Today was a pretty tough day at clinical. Mostly because of my attitude. But I am tired, sorta sick, and just a crabby-pants. So, to get myself in a better mood, I continued adding to my mental list of Oddities. It's just random stuff I've come across recently that I've thought, "Wow, I really like that!" or, "I don't like that".
First, "I like that"s:
1. Tee shirt idea for me and my fellow NPers: "Watch out. Today, I have no patience for my patients."
2. I like that both tai chi and chai tea are real things and are created by doing one of my favorite things, switching around letters.
3. My neighborhood pick-up bball games. Right now, there is a tourney going on, with one very funny emcee, who just said, "And the shot is taken by Jerry Curl (a teenage boy who did have a jerry curl)and he misses! No relaxer on this court!" etc. I like funny commentary.
4.My cat. She always has a purr for me. And a much-needed snuggle.
5. Old episodes of the Office. And new episodes of the Daily Show. And Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
6. Socks without holes in them. I have too many socks WITH holes in them, so when I find a pair without, I rejoice.
7. Dancing by myself and singing songs I make up about whatever I am doing, ie: "Cleaning the dishes, yeah yeah, scrubbing this fork, yeah yeah..."
8. Dental floss. I had an incident on Saturday where I was out and had something stuck between my teeth that felt like a two-by-four but was invisible and had some floss in my purse for just such an occasion. Ah, sweet relief!
9. That a two-by-four is really a one-and-a-half by a three-and-a-half.
10. My friends who stick by me and love me, even when I irritate them.
11. Remember those sticky hands and sticky feet we used to get out of dime machines and then throw against the wall and they'd stick and then sloooowly slink down? Yeah. Love those.
12. Checking if pasta is done by throwing it against the wall. NOt sure if this is really even an accurate method, but I love doing it anyway. Feels like sanctioned food-fighting.
13.Alliteration. "Amanda always accesses Adam's aorta" and the like.
14. The word 'ilk'. I love that word.
15. The word 'hassenpfeffer'. Don't even know what it is, but I like how it sounds.
16. The emotional vulnerability of the guys on the Bachelorette. I know, I know, I am vehemently opposed to that show, and Bachelor, but this season I got hooked. But I really like how the guys are actually appearing to care about more than themselves. Unless it is just staged. BUt I'm going to try to shelve the cynicism.
17. Being able to use the word 'shelve' as a verb, and as pertaining to an emotion, instead of just being a noun.
18. That "The Amsterdam Inn" backwards is "Eht Madretsma Nni". Sounds foreign.
19. OMGosh. Fawlty Towers. Enough said.
20. The word Schmuck. Love it. Saying it, seeing it, whatever. It is so onomatopoetically satisfying.
21. My cat's sweet little kitty feet.
22. Saying, "Malfeasance for malfeasance's sake." and watching people's reactions to that.
23. Writing on the subject line of my checks subjects completely unrelated to what I am writing the check for. For example, on check to my psychologist last week, I wrote on the subject line, "A new toaster". I don't know why, but doing this really tickles me.
24. Being able to talk about medical stuff and form almost-complete sentences composed entirely of acronyms.
25. A good dollop of wasabi that will really clean out the old sinuses.
26. A bratwurst with ketchup, sauerkraut, onions, mustard (dark brown), relish, that has been grilled for awhile and then boiled in beer. Dangit, that is so good.
27. Watermelon seed spitting contests. I need more of those in my life.
Stuff I don't like:
1. The phrase 'Carbon footprint'. It sounds pretentious and stupid. And seriously, does anyone even really know what it actually means or how to actually compute it? Whenever anyone says it, I internally roll my eyes at them.
2. Fads. I have always had an aversion to fads of any type. Doesn't matter what it is, I probably won't like it, just on principle. Which is silly and pointless of me, I fully realize. But still.
3. People who are mean to things weaker than them, and I mean weaker physically, mentally, socio-economically, educationally, whatever. I HATE that.
4. The word 'panties'. Ick. Don't have anything against underwear, just can't stand that word.
5. Light bulbs that burn out before they should. Just irritating. Especially when reading a good book.
6. The current slew of pop stars. Especially Miley Cyrus's attempt at whoring herself out to, I don't know, get more fans or something? I want to put some clothes on her, wash off the nasty makeup, sit her down, make her a cup of tea, and tell her some things about life. Or just look at her and say, "Lindsay Lohan." That oughta do it.
7. That posting something on Twitter is called "tweeting". HATE that.
8. Milk that tastes bad even though it is nowhere near its expiration date. I mean, c'mon. I have to trash the whole half-gallon, which ain't cheap!
9. When I'm wrong about something that I feel like I should have been right about. Like BMI.
10. Soap operas. Pretty much all daytime TV. I can feel the brain cells being sucked out of my ears if I even am in the same room with a TV playing daytime whatever.
11. The oil spill. If I let myself think about it, and how much damage it has done, I get sick. I can't watch the news and see the pics of the poor animals covered in oil. My stomach literally hurts.
12. When people use JC as a swear. Or anything. Other than in reverent and worshipful ways.
13. Buying an ugly purse or whatever just because it is made by a famous designer or has a big C on it. Gag.
14. Pretty much anything done because everyone else is doing it and thinks it's cool. Lame-sauce.
15. Lady Gaga. Don't hate the music, but she's just strange. And, in my opinion, and as someone who is all for individuality, she's over-the-top.
16. Political correctness that has been taken to an extreme. Everyone is so afraid of offending other people that it has become almost absurd, the extent to which people will do mental gymnastics just to avoid "not being intolerant."
17. Constipation. It's the WORST. Thankfully, not something I often deal with, but man. Nothing can put a damper on your day like constipation.
18. Bed bugs. I've never had them, thank God, but they are everywhere in NYC and just gross.
19. When my computer gets too hot and slows way down. And also that I lost the letter P off of my keyboard. Now after O on the top line is just some weird looking mechanical thing.
20. Oprah Winfrey's empire. Sorry Oprah, I'm sure you're a nice person and I'm happy for your success, but your 24-7 Oprahness annoys me.
21. Patients with stinky feet who take off their shoes for long amounts of time in the exam room and I almost pass out. But then I remember Jesus washed stinky feet, and pray for strength.
22. The janitor's closet at clinic that used to be an old bathroom that has faulty plumbing which traps the stuff flushed from the upstairs bathroom directly above it, making clinic today smell like a sewage treatment facility.
23. The Real Housewives of Wherever. Bethanny Getting a Life. Kate Plus Eight, Jon Minus Everything. Bla Bla Bla. Any reality show. No one cares. (says the girl writing a blog about her thoughts...I realize the irony, people)
24. Eating parts of things that just shouldn't be eaten. Chicken feet. Cow tongue. Cow stomach. I'm getting ill just thinking of it.
There are so many more, and I'm sure I'll add to this list, but I'm hungry now and I'm going to eat my Chipotle, that I shouldn't have bought cause it isn't in the alloted budget for the week, but whatever. But that reminds me. What I like #28. Credit cards to buy Chipotle with.
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