13 Things I Find Difficult
1. Intentionally violating a grammatical or typographical Convention. For example, I have a bumper sticker in my office that says this:
Chaos, Panic & Disorder..
My work here is done
Do you see that faulty ellipsis? It drives me crazy. And that capital C I put in "Convention" above? It's just WRONG.
But I'm leaving both in place. I think it's good for me.
2. Being indoors on a sunny day in the Seattle area, especially after a week on Salt Spring Island spent almost entirely outdoors.
3. Listening to GW Bush speak. At all. Even Jon Stewart's goofy Bush impersonations cause me to grit my teeth and/or shudder with revulsion.
4. Living with my (mild) asthma.
5. Waiting.
6. Being at work when my family needs me.
7. Being at home when my work needs me.
8. Resisting the temptations of the moment.
(OMG! Chocolate Shoes!)9. Saying good-bye.
10. Asking people about themselves. I want to know, and I know intellectually that most people are happy to tell their own stories, but curiosity feels rude.
11. Keeping quiet when people around me are promoting traditional parenting or schooling.
12. Going to bed at least eight hours before I want to get up.
13. Coming up with ideas for Thursday Thirteens.
4 comments:
But have you tried Will Ferrell's George Bush?
Just jumping in for fun but...
Linda! Ewwwww! Will Ferrell is even ickier than G. W. Bush. Looking at that guy makes my skin crawl. Having to listen to him for more than a second or two would surely lead to my suicide by any means convenient and quick.
Except in "Stranger Than Fiction." I liked him a lot in that movie.
I find nerdy weirdness appealing in general, come to think of it. I also love Steve Zahn and Rivers Cuomo. But I will give you that Will Ferrell does have strange sunken beady eyes too close together. Somehow, though, I am far more able to forgive him for his genetic misfortune than I am Bush for *his* weird little beady eyes too close together. Probably because I am pretty sure that in Bush's case it is not genetic in origin at all but rather a physical manifestation of pure evil.
Ronnie, I haven't seen Stranger Than Fiction. Looks interesting. Adding to my netflix queue now!
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