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Things of which I am Heartily Sick

  
  

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Cavatina
00:39 / 04.08.02
Micro-managing control freaks in the workplace, especially those who, in order to be 'at the (so-called) cutting edge' (excuse me while I throw up) adopt emerging System-sanctioned policies (at their *earliest* stage of development, of course) as the new 'given', and want these adapted, documented and implemented within stunningly unrealistic timelines. Encouraging debate and discussion, submitting the ideas contained therein to scrutiny and interrogation, is *entirely* alien to their nature. Never mind, also, that the work carried out will inevitably have to be revised as the official policies themselves change. Or the stress that this imposes on staff.
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
13:17 / 04.08.02
Cheese which doesn't taste as good as the last identical lot you bought from the same place.
 
 
Eloi Tsabaoth
21:39 / 04.08.02
Film 'Franchises'.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
21:45 / 04.08.02
partially reconstituted whey powder
Louis Vuitton handbags
Health fads... I hate health fads.
 
 
the Fool
05:12 / 05.08.02
Being sick
Ear wax!!!
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
07:02 / 05.08.02
Buttoning.

Unbuttoning.

People on buses who play 'Barbie Girl' very loudly on repeat on their walkmans, all the way from Muswell Hill to Tottenham Court Road.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
10:08 / 05.08.02
Mondays.

Alarm Clocks.

Work.

Wearing a tie.

Wage slavery.
 
 
Loomis
10:29 / 05.08.02
Overzealous air conditioners.

Dodgy landlords.

Those people on that Frontier House show.
 
 
rizla mission
11:16 / 05.08.02
Carrying 2 weeks worth of essential living items caround in a cripplingly heavy backpack for three nomdic days and then wondering why I have 26 CDs but no toothbrush.

Mediocrity.

The necessity of having to eat standardised amounts of food at regular intervals to avoid passing out.

Shit, near unwatchable, summer "blockbusters" and their accompanying omnipresent advertising.

All TV except the Cartoon Network.

Most of Camden.

Being without a functioning hi-fi to call my own.

Ugly German teenagers in backwards baseball caps and big shorts bothering me in record shops saying "excuse me, do you know where za Blink 182 eez?"

Rain.

Bad coffee.

The Middle-class yuppie "lifestyle" meme that's currently being marketed more aggressively and insidiously than any specific product has ever been.

the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

The almost total lack of anything I consider important being reported in TV/print news.

Gee, I sound so angry and close-minded today..
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
13:28 / 05.08.02
Eight-hour night shifts that last for ten hours. Three days in a row. (And the two at the start of the week.)

Realising, having done one of said shifts from hell and deservedly having gone to the pub first thing in the morning to get pissed, that you have an appointment at the doctor's (who already knows you drink too much) that afternoon... (he said, counting the minutes until he has to leave the security of his house...)

Finally watching, after years of their legendary status, movies that were banned in the '80s. And realising they were actually just shit.
 
 
Saveloy
14:54 / 05.08.02
I am heartily sick of not having a large gin & tonic in my hand. There should be a law, and that law should state that whenever the temp exceeds a healthy number of degrees, local government employees pushing refrigerated trolleys will sweep across the city (entering offices, schools, houses etc) to place enormous G&Ts into the hands of anyone who looks like they need one. What the f*** are we paying our council tax for, anyway?
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
15:02 / 05.08.02
the raining-cats-and-dogs-baking-hot-humidity-weather-switcheroo. bored now.

packing.

smug patronising uninformed moronic DSS/Housing benefit staff.

being 'on hold' listening to 'now that's what i call vivaldi' for what seems like days.

packing.
 
 
_pin
21:58 / 05.08.02
Getting half way thru posts on Barbelith, giving up and deleting the whole fucking thing.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
09:16 / 06.08.02
Cleaning for a living.

Cleaning skank-pits (eg a bail hostel) for a living.

Cleaning up after people who contrive to skankify their little corners of said skank-pit to a point beyond all known frontiers of skankiness. For a living.
 
 
captain piss
10:37 / 06.08.02
Pacha is chuckling in recognition at the 3rd in the list (from over my shoulder)

getting addicted to things

having jack all money

Blank, cartilage-eyed business types who look at you as a money-making entity rather than a human
 
 
that
10:52 / 06.08.02
Never being quite sure whether I am making too much of a fuss.
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
09:44 / 07.08.02
Distance.
Feeling useless.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
10:13 / 07.08.02
Being 45.

(But as from today I am 46, hooray! That's that sorted then...)
 
 
Ganesh
10:14 / 07.08.02
Distance.

Feeling rootless.

Being ZoCherless. (But not for long!)
 
 
Sax
10:20 / 07.08.02
Happy birthday ZoCher. (Not that this is something I'm heartily sick of, you understand)
 
 
Mazarine
23:15 / 07.08.02
Happy Birthday ZoCher!

On an unrelated note- as an addendum to my previous list, we can now add:

Hitting my head at work.
Hitting my head anyplace else.
Getting electrocuted at work.
Getting electrocuted anyplace else.
 
 
that
05:20 / 08.08.02
Happy (belated) birthday, ZoCher!
 
 
Mourne Kransky
10:45 / 08.08.02
All alone and elephantless on my birthday, ah... But never mind, fabulous workmates sprang a surprise Chinese Banquet on me at lunchtime and then we hit the pub at the end of the day. [holds head and groans like something that groans pitiously] I am "working from home" today.

To add to the list:

Wedding lists.
Have had two in this week, both held at John Lewis. One wedding I want to go to and one I don't. Two presents to buy though! Which sucks when I and my lovely life-partner can never experience the pleasure of furnishing our love nest courtesy of wedding guests' bank accounts.

Oh just ignore me, I'm grumpy and hungover. & short of cash.
Customary misty-eyed romantic pose will resume shortly...
 
 
Ariadne
10:51 / 08.08.02
Well, a friend of my workmate had a list at the US equivalent of John Lewis - for her 30th birthday. She just sent out cards telling everyone it was there, a big long demand-list of things she wanted.
So I reckon you and Ganesh should just do the same.
 
 
Sax
11:02 / 08.08.02
Oh, you can have a gift list at shops for any occasion, surely. Have a moving in together in London list and wait for the oven gloves and ramekins to roll in.
 
 
rizla mission
13:59 / 08.08.02
(not) shaving.

the fact that my right shoulder really hurts, and I don't know why.

favourite mix-tapes breaking.

bands whose recorded output is nowhere near as good as their live performances.
 
 
Loomis
14:05 / 08.08.02
Car hire websites that won't give you the price unless you first enter the names of everyone in your kindergarten, the age your mother lost her virginity, and the name of your favourite monotreme.
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
17:49 / 08.08.02
ooh, Zocher, yes - fucking hate wedding lists.

Just because you've known someone a while and they decide to sign forms with someone you may or may not know, they get to not only tell you what they want, but specify an expensive shop to buy it from.... grrrrrrrr. couple of years ago, I had two john lewis lists and a selfridges list to buy from, all within about 2months. gah.

my best friend and I plan to get married for precisely this reason... start saving up your money, especially those of you who barely know me, which brings me to my next gripe:

on the same lines, feeling obligated to go to expensive events - weddings, christenings, etc of distant relatives I've hardly ever met, or of 'friends' who I barely know. costs loads, consists of spend time with loads of people i don't know and am never going to meet again, making tedious small talk. DULL.
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
18:59 / 08.08.02
Cheese which doesn't taste as good as the last identical lot you bought from the same place.

Yeah! What the fuck is up with that? You have no idea how badly this pisses me off. It's bad enough that I have to eat cheese from the United States, but every now and again we'll have some decent cheese at work but only for like a week or so. What the hell? We haven't changed our cheese dealer, why is the good cheese coming in only once or twice a year? God, it pisses me off. It's like someone accidentally spilled "cheesy goodness" on only a quarter of the batch and forgot to tell anyone.
 
 
pacha perplexa
21:31 / 08.08.02
Ads. All kinds, anywhere.

The repetitive, stressing noises of "Grand Theft Auto 3" being played in the living room.

Changing the covers of the fucking duvets every week. Why don't people use normal sheets under them, fer fuck's sake??

The fact that Ierne doesn't write here anymore, and I don't have clue why.

Job agencies.

Fashion mags.

Migraines.

Sink holes.

Ironing.

Sainsbury's. Tesco. All the big supermarket chains which brand every product as their own.
 
 
Spatula Clarke
21:44 / 08.08.02
Screwing up HTML.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
22:13 / 08.08.02
Can I retroactively wish you a happy birthday, ZoCher?

Cos if I can't, that WOULD be a thing that pissed me off.
 
 
YNH
07:29 / 09.08.02
Cheese which doesn't taste as good as the last identical lot you bought from the same place.

See, nostalgia...

The Blue smoke escaping from its processor prison

Automobiles, particularly those I'm charged with maintaining

New kitchens

Top Cow

Cold coffee

Khaki cargo pants

Folks who think "no" means "please," especially with regards to gifts

Pretty much anything even remotely related to telecommunications

That being grouchy is often more rewarding than being nice to folks having anything to do with telecomunications
 
 
rizla mission
14:15 / 09.08.02
10-for-50p disposable razors. ouch.
 
 
Loomis
09:45 / 13.08.02
Spam on mobiles.

People who use their left hand to put their tube ticket through the machines which ALL have the slot on the right.
 
  

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