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Things that irritate me. 

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29th-Mar-2004 10:30 pm
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#10 - My younger brother, who spends the whole day except one hour in the afternoon playing computer games and then acts all offended when I tell him to do the washing up. This is doubly annoying because I have actually been doing work today, possibly for the first time in my life.

#9 - People with big shiny new 4x4s. Took the dog for a walk past the gym, some idiot in a range rover nearly ran me over. It definitely wasn't my fault as I was on the frigging pavement at the time.

#8 - Doing my own washing; I've kind of got used to it whilst in Aber, but I can't help but feel that there ought to be someone to do these things when I'm at home.

#7 - No broadband!! Self-explanatory.

#6 - Being depressed and writing stupid whiny journal entries.

#5 - Stupid windows that have a little 'maximise' button in the top corner that actually does diddly-squat. What's the point of having a maximise function if the difference in size isn't visible to the naked eye.

#4 - Having to do work because I couldn't be bothered to do it during the term, and suddenly finding that my 'holiday' is harder work than being at university!

#3 - Starting a list of 'things that irritate me' and running out of ideas towards the middle...

#2 - Harry Potter. Never said I had to have a reason...

And perhaps more than all the rest:

#1 - Living in Penbryn in general, and having to clear out for holidays in particular. Feel all isolated and alone. Bah.

Ok folks, promise not to write anymore until I've cheered up a bit. Hope you're all happier than I am.
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30th-Mar-2004 01:48 am (UTC) - Reason!
Everyone hates Harry Potter! The reason being, the first three books were decent enough, with Askaban being approximately best, and then Rowling ran out of ideas by Tolkien and Jill Murphy [You remember yon 'Worst Witch' books?] and found that it was easier to waffle on for several hundred explanatory chapters telling everyone what commercial merchandise has ensured they've already had rammed down their throats with hideous consistency, before she did anything interesting with the plot!

That, and, of course, the fact Harry suddenly becomes the most half-witted stereotypical teenager it's possible to become for no good reason in book five at the age of 15, or whatever it is. Assuming wizards don't get puberty like a sudden summer cold, at least. Oh, and the fact the best character she had the wit to come up with dies by tripping up and going through a curtain of course, which is the most pathetic, most contrived and quasi-metaphorical, least plausible and most pointless plot device I have ever come across!

You don't need to give a reason for disliking Harry Potter; Harry Potter is a reason!



Not that I'm bitter, or anything...

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