Okay, so I’m stealing the
idea for this blog from Jenna Marbles who does relatively funny video blogs
about how to put on makeup when you’re drunk and what a woman’s nails say about
her. This is a short list of things I do not have time for. Now, these are
things that some people have time for, but I am not one of them.
- Putting on makeup every day. So I work with basically one person who sees me every day and he is a middle aged man that I don’t much care about impressing. This is why when I recently ran out of good foundation, I started using old shitty foundation instead of buying more and because it isn’t exactly the right color for my face, I just sort of stopped wearing makeup to work. Plus, I really prefer to sleep those extra five minutes
- Car Maintenance. My car is like a giant purse on wheels except with more empty McDonald’s bags. There are no fewer than four different outfits and three pairs of shoes in there at all times. I inexplicably have a box of books in the trunk that have been there for months and I don’t know who put them there or where they should go. I have a reusable shopping bag that theoretically serves as a trash bag, but so does the rest of the car.
- Consistently dealing with hair removal. Used to be, I shaved my legs once a week, on Friday morning. This was because I didn’t usually see my boyfriend during the week, so I’d do it Friday morning, and as far as he knew, I was smooth and hairless all week long. We just moved in together and I am suddenly facing a lot more hair removal than ever before. If I wasn’t so poor, I would consider just lasering it all off. I also used to get Brazilians on a semi-regular basis but a. that shit hurts and b. it went largely unappreciated, so I stopped. And let’s not even talk about my neck hairs.
- Returning the grocery cart to it’s original home. So most of the time, I do this because I don’t want to seem like a total asshole, but every time I go grocery shopping, I am tempted to just shove it up onto the nearest center divider and calling it a day.
- The top sheet. When my boyfriend and I first started dating, he used a full set of sheets. But since then, I’ve proved to him the futility of that exercise when you’re sharing a bed with someone who flails around as much as I do. Now it just gets skipped all together.
- Telemarketers. You know, I get it, it’s their job. Their terrible, awful job. I know, because I’ve done that job. People hate you and that can really weigh on a person. But that doesn’t mean I want to talk to you. So if I by chance accidentally pick up the phone, thinking that perhaps that you’re one of my many bill collectors (most of whom I avoid as well) then realize you’re trying to sell me something, I’m probably just going to hang up.
I feel like I should add something poignant or at least something like “flaky
people” because most of us shouldn’t have time for flaky people but the truth
is, most of the things I don’t have time for involve grooming and cleaning. So
basically the point of this pointless post is that I am a lazy person. I couldn’t
even come up with an even 10 things. I mean, I could have, but I'm not going to.
I don't have time for college students whose parents spend $50,000 every year for tuition. I encounter them everywhere and hope that what I said at that age is nowhere near as moronic and navel-gazing. Their behavior and conversation makes me aware that I'm in my early thirties now and no longer in my twenties. And that I simply do not understand those who grew up in New Jersey or on the Main Line outside Philadelphia.
ReplyDeleteI can't live without my top sheet ;)
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