Things That I Hate (BEDA Day 25)

In an attempt to make things interesting, I'm going to make a list of things that I hate. This list isn't set in stone, nor is it all of the things that I hate. It pretty much just fits my mood today.

1. When people comment on ALL CAPS videos, saying that they can tell they aren't singing live.

No, really? I thought that Kristina could sing with auto tune naturally. I had no idea that they put the electronic sounding effects on after.

2. People who spoil books the day that they come out.

Thanks to someone on Twitter, I sort of knew the ending to Mockingjay. I mean, not completely, but kind of. It didn't completely ruin it for me, but yeah. But I finished the book! Yay!

3. When someone can relate everything back to politics.

You see this all the time when you look at the comments on news stories. I still can't figure out how people can relate the happy story of a dog saving its owner's life to what's wrong with our current president. I mean, seriously?

4. People who greet workers with name tags, as if they know them.

When I was doing tours around my school last night, I had to wear a name tag. Tons of parents addressed me like they knew me. I know that it says my name on my shirt, but that doesn't mean you have to say it. This might just be something that I have a problem with.

5. Cancer

Esther, who all of Nerdfighteria voted for the HPA with, died this morning. I have been crying so much today. I have never even met Esther, but I still cried so much more than I ever have after anyone else dying. Well, my dog, Diva, but still. She wasn't a person, it's not the same. I miss Esther, and I just can't believe that she died at the young age of 16. My thoughts and prayers go to her family and friends.

So that's all for my list.

The school tours yesterday went pretty well, except for the fact that I wore the least comfortable shoes ever, and now have extreme blisters everywhere. Ouchy.

I was pretty much in charge of the entire downstairs of the school. Almost everyone there just wandered around, only helping people if they looked really confused. I offered to help everyone who passed by.

I should probably explain what we had to do. My school does this scavenger hunt thing, where you have to find all of these clues. Clue 1 is found near your homeroom. You then read the riddle on the clue card, and try to find the place that it was describing. From working with people for three hours, I memorized the order.

Homeroom - Nurse's Office - Library - Auditorium - Family Consumer Sciences - Bathroom - Cafeteria - Art/Technology Education - Guidance Office

I had to talk a lot, and eventually created a script that I would follow. This came with practice, though. I feel bad for the families that came during the first hour or so, because we were mostly like this:

Family: "Can you help us find Family Consumer Sciences?"
Us: "Yes, we can! Um, you, uh... Make a left I think... No, wait, that's the wrong way. You make a right... No, err... Here, just follow me."

It was really funny. They provided pizza, but Syd and I didn't eat any before the tours actually started. So, instead, we broke into the classroom with the pizza, and just walked around eating it.

I knew pretty much everyone that was a student leader. But, randomly, the cheerleaders were there too. We were very confused, because they didn't do anything, and just walked around, getting in the way most of the time. I still have no idea why they were there at all. I was really hoping for my school not to be stereotypical, but we student leaders are pretty much the geeks and we now despise the cheerleaders.

Rawr.

"If I mattered to you, then I all I would see is indigo." - Indigo, Tom Milsom

-Jess