Tuesday, December 20, 2005
"Don't you just hate...?" a list
1. Getting into your car and realizing that you forgot to put deodorant on.
2. Seeing hair on the bathroom floor.
3. The fact that licking your lips when they are dry will only make them drier.
4. When the really pretty and fashionable girl at school tells you that your clothes look "comfy."
5. People who constantly feel into their pockets for their cell phones.
6. The last bit of toe-nail polish that never comes off with polish remover.
7. Your friend catching your expression of mingled horror and shock when you open a hideous present from her.
8. Misusing a big word when trying to prove how intelligent you are to a person you've just met.
9. Laughing at your own joke when no one else does.
10. Realizing that the flush is broken after using your friend's toilet.
11. People who gossip about how other people gossip.
12. People who complain about not being able to gain weight.
13. Promising yourself that you will never procrastinate again.
14. Learning the hard way that a term you've just used is considered racist.
15. Public figures who acknowledge that Islam is a religion of peace, but continue to use the term "Islamic militants" to describe terrorists.
16. Girls who constantly remind you about the number of guys who've hit on them today.
17. People with ridiculously perfect teeth.
18. Not understanding your professor's corrections to your essay - and it's due in two hours.
19. People who lie about facial hair removal.
20. Not knowing why you're friends with some of the people you're friends with.
21. Having a crush on someone and finding out that he's gay.
22. When the cashier does not say "it's ok" when you don't have enough change.
23. Feeling like a creep when you look at people's Myspace profiles.
24. Having to make a decision between going to the gas station cashier to get your ten cents change and feeling cheap, or not getting your change and feeling stupid.
25. People who show too much cleavage.
26. When your dad comments on your friend's weight-loss.
27. People who buy clothes for their dogs.
28. When the airport personnel tell you you've been randomly selected to go through further security check.
29. Having holes in your sock when you go through security check.
30. Asking someone for help at a store and then realizing they don't work there.
31. Accidentally blurting out, "you too!" when the auntie tells you how much you've grown.
- Naiema
