5 Things I Don’t Enjoy As Much As My Friends

Okay, jumping on the blogging bandwagon, here is my “things your friends do that you don’t enjoy” list, found through Minivan Mom.

“List five things that people in your circle of friends or peer group are wild about, but you can’t really understand the fuss over. To use the words of Caesar (from History of the World Part I), ‘Nice. Nice. Not thrilling . . . but nice.’”

1. Shitty Diner Food - I’m a freaking snob, okay? What I consider “going out” to a nice place to eat does not include dirty floors and greasy food. I’m more of a sit-down-and-eat-a-three-course-meal kind of guy. Not to say I won’t go to these places, they are just WAAAAAY down on my list of restaurants I would consider eating at.

2. Ghosts & The Supernatural - I can sit down and watch the goriest, scariest movie ever made and not blink an eye or have a single nightmare, but the minute someone starts telling their own personal ghost stories, chills go up and down my spine and I break out in goose bumps. I’m not kidding when I tell people to stop talking about stuff like that; it REALLY freaks me out.

3. Fantasy Football & Sports in General - The only time of year that I pay attention to sports is during the Super Bowl, and that’s mostly for the commercials. I just don’t enjoy watching sports on television–it bores me to tears. I wouldn’t mind actually being at a game, because you are feeling the energy of the crowd and witnessing the event live. Plus I hate the cliche-mongering sportscasters. I just want them to shut up.

4. Smoking - I know this one is pretty general, but I absolutely can’t stand cigarettes. I’d have to say that 95% of all my friends are not only smokers, but chain smokers. I hardly ever complain and I never try to push my views on other people, simply because I wouldn’t want that done to me. I am always the one who compromises and sits in the smoking section, or sits outside in the cold and nasty weather just so my friends can satisfy their nicotine slave habit. Most of my friends are sympathetic and at least wait until I finish eating first. It’s just a gross habit, okay?

5. Reality Television - I don’t hate ALL reality TV, just the majority of it. That inclues: American Idol, Big Brother, Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Bachelor, The Apprentice, and many others. Sometimes they suck me and I’m helpless to watch, but usually the premise is so ridiculous (or in FOX’s case, deplorable ie “The Littlest Groom” or “Temptation Island”) that I simply cannot stomach sitting through 30 minutes, let alone an hour of those whiney reality “stars” bitching. I had hopes that this trend in television would have died off a few years ago, but now I’m almost certain it’s here to stay. Unfortunately.

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lemon said:

Chain smokers generally smoke 2 packs or more per day. Most of your friends smoke less than a half a pack a day (Epiphany and Psyguy less than a half a pack) and I smoke the most at a pack and quarter 3 out of 5 days, but mostly just a pack a day. None of us are chain smokers. PS: Smokin smokes 1/2 to 3/4 a pack a day.

Commented on May 11th, 2005 at 12:28 am.

Sean MC said:

I guess this would explain why we haven’t seen you much at Denny’s lately?

Commented on May 11th, 2005 at 12:31 am.

Haggis said:

First off, you Sean and Smokin are not my only friends. I have several others outside of your group. Second, don’t take it so personal, that wasn’t what the point of this post was.

And I haven’t been at Denny’s because I haven’t received an invitation lately and I’ve also been busy just about every weekend for the past two months with DJing. Denny’s and IHOP don’t bother me; I usually only get coffee or a milkshake anyway. I was primarily referring to shitty diners as a “dinner location.” Again, don’t take it so personal.

Commented on May 11th, 2005 at 7:15 am.

lemon said:

I didn’t mean to make it sound as though I was taking it personal. You’ll have to give me some leeway as I am in quite the funk with the sickness and all. Fatigue can make me seem grumpy when all it is, is that I’m just too tired to expound on what I’m saying. I wasn’t defending myself from your perception of smoking, I was defending myself from the general public’s perception. Most non smokers tend to think that anything over three cigarettes a day is chain smoking. They should meet my Uncle Bud. Four packs, no lie.

Commented on May 11th, 2005 at 1:23 pm.