Really?

You know what's really lame? When someone sends you something, an email, text, tweet, or whatever, you misread it, and then they flip out at you. It's especially lame if it's not even a big mess-up, just a simple mistake, yet there's freaking out. I misread things all the time. I know I should just slow down, but I always forget, time flies by, there's lots of things to do. But seriously, people need to chillax. I mean, I should too. Most people should. No one's perfect, we need to learn to forgive each other.

Opinion/Onion

Okay, so it just came to my attention that whenever I text the word "opinion" I feel like I'm saying "onion." Does that ever happen to you, or is that just me? I mean, they're sort of similar words, but not really...
What is your opinion on onions? Personally I dislike onions because my family likes to cook them into everything. I guess they're alright in onion rings, but that's only really because they're covered in batter...

Fairs

Okay, I don't know about where you live, but where I live the state fair is a huge deal! My state's fair is one of the largest in the country, and it's just rather absurd. They get thousands, more likely a million or two people coming through. I just find it overrated. I woke up at like 6am on a Saturday morning to get there and I still had to park over 5 blocks away, and when we got there there were hundreds, maybe thousands of people already! Not even half of the stuff was open yet! The amount of money required to go is ridiculous. I mean, it's over $10 just to get in the door, $4 for mini donuts, an essential, $5 for cheese curds, yet another essential, and everything's just outrageous. Luckily I parked for free, but I did have to walk. Most people paid $20 to park too. Maybe I'm being over dramatic, but I really don't like spending money. I mean, if you only make minimum wage, you need to work over an hour just for some junky snack!
I just find fairs in general overrated though. Like, you get there, you go look at some smelly animals, look at some local artwork, buy some expensive food, go on a ride, play some carnival name, and then buy some more expensive food, and then you go home. I am not an animal person. I am a strong cat lover, but that's about it. There are no cats at the fair, only smelly cows, sheep, chicken, rabbits, and maybe some pigs or ducks or something. I don't go on rides, I refuse, I've always been too afraid to go on them. I don't play any carnival games either, I never seem to win, and you go through a lot of money easily. I don't care for looking at any of the exhibits either.
The whole atmosphere of fairs is sickening to me. You see all these people just wasting their money on pointless junk and more food than they need, and then going nuts over all the free bags and stuff. I personally do not like taking free things even if they are free, I always feel guilty. I mean if I stop by and look at some stuff, talk to the people at the exhibit, I feel okay, but just taking it feels wrong. I don't like being reminded of greed, hunger, money, or competition, which is all displayed at fairs.
I can't complain about my day at the fair too much. The weather was great, not hot, not cold, just sort of this perfect temperature, and it wasn't too sunny or too cloudy. A fair in the heat or the cold would be horrible. I also bought a new dress and got some pictures with Family Guy cut outs, or whatever those things you put your head through with their bodies on the wood or whatever you're standing in back of. Family Guy has been an obsession of mine this summer so I really was happy to see that fictional family standing there.
I don't know, I just can't shake the weird vibes I get from fairs...you get good vibes from families just out having some fun, but then bad vibes from the vendors selling stuff, you know? I mean, I guess it's like that most places, but fairs just seem...not good in my mind.
I can see why some people enjoy fairs though. There is pretty delicious food, rides if you like that, concerts if you've got tickets, local celebrities to meet, and lots of other stuff. There's good people watching too, good place to observe humanity.
So...do any of you have opinions on fairs? Love? Hate? Meh?

Garage Sales

So I was working at a garage sale. Garage sales sort of get on my nerves a lot. Don't even get me started on garage sales! Oh, wait, I'm already on the topic. Sorry, but I must proceed. So, most of the time you have to take time off and put a lot of effort into garage sales. It's kind of sad though because you'll probably make about fifty dollars unless you have a lot of expensive items. If you just have nickle and dime stuff, you're not going to make any money. No one wants to pay anymore than a quarter for anything either, so it's rather difficult. The most annoying thing though is hagglers.
"Will you take four for this?" (five dollar item).
"Sure," said reluctantly.
What do they do now? They hand you a five dollar bill.
*$(#(%*(^#*!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is what I think of you, sir.
Seriously, like, if you don't like the price, don't buy it. It's one thing if you only have four dollars, it's completely different if you're just being cheap and a jerk.
Another annoying thing about garage sales is when people come in and literally look around for five seconds. Why did you even come in?!?!?!?!
Also it's annoying when people buy the stuff you sort of didn't want them to buy, and nobody buys the stuff you want them to buy even though it's priced dirt cheap.
Ugh, I could go on about garage sales forever...but I shall move on...in a moment.
But I don't want to leave garage sales hanging on a bad note. You can actually find some pretty cool stuff on them, sometimes for good prices, and see some really interesting people and observe garages. You get a tiny glimpse into the life of a total stranger...okay, yeah, that's sort of creepy, but interesting. You can't help but wondering how people got stuff, why they had it in the first place, and what they did with it.