The Insignificant Rules (Lucia)
Trip Start
Feb 10, 2006
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Trip End
May 31, 2006
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Sunday, March 12, 2006
1. I always set the alarm clock to an hour before the actual rise-and-shine time so that I can lay in bed staring at the ceiling, like a lazy bear, to mentally get ready to leave my bed
Sweater
. This is what actually determines my mood for the rest of the day. I once made a list of "How to Wake Lucia Up" rules for my sister for when she'd wake me up in the mornings. Amongst those points, were:"Never mention the time"
"Use a soft and gentle tone of voice"
"No sharp and fast movements"
"No turning on the lights or pulling the sheets away"
"A smile wouldn't hurt"
2. There are some people that aren't fit for walking in sidewalks. Sidewalks should have specific circulating rules just as cars in streets have, and when you live in a huge city like I do, this becomes a problem. For example, people who are strolling around, window shopping, stopping at every store window in the street are ALWAYS to circulate on the inside of the sidewalk, near those beloved store windows. Never are they to walk in the middle or outside lanes of the sidewalk (yes, I believe all sidewalks have invisible lanes), those lanes are reserved for people who are in a hurry and need to walk by quickly, without having to bump on the strollers. Another important sidewalk-walking rule : NEVER walk in zigzags. Always walk in a straight line, this way you avoid bumping into people (the hurried ones or the strollers)and keep them from bumping into you which is always awkward because they're always gonna think YOU bumped into them and vice versa. When you're walking with one or more people, walk together in a steady pace, not too fast nor too slow (it's always a pain in the ass to have to pass slow-pokes in the sidewalks but you can't because there are a million people coming in the other direction). If you're walking in a group and you are walking too slow, you better be sure you are pissing people off behind you, people who might be in a hurry to get somewhere and waste precious seconds trying to get past the wall of people you created. When it's raining, always beware of elderly women and their umbrellas, they are dangerous, dangerous people. For some reason they have no appropriate control of the devices they are using, and when you're rushing by because you've got no umbrella, be careful of the spokes.....getting one in your eye could be the end of many things. The elderly woman's life for sure. Also, for those of you have umbrellas when it's raining, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T WALK UNDER THE ROOFS OF THE BUILDINGS! Leave those for the poor people who are getting drenched because they have no umbrella or don't like to use them (such as myself). You can walk OUTSIDE the sheltering roofs into the rain because YOU'VE GOT UMBRELLAS!
3. I don't like rude people. I'm always polite to other people until shown otherwise and when shown otherwise, all my politeness goes down the toilet and I turn into Miss Bitch. I hate it when people are rude to me for no reason other than they are having a bad day or they are just angry at everyone for some profoundly unknown reason. I shouldn't have to pay for other people's bad days. I try to be polite to all people I encounter, as a rule, even when I've having a bad day myself. Bottom line, if you're rude to me for no reason, beware the wrath.
4. Whenever I get in bed, I stretch my feet and crack all my toes. For some reason I can't go to sleep until I do that.
5. I don't like it when people stare. This is one thing I share with my sister. For some reason, people stare at us, and we get really pissed because it's not nice feeling observed. We get this a lot from other women. Women tend to be competitive with the same gender, we are after all competing for the Alpha Male. Anyways, we usually look back at the person who is staring with a "what the hell do you want" face and that usually does the trick. Subways, trains and buses are particularly prone to this kind of behavior since you have nothing else to look at.
6. I hate it when my hands are dirty. If my hands are dirty I feel all the rest of me is dirty and I get the urge to not only wash my hands but take a shower too. For this reason, I carry hand cream or alcohol in gel in my bag....as a must.
7. I love water, not only to drink it, but to play with it. Yes, that's one of the main reasons why I've always liked to do the dishes for example. Ed tells me I'm the worst dish washer ever, that most of the plates and things I wash end up dirtier after I'm done with them...here's your answer baby: I play with the soap and water. I also love the sound of water, be it rain, a stream, a waterfall, a fountain. I'm sure everyone sleeps better when there's a storm outside, I don't think there's anything more relaxing than that.
8. I can't stand seeing loose hair in the bathtub.
9. I'm scared of fire. I get nervous when I see someone playing with a lighter, for example.
10. I hate the noise ice makes.
11. Happy Tree Friends and Family Guy and puppies make me really really happy.
12. I like picking my nails
13. When I buy a bottle of Coke, I shake it until there's very little gas left in it and THEN I drink it.
14. I try to make it a rule not to lend my books or CD's.
15. I laugh at men who look at themselves in window reflections on the street.
16. People who pick their nose in public should be humiliated.
17. I can't stand the noise of someone cracking their neck or back.
18. I don't like women who go to the gym with those stupid tiny gym outfits and leave their long hair down instead of tying it up in a tight pony tail like every other normal girl. They are just trying to show off. They make me laugh. On that note, a girl's changing room in a gym can be the most annoying and stressful place to be.
19. I die for Ed' foot massages. He has the patience to massage my feet for hours (the entire length of a film for example).
20. Feeling betrayed in one of the worst feelings a human being can experience. I usually do not forgive it.
21. I don't lie, cheat or betray any person I know or do not know.
22. I frequently fantasize about being a hot female cop and kicking everyone's ass. I also have fantasies about being filthy rich, going over my head what I would buy and do. These are things I like thinking about when I'm trying to fall asleep.
23. The restrooms floors in our office building are really shiny and make reflections. When I walk in the bathroom and see a stall closed, I usually look for a reflection on the floor to try to see who it is. I can't help it.
24. I don't like odd numbers.
25. Teenagers who show off in public get on my nerves.
26. Shopkeepers who follow you all around the store when you want to be left alone cause you're just looking, and who get offended when you don't buy anything from them, should look for another job.
27. I'm a big movie fan, and I consider myself a sensitive person when it comes to films, in respectes to the art of making it. Yet it's always the stupid, bad plots, bad characters, big effects and big publicity movies that tempt me to go watch them. I'm dying to watch Basic Instincts 2, for example, even though the whole world (including myself)knows it's ging to be horrid.
