12) People who don't use turn signals when they drive. I know, I've said it before, but, damn, it pisses me off.
13) Hotmail. I don't know why I keep telling that stupid site that any e-mails from "O's Favorite Things" is junk mail, yet it keeps putting them in my inbox, instead of my junk mail. And that's not the only thing it repeatedly ignores my declarations of junk mail either. That and sometimes it'll take 2 e-mails from the SAME address, and put one in junk mail and the other in my inbox. It makes no sense.
14) one2believe. That's some independent company that makes talking Jesus dolls that recite scripture. That's not why I react negatively to them, though. I read in the paper last week that this company offered to donate 4,000 of these dolls to the Toys for Tots sponsored by the Salvation army. No, the offer of donation isn't what irks me either. Well, the Salvation Army declined the offer because they didn't have complete control over which toys went to which families. The one2believe company went and made this decline public, complaining: "Who wouldn't want to hear the word of God, straight from Jesus's mouth?"
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Well, for starters, maybe any Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Bhuddist, Shinto, Wiccan, Atheist, or any other non-christian religous family that lives in the world. Can you imagine a poor little Jewish boy, opening his only present at Christmas because his family can't afford to buy any, and he gets a foot tall Jesus doll that preaches to him that his beliefs are wrong? Imagine the uproar and backlash THAT would cause towards the Salvation Army! I think it's absurd that this company can't possibly understand that, and then they go and publicly complain and try to villify a charity organization because of it.
Ugh, it makes me mad. I mean, the donations are great! That's awesome! Donating toys to kids is a wonderful cause. But WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY do they have to turn it into a scheme to try and convert people who don't believe the same as they do!? I HATE that! If they were REALLY trying to reach out and actually make these kids happy, they wouldn't be pulling this crap. Apperantly the only children who deserve donations at Christmas time are Christian children. To hell with whatever other little kids might like.
Either way you look at it, it's either a conversion attempt, or it's descriminating against specific groups of children which get donations. Conversion is shameless, especially with an organization like this, and descrimination when donating is definitely NOT in the Christian teaches of loving everyone.
15) Only a few days later, the Salvation Army reconsidered and decided to accept the donation because of all the bad press they had been recieving, thanks to said zealot toy company. Apperantly, the Salvation Army will now have to take great care when delivering these dolls.
16) My cats' being too lazy to use the cat door we installed 5 years ago. They know where it is. I've even picked them up and shoved them through it. But still, they whine and whine and scratch at the back door to be let out. I'll even shove them out through the cat door, and they'll COME BACK IN just to be let out the back door. Ooooooooh, I hate that.
17) Never having enough money. It sucks. Enough said.
Aaaand, I think I'm starting to run short on things. I'm sure there were a couple others that I react negatively to, but, well, if I haven't remembered them by Part 3, then they probably weren't significant enough to blog about. Anyway, time to enjoy my last 45 min backstage at Arsenic, as this is our last performance. It's kinda sad. It was actually a lot of fun. I even had more fun in Arsenic than I did in Macbeth. But that's a post for another time.
Jay Leno said a funny thing about the Jesus dolls. Something to effect -- some people get really picky about what presents they get when celebrating the birth of Christ.
