Tuesday, July 28, 2009

"Easy Day"

Tuesday is my "easy day". I only work half the day so it also my "business day" when I can take care of all the errands and phone calls I need to for the week. Also, since I don't have to worry about not catching the last bus home, it's also my "take my time to get to the bus day" which is very nice since I don't get totally wiped out power-walking the 2 1/2 miles to the bust stop.
Despite all this, I am totally wiped out today. Why? Did I have a lot of extra work today?--no. Unless you count sitting in the sunshine being nuzzled by a goat and talking to friendly people work. I didn't even walk to the bus stop. But, I'm exhausted.
More Pet Peeves:

  • Illuminated "CLOSED" signs. You know, those LCD light displays that spend electricity to tell everyone that the darkened pet store at 2 a.m. is not in fact open? I hate those things. What a waste.
  • When I'm walking down the sidewalk and a huge ass truck is parked in its driveway, but the butt of the truck is sticking out onto the sidewalk making me walk into the street to get around it.
  • When I'm approaching a stop-sign intersection on foot and a car waits at the stop-sign for me to cross, even though I'm still a considerable distance from entering said intersection, but then starts to drive towards me when I'm actually in the intersection. Confused? Let me draw you a picture

Figure 1: in which I am approaching an intersection
Figure 2: In which I have entered the intersection and the car enters it as well. As a pedestrian, I would prefer it if drivers didn't steer their 1 ton death machines near me.
  • When I'm approaching and intersection and someone wants to turn right in front of me, but they don't turn when they have the chance, holding up traffic behind them.
Oh, and please, use your blinker, and if your going to turn in left in front of me from behind me, just wait till I'm through the intersection. I can't see you coming from behind and it always startles me.

  • Loogies and cigarette butts all over the ground in front of the bench at the bus stop, sheesh, other people sit there too.
  • Cybill Shepherd. I don't know why, maybe it has something to do with Peter Bogdanovich
  • People who never stop talking on their cell phones. This happens a lot on the bus. There's this one woman who H-Man and I both see all the time at the Humboldt State University bus stop. She's talking on her phone loudly when she gets on and is still talking loudly on her phone when she gets off the bus an hour later. We were driving down the highway a few weekends ago and saw her on the side of the highway, on her bike, on her phone.
  • People who never stop talking period. Another bus phenomenon.
That's really enough negativity for now.