Overkill

When people of the world love something they certainly love to love the crap out of it.

I think around this time last year was when the Harlem Shake phase was going around and at first it was amusing, but then it started to get old. Real old. But people still kept posting the videos. And it went on and on and on until eventually, it finally faded away.

This year the new craze is Let It Go, the hit song from Frozen. Yes, it was a good movie. Yes I understand how progressive it was of Disney to do all the things they did in that movie. Yes, I even understand that Let It Go has become an anthem to anyone who has ever felt like they've had something to hide from the world. But for goodness sakes, does everyone need to keep making all these different "amazing" or "inspiring" versions of the same dang song???

It's a good song and everyone is ruining it for me! Gah! Let go of Let It Go!

Let It NO. credit.

Congradulations, gratuates!

I had the idea for this post a while ago, but didn't want to write it until after I wrote my 200th. And then after that happened I just didn't feel like blogging for a while.

But the last couple days I've had that familiar nagging feeling in the back of my head telling me it's time for me to write again. So here I am! And here you are! (hopefully)

This post is about another of my pet peeves. For some reason I love ranting to you guys, so I apologize if you get fed up with all the beefs I have with this world. Alright, here is my beef:

I hate it when people don't know how to spell things. But specifically, I hate it when people think congratulations is spelled with a d so it looks like congradulations instead. I really can't blame people themselves for making this mistake, I blame the greeting card companies! (yes, you, Hallmark!)

See? This is perfectly appropriate.

No. Wrong. Weddings are not a call for Congradulation.

I don't know when this started, but somebody thought they would be clever when their kid graduated so they gave them a card that said "congradulations!" instead of "congratulations!". And you know, when used in the context of a graduation, spelling it with a d is perfectly fine because it's cute. But I can't tell you how many people signed the guest book at my wedding and wished me congradulations on my marriage.

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe the people who wished me congradulations view marriage as a type of graduation. I still don't like it though. I'm probably going to get tons of congradulations when I get pregnant too and then again when we buy our first house. I suppose you can view all of these things as a type of graduation into a new phase of life, but it's still stupid. It's going to make my real graduation all the less exciting because being congradulated by someone won't be such a novelty thanks to all the unnecessary congradulations I've already received for the non-graduation occasions of my life.

*Sigh* Wrong on so many levels. 

You say Hello and I say Goodbye

I am more likely to greet someone in the morning than I am in the afternoon just because I like saying good morning more than any other greeting.

I love the exchange between Gandalf and Bilbo in The Hobbit when Bilbo greets Gandalf with "Good morning!" And Gandalf responds, "What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"

I hate it when I'm walking along and I see someone I know and they say "hey how's it going" without showing signs that they're actually going to stop to listen to my answer. Do they actually want to know the answer to that question? How am I supposed to respond? Am I supposed to tell them I'm good and then ask how they're doing? That's the polite thing isn't it? If that's true and we haven't actually stopped in our paths to talk, then we'd be shouting by the end of the exchange because we've already gone too far apart.

I expressed these concerns to Joe one day and he told me you don't have to ask them how they're doing, you can just say "hey, I'm good." But isn't that rude??? You're supposed to ask how they're doing back because it shows that you are interested in how they're doing as well. I hate telling people I'm good when really, I may be having a rotten day. But no one wants to hear about your rotten day so that's why everyone says they're good. So really, you may as well just say hi to each other and the same amount of information gets exchanged because saying you're good doesn't mean anything.

That's why when I see someone I know on the street and I don't have time to talk to them, I will still greet them with a wave or maybe even a "hey!"

But if I have time or like the person enough, I will be more than happy to stop and talk.

Pet Peeve #2

This is the second pet peeve I've talked about on the blog. The first was about white gold vs yellow gold.

Today's pet peeve is about people who can't figure out directions. 

These are the people who you invite to your party via facebook with an address posted and everything and they still ask, "How do I get there??" (I seriously need to start vlogging because the voice that goes along with this question is so important to the peeve because that is how you sound in my head!)

If you are one of these people, please keep reading because I am going to tell you how to eradicate that stupid question. 

The reason I hate when people ask for directions is because today we have a magical invention called google maps. If you want to know how to get anywhere, all you do is simply type in your beginning address and the end address and poof! Google tells you exactly how to get there. 

For those of you who may be computer illiterate, I am going to show how to get directions using google maps. 

Step 1: make your way over to google.ca (if the picture is too small to see, click on it to make it bigger)

Google was lookin fancy today for Bram Stoker's 165th b-day.  If your google doesn't look like this, it's okay! Just make sure it says google and you're good. :)

Step 2: type in [place you are] to [place you want to be].

See? You're so close to getting your directions!

Step 3: Click on the "Driving Directions" link and BAM! You've got your own set of directions along with a map for you visual learners out there!

Holy crap! You can get anywhere now!

You can do this for local directions too. Check it out:

Directions to Pizza Hut? Yes please :D

Now that I've educated you, hopefully you can be more independent and find your way anywhere. I just opened up the world to you! You're welcome :)