List serve mention of the day goes to ‘Thieves in a Purple Suburban’ – first off the idea of “thieves” running loose in the neighborhood brings images of plundering, pirates and mayhem – secondly they’re in a purple suburban, I know it’s Austin but really there can’t be too many of those around.

Etsy Agrees

There are just some words and phrases that now make me cringe when I hear them. The other day I was listening to a very intelligent woman discuss a very intelligent subject (vague enough?)…problem was her filler words made her sound like a 13 year old moron. “Like um you know”…. I’m sorry I can’t take anything you say seriously, you might as well have a side ponytail, braces and bubble gum in your mouth.

I’ve had a running list of cringe words for a while. Then one day on facebook, Etsy posted a similar thought, what word would you like to retire in 2011. Yes please! The problem is the words enter in our craniums and saturate our vocabulary so easily, I find myself slipping on more than one occasion. I retreat to the basement and practice self flagellation for at least an hour, but still, the likes and ums haunt me.

Some of these words are just far to pubescent to remain in an adult vocabulary, some started out funny in certain situations then gradually became over used and abused.

So drum roll……

1. Like
2. umm
3. for real / for reals
4. You know?
5. Hear what I’m sayin?
6. Know what I mean?
7. ROFL
8. WTF
9. Sarah Palin (hee hee, ha ha, LOL, ROFL, LMAO – couldn’t resist)
10. ur (instead of you are)
11. dial in
12. phoned it in

Can you add to the list?

Anyway, so the post ended up as a piece to prod stay at home workers into revealing what other gross things they do as a result of not having to work at a formal office. I have to admit I went from always having an office to sometimes having an office to not having an office at all. The later ended with my working in 5 day old unwashed PJ’s – hair up to heaven and needless to say I’ve seen CSI Vegas three times through. And I slept…. oh how I slept.

Then I got an office – PRAIIIIIIISE. I was beyond excited. This time was different. All the other times it was an office for someone I worked for. This time it was just me, all mine. So now I can work from home or go into the office. I may have already said this, but just in case….PRAIIIIIISE! So I’ve learned to get to the office by mid morning, why not earlier. Well I get some focus work out of the way. The kind of work that if I was at the office it would be 4pm and would still not be done.

This was a general concesus on the comments for the blog post I was reading. Going into the office meant less work would get done. And as crazy as it sounds, its mostly true. The office is where everyone wants to socialize these days, show their favorite you tube videos and such. I myself have had to threaten the office within an inch of their lives if they do not leave me alone and let me work. I’ve contemplated digging a moat and putting a guard dog named whiskers at the door.

So why is this? Why is so much time wasted at the office, forcing many to feel that they will only get work done if they are at home. Are we so efficient now we can get more work done in less hours, leaving us with all this extra time? Or are our work ethics so laxed now that the office has become play land?

This is one of those trends that could be done so well or so badly done that it’s sad. Matching your outfit is good, going with the same types of fabrics is great, going against your outfit because you have one expensive burberry scarf and you feel the need to manipulate it into your wardrobe is bad.

By the way I’m happy to inform I found this picture on the “Worst trends of 2007” list – 2007 people – two years ago!!! Even this website said they were happy to announce the Burberry scarf trend has left the building.

These are the now infamous Nike running short. I have loved these for many years – FOR WORKING OUT! They hit the fashion scene a few years ago in the college world – hideously mis matched with an old button up and old loafers – I didn’t get it then and I don’t get it now. It has since moved to the adult world and often I see them on people that probably don’t realize they are FOR WORKING OUT.

The trend is done, it’s over, you look ridiculous, sell them to your running friends and quit wearing them out unless you need to make your weekly Wal-Mart run…Not to lunch with the girls. Oh – and it’s 90 degrees – you are wearing wool lined boots with running shorts. Those boots are bad enough with jeans but with running shorts? Not even if you were an Olsen.

Ahhh teens – one more reason for me not to have children. Actually I have found the man of my dreams – recent conversation revealed this.

(While watching a group of middle schoolers do their thing): Me – I want a baby and I’m fine with them becoming kids but I do NOT want one of those. How do you feel about boarding school? Garland: (also watching in horror at this group of girls) I’m good with that.

So according to Wikepedia teenagers and recipients of these tantalizing texts are being charged and prosecuted. Hello – it’s underage porn you morons!!!!!

But really what do we expect – moronic hormone driven beings with all the freedom in the world on their cell phones – shocker they are using it inappropriately??!