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| Friday, November 21st, 2008 | |
| 1:39 pm [also_not_a_pipe] |
Almost getting into three wrecks in about two minutes because of asshole drivers makes me pissy. This might be elitist, but if you are so afraid of your car that you can't go over thirty miles an hour on a clear, dry day, you do not belong on the fucking interstate highway. I can understand being a little afraid of your car. It's been two years since I got my newish Honda Civic, built during the period when Honda was experimenting with increasing fuel efficiency by making the car weigh three goddamn pounds. Crazy bitch of a thing still spooks me out sometimes, because you can feel just how much traction you don't have in conditions like the rain, snow, and fog all at the same time that I had to drive home through last night. And I guess that there is something pretty inherently frightening about being behind the wheel of a hurtling projectile of death. That said, if you cannot work up the nerve to go at least fifty-five miles an hour, or even figure out which part of the on-ramp you should use to get onto the freeway--hint: it isn't the far left shoulder--you do not belong there. Trying to putter along the freeway at thirty miles an hour while there's a stack of cars trying to merge on behind you and oncoming traffic in the right lane is, in fact insanely dangerous. Braking repeatedly when you get up to forty does not make it less so. The car right behind you while the cars behind us try to pass on the right in the same lane or floor it to build up highway speed and then suddenly realize how slow this lane is actually going just in time to almost cause a wreck by cutting into the left lane without paying any attention to how fast traffic goes in the left lane. Actually, you guys behind me suck too. I don't even get people who pass on the right when there are three actual lanes and the left--which is the one you're supposed to use in America--is free and clear. But in my fricking lane? Space for traffic to merge into the right lane =/= viable alternative for going around slow traffic. One car-length is not worth dying over. Just stop tailgating and doing dumbass things like that and simmer down a minute. Having some douche who wanted to do ninety right out of the gate in my back seat wouldn't even have the minor black humor going for it that the jackass behind me last night who apparently thought that forty mph is unreasonably slow for a winding, narrow country road in the rain/snow/fog at night ("wouldn't it be funny if a deer ran out in front of me and I stopped in time to miss it, but this jerk hit me instead?") did. Elementary physics, kids. Learn you some. (tangential rant: WTF, Honda? I know that Japan has weather. Why would you design a car that can't operate safely even on moderately slick roads or winds over five mph? It wasn't terribly much better, but I miss my Protege so much.) Current Mood: Dramatic |
| Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | |
| 11:52 am [sisterelwood] |
Dear self Why did you go and lose the antibiotics you NEED to recover from this ear infection? WHY????? Signed, Me, the woman who is going to tear apart the apartment a fourth time to try and find said antibiotics Current Mood: Bitch Slapped |
| Monday, October 27th, 2008 | |
| 12:59 am [tehrin] |
It's basic. To My Downstairs Neighbor(s), Just because you only use the garage to park your car, doesn't mean you can just leave it open. Other people are storing stuff in there. My bike is in there. My roomie's bike is in there. Have some fucking consideration. IT'S NOT FUCKING HARD TO CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR MANUALLY. YOU PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE SIDE. AND IF IT'S STUCK, YOU PULL TO GET IT GOING. THAT'S IT. IT DOES THE REST ITSELF. I had to do this TWICE tonight. Also, when you parked your car in the driveway because you are too lazy to park on the street like you are supposed to- not cool. The other residents can't back out. Sincerely, Your Upstairs Neighbor P.S. Pay some attention to your dog, for pete's sake. |
| Monday, October 13th, 2008 | |
| 2:15 pm [sisterelwood] |
Dear fellow apartment residents You're not the only ones who want to wash laundry today. How about not being a fucking punk and actually getting around to emptying out the washing machines of your shit? It's one thing if you leave it in the dryer because I could just take it out and leave it for you to pick up later but you left it all in the washing machines. It's all sopping wet. Stop being a jerk and get with the program. Current Mood: Fixin' for a fight |
| Monday, October 6th, 2008 | |
| 4:01 pm [spawn_of_kong] |
Dear irresponsible Film classmates, When I set a date with you guys on when to shoot a movie, I expect you to ACTUALLY BE PRESENT that day and time. Especially when we had to reschedule after you failed to make the original date. And no, saying "Don't worry man, we'll get it done" does not help and is not in the least bit productive towards getting it done (then again, neither is ranting, but I digress). Since I can't count on you, I'll have to arrange something with other people I know, which involves coordinating their schedules with mine and AAARRRGGGHHH. Thanks a lot. No love, Me Current Mood: GRRRRRR |
| Saturday, September 20th, 2008 | |
| 9:18 pm [notjo] |
Dear Little Feminist Group, Being organized is NOT bowing to the patriarchy. It's getting things done. No love, The only person who baked anything for the damned bake sale Current Mood: Dramatic |
| Monday, September 8th, 2008 | |
| 4:46 am [also_not_a_pipe] |
Dear member of my offline writing group: The reason I "have to put gay people in all [my] stories" is the same reason I have to put men and women and old people and young people and people of different colors in all my stories: that's what worlds have. It doesn't matter that I write fantasy. My story is not set on the Planet of the Hats. To be remotely realistic, a major trading center is going to have a whole lot of different kind of people there. It has nothing to do with me being bi, and that really isn't what I meant when I told you that before you went any further with that line of criticism, you should know that I'm not straight. And at the other extreme, I'm getting really irritated with the online beta reader for one of my other stories who complains because my same-sex couple in that story "aren't slashy enough" (i.e., neither of them act like girls). Leaving aside the question of whether an original story can even be slash since it isn't combining anyone else's canon characters, good god. They're men who are eventually going to marry each other. How much slashier can it be? Current Mood: *Snarl* |
| Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 | |
| 2:45 am [rikiki] |
Ok, so I can understand that you're an affectionate person. Really. Really and truly. I mean, I'm not particularly, but I can get that. Still, don't you think we've been doing a bit much kissing on the mouth for only being friends? Or hey, don't you think, maybe, if we're only friends, sleeping (in the actual sleeping sense) together on your damn couch was a bit...misleading? I mean, really. Thanks for reinforcing my paranoia when it comes to relationships. Current Mood: Dumped on |
| Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 | |
| 1:44 pm [titania] |
A rant in letter style Dear you: We've been friends for a long time. We don't always agree on things, but that's okay, because I don't think that it's necessary for friends to agree on all things. I know it sticks in your craw that I don't like a group of people you consider friends. And you repeatedly make that dislike known anytime the subject of said group of people comes up. But you know what? That group of people has treated your other friends (including me) like absolute shit. A lot. Repeatedly. And the fact that you will continue to defend them? Kind of pisses me off. Actually, it pisses me off a lot. I can tolerate the fact that you still want to be friends with them. But I have had it up to here with you getting whiny, emo, and passive-aggressive anytime anyone says a bad word against them. THEY DID A LOT OF NOT NICE THINGS. Defending them to the people who were the targets of said not nice things is NOT KOSHER. Grow up and suck it up. If you would prefer to keep kissing their asses, be my guest, but I'm thisclose to being completely done with you. No love, Me Current Mood: Fixin' for a fight |
| Thursday, June 26th, 2008 | |
| 1:10 pm [children_of_lir] |
Dear Speschul Snowflakes See...there's a *reason* magnetic ID badges are used in some office buildings. ( Long rant is long... ) The only thing that keeps me from being any more annoyed about this trend, is the sobering fact that all the folks involved probably bring the same aggressively self-absorbed attitude with them when they get behind the wheel. o_O They'll kill me one day, I just know it. Current Mood: annoyed |
| Monday, May 5th, 2008 | |
| 12:51 am [chaimonkey] |
bubba the shitty repairman ETA: Sorry this originally ended up in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} random_lounge - I didn't check before I hit "submit"(the longer story can be found in my LJ as well as LJ's ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} bad_service)Dear Absent Landlord, Thank you for being a cheap ass and hiring "Bubba." Not only did he use the wrong material for the hole in the ceiling, he didn't remove anything from my room (in fact my roommate offered to move my stuff out herself and he brushed her off), nor did he adequately protect it - so now $1000-2000 worth of my electronics are soaked in plaster dust. Also, the entire apartment is coated in dust, my closet is coated in dust, and I can't sleep in my own bed for the next two nights. ( Read more... ) Current Mood: enraged |
| Thursday, May 1st, 2008 | |
| 11:03 pm [mistal] |
Dear body: choose a date and stick to it ( That -time of the month- rant, shouldn't be TMI (just talking about dates here) ) |
| 1:37 pm [lyssa] |
Fuck you, Mr. Governor, and Fuck you, my dearest chancellors I don't post much, I mostly lurk, but somewhere NEEDS TO BE PARTY TO MY RAGE. ( Academia + Budget Cuts is filling me with RAGE ) Current Mood: CAPSLOCK |
| Sunday, April 27th, 2008 | |
| 7:51 pm [limyaael] |
Dear idiots of the world, LEARN TIME MANAGEMENT Dear idiot, Yes, I said I would read over and critique your final exam project that's due tomorrow. That was three weeks ago. During that time, multiple e-mails produced no answer, and when I saw you in person and asked about it, you just shrugged and looked away. Now you're e-mailing me the night before it's due and wanting me to critique twenty pages? Fuck you, I don't have time; I'm working on my own projects. And no, high-speed whining in my direction will not change my mind. You goofed off and insisted on ignoring all the good faith efforts I made to remind you. If you fail, tough shit. Signed, Limyaael the Irritated. |
| Saturday, April 26th, 2008 | |
| 3:40 pm [coffeebun] |
Dear seller, I know that your no-return, no-exchange policy for your clothes is for your own safety and convenience. I'm not denying that, and I'm not forcing you to make an exception for me. However, when YOU manage to fuck up my order by giving me a brown shirt instead of the navy one I ordered, I have the right to an explanation. Which you aren't giving me. I've sent you text messages on the phone and private messages through the site twice in the last four days, and no replies. And I can see in your profile that you've been online during the past few days. The only thing I haven't done is call, and the reason I don't want to do that is because I believe it's invasive. WTF? All I'm asking for is an explanation and a way to resolve the problem and you don't even want to talk about it. If I can't get the shirt changed, at least give me a reason why you managed to fuck it up, especially since you've already had it confirmed and you got one of my orders right. No love, Me Current Mood: frustrated |
| Friday, March 28th, 2008 | |
| 8:30 pm [also_not_a_pipe] |
Well, I don't understand *your face,* so I guess we're about even ( I got bored at work and went on a tear. ) Current Mood: tired and pissy |
| Monday, February 25th, 2008 | |
| 10:42 pm [sisterelwood] |
Dear shoe stores You make my life unpleasant. I am probably one of the few women who HATES shopping for shoes. Why? SIZE: 10 1/2-11 FOOT ISSUES: Flat Feet TYPE OF SHOE NEEDED: Dress, Black, High-Heel You would think that women who have larger feet have no style with what I find in the stores. So much of it only serves to make the feet look even bigger! And, with my flat feet I need a fairly enclosed shoe so I don't go flopping around in it. UGH!!! I know I can order shoes online or from a catalog but with how my feet are I really would much rather be able to try them on before buying so I don't have to waste time returning them and getting my hopes up for nothing. There are so many nice shoes I want to wear but I can't. Maybe I should just get a couple of inches chopped off my feet. Signed, Shoe-less in Michigan Current Mood: Forlorn Current Music: nothing... |
| Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 | |
| 9:10 pm [mistal] |
Stupidpetowners galore! This is somewhat depressing. This is the second people vs pet in the past week on SPO and if I see one more "pet!pet!pet!" before anything else, Im going to get a permanent twitchy movement in the forehead. Pets aren't more important that your kid, for the love of god! You dont choose the cat before the kid. Who would do that? And it's not a question of "what if they were children", they arent, that the whole point your stupid head can't figure out! If there's no room when Hurricane WhateverHerNameIs comes, there's no room. End of story. Sad that the pets might die, but for fuck sake it doesnt make the person SPO because they couldnt take the freaken pet. People are going to put human before pets. What a crazy concept. If you dont, dont feel bad if I let you there to suffer to get the person beside you. And to the other post about suicide bombing that killed people at a dogfight and that no new mention the dogs. IT'S BECAUSE HUMAN ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN DOGS! People care more about human than dog! It's perfectly fine! and, and argggg!!!! Ok, I think Im fine, now. Until I get a reply to what I said. Then I might snap, again. Current Mood: Homicidal |
| Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 | |
| 9:39 pm [sisterelwood] |
Dear People Who Live In The Apartment Below Me ( kindly cut for abuse of caps ) Current Mood: Fixin' for a fight Current Music: THE STUPID PEOPLE BELOW ME |
| Friday, December 21st, 2007 | |
| 3:13 am [sparkysrevenge] |
Dear friends, When I say I don't want to talk about an issue issue in my life and I suggest I will temporarily block you on AIM for bringing it up, I MEAN IT. Especially to you, Mr. "I have the worst timing and bring up crap you never want to hear about." There is a REASON I keep blocking you. I. Don't. Want. To. Talk. About. It. It isn't going to make me feel any better to hear you listen to me for five seconds and then make it All About You. Screw you. I want to mope alone, and I don't need more salt poured into my wounds than already there. No love, The Annoyed |