Dumb Shit You Do

Hey folks. Something occurred to me a little while ago, and I thought, "Why not start a thread about it?" So this is that thread. About it.

*ahem*

Anyway. This thread is for all the dumb things you do in your life. Now, when I say "dumb things", I don't mean choosing boyfriends or girlfriends that are bad for you, or smoking, or any kind of crap like that- there's plenty of other threads for those things both here and in Dirty Talk. No, this is for all the stupid shit you do in your day-to-day life. All the dumb things you do, and then keep doing, for some unknown reason.

Here, I'll start. This'll give you more of an example of what I mean.

I always buy a loaf of bread at the store, thinking, "Oh great, now I can make sandwiches", and then a week or two later, it sits on my shelf, unopened, untouched. So I throw it out. Next time I'm at the store? "Oh great, now I can make sandwiches".

See? Dumb shit I do.

So what's yours?

I keep bugging this guy and this guy when I am bored and I tell myself, "Stop bugging them." But I keep doing it.



Then my procrastination is pure idiocy in itself.

I buy cereal (last time it was Fruity Pebbles) eat like maybe two bowls. Then it gets old and I have to throw it out. Another stupid thing I do is pay my bills late. What's really dumb about that is I always have the money on time, but since I'm a lazy procastinator, I end up paying extra for being late.

I hate bellpeppers and mayo so much that I occasionally forget to triple check that there will not be any in anything that I order, and when I forget, that's when it's GLOBBED on and contained generously.

Example, I once ordered a "Philly cheese steak" from a local dining establishment and it came utterly DRENCHED with mayo and had more bellpeppers in it than steak.

And fuck places that don't make your order correctly.

I've gone through maybe 10 unopened loaves of bread this year.

Maybe if bread kept as well as peanut butter and jelly, I wouldn't have issue with it, but i buy SO MUCH BREAD.

I convince myself that after work I'm gonna shower, change, and go out tonight. While I usually accomplish the shower, and sometimes putting clothes back on, I almost never actually make it out of my apartment to somewhere I could meet people. I do that probably 3 or 4 times a week.

I always buy a gallon-sized jug of milk and it always goes bad before I can finish it. Yet, I can't seem to get it through my skull that I should simply buy a smaller container of milk. I do it every time. I will sit there and reason with myself. I'll actually convince myself that THIS will be the time that I use the whole gallon.

you need to listen to you inner thought s more often

i buy the overpriced, odd tasting milk from the cornerstore down the street every other day. because i'm too lazy to go to an actual supermarket.

i wear my "good" shoes to work every few days and get holes burned in them while i'm welding.

i look at the flare when other people are welding, even if only for a moment, and swear never to do it again.

i drink. heavily. and forget to do things that are fairly important ,getting back into school for instance, my mother's name, my own birthday, rent, utilities, and contraceptives.

i get girls phone numbers, see it as a well deserved victory, never call them, then get lonely again.

In the same vein but with vegetables instead. I must have thirty pounds of rotting vegetables in my fridge, but I STILL go out and buy lettuce. Which never gets touched and just adds to the compost heap. Sigh.

NAWWWWWWW!

I leave my keys in the front door all the time, then spend 30 minutes looking for them even though I know they are in the front door.

I take small amounts of cash from the ATM convinced that this will help me spend less. I spend more cuz I collect all those service fees instead.

i never wear a seatbelt, and always meave my keys in the ignition, i mean daily, thats just where they stay while im at work

I don't lock my doors/windows. Haven't for 20 years.

i make excuses as to why i should go buy myself a new pair of shoes , not thinking about the fact that i have (give or take a few) 30 pairs, some of which i still havent worn regardless of whether or not i bought them last month or a year ago.. and then my willpower fails me and i go buy another pair.. then think of what i need to go buy to match...

I put stupid things on the memo line on my checks because it cracks me up. I know one day it will come back to haunt me. Like the other night at Wal-mart I wrote "for sexual favors" on the memo line.

I'll open a can of soda, or get a drink, and completely lose it.


True Story.

I ALWAYS get the biggest damn Dr. Pepper the drive-through has to offer, and I never drink more than half of it.
Every damn day.

I have a bad propensity for hurting myself. I'm constantly covered in bruises and cuts. What do I do for fun? I race motorcycles and find projects involving power tools.

The last few years have included:
Cutting across three fingers with a circular saw
2 street motorcycles accidents, 4 track crashes
Broken collarbone that had to be surgically repaired
3 concussions

I probably won't be able to walk by the time I'm 50, but I'm enjoying myself!

I'll circle the house 5 times getting ready to leave. Go to the kitchen to finish my drink, go to my room to change my shirt, passing the hall table with my wallet, glasses, cell phone. New shirt, go downstairs to get my heroclix bag, passing the same table. Come back upstairs to get my wallet, go to the bathroom, take a leak. Back to the hall table for the cellphone, I forgot something downstairs, go get that, back to the bathroom to check my ugly face and hair for any mroe abnormalities than usual, go to my room and try to fix hair. go to hallway table and get wallet, turn on or off lights in kitchen. go out to car. come back inside for keys. and then other days I have ti all together and ready and I am on top of it and wait for my friend. and wait and wait... and I'm so busy waiting I forget something. I'll walk in a circle right in the living room trying to figure what I have to grab first and get dizzy.

I buy more potatoes than I actually need - then I discover them after I've bought YET MORE - and they're all growing in my cupboard. Out they go. Then:

"Hmm...I hope I have enough for the rest of the week...."

i do the bread thing too.

i also do the workout thing....

i'll have it in mind to do, for example, 4 sets of 20 push ups and 30 sit ups... i do one set, take a breather... then.. done. i do this nearly every day.

some days i dont even attempt, other days i make it through a few more sets or all the way. and when i do go all the way, i think, "that really didn't take that much time..."