating things! usually i just bitch about things that annoy me. not quite as strong of a word – i like where your head is at.
i am also panicking about the election…i’m just hoping everyone makes an effort to get off their asses this year to vote.
i hate when people give me “the look” when i haven’t seen a movie. i mean, really? does it really matter? (btw, i haven’t seen the new batman either…)
erin- ‘hooray for hating things’ might be my favorite line today
Libby- Ditto. I watched http://www.slackeruprising.com today and it scared the hell out of me. They were confident going in and then Kerry fell a part like card house in a hurricane. Okay, that’s not really true, I just really wanted to say that. As for the movie business, I KNOW.
Gosh, teachers are SO underpaid.
I made the stink eye when I read about Batman. It was soooo good!
Thank you for the entertaining read tonight! I was hoping you would let roll after #10.
As you know, I’m down with the hate lists. It feels good to put it out there! Especially for people like us who are usually pretty “on the bright side” of things. I have not yet seen the newest Batman movie. No one better stink eye me for it!
#1 – I HAVE THE EXACT SAME VOICE. Well, except I think it’s MY mom’s voice, not your mom’s. Well, maybe it’s your mom’s, but that would be weird?
#9 – 9pm????? Stop bragging! It gets dark here at like EIGHT now. Wahhhhhh.
us yankees really are freaking our neighbors to the north out with this election huh?
pssst. it terrifies me too.
I like this idea of a post. It sounds like something you should try to sneak on a series of t-shirts. Maybe you should follow this post up with lists of blogs you’ve stopped reading and why. Palin doesn’t have a blog does she? Does Harper have one? I know Aaron Burr didn’t.
Hmm. Ok my issue with hate is that it usually means I’ve given something too much energy–like I hate it, which means it is taking up too much space in my head. Dislike is more cavalier and whatever–like “I don’t like you but whatever; I could care less about you I dislike you so much.” That probably makes no sense, which is why I should be asleep at 1:39 a.m. on a work night instead of commenting on your blog.
So I dislike blog posts that encourage me to stay up late.
I dislike the pandering of politicians to an uninformed and uneducated American public.
I dislike media outlets unabashed bias and bent to political extremes regardless of which way they’re bending.
I dislike headaches.
But I like you Brandy:)
Ah, numbers 4 and 6. Yes. YES!
YES! I hate things too!!!! So why do I get that nagging voice in my head?! Hate is a perfectly legitimate word that should only be used with caution about people. And most of the time, I truly do hate them too. Great list.
I always open the spam too. Mainly in work cos I maybe think it’s from a student who has somehow managed to get my direct email address and I don’t want to delete it and then discover at a later date i haven’t done something i shouldn’t have. Then it usually turns out it’s from a “busty brunette” who wants to chat and show me her pictures . . . . providing I’m a hot dude with a credit card and endless stupidity that is!
i love these hate lists. i did one, oh, a year and a half ago. i think my list has grown. i know it has. 1, 6, 7, and 9 absolutely.
I love hate lists b/c they’re just so gosh darn therapeutic. I hope yours made you feel a lot better :)
I am so there with you on #7!
I haven’t made a hate list in a while either… hmmm. Thanks for the inspiration! (and for also hating your bank balance, urgent spam, and of course, Sarah Palin).
Is it odd that I’d be fine with reading a list that simply had 1-10, I hate Sarah Palin? I YELLED at the TV this morning because the sound of her voice was making me manic.
I could not agree with you more about emails that are marked urgent. Anything that is marked urgent that is not a dire matter of life or death is just unneccesary. Don’t make me panic at the sight of the little red exclamation point unless it’s completely, 100% necessary.
You hate cream cheese?!?!?! Oh, the humanity!
Wait, that means more for me. Nevermind, keep hatin’. And you’re totally allowed to say hate.
I hate chain email from people I barely know/see, especially when it is some bigoted anti-Muslim BS. Pissed me off and totally ruined my morning!
I hated Sarah Palin before any of your folks knew who she was. Another downside to dating an Alaskan.
love this.
i’m a big fan of these lists too!
Oh wow – I hate those days when everything makes me itch with irritation! Hope this list gets these items off your chest before your co-workers get on your nerves again!
don’t get me started with Palin…..i haven’t seen the new batman either!
and that pee part was gross :)
I’m so there on # 2 & # 7.
Doesn’t it feel good to all that negativity out? Also, don’t worry – I haven’t seen Batman either & is it bad I really have no desire to?
check and CHECK to #2. why do men think that’s at all ok in this day and age??
I hate that eye-rolling whenever I haven’t seen ANY movie. Apparently I’ve missed the bulk of the movies EVERYONE has seen and am therefore unacceptable company.
I haven’t seen the new Batman movie either. I’m quite comfortable with this fact — dvd is always better.
And I’m with you re: #9 — the change in seasons is always something that ruffles my feathers.
Brilliant post…my friend has decreed it Hate List blog day in honor of your list. YOu can see mine here:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&pop=1&indicate=1
“This will all help when one of them pees their pants, unsuccessfully tries to wipe up the pee with their hand and uses that unwashed hand to grab my hand when they finally tell me about the accident”
This sounds all too familiar; my day was quite similar but I deal with adults! I’m hating pretty much everything today, except coffee… its keeping me going.
A hate many of the same things and am also quite panicked about the election. I hate that there is a significant percentage of Americans who probably won’t vote for Obama because of his race. What is wrong with people?
PS. And I hate when Sarah Palin’s being smug.
I love that you hate Sarah Palin so much.
The real question is: did you feel any better about anything for having posted it?
The election scares the crap out of me too, dude. Panic may not even begin to describe it.
I love the Palin references….seriously made my afternoon.
also because it implies you can *own* a penis, even if you don’t actually *have* one.
I love you for your Sarah Palin hate.
I would also love if somehow you could “own” a penis and whip it out and point it at people when they were being condescending. “I own a penis! Don’t talk to me like that!” How fantastic would that be?
golly- i hate the list ended- this one engaged me.
oh…i hate missing the hills.
Michlle- Agreed
Jen R- Ha!
Theresa- I really should have. Sadly, I feel like I could just keep going right now…
Sizzle- It definitely DOES feel good to put it out there. Thanks for the inspiration!
Laurie- Dark at 9pm? I’m sorry. Also, it would be weird if my mom’s voice was in your head. But slightly awesome too.
Alexa- Not all of you, just a few select people are freaking me out. Actually one person.
Egan-I was waiting for an Aaron Burr shout out.
Ally- I get what you are saying. Hate requires more effort usually for something that doesn’t deserve it. Also, I like your list!
nicoleantoinette- I thought you would be agreeing with me…
Meeks- I’m glad someone else knows what I’m talking about!
Paula-Sigh. I’m sorry you are stuck in the same trap I am!
brookem- I’m sorry, but I’m warning you that you are going to get a little more of this list in your inbox tonight… (whoa. that sounded threatening. sorry)
littlespoon- it did. I’m shocked.
Dutchess of Kickball- Smudged nailpolish is such a pain in the ass.
Andrea- Ha! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Anne- Just think of what you’d be like after 4 years of listening to it…
Maris- Exactly!
Belle- Yes, I’m sorry. Cream cheese just doesn’t do it for me. I will gladly give you my lifetime share of cream cheese.
Paige Jennifer- That would suck.
kristin- They are great aren’t they??
Kyla Bea- I’m not completely over it, but I DO feel better…
dmb5_libra- I feel better knowing that I’m not alone when it comes to the Batman movie. And sorry about the pee part- it’s happened before though.
Semichrmd- I don’t think it’s bad at all. In fact, I think I would use the word… refreshing.
Beth- The kicker is, it wasn’t a man talking to me like that. It was a woman.
Rebekah- yeah… I’m with you. Roll your eyes at me if I trip a blind kid, but rolling your eyes because I haven’t seen House Bunny? Lame.
the almost right word- I’m with you on loving the DVD.
Robin- Nicely done!
kerry- I hope you never run out of coffee.
Diane Mandy- Don’t even get me started on not voting because of race… seriously? That sort of shit renders me speechless.
Jenn- I want to say ‘thank you’ but that feels like a weird thing to say in response!
geekhiker- I do actually.
cdp- I think I will need to be sedated on your election day.
Matt- Let’s hope she doesn’t win, I can’t have 4 years of her voice on CNN all day. I will lose it.
HippieChyck- Well pointed out!
Mel Heth- This might be my favorite comment of all time. Because isn’t it just funny to imagine??
evans- I hate Lo’s snide comments, Audrina’s blank stare, LC’s whine, Spencer’s arrogance, Heidi’s airheadedness, Stephanie’s hair and my addiction.
way to get it all out there brandy. we all gotta get the hate out every once and a while.
katelin- Thanks, I completely agree!
Dood, I forgot to tell you how much I loved this post. I love love love when people write about what they hate.
Ohh man I totally needed to read an “I hate” post right now. Love thos. And for the record, I’m freaking out a bit about the upcoming election as well. Boo Palin!
seriously love your “things I hate” post. I hate Sarah Palin and everything she does and stands for. I need to do my ” things I hate” post. It could be interesting and definatly longer then 10 items. Kudos for keeping it short and sweet. Btw I think it’s great that there are so many canadians so into our election.
You, me and Reliant K were raised in the same time period. This is why I must quote a lyric to you, “hate is a strong word, but I really, really, really don’t like you.” That sounds so much stronger, actually, because it sounds like a five year old having a tantrum. And when a five year old really, really, really doesn’t like something…well, that carries a lot of weight :-). I hope subbing gets better…I hate, honestly, hate, those weird co-worker arguments.
I hate that I haven’t written a hate post. But I love that you did.
Dont worry, I will have a treat for you soon, i been jotting down these things i hate for awhile now. it will come up soon
wow you need something else to think about besides sarah…i happen to think she is all that and a bag of chips… a woman who knows how to get things done…why are people threatened by her??
seven- Aww thanks!!
Sandy- I’m with you on that.
Heather- I tried to restrain myself with 10- I could have definitely had more.
Sarah- I completely agree with you, and co-worker weirdness is never good.
Good girl Gone Blog- Definitely do it. You will feel better.
Chele- Awesome!
Arlene- Thanks for stopping by. I suppose I could try to think of something else other than Sarah, but considering that it’s election time it’s hard not to . :) Especially since I find Sarah to be a candidate who invokes such strong feelings.
I think “threatened” is the wrong word. Actually, I know it is. I’m not threatened by her, the word that is more apt- is “horrified”. Of course, you may wonder why, and I would love to tell you because I think your question is one that many Palin supporters share.
I’m disturbed by a candidate who is known more for sharing lies than truths. Her repeated ‘verbage’ on the bridge to nowhere, selling the jet on Ebay, Alaska’s total percent of energy production, taking a pay cut as Governor,visiting Iraq, firing the chef at the Governons place, have all been discounted, her own campaign having to modify her remarks when reporters and fact checkers have gone to verify her claims.
I’m horrified that Alaska’s proximity to Russia is something she references when people ask about her foreign policy background. I’m horrified that when asked on the bail out package by Katie Couric, her answer is incoherent- so incoherent that it’s impossible to watch it without cringing.
As a woman I’m also horrifed by her stance on abortion. I’m also horrified that when she was Mayor, the rape victims of her town had to pay for their own rape kits, while other Alaskan municipalities paid for the victims bill.
As a person who lives in a community, I’m horrified that she would go on stage in front of millions of viewers and mock community work. I’m horrified that when she did, people cheered.
Of course there is more, but I think this begins to show you what I worry about when it comes to Sarah Palin.
I do not think Sarah Palin is a bad person, but I do think she would make a bad vice president, – and an awful President, if the situation came to that. It scares me that she’s been nominated, and even more so that so many people her way of getting things done is the best way for your country.
I don’t live in the United States. My life will not be altered dramatically if McCain wins. But, looking over her track record, listening to her speak, reading policies she’s supported- sincerely worries me. It worries me because I think of every single person in the United States who will NOT be better off if her party wins this election. So I guess I will keep thinking about Sarah, knowing everything I can helps confirm my feelings- the feelings of knowing whole heartedly that someone is out of their league. No Arlene, threatened is not the word at all, the word is “horrified”.
I suppose though, ‘saddened’ fits too.
If you want sources to anything I shared, please feel free to email me and I would be happy to share them. Have a great weekend!
Excellent Response, Brandy. Palin supporters always say that we feel “threatened.” Hell, yes I do! Threatened by all the things you just mentioned. I have yet, however, to hear one person who supports Palin to tell me why they support her that doesn’t include her “charming” personality. Early in the election process, Obama supporters were accused of supporting Obama due to his personality. Now that the stiletto is on the other foot, apparently personality is what we are supposed to be thinking about rather than whether a person can actually run a country.
And your response was Brilliant – well crafted, well said. Thank you.
Excellent response and post as always.
Aww this was such a funny post :) It caught my eye, b/c I’ve been feeling crummy all weekend :( Maybe I’ll cheer up a stranger and vent about it on my own blog.
Hope you feel better!
-From a fellow teacher
Oh thank god, another mother that goes crazy over the “H word”. Mine isn’t the only one afterall…
http://www.silverneurotic.weebly.com
strong feelings… you hit the nail on the head…LOL
and FTR I think its amusing that we all enjoy the hate list
Dingo- I definitely understand what you are saying here.
Anne- thanks lady
Elisabeth- Ohh thank you!
Krizia- I’m sorry to hear that, I hope you DO feel better soon!
Silverneurotic- Nope, your mom is not the only one!
Arlene- Me too! ;)
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You took the words right out of my mouth!! Ever single time I say or think I hate something or someone… I always stop and say… “No No No I strongly dislike. You don’t anything” … Well I try not to anyway!! ;)
Just having a look around after stumbling in from Of Thistles and Maple Leaves. Cool idea for a post.
I don’t care for Palin either
I haven’t read any blogs in a while but man was I happy when you said you hated Palin. I’ve been waiting for this post!
Did you hear Tina Fey’s response to what she will do if McCain and Palin win? She said she will leave…Earth. I feel the same way.