Well I will be completely honest here, as I feel that this is a "safe" place to express my feelings. I feel that what I say and type here will not be seen by anyone nor shared with those that have "questionable intent". I feel that I can open up and share my intimate secrets here.
Having said all this, I would like to express 2 pet peeves I have recently discovered. I have found as I am getting older and older that I am becoming a grouchy old man. My pet peeves list continues to grow, which is evident by the 2 newest members to the list. *Note. If anyway wants to see my whole list, send a check payable to Intermountain Hydronic Specialties for the appropriate amount that is listed on the back of your drivers license.
Pet Peeve 1: Ear wax. - I was sitting here reading Dan's post about music and good times long past while mindlessly playing with my ear when all of a sudden I felt something moving inside of my ear. Of course the first thought that goes through my head is that I have a spider in my ear. I thought a spider had run up my arm, onto my hand, and into my ear. That thought quickly evolutionized into the thinking of those shpooky stories you hear of where spiders lay eggs in someones ear and months later they hatch and explode the mans head. Well after the initial panic of thinking that I had spider in my ear cleared out, I decided to investigate what exactly was now inside that first little shallow pool inside my ear. To my disgust (and relief of not finding a mother spider with thousands of hatchling babies) I found a chunk of ear wax. Well the first problem of what was in my ear had been resolved, but now I had the problem of a chunk of ear wax stuck to my finger. What was I to do. I looked around and of course I didn't have any paper towels on my desk, so I looked for the 2nd best option.... my shoe. It just so happened that I had two shoes stuck to my feet beneath my desk, SCORE! I quickly wiped the wax on the bottom of my shoe....... Some might question my reasons for wiping the wax on the bottom of my shoe, but rest assured, the reasons are quite appropriate and reliable. But that is a whole different story. So anyway to make a long story a little bit shorter, I don't like ear wax much. Yea sure it has its reasons for being inside of my ear, and I appreciate those reasons, but it doesn't need to spook me into thinking I have a spider in my ear.
Pet Peeve #2: The blasted email (user name) I have to type in to log onto this blog. Oh, and the password sucks pretty bad too. Who in their right mind made it that long???? I had to check my email 7 different times just to get it typed in the "sign-in" spot right. Blah!! I had 4 failed attempts because I didn't realize there are 2 "s" next to each other...
Okay, that is all my ranting and raving for now. This is the first time I have checked the blog, and I didn't even get a chance to vote on the little poll... =( Someone closed it with out giving me a chance to vote. I mean yea sure, it was probably open for voting for a long time, and yea sure I got a couple of emails reminding me to check out this blog, BUT still...
Oh and I rather fancy this blog.
John
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John, I share your hatred of ear wax, although I understand and accept its function. Unfortunately, I've always produced what I feel is an abnormally large amount of ear wax, even from a very young age. Kids at school used to laugh at me and call me ear wax ears - not very creative I know, but it still hurt.
Anyway, to move the story along, one time while I was on my mission I had some strange ear issues. I was serving in the office, and for some reason I lost hearing in my left ear. Not totally, but it just felt like someone had put a pillow over my ear. I couldn't do anything to fix it, so I just went on my way. We had to go do some visits around the mission, so I couldn't go to the doctor that week. We were driving out to this tiny town in western Illinois one night, and we stopped in the middle of nowhere to get something to eat at this mexican restaurant. Very tasty food. As we were eating, my hearing began to sort of "flicker," kind of like if someone were flicking the light switch on and off, but mostly off. I thought it was kinda weird, and something about my ear felt strange, so I started to go towards that bathroom. Well, on my way, I felt my hearing turn on again, but this time it was like a dam had broke, b/c all of the sudden if felt a ton of movement in my ear. When I got to the bathroom, and after turning my head to one side to prevent something strange from escaping, I found that a dam HAD broke, and gushing from my ear (GROSS ALERT) was liquid molten ear wax! Hot wax! GROSS! And also fascinating.... It was like my ear had sealed itself off with ear wax and then built up a reserve behind it, which eventually forced a hole in the ear wax wall. Nasty. You'd have been surprised to see how much was in there. AAAAAAH, that's gross, to this day.
Now you see why I share you're hatred and pet peevedness. In fact, I now use 2 q-tips EVERY DAY when I get out of the shower to combat this phenomenon. I don't even want to have an ear wax avalanche while I'm in court or something.....
Dan
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