RANT: People who talk like....

"PhOnes not workin .. smh -_- dNt txt at least iKno Yuu gotm ybackk ;) **" The space key is that large bar on the bottom of your keyboard. USE. IT. And what is up with the use of capital letters in the middle of words and using asterisks?

"Missing him... why can't we always just be together always and always? 5/6/07 luv u baby ♥" It makes me uncomfortable when I see this stuff. If you wanted to have a repulsive conversation, why can't you just use that message box that was put there for a reason.

"schoool, practice, chilln, shower, bedd hmu" Thank you, average human, for informing us of the schedule that we all know and share. JUST STOP.

I guess thats all.

Rant: E-readers.

Yes Cassidy, this ones for you :)

Ahh finally, a handy gadget that allows you to read books on a screen. I don't know about the rest of the humans on this planet, but reading off a screen hurts my eyes. From what I can tell, the prices range from $130.00 to over $400.00. Sure its convenient, I mean, no more running to the bookstore right? I guess. But in order to pay off such an outrageously priced item, you would need to buy dozens of books before it pays for itself. Yes thats right, as if paying for the device itself was not enough, you still need to pay for the actual book. I suppose it would be useful if you're the kind of person who is constantly reading six or seven books at a time, and ends up with overflowing shelves full of novels. However, I think if your a normal person who only occasionally picks up a book, and isn't planning on taking it everywhere you go, a book is probably more convenient, lighter, and less likely to get stolen. And what ever happened to good old book trading? "Oh I heard about that book, can I borrow it sometime?" "Oh no, sorry, I have it on my Kindle, and you can't borrow that. Go buy it yourself." Hmm.

Think about it. When you buy an actual book, its yours forever. A tangible object that you can swap with friends, flip through the pages, and maybe even sell when you're done with it. Saving paper is a benefit though, I suppose. But would this imply that books will eventually become obsolete? It better not. E-readers can break, and then the information is lost forever. What if books are eventually published solely on electronics, and never have a printed book? One day the world explodes and there is no evidence of any book or any of the information in it to find. Books= tangible history. E-readers= text that can be deleted and erased forever with no trace.

Well, do as you may.

America's Desperation and Common useless products.

They go hand in hand. There, I said it. Someone finds a common item, colors it in with polka dots, marks up the price, and sells it. Take bookmarks for example, which is the item that inspired this rant. Anybody can make one. In fact, you could use virtually anything as a bookmark! Tissues, gum wrappers, index cards, or heaven forbid we just dog-ear the freaking page! And yet, millions of people have and will continue to fork over more than a dollar for one! Just because it has a holographic design or a smiley face on it does NOT make it any more effective as any other scrap of paper that would have willingly and cheaply taken its place. And if that wasn't bad enough, people are selling $70.00 silver plated bookmarks online. What is the point?! It just means that if you start reading a book, you have to go searching all over the house trying to find a special metal clip because anything else is just not good enough for you.

I suppose I could delve into my opinions on non-alcoholic vodka, the rotating ice-cream cone, or the bottle opener ring (ok that actually looks pretty nifty)... but I'll save my breath.

Celebrity Overload RANT.

Why do people care if two celebrities wore the same (or same style) dress to TWO SEPERATE EVENTS which are ACROSS THE WORLD from each other? Nobody ever would have known that these people happened to be wearing the same thing if some dumb reporter with a slow work day hadn't posted it on Yahoo. And no, neither one of them "Wore it better" because the dress is ugly as hell and cost $6,000 and they will never wear it ever again because apparently it is illegal to wear the same thousand dollar dress more than once and actually get something out of the money that you shamelessly handed over for some HIDEOUS PIECE OF DESIGNER CRAP!

Youtube.

Youtube addiction. It means that you're addicted to watching other people in their daily lives, because it is more interesting than actually having a life of your own. True.

TOP 10 FAVORITE YOUTUBERS:
If you are not in love with them already, then click the links and watch all of their videos. ALL. OF. THEM. Just kidding.

1) SHAYTARDS/SHAYCARL -- http://www.youtube.com/user/SHAYTARDS
2) Meekakitty/Tessa Violet -- http://www.youtube.com/user/meekakitty
3) Charlieissocoollike/Charlie Mcdonnell -- http://www.youtube.com/user/charlieissocoollike
4) Nerimon/Alex Day -- http://www.youtube.com/user/nerimon
5) Spricket24/Karen Alloy -- http://www.youtube.com/user/spricket24
6) jpmetz/ Justine Metz -- http://www.youtube.com/user/jpmetz
7) ProjectRANT -- http://www.youtube.com/user/projectrant
8) Smosh/Ian Hecox & Anthony Padilla -- http://www.youtube.com/user/smosh
9) Italktosnakes/Kristina Horner -- http://www.youtube.com/user/italktosnakes
10) Katilette -- http://www.youtube.com/user/katilette

Ok so I know the last one is technically part of Shaytards, but she's so awesome that she has her own channel.

These people are epic. Seriously.

Food of the Day.

Since I've been a complete failure at doing the FotD recently, here's a medley of interesting food to keep you entertained:

Bell Pepper!

Um... so I was doing a rainbow themed thing, then my

freaking browser decides that its time to abort the webpage. Fan-*******-tastic.

Rant : Idiot Children & Idiot parents

We've all seen it. One little kid, running through a department store. He's picking up every little thing that he can get his hands on, licking things, pulling, slamming, clapping things on the ground. And their lovely parents, casually ignoring such behavior and standing off to the side as if there is absolutely nothing going on. If you're lucky, they might attempt to rein in their child, then 5 seconds later, little child is back on his feet, running around and building a tower out of boxes of hairdryers on the floor. These people are the ones who always end up being the kind of people who will tell their kid to "pick that stuff up, and lets go NOW!" then put no reinforcement upon that order, and ends up hastily walking out of the store, leaving piles of stuff all over the place for the employees to pick up and rearrange. Another trend in these mentally incompetent people is the inability to hang clothing back on hangers, or fold it decently back on the shelf. Common people. Put your screaming little monster back in his stroller, or in the shopping carriage, or leave the little pest at home. Nobody wants to buy something that your toddler wiped his nose on. PLEASE.