Sydney Life

Ok, so it’s exam time and I’m holding a bit of resentment towards the world, and feeling a teensy bit sour. Perfect time to compile a list of the things that really piss me off in life. (In order to remain positive, I’ve included some ways to combat them).

Oddly placed mosquito bites, for example, between toes, on eyelid, or anywhere that makes it look like you’re scratching your crotch:

This is a bit of a copout solution, but just like pins and needles, I believe that mosquito bites of the super annoying variety just have to be experienced, if for no reason other than it makes you more appreciative of when you don’t have them. If all else fails, try some windex.

Packets that don’t open: like the everyday pondering of ‘why is there a notch on every toaster that burns toast into such an unnatural state of charcoal-ed-ness that no sane human would ever want to eat anyway', comes the query: 'why do manufacturers feel the need to wrap or enclose their products so tightly that only Superman could open it without breaking a bone?':

The only positive side of this is the feeling of intense satisfaction when you rip off that chupa chup wrapper without any resistance, or that salsa jar just twists open without you having to resort to donning a pair of rubber gloves and wrenching your arms out of their sockets.

Spilling liquid in a suggestive position on your anatomy:

You know there’s not that much you can do about this except grin and bear it; if you act carefree enough, hopefully people won’t notice. Anyone who provides a less than nice comment, is clearly not someone you want around in a sticky situation, anyway.

Everything about pimples: where do I start!?!?!?:

I guess no one really likes pimples, but at least I can impart the knowledge of the best pimple cream in the world, to you. It’s called Oxy10, only available in pharmacies, and there are just no words to describe it, apart from…no there really just aren’t. Try it!

Overhearing someone speaking on the street or at uni when you know the answer to what they’re discussing and they are, in fact, completely wrong, but you feel too rude to interrupt:

This happened to me the other day, and I knew that it would have helped the girl immensely if I told her that no, you don’t just need a credit average to get into the Bachelor of Psychology, you actually need a High Distinction in the two Psych subjects for first year, as well as having completed the subjects a first year B Psych student would have completed. However, I held my breath. In this situation you really should stick your nose in, and as long as you don’t act cocky or superior, the worst that can happen is they yell “blow in!” and walk off. Chances are they’ll be really grateful.

Ignorami with no logic:

These are the people with whom you can feel no satisfaction in winning a fight against, because they just won’t concede when they’ve lost. It is not because they’re stubborn, but simply because they can’t see the error in their ways. If you wait long enough they will begin to argue your point for you, with inferior logic to that which you were using. Solution: stare blankly at them and blink a couple of times, then restate your point, to which they will reply, “exactly!”

People who come into lectures and don’t take notes, or listen, but talk about something completely unrelated when you’re trying to concentrate:

This happened to me the other day. The only solution, unless you can hold your tongue, to turn to them and ask, “Have you honestly got nothing better to do than to come into a maths lecture and talk about something unrelated?” They will, hopefully, feel like a total loser and never to it again.

Having your computer crash and losing heaps of unsaved work, and even when it turns on, accidentally clicking “no” in the “would you like to recover this file?” popup, then consequently losing several blogs that you had stored up for a rainy day, and then having to make a long rant about how much it ticks you off because you can’t remember enough of the original post so you have to beef it up with something else:

Ah I see this one is getting slightly less generic, and more on the topic of something that most people can’t exactly relate to. In case you didn’t guess, it just happened to me. Fun times!!!

Now I just can’t wait for my exams to be over so I can just lie on the couch and twitch for a while... and uni mid year holidays are like real holidays since we have whole new subjects next semester, and thus no homework!!! Yay.