Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

I am like hyper middle class. I am the kid of a school teacher and an engineer. But my dad was a very lower class kid who made good. My grandfather died down a coal mine, so did one of my dad's brothers, the same coal mine my dad worked in. And he was a soldier and a sailor and eventually ended up as an engineer and occasional union agitator at a power station about a mile from where his house is. I can't claim to be one of the gentry but I never wanted for anything material as a kid, even at 30 my parents are still helping me pay my rent and they can afford to do that. But for all that; I knew the value of bread and dripping. Because every Sunday come what may my mum, who remains a terrible cook, would roast something and there would be dripping. It's... Complicated how things end up being.

 

My chest is hairy enough - best give it a miss

 

That is not even close to possible Moar hair!

 

If it would make my face hairier then I would be all over it. I’d love a thick, lush beard instead of the sparse, wiry stuff I’ve got sticking out of my face. But my chest really doesn’t need any more.

 

I raise a glass to my sadly unhirsute comrade

 

Ok, that actually sounds awesome. Unhealthy as heck but... Awesome. You know the Czechs eat pork fat on bread as a very traditional dish? They also fry pork fat into these crackling things and they are legit awesome. I don't even dare seek it out because I will fall in love and turn into an awesome balloon...

@Iain Aschendale why on earth don't you have central heating!!?

I now feel the need to keep saying awesome because awesome. I have used that word so many times in this post it's unreal why am I speaking like a chav?

 

No but seriously you will. Because... It is just.... It's fat on carbs with salt and it just makes the pleasure centers of you brain light up like bonfires when the Spanish are in view (and if you get that reference then you get six extra team points) . It's actually genuinely instructive to look at eastern european recipes for most things because for a long time they were close to enslaved and just doing the best they could with whatever showed up. If someone ever tells you that they have a recipe from Hungary or Belarus or Bulgaria, I swear to god that it will taste awesome and give you all the nutrients you need to have a hard day as an Ottoman not-quite-a-slave. If you have never tried Goulash or Borsch then just throw everything you think you know under a bus and give it a go. Because seriously, those guy fucking knew what it was about in terms of staying alive on a budget.

 

Japanese homes and apartments almost never do, not sure why. We have a combined heater/aircon unit in the bedroom, a space heater in the computer room, and a kotatsu table in the living room. Kotatsu are awesome (to borrow a word), it's like a table with an toaster oven heating unit underneath the top, pointed downward at your legs. The top of the table is removable, and you drape blankets over the frame to keep the heat in.

Yes, it's fire-safe, although it sounds like madness.

You sit on the sofa or next to it, with your legs underneath. If you're wearing a robe or kimono, ihe heat travels up to your trunk and keeps you toasty warm. Best thing is, the energy cost is something like four cents/yen/pence an hour to stay warm, much more efficient than central heating.

 

I get annoyed at useless news articles. I could ignore them, but they have such attention seeking titles.

 

Chalk. - Everything about it. The feel, the sound it makes, and even the visual makes me cringe.

 

Don't look:

Spoiler

You looked, didn't you?

 

Looks like snow. Mentally it is snow to me. lol

 

There are times when I feel like i'm channeling my dear Dad, and he was a real A-Hole. So, something that annoys me but shouldn't:

When people send me overly emotional, long winded messages, and I can't be bothered to read it. Just get to the point without the hysterics please.

 

Oh, I love chalk. The sound of a stick of chalk tapping on a blackboard is one of my favourite sounds (yes I have favourite sounds. I experience ASMR, if you know what that is).

 

I feel that way about answerphone messages.

 

Another thing that annoys me but shouldn't is Level design in platform games, not that their is anything wrong with the layout. It's the idea that normal people are suppose to be able to transverse these paths or locations.

Protect the trade route to Athens, which apparently has a million pitfalls, uneven earth that you would need to be superhuman to jump, broken bridges. etc.

I mean I feel sorry for some of the Office workers and Military personnel who are suppose to be working at these places. Better be good at platforming to work here.

I realize it's super petty, but still it bothers me.

 

Truth time!

December makes me a big cry-baby!
I can't watch movies, listen to music or anything. I feel like I'm going to cry from anything. It's like I'm sad and moved at the same time... or sometimes even happy tears. Almost constantly. Like, get your shit together emotions!

This December has been emotional on it's own - but every December for as long as I can remember is like getting of meds. Or maybe I'm just PMS:ing once a year for a full month?

Anyway. It annoys the crap out of me! See, now you made me cry angry tears!

(Sidenote. I feel like I'm coming down with a fever. The same week of the move. FML)

 

Have you considered that you may have Seasonal Affective Disorder? You could try daylight bulbs, vitamin supplements and melatonin tablets. Also try to get outdoors and exercise as much as possible even if the weather is bad. You'll feel better for it than being cooped up indoors, even if it is tempting to stay cosy indoors.

 

I've got the all year version - but it does get worse in December. I thought it might be a mix of stress, anxiety and excitement that sort of fry my emotions. I remember being the same as a kid!

Though I'll look it up! And I'll try to get out more once I move. Both get out more and work out more in general! It'll probably do the trick!

Thanks!

 

That does sound like Seasonal Affective Disorder. It's not a case of you becoming suddenly depressed as soon as it's winter. It takes time for the effects to kick in (reduced Vitamin D, reduced melatonin etc) so it might be that your mood is tapering off through the early months of winter, and it's only by December that the change is noticeable, or that you cross a threshold where it's more difficult to manage your emotions.

No worries! Do give them a try. They work well for some of my friends who experience depression in the winter months, and there's no harm in giving it a go

 

By the way, year-round depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder are not mutually exclusive. You can be depressed all year round and still have a slump in the winter months.

 

Haha I live in the Czech Republic, so yep I've had both Goulash and Borsch. Unfortunately, I do not like Czech dumplings, which is kinda a staple here. I also don't like pickles, another staple here... oh, and sour cabbage. In other words, I don't really like Czech cuisine much... Goulash and Borsch though are tasty. I just usually swap the dumplings for potatoes or something, which is super weird for all Czechs they think it's sacrilege.

The only Spanish bonfires thing I can possibly think of is the Spanish Armarda, and I can't even spell Armarda

@Iain Aschendale - I forgot you live in Japan. Thanks for the photo of the underside of the kotatsu - I've actually always wondered how it worked. I know about it from a lifetime of manga and anime but never actually seen or used one in my life. I always envisioned it as a heater - like a square solid heater with a blanket over it, so I always wondered how is it that it doesn't get too hot to snuggle up to. Heaters in England get so hot it hurts just to touch them, so I never got the concept haha!

 

When you ask an adult to smile for a picture and they respond by sticking out their tongue ala Miley Cyrus, throw up hand signs, etc.

Similarly, when you ask someone to smile, and rather than say, "I don't want my picture taken," they give you a "smile" that looks like they just ate a rotten lemon.

 

*gasp* That's annoying? Surely not

I swear to god there has not been a picture taken of me drunk in over ten years where I am not throwing the horns and sticking out my tongue like Gene Simmons, and perhaps worse, 75% of them you can clearly see me grabbing someone's breasts and/or buttocks.