God I love being annoyed in the morning.

I just unsubbed from every NASCAR related community I was in. The lovely part where it's all Junior's fault that Mikey is no longer with DEI just annoys me. Or that any true Jimmie Johnson fan should hate Junior. Really, it's not all about Junior (because there was recently something in the Junior community I was in that annoyed me to no end too). What chafes me is the idea that there can't be a community for a driver where the fans can't just ignore the other drivers. The community is specifically about Junior? There's enough news articles to just go with it! Same with Mikey or Kasey Kahne or Jimmie Johnson or hell, Jeff Gordon even (not that I'm a Gordon fan, but I save my picking on Jeffy for weird fic and race day).

Signs

You all are messing with my head. *g*

I dreamed I did a LiveJournal post last night about Harry Potter and my thoughts on the latest installment. Except the part where I've never read any of the Harry Potter books.

Hee!

Memeishness

Ask me for "top five" lists of pretty much anything, and I will list you my top five of that thing or things.

And then you have to do it.

(I apologize to anyone I'm replying to in their journals on this one. My weird factor is high today. Be glad I'm avoiding the Top Five Plants option, though.)

Flip Flop it all out there

Lacrosse Team Sparks White House Flap Over Flip-Flops

There's a certain humor in the whole story: a lacrosse team goes to the White House, meets the President, and *gasp* the picture reveals four of them on the front row are wearing flip flops.

Now, there's two sides to this story, and strangely enough, I fall on both sides.

On one hand, they're not barefoot, so who gives a flip? They're a lacrosse team! These are women who are sporty and wear flip flops all the time. Hey, if one of the chicks went to the length of getting a pair in a specific shade of turquoise to match her dress, well, kudos to her for making the effort. Plus there are several other women wearing sandals. Yes, flip flops are slightly more casual than sandals, but all in all they're open-toed shoes. Punish one, punish all (or punish none, because come on, this isn't some big deal).

On the other hand, it's the frickin' President of the United States! That rates up there with the head of the U.N., the Pope, Queen Elizabeth...pretty much any head of state. Regardless of the person, the position is such that a certain type of dress is expected when you have a formal meeting with that person (or informal, but really, in my mind "formal" constitutes anything where you know if you go to a location, you are scheduled to meet that person). It's right up there with a job interview. There are certain things you DO NOT wear to a job interview no matter what, and certain things you carefully evaluate for a job interview. (For example, flip flops to a job interview are a no no, even if you are interviewing to be a lifeguard. Unless the interview is on the beach. Tank tops and ratty jeans are a no no. Hoochie clothing...no. If you are interviewing at a very conservative bank, take OUT the nose ring.) Err on the side of caution. In this case, I'd say it's easily a no brainer that wearing flip flops to the White House to meet the President wasn't going to go over well with a lot of people.

Overall, the whole thing makes me laugh.

Oh. My. God.

Please. Make this yahoo go away! I can't stand when I'm trying to work and visitors want to chat. Hello! I'm working!

And this guy is being particularly weird. He gave me a "Wanna Do It" shirt from their outdoor company.

30 minutes!