Leaky travel mugs
Setting off the smoke detector while attempting to make dinner (and without any actual burning going on)
Non-burrito, non-souvlaki tortilla/pita wraps (those are the only justifiable wraps)
Dry elbows
Comments on blogs that say, “First!”
The price of anything to do with hairstyling
Febreze
Migraines
The term “cougar”
“Save Local TV” pleas on Canadian television (BUT I NEVER WATCHED YOU ANYWAY)
Vitamin smell
Breaking things like coffeepots and glasses and mugs that shatter unpleasantly
How everything runs out at once (shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, etc.)
Endless bitching about how early Christmas promotions start
Mannheim Steamroller
Endless bitching (don’t worry, this blog post WILL end)
The little dried out bit of lotion at the end of the pump that comes off all crusty along with the lotion you actually wanted
“Expresso” (it’s an S, not an X!)
Insomnia
Scratches all over my iPod
Too-long glove fingers that make me look like Edward Scissorhands
Post-nap malaise in which you forget your name, where you are, and what you’re supposed to be doing now that you’re awake
“Gifts” of smoked salmon
People who don’t hang on to anything when they stand on buses (thus falling on everyone around them)
The very idea that some people still use Internet Explorer
Clammy handshakes
The phrase “I hate people” (even if you do, it’s a bumper sticker now)
Sour candies that aren’t terribly sour but say SOUR
The exclamation “Swine Flu!” when you emit anything REMOTELY like a sneeze or cough
Cars driving through puddles and redistributing the puddle on people
People saying 30 is old
People saying 35 is old
People saying 40 is old
THE WORD “OLD”
Feeling old
This list
many irritating things.
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