What 2010 Taught Me

(I already wrote this blog once... yet it somehow got deleted before it was ever posted! This is officially my first major upset of 2011!)



The follow list is things I learned in the year 2010. It is in no particular order and I'm sure some of the items will seem odd to the reader of this blog.



Here we go...


*Vampires are still popular... ugh!



*The people who work at mall kiosks are pushy and fake.



*"To Kill a Mockingbird" is an excellent book! I hadn't read it before.



*There is a lot of "@$$-kissing" in the world of retail. I am not able, nor do I have a desire to participate in such actions.

*I get tired of people being fans of really, really stupid crap!

*Cream cheese won-tons are tasty!



*The "Incident" of 2009 was NOT my fault! However, I'm sad to say that the proof of this came with great pain of another.



*(To the instigator of that pain) "Once a douche bag, always a douche bag!"



*Nice guys turn out to be jerks and the jerks turn out to have a good heart.



*I LIKE KILLING ZOMBIES!!! (Left 4 Dead!!!)



*It is not possible to have a genuine "Girls Only" weekend when one of the girls is a married woman. She will call, text, and whine about her spouse and how much she misses him.



*I still want to travel.



*I do want to earn my degree... but it is mostly so I can get a job that actually pays a decent salary.



*I don't want to get old.


*I'm glad I'm no longer a teenager.

*When someone says, "How are you?" or "How's it going?" the only acceptable responses are, "(I'm) Good/great/fine, how are you?"

*People don't really care HOW you're doing... they're just exchanging pleasantries.

*I still have no idea what happened in the movie, "Inception". I think I'll be forever confused on that one. It's almost as bad as "The Matrix".

*I don't like "Glee". I... just... don't.

*"It is what it is" came into my life. I use it now as a sort of mantra.

*Longevity in marriage no longer guarantees eternity.


*While divorce truly is hardest on children, divorce due to unfaithfulness is hardest on the innocent spouse.


*I now have a better understanding of why parents struggle through their child's teenage years.


*The State Fair is more fun when you have a ton of money to blow.


*Wendover is fun--but it sucks when your money gets blown.


*Christmas really has become too commercial.


*People hate people who say, "Christmas is too commercial". I used to hate them too.


*Haunted Houses are much more fun when you go with a group...especially when someone in the group is genuinely scared.


*When you laugh in a Haunted House, the workers don't really bother you.


*The further back they go, the more likely two people will be on the same side.


*Screw your loyalty... we all know I'M RIGHT!!!


*Pride is a nasty business. I've waded through plenty of those waters.


*The older you get, the less cute it is to be a "goody two-shoes".


And finally...

*There comes a point when you have to work things out for yourself. People can't always solve your problems when they've got a huge pile of their own.


Hopefully, these lessons can help me make the best out of 2011.

The blog for ME

No one else is going to benefit from this blog entry but I could give a crap less right now. To be honest, I am not doing very well right now. Actually, I am kind of ticked off. But none of that is really relevant. Well, maybe a little relevant--but I was planning on doing this entry irregardless of how I was feeling. There are a lot of little things that I hate. I know hate is a strong word to use and might seem unnecessary for little things. Nonetheless, "Hate" is accurate.

I don't know if I actually heard this somewhere or if I made it up in my head but I am going to do a little exercise that will, hopefully, help me get rid of some of my hatred. The theory is that typing them down will release the tensions into the void and I will be rid of them. It is supposedly therapeutic. I don't know if it works--but I suppose we will find out.

Things Steph Hates as of 11/09/08

*A crowd of people
*Ignorant people
*Self-absorbed people
*"Scientific" people
*Actors/actresses/entertainers who talk about politics--ON EITHER SIDE
*The shows TMZ, ET, The Insider, Access Hollywood--etc
*People who go, "Um hmm" every two seconds and nod at the person talking to them
*People who drive way too fast
*People who drive like morons
*People who come to the fitting room and have a cow that I only let them take in 6 items at a time to try on (I don't make the rules, I just enforce them!)
*A girl I work with--let's call her "Melody"
*That I keep failing
*That I just don't shut up sometimes
*Extreme BYU Fans
*Extreme UTE fans
*The fact that I am the one who has to call people to come in to work. I HATE calling people!
*People who come into the U.S. illegally
*The people in the U.S. who are OKAY with the people coming in illegally.
*People who stand and block the hallways after church and just yak, yak, yak! JUST MOVE!!!
*Parents who do nothing while their child is screaming and screaming.
*Parents who let their kids run around and knock stuff over.
*When I put a call on hold, call it out over the walkie-talkie, and I just get ignored!
*Being miserable
*When people tell me to just "Be happy". {Oh really, gee I never thought of that. What a concept!}
*When people overlook Thanksgiving as a holiday that comes BEFORE Christmas.
*The fact that I don't understand guys.
*The fact that guys are stupid.
*The fact that girls are mean.
*Being a girl.
*Feeling alone
*BEING alone
*The fact that I always make the wrong choice
*Feminists
*Male chauvinists
*Racists
*Bigots
*Mean people
*The people who said, "If you don't vote for Obama then you are racist!"
*Bossy people
*People who gossip
*People who talk on their phones or use their blue tooth devices while walking around a store.
*Those cell phones that are like walkie-talkies
*Those toaster-cars (Scions--I think)
*CROCS--those hideously UGLY shoes
*The fact that people can't just buy something and NOT return it
*Working on Sunday
*People who think EVERYTHING should be closed on Sunday. (Yeah, most things should, but not EVERYTHING. Not the hospital, the police, or a store big enough to get milk or medicine should that be required.)
*When teachers make you introduce yourself on the first day of class.
*When you lose points if you never, ever raise your hand in class
*When you study hard for a test then find out half of the crap you studied is NOT on the test!
*When you actually have a desire to do well in a class--yet do badly.
*When your class is full of 18 year olds--especially ones that think they are the cat's pajamas

Most of all

*I hate hating myself.



Anyway, I am going to study what I've written and figure out what I can do to fix it. I think I have too much hate in my life and, apparently, I have issues with people.

How sad.