Preference.
1. Family gatherings. Food, old photos, making music & reminiscing.
2. Chardonnay.
3. Book lights.
4. Whimsical picture frames and the pictures that go in them.
5. Reconnecting with old friends.
Irritants.
1. Holiday/occasion banners made from metallic looking cardboard letters. Tacky.
2. Valentine's Day and everything about it. Conversation hearts, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, cheesy stuffed animals grasping silk flowers. Ick.
3. Jesus fish on cars and bumper stickers bearing cliche Christian phrases. I'm a Christian and love Jesus but I don't feel the need to alienate people with car decals.
4. Also, secular/mainstream songs modified with Christian lyrics.
5. Overly opinionated people. To quote my friend Sara Bareilles, "You've got opinions, man. We're all entitled to 'em, but I never asked." Yeah, yeah. What are all these things besides opinions you may ask? Whether or not someone chooses to read this is their prerogative.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
episode 1.4
Preference.
1. The way bare tree branches look against a twilight sky, perfect silhouettes of one thing leading to another.
2. Living far from the highway, tucked on the side of a mountain. When you can’t tell the difference between the sound of a rushing wind and a passing car.
3. Brooke Fraser.
4. Friendly people.
5. Mexican food.
Irritants.
1. Parents who allow their children to make gigantic messes in restaurants and make no effort to clean it up even a little bit. Servers, bussers, hosts and hostesses get paid to clean tables but they're not a maid service or clean-up crew.
2. Text message forwards declaring eternal friendship/love with a request to pass it along to the people you care about most in your life. I appreciate the sentiment, but I’m not continuing the chain.
3. The fact that marijuana is illegal and the belief that it’s the root of all evil. I’ve never heard of a pothead starting a war.
4. When you're watching a show or a movie and someone asks why someone did a certain thing or what's going to happen. I don't know, let's keep watching and we'll find out at the same time.
5. Misinterpretation of the Bible used as ammunition to support backwards thinking and bigoted beliefs.
1. The way bare tree branches look against a twilight sky, perfect silhouettes of one thing leading to another.
2. Living far from the highway, tucked on the side of a mountain. When you can’t tell the difference between the sound of a rushing wind and a passing car.
3. Brooke Fraser.
4. Friendly people.
5. Mexican food.
Irritants.
1. Parents who allow their children to make gigantic messes in restaurants and make no effort to clean it up even a little bit. Servers, bussers, hosts and hostesses get paid to clean tables but they're not a maid service or clean-up crew.
2. Text message forwards declaring eternal friendship/love with a request to pass it along to the people you care about most in your life. I appreciate the sentiment, but I’m not continuing the chain.
3. The fact that marijuana is illegal and the belief that it’s the root of all evil. I’ve never heard of a pothead starting a war.
4. When you're watching a show or a movie and someone asks why someone did a certain thing or what's going to happen. I don't know, let's keep watching and we'll find out at the same time.
5. Misinterpretation of the Bible used as ammunition to support backwards thinking and bigoted beliefs.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
episode 1.3
Preference.
1. SAUCES. On everything.
2. Any movie with Kathy Bates. Or Bette Midler.
3. The crazy note Celine Dion sustains in "All By Myself." Chicken skin, all over my body.
4. Law & Order SVU.
5. Hot summers and air conditioned rooms.
Irritants.
1. When people say "I could care less" when what they really mean to say is "I couldn't care less."
2. The misuse of your and you're and there, their and they're.
3. The phrase "I'ma do me." Really? What else were you gonna do?
4. When someone calls you but is too distracted by their surroundings, carrying on conversations with other people. Either talk or hang up the phone.
5. Sloppy drunks. Know your limits.
1. SAUCES. On everything.
2. Any movie with Kathy Bates. Or Bette Midler.
3. The crazy note Celine Dion sustains in "All By Myself." Chicken skin, all over my body.
4. Law & Order SVU.
5. Hot summers and air conditioned rooms.
Irritants.
1. When people say "I could care less" when what they really mean to say is "I couldn't care less."
2. The misuse of your and you're and there, their and they're.
3. The phrase "I'ma do me." Really? What else were you gonna do?
4. When someone calls you but is too distracted by their surroundings, carrying on conversations with other people. Either talk or hang up the phone.
5. Sloppy drunks. Know your limits.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
episode 1.2
Preference.
1. Tepid water when I'm really thirsty. Cold water is too hard to guzzle.
2. Taking and being in pictures.
3. My beautiful niece.
4. Lounging on a white, sandy beach partaking in a tropical beverage.
5. Buffalo chicken subs from Subway. Toasted with pepper jack. Also, with every topping. Except pickles. I like pickles so I'm not sure why I don't like them on my sandwich.
Irritants
1. When someone accuses me of something I didn't do, then apologizing for it anyway only to have the person hold a grudge simply for the sake of staying angry.
2. Customers who gripe and complain about the wait only to be on their cell phones when it's their turn to be served, whilst holding up "wait-a-minute" index finger.
3. Miscommunications that lead to awkward moments.
4. Telling me how to do something I already know how to do. Over and over.
5. Ignorance.
1. Tepid water when I'm really thirsty. Cold water is too hard to guzzle.
2. Taking and being in pictures.
3. My beautiful niece.
4. Lounging on a white, sandy beach partaking in a tropical beverage.
5. Buffalo chicken subs from Subway. Toasted with pepper jack. Also, with every topping. Except pickles. I like pickles so I'm not sure why I don't like them on my sandwich.
Irritants
1. When someone accuses me of something I didn't do, then apologizing for it anyway only to have the person hold a grudge simply for the sake of staying angry.
2. Customers who gripe and complain about the wait only to be on their cell phones when it's their turn to be served, whilst holding up "wait-a-minute" index finger.
3. Miscommunications that lead to awkward moments.
4. Telling me how to do something I already know how to do. Over and over.
5. Ignorance.
Monday, January 17, 2011
episode 1.1
Preference.
1. Evenings spent cooking dinner with friends becoming current on one another's lives, over a glass or two of good wine.
2. Honey BBQ Fritos Flavor Twists.
3. Looking at old family pictures from a time before I even existed. It provokes me to imagine what living life in that moment in time would be like.
4. Australian accents and dirty, thick British ones.
5. Oral hygiene.
Irritants
1. Perpetual self-victimization. Especially when that person is the only one who can change the situation.
2. Slow drivers in the left lane.
3. Being asked questions I couldn't possibly know the answer to.
4. Graphic public displays of affection between married couples on social networking sites.
5. Trying to open the car door at the same exact moment it's being unlocked.
1. Evenings spent cooking dinner with friends becoming current on one another's lives, over a glass or two of good wine.
2. Honey BBQ Fritos Flavor Twists.
3. Looking at old family pictures from a time before I even existed. It provokes me to imagine what living life in that moment in time would be like.
4. Australian accents and dirty, thick British ones.
5. Oral hygiene.
Irritants
1. Perpetual self-victimization. Especially when that person is the only one who can change the situation.
2. Slow drivers in the left lane.
3. Being asked questions I couldn't possibly know the answer to.
4. Graphic public displays of affection between married couples on social networking sites.
5. Trying to open the car door at the same exact moment it's being unlocked.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
pilot.
Preference.
1. Britney Spears' "Hold it Against Me." It's modern-day Disco (:
2. Moroccan Bazaar by Febreze.
3. Summer.
4. Sleeping late.
5. Texas Margaritas at Monte Alban. On the rocks, with salt.
Irritants.
1. Snow and all the problems it causes in a small mountain town. Driving anywhere is out of the question, cabin fever ensues.
2. The praise and admiration of celebrities. I don't know anybody in my life who wakes up looking airbrushed and those who think it can be accomplished end up looking silly.
3. Typing in ALL CAPS. Quit yelling at me.
4. Intentionally rude people.
5. People who turn every single story you tell into a conversation about themselves.
1. Britney Spears' "Hold it Against Me." It's modern-day Disco (:
2. Moroccan Bazaar by Febreze.
3. Summer.
4. Sleeping late.
5. Texas Margaritas at Monte Alban. On the rocks, with salt.
Irritants.
1. Snow and all the problems it causes in a small mountain town. Driving anywhere is out of the question, cabin fever ensues.
2. The praise and admiration of celebrities. I don't know anybody in my life who wakes up looking airbrushed and those who think it can be accomplished end up looking silly.
3. Typing in ALL CAPS. Quit yelling at me.
4. Intentionally rude people.
5. People who turn every single story you tell into a conversation about themselves.
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