know what I hate?
djanna
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when a show that otherwise works to create some illusion of reality (Lost) shows a guy drinking a big coffee and the paper cup is OBVIOUSLY EMPTY.how hard is it to fill a cup w/ coffee? or water??????what do you hate/.
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It's true dear readers, there I was, sitting in by videoconference with folls from around the country, when the able assistant brings the coffee in with lunch from COSI. Having flown in on the red-eye that morning, the coffee was
I started to drink it with the quickness, without my usual removal of the lid --too many times those lids dribble coffee down your shirt, which is definitely
Damn if the fucker wasn't dripping.
I removed the lid, and assumed that would resolve the problem. Took another drink. Still dripping, slightly worse this time. I go to investigate the issue and when I pick the cup up from the table, the seam fully splits, sending nigh-scalding coffee sluicing over my hand onto the conference room table, while others (pretended to) ignore the debacle in the videoconference. Mute the microphone and cuss a blue streak, the cup split at the seam.
I dry heave just thinking about eating that grease
Hope you don't have asthma.
On a similar TV drink illusion tip, I hate it when they drink red wine that, is clearly not the colour of red wine, but probably some sort of fruit juice. Minor thing, just bugs me though.
(like in trasporter 2: PLEASE! how hard can it be to hit with two MGs?)
Ginger ale instead of champange on tv/films
Broadway plays
How country radio is "whitelisting" the Dixie Chicks
Ernie Jonhson's funny new tumour-like jawline on Inside The NBA. Someone call the Men In Black on this cat. Shit is nasty to look @.
dirty fingernails
my boss
when switching off sets, the next DJ cuts off the previous song (unless it's a case of "go ahead, it's a long one" or they do a brilliant mix)
backpacks on crowded transit
those baggy flimsy inner sleeves that bunch up and hang out of the outer sleeve
Oh yes these are horrible.
Whats everyones beef with Mayo? That shit is great?
Ha ha yes.
Also, people with umbrellas. Considering how much it rains over here you'd think people could learn to use an umbrella without nearly taking my eye out everytime i walk past them.
Technology glitches. The more advanced computers, phones etc get the harder and harder it becomes to just sort them out in 5 minutes yourself. Plus i seem to radiate magnetic waves which kill any piece of machinery within a year of owning it.
Ha ha, yes. I also hate on TV when the "computer expert" sits down and starts typing furiously and things just start popping up on the screen. It's always like some sophisticated gene code analysis or matching a serial killer to his dental imprint, and the person is OBVIOUSLY typing total nonsense while pictures fly by on the screen. It makes me laugh every time.
My other pet peeve is when they show someone play a musical instrument who obviously has no idea what they are doing. They always seem to think playing a sax or a horn requires bending back and forth at the waist. How hard is it to hire a real musician?
i agree with you, that is so stupid. on a similiar tip, i kinda get annoyed when i see people smoking in the movies, take a drag and no smoke comes out. i know they're trying to save their lives and shit, but they're not fooling me with that smoking fakery
i also can't stand waiting behind somebody buying lottery tickets at the corner store. not only does it kinda make me sad but they're usually taking forever with the transaction whether it's the big lotto or they want really specific scratch tickets (lemme get 2 of the giraffes, 5 of the carousel, 3 of the blah blah). i am always behind someone buying lottery everytime i walk into a corner store in my neighborhood
At the same time I really hate to see an actor actually chainsmoking for a role and I HOPE they really do in real life
Bad hollywood kissing.
or the girl gives oral to his belly button (cinemax)
I used to work at a counter selling these and I hate it to. I called it paper crack, because people would just come and spend over $100 a day and every couple of weeks they would win $200 or $300 and be all excited. Do the math, you are losing tons of money. Put that shit in the bank and make interest. Most of the heavy addicts were really poor which is just sad. I tried on many occasions to convince people to stop playing, but no one stopped.
using special effects for a few scenes (usually at the start) and then abandoning it for the rest of the film ie. Ray, Sympathy for Lady Vengence
switching film stock/lighting/focus from cut to cut. you have to be a really good editor and art director to pull this off and have more than "it looks cool" and "look at our equipment" for a reason ie. Hard Candy
music cues. enter sad music...sad scene coming up everyone! ie. 98% of movies
premature ejaculation all over the stones.
Lottery lines in my hood are ridiculous. I argued w/ a friend of mine about this shit.
Str8 Bamboozled cats............
Great article about scratch-off addiction.
Finally someone else mentions Ernie Johnson's fucking head. My friend and I noticed it like a month ago. You can tell they shoot around it because he's always facing to the left or he's in the faraway shot. Someone needs to get to the bottom of this. Last night he had a headset on and the microphone was over the weird part. My bet is its a goiter of some kind. In any case,
Dude, he has cancer.
http://www.insidehoops.com/ernie-johnson-022206.shtml
???Two and a half years ago, in August of 2003, I was diagnosed with "follicular" Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. This is a low-grade and treatable cancer--not as aggressive as some other forms. The approach that my oncologist recommended was what is called "watchful waiting"--that is, monitoring my condition with checkups every 4 months with the option to begin treatment if and when I began showing symptoms of illness. Through all this time I have had no symptoms...have felt great... and still do to this day.
The only reason I'm bringing my condition to your attention now is because the swelling of a lymph node near my left ear has become noticeable to viewers of TNT and there have been questions asked. My plan is to work the rest of the NBA season and playoffs, go to the beach with my wife, Cheryl, and our 4 kids, and start a treatment regimen in late June, which will likely include chemotherapy. And then I'll go back to work.