Sh!t that Annoys Me Wednesday 1-25-2012

I'm still here, and I'm still annoyed.
1. One of the terms I've always hated, even before I was pregnant is "bump." Show up your bump, X celebrity is hiding/showing off a bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. It joins the list of other terms that are annoying and stupid: preggo, preggers, vajay-jay. Stop talking like an idiot.

2. And while I'm on the topic of pregnancy, when did this secular religion form around a natural process? There is an entire culture built around pregnancy and babies that frankly, I just don't understand. Procreation is a biological imperative for all species. I just don't understand the baby cult. Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I obsess about them or pregnancy every moment in time. And I refuse to succumb to the baby cult pressure, just as I resisted the bride cults when I was getting married.

3. I'm over the makeup "community." Community is defined as "a unified body of individuals." The makeup community is as far from unified as can be. In addition to the drama that seems to be dredged up every 15 minutes or so, some members of said "community" also feel that it's perfectly fine to launch a personal attack on people. These "glittermobbing" attacks are not new, and not rare.
Most recently, attacks have been launched on me for speaking my mind and my personal feelings about what I feel are shady, sneaky, underhanded, and/or altogether juvenile behaviors. This was not taken well. Congratulations, you've decided to personally attack and try to add undue stress to a pregnant woman using Internet bullying. I hope you are proud of yourselves for regressing to the emotional age of 15-year-olds. This type of person, who would voluntarily, deliberately, and systematically engage in this type of behavior is just deplorable, and makes me wonder where these people must fall in the order of things. I'm reminded of Cyrus the Virus' (Con Air, 1997) feelings about rapists: "For me, you're somewhere between a cockroach and that white stuff that accumulates at the corner of your mouth when you're really thirsty." Yeah, that's how low people like this are to me.  Seriously, a venomous pit viper in a room of mice is kinder than these people.
Just remember, what you send out into the world shall be visited upon you threefold (or tenfold, depending on your interpretation of the rede.) Here's the thing. I'm not going anywhere. I'm not changing my mind, or my feelings. I stand by my convictions, while you hide in your secret groups and create fake profiles to troll me.

Here's some quotes for my attackers to ponder:

"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world which yields most painfully to change."
― Robert F. Kennedy

"Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lives of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope."
― Robert F. Kennedy

Oh and the most important one:



On a side, but related note. The person (or persons, but it's mainly one) who is spearheading these attacks on me used to be a friend. Yep, we were friends, and shared stories and such. I caution all of that person's friends now: I was their friend too, just like you. If they turned on me with such vengeance just because I disagreed with them, what makes you think you won't end up on the hit list too? And the closer you are, the more mud they'll have to sling when they finally turn against you. It's like dating a guy you know cheats. He's gonna cheat on you too, honey-it's just a matter of time. Oh, you can rationalize "oh our relationship is special, they would never do that to me! I can change them! Really I can." This person doesn't care about you, they only care for themselves. Look with your eyes open at how many people they've turned on (and how viciously) in just the past month.  You're foolish and it's only a matter of time before the target is on your back. And after this person has used you to do their dirty work and turn you against so many people, who will you turn to when they go after you? Watch those bridges you burn, you may find yourself stranded on an island all alone.


 4. Facial Tissues. Why is it that whenever I need to blow my nose & go to grab a tissue instead of easily pulling out of the box it just tears in half? What kind of complex physics equations are required to get a damn tissue out of a box? And when they don't just tear, they are hiding in the box deftly evading my frantic hands. It's ridiculous. Improvements must be made in the field of tissue boxes.

5. The family dog. Don't get me wrong, I love our dog, but she has the worst timing in the world. Just about 7 months ago our dog tore the ACL in her left knee, requiring a $1700.00 surgery, which we couldn't afford but managed to borrow from family to pay for. We just paid off our family last month. Two nights ago the dog started limping on her other leg. Turns out she's torn the other ACL. I swear she  just knew