A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
- Lord Peter Wimsey
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Things I Hate, Volume I:
1) Nashville pop country. "Save a horse, ride a cowboy"? No. Save the gene pool, ride a live grenade.
2) People who worry about things that aren't any of their business. Don't like gay sex? Don't have gay sex. And then shut the fuck up about it. And if the god you believe in has a problem with it, let him/her/it deal with it. The motto of this country should be changed from "In god we trust" to "MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS."
3) And on the subject of what a god or other supreme being might have problems with, I'm thinking that what consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedrooms would rank pretty low on the list. "Gee, I'd love to deal with that whole poverty and death thing, but these two guys over here are experimenting with fisting, and I just can't have that." What the fuck?
4) People who reject the opportunity to engage in meaningful discourse with others, preferring instead to engage in pedantic nitpicking over thigns like punctuation, spelling, etc. I do this myself occasionally, so this probably makes me a hypocrite, but I think it bears mentioning that pedantic nitpicking never annoys me more than when I do it myself. OCD is such a pain in the ass that way.
5) The idea that some people have, that we are all islands unto ourselves with no responsibility to anything or anyone else, grates my nerves. You hear this type of stuff all the time from people who are whining about things like welfare and public education that don't directly benefit them, oblivious to the fact that when they hop into their cars and drive down that paved road, which was paid for with public funding, to their jobs, where they work for a corporation that has almost certainly benefitted from government largess in some form or another, they are benefitting from the same government largess. There are a million ways that we as individuals benefit from living and functioning in a larger community, and the hardcore objectivists who have a problem with communitariansim should try doing without it for a while. Hop on a raft, paddle out to a deserted island, and take care of your own needs by yourself for a while, and then tell us what you think about Ayn Rand.
6) Reality television. The idea that putting a handful of really good looking people in with one or two shitbirds, throwing them into a completely unnatural living situation, and filming their every move is "reality" ranks right up there with "military intelligence," "compassionate conservative," and "creation science." And you know, when I'm turnign on the television, if I'm not watching the news, reality is not what I want to begin with. If I want to watch reality, I can pull up a chair, open the window shade, and watch my neighbors argue with each other. No, I want to escape reality for a while. Quit being lazy, write a fucking script, and give me a television program that doesn't have "we're in it for the money, suckers" written all over it.
7) Prudes. You know what? Nudity is natural. Clothes aren't. Have you ever run into any animals out in the wild wearing underwear? No, you haven't. When your children go to the zoo and see monkeys with their nipples and genitals exposed, does it warp their minds, or turn them into perverts? No, it doesn't. So when Janet Jackson shows one of her nipples, or Nicolette Sheridan shows us her back, and NOTHING ELSE, shut the fuck up about it. If nudity offends you, you're the one with the problem, not the person who's naked. And you don't have a right not to be offended. Becuase if you do, I do too, and if I have a right not to be offended, you can kiss your Jerry Falwells and Pat Robertsons goodbye, because those hateful fuckers are never seeing the light of day again. Idiots.
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I have a toothache today. So yeah, I'm a bit cranky. I had to call in sick to work today because I couldn't get to sleep last night. My wisdom teeth really need to come out, especially the one that's giving me fits. And I have a huge phobia regarding dentists, so you might say I'm in a bit of a pickle. I haven't been to a dentist in years, so when I finally do go to get this dealt with, I'm going to be in for a barrel of fun. Yeah, life is good.
- Lord Peter Wimsey
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Things I Hate, Volume I:
1) Nashville pop country. "Save a horse, ride a cowboy"? No. Save the gene pool, ride a live grenade.
2) People who worry about things that aren't any of their business. Don't like gay sex? Don't have gay sex. And then shut the fuck up about it. And if the god you believe in has a problem with it, let him/her/it deal with it. The motto of this country should be changed from "In god we trust" to "MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS."
3) And on the subject of what a god or other supreme being might have problems with, I'm thinking that what consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedrooms would rank pretty low on the list. "Gee, I'd love to deal with that whole poverty and death thing, but these two guys over here are experimenting with fisting, and I just can't have that." What the fuck?
4) People who reject the opportunity to engage in meaningful discourse with others, preferring instead to engage in pedantic nitpicking over thigns like punctuation, spelling, etc. I do this myself occasionally, so this probably makes me a hypocrite, but I think it bears mentioning that pedantic nitpicking never annoys me more than when I do it myself. OCD is such a pain in the ass that way.
5) The idea that some people have, that we are all islands unto ourselves with no responsibility to anything or anyone else, grates my nerves. You hear this type of stuff all the time from people who are whining about things like welfare and public education that don't directly benefit them, oblivious to the fact that when they hop into their cars and drive down that paved road, which was paid for with public funding, to their jobs, where they work for a corporation that has almost certainly benefitted from government largess in some form or another, they are benefitting from the same government largess. There are a million ways that we as individuals benefit from living and functioning in a larger community, and the hardcore objectivists who have a problem with communitariansim should try doing without it for a while. Hop on a raft, paddle out to a deserted island, and take care of your own needs by yourself for a while, and then tell us what you think about Ayn Rand.
6) Reality television. The idea that putting a handful of really good looking people in with one or two shitbirds, throwing them into a completely unnatural living situation, and filming their every move is "reality" ranks right up there with "military intelligence," "compassionate conservative," and "creation science." And you know, when I'm turnign on the television, if I'm not watching the news, reality is not what I want to begin with. If I want to watch reality, I can pull up a chair, open the window shade, and watch my neighbors argue with each other. No, I want to escape reality for a while. Quit being lazy, write a fucking script, and give me a television program that doesn't have "we're in it for the money, suckers" written all over it.
7) Prudes. You know what? Nudity is natural. Clothes aren't. Have you ever run into any animals out in the wild wearing underwear? No, you haven't. When your children go to the zoo and see monkeys with their nipples and genitals exposed, does it warp their minds, or turn them into perverts? No, it doesn't. So when Janet Jackson shows one of her nipples, or Nicolette Sheridan shows us her back, and NOTHING ELSE, shut the fuck up about it. If nudity offends you, you're the one with the problem, not the person who's naked. And you don't have a right not to be offended. Becuase if you do, I do too, and if I have a right not to be offended, you can kiss your Jerry Falwells and Pat Robertsons goodbye, because those hateful fuckers are never seeing the light of day again. Idiots.
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I have a toothache today. So yeah, I'm a bit cranky. I had to call in sick to work today because I couldn't get to sleep last night. My wisdom teeth really need to come out, especially the one that's giving me fits. And I have a huge phobia regarding dentists, so you might say I'm in a bit of a pickle. I haven't been to a dentist in years, so when I finally do go to get this dealt with, I'm going to be in for a barrel of fun. Yeah, life is good.
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hussein:
there were itinerant teachers in ireland who would teach the kids when the penal laws were in effect. as you say, they taught them irish, and a lot of the classics. the schools were known as "hedge schools" because they had to hide somewhere outside to avoid arrest.
allycat_13:
Cumbersome is one of my all time favorites. That song I have on my journal is a great song, from the Crow City of Angels soundtrack. I put another song from Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes.