Letter 8. - My Favourite Online friend.

I guess this goes to my very cool friend Hamish.. not only does he work for Apple, which is a huge plus. His blogs and general stories are very interesting .. I dont really know what else to write about for this one.. most people I like to have a 'real' friendship with.. rather than something virtual.

- M

Things I hate

Inspired by the recent frustrating episodes with numerous drivers who are incompetent in driving around a round about properly and Ralph mag's 100 Bastard things, I decided to compile my list of things I hate them most. very negative of me, But hey it can't all be sunshine and lollipops.

• People who have idea on the correct procedure for driving around roundabouts. Yes. You need indicators ppl.

• Call Centres/Customer centers, where the person if of another nationality and even though they are attempting english their accent is so thick, you have no idea what they are going on about.

• IT call centre personnel that are dumber than you are.

• Excessive commercials, I get the need for marketing and costs, however LONG ad breaks are frustrating and especially when there is the same ad three times in the same break. Starts feeling like Groundhog day on speed.

• Needles. I dont think this one needs much explanation

• Hospitals. This ties in with the above mentioned item. Hospitals have a affixation with puncturing your skin with as many needles as they can produce a lame ass reason for. As well as this evilness, the lurking feeling of death and sickness is frightening.

• Public toilets. Avoid these at all costs. unless of course there is no other option. Once you relise how 'unclean or unhygienic' a lot of general public is, then consider your touching the same surfaces they touch, the seat, the button, the door...*shudders* in these cases, LOTS of TP, and sanitizer are essentials.

• Clowns.... There is nothing cool or funny about strange people with freaky, eyes, feet, and makeup.

• Oversized newspaper, in the age of sleek and convenient, These are none of these, The only people that enjoy these gigantic sheets of paper are the bums using them for blankets.

• Pokies/Gambling. The odd's are these are beyond a joke, and the chase of the magically prize causes devestating addictions.

• Sand. It gets everywhere, and sticks and rubs. and just is plain evil.

• Buskers and Street Advertisers that get in your face. ahem.. Personal space anyone ?

• Fleas/Headlice - They are so small but SUCH A STUBBORN PEST.

• Ticks - Similar to the above. The devestation something so tiny can cause a beloved animal is awful.

• Teeth - People complain about cars, boats, kids being money gobblers.. Why not include teeth in that category.. when u really think about it they cost A LOT of money. Toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, floss, check-up's restorative work, braces/plates e.t.c, whitening.

• Dog poo/ Bubblegum - The sticky stuff that are left laying around and then conveniently collect on your shoe and then u have the stomach turning job of removing said substance.

• Jellyfish e.t.c. - Apart from well dead, cleaned and battered and deep fried, there is nothing cool about these. they are all kinds of creepy. I mean where is they're face.

• Bugs/Insects/Spiders.. - All kinds of Freaky.

• Clappers on a dancefloor. - Dickheads that just bob up and down there and clap like they are the coolest shit around .... click click.. BOOM

• Girls with overhang - You know the ones that squeeze into clothes a size or two too small, and there is a roll of skin hanging over the band. Definatly not a good looking belt.

• Birds - What is there to like about these creatures. I dare you to contest this one.

• Mud - All kinds of dirty and disgusting.

To be continued...

X-Fiance

My XF as I will call him for this purpose, was initially who I thought was my man of my dreams, you know when u grow up and u have all these stringent rules of who would make the perfect guy. Well in the first weeks of dating he ticked all of these for me, and I fell head over heels. Stupid me believed it enough to leave the man I was currently engaged to and start afresh with mr my perfect.

But as the saying goes, If something this too good to be true it probably is, and i guess this is a prefect way to sum up me and my XF. after moving into our own place and getting engaged again. ( Yes, yes i know. but remember i was smitten.. this was mr perfect.. I wanted to keep him for good) He changed completely, he was 200% clean freak, and anything i did or, tried to do was never good enough in his eyes. For so long I overlooked it, thinking this is THE ONE.

But after months and months of that constant failure in someone eyes, u start just sinking.. being consumed into a darkness, which fitted nicely with being out of work.It got to the point where he hadn't been able to tell me he loved me for months, luckily I'd got a position in a government organisation and I realised this was my break.

I got attention quite frequently from guys at work and I realised Hey.. I am pretty, I am Smart and sexy and I can be so much better than what he is letting me be. So I made my plans and after a rather messy breakup, I felt like a huge cloud had lifted. We hated each other for quite few months, both angry at the hurt, my hurt over the way he had treated me and how he'd changed my life and his hurt over losing control.

Now we talk and are friends and civilised. But its changed what I want in a partner dramatically. I will never rush into a relationship before opening my eyes and seeing the reality of who a person really is.