Well, I don't hate you, dear reader, personally. This is just something everyone does on blogs, and Jenny challenged me to do this a few weeks ago, so I'm just getting around to it. You're supposed to come up with random facts about yourself that are perhaps not generally known. So, inspired by one of the more well-known movies of the late Mr. Heath Ledger (not that I'm a fan or anything, the title was just too easy), here are 10 of my more controversial points.
1. One of my all-time pet peeves is people praying for or about “moisture.” Moisture is like what forms on the window when you take a shower. 10 inches of snow is NOT "moisture." It could be a complete lightning and thunderstorm or dropping three feet of snow, and people would still be thankful for all the moisture outside. We should start calling the Elder's Quorum for Moisture Removal from the church's sidewalks. That can sure be some heavy moisture! I hate when my basement floods with 4 inches of moisture! Please, just call it what it is, rain or snow.
2. I firmly believe that BYU should abolish their intercollegiate sports programs. Ricks College/BYU-Idaho did it, and I don’t think anyone has lost their testimony because of it. BYU athletics only serves to bring a black eye to the church when players get in trouble with the law, and additionally cause so much righteous indignation and enmity toward the church (see also BYU v. Utah, the “Holy War,” and all other such nonsense). And for anyone who says it is a great missionary tool, I beg you to show me even a single person who was converted because they happened to flip to a BYU football game (pre-Mountain Network, of course).
3. I am a giant fan of all Utah State University athletics. My desire for them to get greater national and particularly, local, respect of course has nothing to do with the rant above.:)
4. Nothing drives me more insane than game shows like “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” or “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” where they take TEN FREAKING MINUTES to ask a question and deliberate about the answer. “Jeopardy!” is more my style, with quick-hitting action (I bet Jeopardy’s never been described as "quick-hitting" before!).
5. The best show on television right now (well, kind of, with the strike and all) is “The Office.” If you don’t agree after watching it, I don’t know if we can ever truly be friends.
6. On the flip side, I cannot get into “Lost” for the life of me. I have tried to watch episodes, but I don’t know who people are or why they are in conflict, or what the heck they are doing when some billowing cloud of living smoke comes after them. A lot of my family is really into it, so maybe I’m going to have to rent the DVDs sometime and get over this.
7. I really hate exercising. I get so bored, it hurts, and there’s no immediate gratification to it. Running for the sake of running is especially hateful. I’ll chase a ball all day long, but why run if you’re not chasing anything?
8. I was born in Kentucky, and grew up in the suburbs of Chicago until I was nearly 11. I hated Utah for probably the first year or two after we moved here. I missed my friends and familiar surroundings, and as an ornery, emotional teenager, I was very vocal that I didn’t approve of my parents choice to move. For what it's worth, I pretty happy to live in Utah now.
9. As a result of my Midwest upbringing, I remain a big fan of the Chicago Cubs, Bulls, and Bears. I lost a lot of friends during the ’97 and ’98 NBA Finals while my hero Michael Jordan was beating the Jazz senseless. Luckily I had my brothers to lean on as a fellow Bulls fans.
10. Another major pet peeve is people saying common phrases incorrectly. At the top of the list are "supposably," "irregardless," "mute point," and "could care less." If you are reading this and thinking, "Wait, what's wrong with those phrases?" then you are an offender. The correct words are "supposedly," "regardless," "moot point," and "could not care less." Think about it, if something isn't interesting to you and you "could care less," then why don't you just care less? If you care less, it won't bother you so much. However, if you "could not care less," it is physically impossible for you to have any less interest in a certain topic.
OK, that's it for my rant. Nevermind, here's one more. I hate when people are "tagged" to continue this trend. It's just a type of fancy, New Age chain letter. And I hate chain letters. OK, now my rant is over. Since no one is tagged, I'll continue my rantings at some later point with less controversial topics, and more lesser known random facts about me. In the meantime, do I have anyone who has been offended or who agrees with my way of thinking?
P.S. Obviously, long blog entries are not one of my pet peeves!
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Matt my friend, I want to thank you for bringing attention to the "could care less" epidemic of ignorance. It drives me nuts. I know I've been guilty of using words incorrectly too, but this is not a matter of not knowing what a word means, it's a matter of not thinking about what you're saying before you say it.
I'm aware that there are a great many other things in this world more important than this that should bother me more to the point of ranting about them (you know... the failures of the criminal justice system, the horrors of human trafficing [yes I did check to make sure that word had no "k" in it like my intuition told me], the mockery they've made of my beloved American Gladiators series), but you poked this particular bruise, so I said "hey ouch!"
Way to come out of the closet, doesn't that feel so much better? Thanks for the commment. I have thoroughly enjoyed catching up with you guys by reading your blog. Your girls are absolutely adorable. It is always fun to be friends with other True Blue die hards!
You've gotta get a hold of Lost, Season 1 on DVD. I promise you'll be hooked after a couple episodes!
I guess we can't be friends, I have watched 'The Office' and I don't really see the appeal. I just can't get past the documentary style, when I hear about a documentary, or watch one I just can't get into what they are really talking about. I feel you on Lost though, I tried to get into but I was just lost. Heroes on the other hand is awesome, I can't wait for season three to get started.
To add to your common bad phrases, I don't like it when people say they did good. Usually when people use that phrase they didn't do good, they did well. Green Peace does good, making a basket isn't doing good, it is doing well.
Travis
I hate it when every time Mike Vick scrambles out of the pocket in Madden and dives for a first down, he gets hit and fumbles. But, irregardless, I still love the game. (So, I sat next to this lady at work who said "irregardless" about 11 times a day on the phones with our clients....it bugged me to death, I just didn't have the heart to say anything to her)
My pet peeve is when no one says Amen after a testimony and when people give their testimony and then close by saying "In the name of thy son, Jesus Christ Amen" Are you praying or giving a talk/testimony....make up your mind. By the way, you offended me numerous times in your post and that is why I am writing so much.
I totally agree with your rant about "moisture!" Troy and I make fun of people (mostly Utahn's) all the time for using it.
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