I don't like:
-waking up early
-having a sunburn (like I do now - OUCH!)
-onions, celery, brussel sprouts, red meat
-that my boyfriend has to leave so early in the morning
-that my relatives are getting older
-the smell of lavendar
-people who feel the need to one-up others to feel better about themselves
-that my mom is alone when she is so fabulous
-having to grow from pain - why can't ALL lessons be learned the easy way?
-when the ice cream is all gone
-having to pull ticks out of my cat's skin (EW!!)
-being unsure
Thanks for this Jen, it was really interesting to think about these things and make a list! Sometimes we have to figure out what we don't like in order to figure out what we do like.

-Piper

preservative doused iceberg lettuce labeled as mixed greens
developers who build architecturally bereft buildings to make a quick buck
airline pilots who don't tell why you are sitting on the tarmac for 25 minutes
when someone flicks my newspaper while I'm reading it
cigarette smoke

preservative doused iceberg lettuce labeled as mixed greens
developers who build architecturally bereft buildings to make a quick buck
airline pilots who don't tell why you are sitting on the tarmac for 25 minutes
when someone flicks my newspaper while I'm reading it
cigarette smoke

-burnt coffee
-100 degree weather
-resting in the not knowing of things
-skim milk
-objectifying language
-regret

- "it's all Good" pretty much makes me squirm
- when i throw a bunch of lines out to find a harmonious roomy + I wake up this morning (after a week of HELL health!#$%) to an email from some wierdo, saying : "do you want this roommate to clean for you too ? lol "
WHAT?? can you just bugger OFF? pleaze! NOT into ppl. who take the Time to send me an email like this.
- aNY strong chemical smells........ciggy smoke for me too.
- inauthenticity
- when ppl's OWN fears motivate them to disconnect from Me.
- when ppl DON' t say what they are REALLY feeling

Ev.thing right now. I'm Grumpy as All HELL.
yummy.

The smell of re-tarring a roof
1 ply toilet paper
Time that gets away from me
housework
unfinished snuggling
wet washrags left at the bottom of the shower
laundry
being so down I can't even laugh at me children...

xxo

hold that thought...i've got a laundry list today ~

**w/laundry being somewhere at the top!

but i'll be back ~ off to do some of that laundry! so much for a nap! lol!

xox!
me

-backstabbing
-backbiting
-name calling
(yes - by adults)
-male stubbornness
-uncomfortable shoes
-static cling
-mom in heaven instead of here with me
-50/50 placement, missing half my kids life
-the cat that ripped up my garbage last night and that I had to pick up this morning all over the deck, and I only knew it was a cat because it jumped out when I had to let my dog out at 3AM!
-not enough sleep
-eeks, I guess I have too many...

...the smell of diesel exhaust...

> "no worries" makes me want to scream
> people using their cell phones on the bus
> people asking "does that make sense?" every 5 minutes when they're explaining something
> feeling petty
> fake smiles
> books with large font
> cheap coffee
> feeling rushed
> office politics

When people say "my bad"
I'd like to go bang my head against a brick wall

- being rejected
- swallowing "wrong"
- feeling intimidated/overwhelmed on my job
- credit card balances over $0.00
- being cold
- leaving my aquarium dirty
- motorists honking at me, just because I am on a bike
- the rolls of fat on my upper body
- overeating
- going to the ATM more than once a week

stinky feet
mouth noises
mean spirited people
my big fat arse
long fingernails on men
porta potties
overdraft notices
seeing my little 6 year old with hurt feelings
watching my parents age
knowing my friends are sad

"my bad" is ghastly, but I don't mind it when Chief Wiggum says it.

"Here's a tip for young players" is high on the loathing list.

Selling my house and not knowing where I am going to live next, letting myself down, letting others down, making excuses for why I am not doing what I need to do, George Bush, make that all the Bushes including Bush Sr, the WWII Nazi profiteer, being too cold, being too hot, nosiness, loud gum chewers.

tail-gaters, ass-kissers, when someone asks, "how are you?" and doesn't give a crap about the answer, losing my wallet, conditional love, cell phones on a restaurant table, SPAM, un-recyclable CD jewel cases, broken promises, people who don't look at you during a conversation, adults yelling at &/or hitting kids in public places (or anywhere), leaving my cat alone, seeing people chew food, seeing someone picking their nose, puking...

I don't like:
people who are envious of you so they make your life miserable any measly way they can...why not just come right out and say, "You're so damned good at teaching that I feel inadequate next to you." That I could respond to. Petty crap that gets in the way of what is good for students annoys me to no end.
Things I like: jen, jen, jen and all the people who post comments here. I enjoy reading everyone's comments and look forward to it daily!

Things I don't like...
~the smell of cardboard
~doing dishes
~the tv show FUTURAMA
~that Mike Boogie is in the final of Big Brother 7 All Stars (but so glad Will was evicted)
~not being able to get up early consistently everyday to get stuff done before going to work
~arrogance
~cruelty
~poor phone ettiquette
~my ginormous buddha belly, it ain't pretty it's just pudge and fat and grody
~oh and back fat
~my yucky kitchen floor that is so old even when I scrub it for hours by hand it still looks dirty and dingy
~the lack of light in my livingroom it's so dark
~that my boyfriend gets annoyed when I try to talk to him while he plays video games
~when people can't laugh at themselves
~the paper thin walls and floor in the building I live in

Things I do like...
~ yer blog

Smooches... Katherine

- close talkers with bad breath
- when Air Supply comes on the radio
- mosquito bites
- Peeps
- people who scream at their kids in public
- being over scheduled
- grounds in the coffee
- stale nacho chips
- heat and high humidity for several days in a row

~ smelly feet
~ being on (another) diet
~ negative people who sap me of my energy
~ Atlanta traffic
~ the fact that I still let things about my ex-husband get me down
~ the zipper in my pants won't stay up today
~ seeing my friends or family unhappy
~ my older brother being in Iraq
~ not having the money to travel like I want to

my partner
my partner
my partner
oh, did i say my partner
bad hair days
my big pimples
my small pimples
steve irwin dying
my dog vomiting in the house
my dog pooing in the house
my cat eating innocent lizards
being treated badly
accepting being treated badly
cloudy cold days
rare steak when you order medium
greasy fish and chips
being stuck
when people don't applaud for buskers
when people don't pay buskers

- cigarette smoke
- chemical smells (Windex makes me heave)
- bad service at restaurants (especially when they're only nice/attentive at the end, when a tip might be nigh.)
- money stress
- drama queens
- domestic/child/animal cruelty
- when people don't wash their hands when they should
- the smell cooked meat
Wow - I really could go on (but I won't!) Thanks for the venting space . . .

being more than a plane ride away from people I want and need in my life...

-Any mispronunciations of words
-crooked paintings
-unnecessary wars
-people who only care about the things that don't really matter (money, real estate, money...)
-people who miss the point and aren't really happy even though they think they are
-the fact that animals have no raison detreaux
-when poor people are really fat because the only thing they can afford is fast food
-yelling car commercials on the radio
-listening to music softly that should be listened to loudly

- being treated like i'm stupid
- pathological liars
- when the people who taught me stress eating criticize me for doing it
- prime numbers
- bills
- that i'm not better at 'doing without'
- cigarette butts in gardens, on sidewalks etc.
- racism
- that there is hunger and poverty when there are people who have more money than they'll ever be able to spend
- people who create drama
- beer
- liver and brussel sprouts
- the simpsons
- being used

thanks jen for giving us a place to purge...

Bad Breath...unless it's my own and I want to breath on someone I love. Love meaning I want to see them get upset and ticked at me.

Not being able to contact a dear friend, and feeling like I have done something wrong.

I don't like that I don't feel any safer today than I did five years ago, watching the towers come down

That there is such evil, obvious AND subtle, in the world

That I fear for the lives of my daughter and my unborn child every time I watch the news

That I have to fear at all

(I do believe, however, that good will conquer all, and this is what keeps me going)