Hello and Happy Saturday.
Saturday is just an awesome day, don’t you think? Even way back in school this was always the day of going out, meeting friends and doing all sort of fun things. Today was a quiet Saturday but with quite some work that needed to be done in my parent’s garden. We cut trees, cleaned up everything and tons of other stuff. This kind of work I love though. When you go home at night and your arms are heavy, you take a shower and all you want is a little dinner, some wine, a book and bed. Perfection. Usually, when we really work out there all day long you can forget anything beyond dinner which is okay too. Gardening is like mediation to me. I love being in nature and somewhat far away from civilization. My parent’s garden is almost literally in the woods. You might see not a soul all day – maybe some animals. So I did a lot of thinking today. Mostly positive thinking but some funny things popped up in my sweet mind as well.Things that grind my gear but not in a mean way you know. I don’t let them ruin my meditative gardening experience but they still pop up. Things that just… ah, well, read on if you would like.
THE SELFIE STICK.
Initially, I really thought it was just a passing trend. Something that is just so annoying. I do take a lot of pictures too – mostly for my blog. At some points; however, almost never, I take pictures of my food in restaurants – also for the website if I review the place and need pictures for TripAdvisor. Otherwise, have you ever gone out with someone who actually took pictures of your food, their food, both dishes together, then of each other and to top it off call the waiter to take a picture of both of you plus dishes? Yep, I have gone out with people like this. Even worse, people with a selfie-stick. I have seen it a lot recently in the city here and not even tourists. Don’t these people even know how this looks? I hoped that this selfie stick was just some joke that had gone too far but it looks like this thing is here to stay. And if so, what is next?
Do you like selfie-sticks? Enlighten me what is good about them because I think I would never use one – especially not in public. Please.
TINDER.
Don’t even start looking for me on Tinder. I would never ever do that. Or any other dating site. I never registered on those. I mean, c’mon. Maybe some people met the love of their life on Tinder and they live happily ever after but I seriously doubt it. I don’t know anybody. I think that Tinder is one of the most depressing apps out there. Well, one more maybe: irs.gov. What? You don’t know what Tinder is? It is an online dating website that helps you search for possible matches according to what you are looking for in reasonable geographical distance and it seems everyone is on it. With a fake picture usually made with YouCamPerfect that some load up to their profile and then wait for Mr. or Mrs.Perfect to come along. All this freaks me out a little but maybe I am the only one. This fast hooking-up process maybe or that people believe this cyber-world is real? If you can say yes or no to a date with a swipe on your phone, I think it is kinda creepy, no? My friend showed me the other day how many guys she already found on Tinder and how it all works and how AMAZING it is. She showed me the pictures of some guys like this: Ew-gross, ew -fat, ew-hipster, ew-too skinny, ew-look at those legs, HOLYSHITTHISGUYISHOT! I am looking at a picture of some guy with no shirt on, muscles and actually pretty good-looking. My initial though: Why on this planet earth would anybody who looks like this be on this stupid website? Why is my friend on this website? And while she shows me all this, she misses out on the handsome and interesting looking men who just walked into the bar. I guess, I understand it all if you use Tinder just to have fun. Maybe you swipe and hope the next swipe will be the love of your life? Love is just everywhere. Simple as that.
Are you on Tinder? Did you find the love of your life on Tinder? Are YOU the one out there that is actually in a relationship or marriage through Tinder? Please do tell. I would love to hear from you.
EMOJI CONVERSATIONS.
Okay, we all use them. They are cute. Especially, since the finger pictures above became available. They add constantly new emojis but somehow the one you want to use is always missing. We all do have our favorite ones, right? The ones we always use. The laughing/teary smiley, the heart (yellow/red), kissing face, the book, writing, pencil and whatnot. I love words and it freaks me out if people use emojis only or mostly. Can you have a complete emoji conversations? I guess you can. A conversation like this?
NO REPLY or RESPONSE.
I know we are all busy and such. Everybody is always on the run and we have no time. But if I write something time-sensitive and I don’t get a response for hours or even days, this grinds my gears. Why is it so difficult to write something back? Anything, just one sentence or so? You can take your “smart”phone and respond while sitting on the toilet. I really do understand people are busy and have a lot on their mind. If they don’t respond I am not getting angry if they don’t get back to me soon. But if I need to hear from them and get nothing back and I call and get nothing back, and then email again and get nothing back it somewhat gets frustrating. Usually, if I do send important emails I use the option of “return receipt” which at least lets me know that the person opened my email. We all know they read the damn email. Just a little tip: If you do read an email and don’t respond right away because you have something more important to do, use a little sticky-note and write down: SEND AN ANSWER TO XYZ…. simple as that. Then you don’t forget, right. What I also grinds my gears is when I send someone something and wait for a response and all I see is these three little bubbles of typing and then they go away and I never get a response.
Oh, before I forget it, who is moving if Trump wins? My friends tell me so many times that if he indeed wins this election they move out of the country. The other day I read an article about the Canadian embassy site crashed during the Trump rally. So many people just googled how they could move to Canada. Do you believe this? Trump does not scare me. What scares me is that people support him and that he gains a following.
Creepy, no? What do you think about this? Do tell.
So these things were on my mind today. Not for long – maybe a minute or two but they gave me stuff to write about for hours. You know where they sentence “You know what really grinds my gears” comes from? Of course Family Guy. Enjoy this video if you would like.
