Saturday, January 21, 2012

No motivation

Well, what I thought I might do weekly has now turned into monthly-namely this blog. I wrote one out last month with the intention of doing one the next week. I didn't. I've been such a slug lately when it comes to things I need to be getting done. I'm behind on both my clinical time and studying for my paramedic class. We had Christmas break and I haven't been able to get back into the groove of things. Enough of my whining. Let's discuss a few things that really burn my ass.

1.If you are going to be posting something on the Internet with the potential that thousands (or millions) of people are going to read, use the goddamn spell check. It's easy. There's even a little icon on the top. Nothing looks more ignorant than when someone posts something, whether it's Twitter, Facebook, etc., and tries to use a word that is spelled wrong. These are things that I spot right away and think what a dumb ass the person is for trying to spell something they can't. Play the game that you're good at and stick with what you know.

2.Learn the different forms of words. Your, there, and then have different spellings that mean different things. This is stuff that we learned in elementary school and junior high. The fact that YOU'RE (see, I used the right form) in YOUR (different spelling, different meaning) 20's or 30's and can't differentiate the forms of words is disturbing. It looks like our educational system has truly failed. Study the chart to see what I'm talking about.

3.Smartphones are very prevalent these days. If someone has a cell phone, more than likely it's a smartphone. They are truly wondrous devices that can do many things. One thing they also have is a full keyboard. Please, type out the whole fucking word when posting something or sending a text message. It's not cute (I find it very annoying) or witty when someone sends a text that says "U" instead of "you". Some smartphones will auto correct that to the correct word and just feeds into the laziness of the person typing the wrong word.
And lastly...
4. I live in northern Indiana. It gets cold here and sometimes we get a lot of snow. Personally, I despise both. I don't really like the cold and I HATE to shovel snow. So here's a couple points of contention with me: 1)Don't tell me how much you LOVE snow and that it's so great and winter is the best season ever. Chances are that the person telling me this isn't the one who has to go out in it or is the one who is shoveling the driveway three times a day. 2) If you live somewhere warm, don't give me weather updates every day talking about how warm and nice it is wherever you're at. If it's 3 degrees where I'm at I don't want to hear how it's 75 degrees and sunny where the person in question is at. Chances are it will make me hate you. Every day. And conversely...3)Don't live (or move) somewhere that is warm year round and then complain about how you miss the snow and that you wish you were here.  It will make me hate you even more.
 That's enough rambling and bitching for this entry. Hopefully I'll become more motivated with everything and it won't be a month.

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