You know what really grinds my gears?
You, Virginia. I have a couple of issues with you. But to begin, I just flat out don't like you.
Let me set up some background information of my disgust toward Virginia. My family decided to drive up to Maryland for Christmas and my great-grandma's 90th birthday, all of which were successful endeavors since I saw and played in snow. Now the day after Christmas, we have to drive back down to Florida, with a stop in North Carolina overnight. Our plans were to drive down to North Carolina in 7 hours.
Haha, yeah right. Thanks to Virginia, our trip was extended to 10 hours.
Now onto my list of grievances: First of all, people apparently do not know how to drive in Virginia. People of Virginia, there is no need to stop on the interstate if there isn't an accident or a lane shift! There shouldn't be a parking lot on I-95 for absolutely no reason!
Second, have your rest areas open! When your interstate is going to be a stand-still, you may want to have rest areas open so people can go to the bathroom if needed. I know there are budget cuts, but seriously, people will still be driving and people will still be needing to go.
Also, I-95 in Virginia needs to be a 3-lane highway, not a 2-lane. If every other surrounding state can be a 3-lane highway, what makes you so special to only need two lanes? Huh? Are you that special?
Overall, you are a dumb state. Why we readmitted you back into the Union is beyond me, but we did anyways. For any readers, this is your fair warning: Avoid Virginia!
And that is what really grinds my gears.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Not a Clean Cut
You know what really grinds my gears?
As I'm sure most of you know, we are approaching Christmas. If you were not aware, then get a calendar. Since it is Christmas time, most people are wrapping gifts. I enjoy wrapping gifts, but what grinds my gears is when you are trying to cut a straight line in the wrapping paper, and it is nothing like a straight line.
I like to be meticulous when I am wrapping presents, so when I try and glide my scissors across the paper to get a straight line, and yet it abruptly stops and leaves a rip or tear, my gears start a' grinding. I even have the wrapping paper with the gridded line to help guide my scissors so I can cut a straight line, but my scissors still snag on something and I get a tear.
My mom said, "Why don't you just cut along the line instead of gliding across?" Well that takes more time, and I already spend enough time making sure the presents look nice and crisp. If my sister can just take the scissors and quickly cut across, why can't I? They even have those special gift wrap cutters that are designed to just go straight across the paper, but I'm sure if I were to use those, I would only cause more errors.
And you know what else grinds my gears? When we get a nicely wrapped present that just looks pretty, we tear into it like a tiger tears into raw meat. I put all of my hard work into making the present look aesthetically pleasing, and then you go and rip it apart into tiny shreds of paper. Nice, that's classy.
Sorry my rant isn't so organized, but I just thought of this yesterday while I was having "fun" wrapping presents."
Let me know if you like these, and hopefully I will start writing some more posts and even publishing them in the Paw Print.
And that is what really grinds my gears.
As I'm sure most of you know, we are approaching Christmas. If you were not aware, then get a calendar. Since it is Christmas time, most people are wrapping gifts. I enjoy wrapping gifts, but what grinds my gears is when you are trying to cut a straight line in the wrapping paper, and it is nothing like a straight line.
I like to be meticulous when I am wrapping presents, so when I try and glide my scissors across the paper to get a straight line, and yet it abruptly stops and leaves a rip or tear, my gears start a' grinding. I even have the wrapping paper with the gridded line to help guide my scissors so I can cut a straight line, but my scissors still snag on something and I get a tear.
My mom said, "Why don't you just cut along the line instead of gliding across?" Well that takes more time, and I already spend enough time making sure the presents look nice and crisp. If my sister can just take the scissors and quickly cut across, why can't I? They even have those special gift wrap cutters that are designed to just go straight across the paper, but I'm sure if I were to use those, I would only cause more errors.
And you know what else grinds my gears? When we get a nicely wrapped present that just looks pretty, we tear into it like a tiger tears into raw meat. I put all of my hard work into making the present look aesthetically pleasing, and then you go and rip it apart into tiny shreds of paper. Nice, that's classy.
Sorry my rant isn't so organized, but I just thought of this yesterday while I was having "fun" wrapping presents."
Let me know if you like these, and hopefully I will start writing some more posts and even publishing them in the Paw Print.
And that is what really grinds my gears.
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