#2: Singing In Public

Anyone that knows me know that, if there's one thing I really can't stand, it's group singing in public.

Don't get me wrong. There's a time and a place for organized public singing. Karaoke bars, for instance. Even a nice concert, where your horribly out-of-tune voice can be drowned out by the thousands of sweating, screaming fans. The national anthem. You get my drift. I even believe in the OCCASIONAL outburst of song. I'm not going to look down upon someone jubilantly singing after their great day.

What I'm talking about are the people (girls) who seem to function as a group, singing a song. And not just the occasional outburst. The whole thing. I don't know about you, but I've heard Katy Perry's "California Girls" enough without hearing it from your tone-deaf mouth, thanks. Add a few of your friends and it's pure torture. Oh, you're getting prepared for something? Practicing? Well, that's just dandy. I guess my eardrums will now have to practice drowning out your dead-cow voice.

Thanks Zac Efron, but High School Musical is over.

#1: Rebelling College Kids

As a new college kid myself, I should probably be more sympathetic to these fresh-faced, newly rebellious teenagers with their pockets still full of mommy and daddy's money (after all, it's only been a few weeks, it can't all have been spent on cheap beer yet). However, I went to boarding school. The conversations I keep overhearing about "just wanting" a body modification make me wince. The new tattoo, or, more often piercing may be "cute" for a freshman, but I, for one, am over it. Ohmygahh, your newly dyed hair is so cute. That nose stud?? Super original. Oh, you wanted that tattoo for forever? Of course, I believe you. That must be why it all looks so good.

(I would post real FB photos if I could. Random google images here)

Nobody cares what you do, freshmeat. Trust me, you're not being original. Take it from an expert. I've done this.

The only difference is that I did it two years earlier. I got over it. So will you.