The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me. ~Nathalie Sarraute
Well, Thanksgiving is past, and we're headed straight on to Christmas! Yet, over the break I found myself feeling a tiny bit Grinch-ish as we drug out all of the Christmas decorations to 'deck the halls.' With only three short weeks till the end of the semester, there is so much to do and so little time to do it in! I must confess: I had a hard time maintaining my Attitude of Gratitude like we talked about at the BFR. Though I certainly believe we all must endeavor to persevere in our positive outlook and work habits, I also feel we need to be self-aware. After all, how can we overcome our shortcomings unless we first acknowledge what they are? So--as we were thankful last week--for this week's journal entry, I want you to write about those things that drive you crazy. What kinds of things really push your buttons, and then what do you do to relieve that stress? Work out? Eat? Correct the grammar in your friends' facebook statuses? Remember, this is a journal entry, NOT A LIST!! Write about the things that irritate you, then--having felt the relief that comes from the emotional catharsis of purging those feelings--you can go back to being a "sunbeam" to brighten the lives of those around you. Well, look at that; I managed to work both a literary element and an allusion into the same sentence! Now, that makes me happy! :)
I am so ready for Christmas! I love going to Oklahoma and seeing all my friends and family. Things that bug me, well there are a lot of things. I reakky hate when people make noises when they eat, i hate when people smack their food too! It bugs me when girls cant keep their hands to themselfs. Cheaters bug me, cold weather without snow bugs me too. Most of the things that bug me I cant help. When people make noises or smack their food I normally tell them to stop or i just get up and leave. I cant really do anything about cheaters and cold weather without snow but, I sure wish I could!!
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I seem to get really annoyed and aggrivated during this time of year. Various things such as annoying Christmas music,along with all those who sing along to it,school seems to get more difficult, the weather is way too cold for me, and I'm always spending my winter coughing and sneezing.Although winter is my least favorite season, I can't help but love the wonderful things that come along with it. Hot cocoa, snowman building, iceskating, and spending time with the family are all things I enjoy.
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Some things that just drive me crazy are when people burp. I just think it's disgusting and immature. When people, usually guys, burp i just say "excuse you," and drop it. Something else that just drives me crazy is when people act immature. They can act their age, they just want to seem "cool," when really it's totally far from it.
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The things that make me tick...I really don't like saying them because people (usually friends and family) take advantage of that and that gets annoying, but I usually end up opening my big mouth. :p I really don't like obnoxious people, depending on who they are. If they're funny, of course I'll laugh then. Repeating mistakes OVER AND OVER ticks me off. I try too hard on doing things just to prove that I can do it right, and I end up messing up...again! Haha XD. Getting the wrong vibe from people ruins my day pretty much. That REALLY drives me nuts! But, overcoming these things and many more is something that I gotta deal with and accept because life isn't a straight lane joyride and nobody's perfect either.
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One of the biggest things that pushes my buttons to the max is when someone that is very intelligent and they think they are better than everyone else. Just because you are smart doesnt mean you can ignore others and act like they don't matter just because your gifted in areas they are not!! The way i relieve my anger not just to this topic but to others is, i go work out or just talk to someone that makes me laugh.
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ReplyDeleteThis that drive me crazy is people that cuss right in front of me I absoulutely hate it!! cussing is not polite nor apropriate in my opinionand another thing that drives me crazy is when one person feels that they have to be in control of everything, but in actualality they only should keep to themselves and worry about themselves and what I do to relieve this stress is I go and run until I feel that I'm done being stressed out and I also write and I can write forever and it turns out to really help in everyway possible haha have a great Christmas Everyone!!!
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One thing that drives me crazy is when my little sister argues with everything that people say. She is one of the main things that pushes my buttons and to relieve the stress I just go in my room. Another thing that pushes my buttons is when it's raining. I hate when it rains because you can't do anything outside.
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what reallty makes me mad is when someone says something that is not true . also what really gets me going is people who call people names. i get really anorded when those things happen . i realve my anger into hang out with friends it help me to keep my mind of the subject and when they make me laugh .
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Wel,l right now anything and everything is starting to bother me. You name it i'm stressed you about it. what i try and do to releive my stress is talk to someone that i can trust. but before i would draw or write poetry, but now that i have gotten so overwhelmed. NOTHING seems to work so i bottle it up until u take it out on someone that doesn't deserve it. so do you have any sujestions
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ReplyDeletethe things that ticks me off is people making fun of me my friends and everybody that just cannot shut there mouths when they really need to save their livs from me and also people messing with my stuff and saying my name over and over and over
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ReplyDeleteThe types of things that really push my buttons are my parents treating me like a three year old, or girls that will spend five hours on themselves makin them look pretty and then get in a group and say that they look like crap to get people to say they look good.. that really gets under my skin lol Oh and also I hate , hate , hate it when my grandparents and uncles will start talking politics and saying what they think when they have absolutley no idea what their talking about.. ugh:)
My stress reliever is many things! I like to work out, I like to draw, I eat ice cream, i make bracelets..etc I do all those things because they help me relieve stress.
Some things that really get on my nerves are when someone corrects my so called "country slang". I don't do much about it, that's how I wanna talk so they'll just have to get over it! Another thing is when someone smacks their gum! Drives me nuts! I usually ask them to stop, spit it out, or I move! One more of the many things that tick me off is when somebody starts to say something important to me and then stops and says "nevermind " . So I just bug them back by askin them over an over again what they were gunna say.... which leads to them finally givin in. (:
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Some things that push my buttons are my friends and family. Espically my little siblings. They only thing that can relieve my stress is if everyone left me alone until I was happy again.
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ReplyDeleteThe things that really push my buttons is when people don't tell me what they said. If i said what, I usually mean it. I want to know what was said. another thing is name calling, or rudeness. it ticks me off when people are mean. or if people yell. I hate people that yell for no reason. or raise their voice. I hate it when people poke jokes at you to be mean, or to "be funny"
What I do to work it off is, I'd usually go on facebook and rant to someone, or I'd call someone, or sleep. Maybe even eat. lol. but that's pretty much it.
What irritates me? Having to repeat myself over and over again bugs me. Obnoxious people get on my nervs. Sometimes my siblings can really annoy me, I hate it when we dont get along. When ever I do get angry or stressed out I like to work out and listen to my music really loud. When I'm feeling lazy I find some chocolate in the kitchen and stuff my face.Oh! boys can really annoy the poop out of you, but then again girl can too.
ReplyDeleteSome things that irritate me or when people chew with there mouth open or smack there gum. I just want to punch them in the face. Another thing that irritates me to death is when i am trying to sleep and someone is snoring or i can hear the T.V. in the other room. The only way i can go to bed is if the fan is on and thats all i can hear.
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the things that stress me is being behind in school and starting to fall back on my grades. it really upsets me so i have to pill up on assignments to bring my grades back up. what i do to relief that stress is usaually work one hour a night in school work then usually ill get caught back up and it will go away.
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Things that irritate me are mostly when people chew with their mouth open are smack their gum so loud you can hear it a mile away!! It's like really does that sound not bother you and no one cares what your chewing in your mought so freaking close while your eating!! gezzz that is probably what irritates me the most and the thing I do to solve is I tell them to stop smacking and if they dont ill just move to where i dont have to hear it.
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Lets see, you said NOT to make a list SO I have to remember not to make one ;P
ReplyDeleteReally there are multiple things but the most thing that there is in this world that people do is their greediness is pathetic. I see people everyday being greedy, whether it is drivers who thinks the road belongs to them or a student that thinks they're "all that" and try and push the others out of the way in the lunch line, hall, bathrooms, everything in general. The people of yesterday, today, and present sadly will never get rid of their greediness, heck even I am, but I do my best everyday to help a student or teacher, heck a stranger that needs something. I and a few other students are going to try and get a can recycle set up going on, along with changing the way they recycle, I believe the money they get off the things they recycle should be sent to the places that needs food, water, clothing, and many other things. The fact that MOST Americans own so much junk and food is sad, there is hundreds, no millions of people without things yet we as a whole don't seem to care, it doesn't matter who the president is, WE the PEOPLE need to get together and do what is RIGHT and help others. Greediness is my biggest aggravation.
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ReplyDeleteSomething that really bothers me is clutter. I cant stand when a room is dirty and cluttered, it drives me insane! when i see that a space is dirty and full of junk the only thing that helps me is to clean it :) and get rid of some of the stuff in it.
Well what really pushes my buttons is when people stared rumors about you and their story changes everytime you ask them. But what i do to calm down or get my stress level down is...just think about omething else and not talk to that person for a while. im happy for you.
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I really can't stand it when people confuse the word "your" with "you're." Also, it drives me crazy when my sisters immitate every word I say. Usually, I try to ignore them, but if they don't leave me alone, I will yell at them. Oops. Another thing that makes me go nuts, is when people step on the back of my feet!! I just inform them that they did it and I walk faster. Ha ha.
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something that really pushes my buttons is homework. because after a long day of school and activites,i am really tired and just want to take a shower and go to bed. but no, i have to do my homework.i relieve the stress by going to the kitchen and eating something,beacuse if i dont eat anything i wont focus. so remember if i dont focus in your class you know why.
ReplyDeleteone thing that irritates me is city slickers who think everyone from the south is just a dumb hick
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A lot of things irritate me. One thing that irritates me is when someone takes something (food) off of my plate without asking. In general, when someone takes anything without asking. Another thing that really irritates me is when people ignore me! Oh gosh, that sooo bugs me. When i get mad, i usually say something but other than that i listen to music to calm myslf down.
ReplyDeleteWell this Christmas im staying in branson with my grandma and my mom,brother ,and my step dad. But next week we are going on a curise.Things that bug me is my little brother,people thinking that there better then other people just because they get what they want. The girls in are school that gossip are just dumb. I think they think if they go gossip there lifes will get better or something.
ReplyDeletethangs that bug me are the n word, i just want to beat them tell they cant say the word any more. the other is gads name in vane, i just want to tel them off but also at the same time i dont want others to make fun of me.
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well this person is UBER excited about Christmas. i love the weather even though it is very cold it still is the more beautiful of the seasons. every since i herd about ol' saint nick. listing too his music leaving out cookies. one problem i always had was i had lived in an apartment. How did that get under the tree. I was about 9 when i figured out his secret is when i started to find out what Christmas is all about, the birth of Christ, even though, not stating any fact, it is said that Jesus was not even born on Christmas day. i guess our time chose the 25th to celebrate his birth. you don't need a holiday to celebrate something like this. last but not least i always get that fuzzy feeling and feel like wherein that ridiculous holiday hat and stare at those presents. i guess its that time of year. merry Christmas to all
ReplyDeleteMy worst would be when people tell me no being an only child i dont hear the word often but when i do that's probably when i get the angriest. I would have to another one of the things I hate is when people are really cocky. Because it just makes me feel like people are that less of a cool person if they're bragging about themselves all the time. Also I hate repeating myself like a million times it's so aggravating. I also get mad when people say stuff about my family or boyfriend, or if they start crap with them. I get mad really easily so I don't really do anything positive with my anger ill usually just take it out on someone that doesn't. deserve it.
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ReplyDeleteWhat drives me crazy are spiders. I absolutely hate spiders and fear them horribly. I can't do anything to overcome the fear/anger I have towards them, and they are never going to go away, so I try my hardest to deal with it. Another thing that drives me crazy is people that think they're so good at singing, but they actually suck! I overcome this by trying not to be so rude as to tell them that they're a horrible singer, and to advise them to practice more. Those are things that drive me nuts.
My mother would say I am annoyed by everything and thats one of the things that drices her crazy, but in realityc there are only a few things that really irk me. My biggest problem with people would be when they pop their nuckles, do they have any idea how nasty that is?! Also, I cant stand drinkers and smokers, when I get really upset about stuff like this i often go to my room and relax for a while.
ReplyDeleteSome of the things that annoy me the most would be when i couldnt fall asleep the night before and i feel as if i just fell asleep and my alarm goes off, or when i am sleeping and someone turns my light on. Also when people interupt me when im talking or are rude. And whenever people are loud and yelling and im in a quiet irritable mood. But to relieve myself from all this stress i like to take baths for a long time or i work out. Also basketball is one thing that relieves the stress.
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I'm most annoyed when people cant moniter what is coming out of there mouth. Even if you are taking a leasurly walk down the hallway, you will end up hearing upwards of 7 to 8 cuss words and some other words I would rather not hear. when I hear a word that I dont like, I just give the person who said it the substitue word. for example if someone yells "oh *%#!," I just turn around and say "oh shoot," and that usually works. But I get really mad when people act like smart alecs and say "oh, I cant see my mouth," when I ask them to watch there mouth after using profanity. I could punch them in the face and then ask them if they could see their mouth, but I'll let them keep there twisted christmas spirit.
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ReplyDeleteIt drives me crazy when someone borrows my stuff and then doesn't put it back where they got it. Whether it is my mom borrowing my tape or yarn...or my sister borrowing a shirt - just put it back! How hard is it???
It also bugs me to be late...but what REALLY bugs me is when someone else makes me late! I am ready, and waiting, and then am late because I have to wait on someone else...wow! That really bugs me!
The things that really irritate me is when people talk over me, or talk when I'm trying to talk. I don't get to say what I want to say. I just walk away and let them say what they got to say.
ReplyDeleteThings that really irratate me are when someone grinds there teeth. I dont really know how to right this without makeing it a list and that irratates me. I get irratated pretty easy. like when someone chews with there mouth open; gah! so annoying!!!! The reason I hate blogs so much is they have no point at all. i mean if u want to ask me a question; do it to my face, and another reason is that they ask questions that have no interest to me at all; and thats why i hate blogs.
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well there arent really a lot of things that bug me or stress me out but a couple things do. the two things that stresses me out the most are probably my grades and if i didnt do that good that good in basketball that day and one more thing is that i get pretty stressed when i think or know that someone is is mad at me. some thing that i cant stand are burps, reading, people who thing that there better then everyone else so there jerks to them, and then homework because we are at school all day and then i have practice until 6 and then someone in my family narmally has a game that night so most nights i dont get home until like 9 or 10 so im not really in the mood to work on school because i was there all day.
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for christmas im going to indiana and florida, to see boath sides of my family. things that relly bug me is when people dont share or if they take somthing of mine with out asking even if ita like a small item.
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Something that drives me insane is when people make weird noises when they eat. I mean, seriously, chew with your mouth closed and breathe when you aren't chewing. Like that new Wendy's commercial advertising the "W". That's so annoying! The dude eats so loud! I want to scream every time I see it! I usually have to listen to music to calm myself down when things tick me off, so I'm going to do that now.
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People really push my buttons when they have no sympathy for others and just make fun of them. and I dont like it when people judje others when they don't even know what the person is going through. When people push my buttons I usually forget about it unless it is really stressing me out. Other things that really tick me off is people not minding their own buisness. that, I guess goes in with not judging. I don't really correct people's grammer on FaceBook but, I'm not really that excessive about grammer.
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Some people just drive me crazy sometimes! I could love them to death, but they could still annoy me. People that chew with their mouth open. Or when you have those days that EVERYTHING bothers you, that’s the worst!! It doesn’t matter what anyone does it bothers you no matter how small of a thing it is. You can’t do anything about it really; just go away from everyone for the day. Hahah. Music always helps though.(:
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ReplyDeleteI share a room with my thirteen year old sister, and it drives me crazy when her and her little friends bring food and drinks into the bedroom. I have told her and told her that it bugs the crap out of me and she still does it. I have told my mom and she still does it, I think she does it just to make me mad. I have tried being nice with her and telling her nicely that I dont like it and she does it like I didnt say anything. Everytime she brings something into the room I take it out and she gets mad at me. I dont know if she knows how I feel about it.Im tired of being nice with her. I have even told my mom that the next time that she brings food or drink into the room that I was going to get mad.
wow so many things that tick me off.... but to just name a few some are MY BROTHER , when stuff at the farm is messing up, and when my mom wont listen to me. idk why that would ever happen. to blow off steam i go and work or just ride my horses:)
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Im soo excited for Christmas! Anyway, what really annoys me, is when people talk rudely about other people. Especially when theyre around me, because its not exactly something I wanna listen to. To relieve stress, I usually just do something with my friends to get everything off of my mind. Going for a walk sometimes helps too.
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Things that drive me crazy is when people are rude to others or just being rude to me. Also what stresses me out is when you think you have a great friend tell they talk trash behind your back. To relief my stress i usally listen to music, workout or ride my four wheeler.
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I don't like it at all when you are walking down the halls and people are standing around cussing and are in your way likes it's their world, and when they wont move even though they now they are in the way. It's like okay "Mr. YOU Planet" look around you. I don't think I could ever be a flight attendent trying to help all those people that think they can stick their whole bedroom above their seet in the plane. I would last like two minutes on that job, because I would come up to the person and be like "I don't that dead yak is going to fit up there you idiot"
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what really drives me crazy is when people complain about every little thing that someone does. i mean just shut up and deal with it. another thing is when you are with a group of your friends and someone that you dont like is there and they talk about something but there not really saying what it is there talking about, but its really obvious what they are talking about. that really pushes my bottons.
ReplyDeleteStress? Stress is common with me and it seems like there are too many things that commence stress to think of. Unclear sense of what the future will hold, lack of control over one aspect of life that you dislike, discerning how lonely you are at a certain time, these are examples of recurring stress initiators. Talking to other people is probably the most efficient way to ease stress in my eyes.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Snow, I believe you repeated yourself, in a sense, in your explination of what to write about. I think you repeated yourslef when you said, "having felt the relief that comes from the emotional catharsis of purging those feelings." So you said, "having felt the relief that comes from an emotional 'purging of emotion' of purging those feelings." I'm just curious if that would be a repeat or not.
ReplyDeleteYESSSS!! Thank you, oh anonymous poster!! Yes, indeed, my redundancy was entirely unnecessary--grammatically speaking. I even rolled my eyes a little to myself as I typed out the prompt. Unfortunately, however, test scores were so poor on the "catharsis" question of the Greek Tragedy test, I feared too many students would not understand the context without the repetitive inclusion of the definition! If you are, in fact, one of my current students, let me know to get some bonus points for your literary acuity!! :D
ReplyDeleteThere are a few things that bother me, but mainly I hate it when I'm sharing a drink with someone and they bite the straw. That drives me insane, I also can't stand when people chew ice or chew their chips really loud. My brother also annoys me really bad because I will tell him to do something and he completely ignores me and I have to tell him like 10 times. There are a few more things that really get on my nerves, but I've already posted three. So, I'm done. (:
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It takes a lot to get me mad, you practically have to be trying. I keep my cool when being insulted or stupid jokes. one thing that really gets me though is high pitched screams in the morning.......! I'm Really just not a morning person - Tricheco
ReplyDeleteI hate it when people use improper grammer. A lot of times I will repost as a comment the correct form of that same post! I also hate when people just be generally irritating. When it's warm out, I go out on the roof of my garage to sketch or just read. No on really bothers me up there.
ReplyDeletei think the most often misused words are the theirs no and know and the abreavations that peoble use for words
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I'd say one thing that really irritates me is when I'm talking to a girl, and there's some hair going into her mouth but she doesn't seem to feel it. And I just wanna RIP IT OUT. I mean how can you not feel when there's hair in your mouth? A thing that I do to relieve stress is either make some really insane food item with a bunch of random ingredients in my fridge and eat it, or I will play the drums until I get blisters on my blisters. Both seem to work very well. Oh yeah, one other thing that bugs me is when I will get a call from someone, but I can't reach my phone on time so I have to call them back, but when I do call them back they don't answer. It's like seriously. Did you instantly throw your phone into a friggin river right after you called me? But yeah.
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ReplyDeleteSome thing that really irritates me and pushes my buttons is going to school. Learning about stuff i will never use is boring. Listening to teachers gripe about things like im in kindergarten is annoying. Something I do to put me in a better mood is get on the bus and leave school! then i go home and listen to music which always puts me in a good mood. then i text my girlfriend which also makes me happier.
I have a lot of those little things that irritate me, i have even made a list of 300 things i absolutely despise. here are just a few of them. i hate the noise shh...; it's not the fact that the people are telling me to be quiet, its just annoying. i hate the number 9; it just sounds so whiney when you say it. i also hate it when i go to a freinds house and there dog jumps all over me and they say, "it's ok he's freindly." then i think " well guess what, i'm not get your dirty dicussting dog OFF OF ME. I also hate it when i go out to a fancy resturant and the waiter brings me my dessert before he clears the dirty dishes. i hate all the movies where a whole bunch of kids team up together and save the world; i have litterally seen a million different versions of that mmovie. one more thing I hate is that santa won't just join a gym and lose somo weight already. so here's my letter to santa: Dear Santa, you seem like a nice guy but have you ever noticed that your pants are enormous. millions of children are looking up to you; would you get off your couch, and put down the cookies and milk and do something. Love Me
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P.S. i hate how i was just so mean to santa
It really bugs me when people touch me or they tug or pull on my shirt. I just hate It so much. I usually correct peoples grammar on facebook I find it very amusing at times. I also just ride dirtbikes to blow off steam.
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