Better to be Pissed Off than Pissed On.

Along the lines of Diddy’s last post about guilty pleasures I wanted to touch on a few things that have been bothering me lately. When I say, “bothering me lately”, I mostly mean shit that annoys the hell out of my boring ass life. Below is the list with a short explanation. Here goes:

1. Taylor Swift: This damn chick is everywhere. Look, I get it that Kanye punked your ass out on national TV and made everyone in America feel bad for you, but I’m sick of hearing your songs, particularly on country radio. The only thing that makes your songs country is how depressing they are. Good for you, I’m glad you’re making beau coups of money but let’s stick to pop before George Strait puts out a dis-twang on you.

2. Social Media/Networking Experts: In the last several months I’ve discovered the endless joys of twitter. It’s become a one stop shop for up-to-date information on pretty much everything, breaking sports news, networking, Ocho Cinco’s whearabouts, seriously important shit. I’ve also noticed how many “social media” experts there are out there and how quick they are to identify themselves as such, each one of them promising to help grow my business one tweet at a time. Look, just because you live in your mom’s basement and have more porn sites following your account than I do doesn’t qualify you as an expert. Frankly, I’m not even sure it’s possible to be an expert in this category. I do think that twitter can help your business but let’s be honest, it’s mostly used to stalk celebrities. And come on, when there are daily trending topics, like #yourmama or #happybdayFab it’s hard to take the site too serious.

3. Realtor’s Advertising: This one has actually baffled me for many years, but I never quite understood Realtor’s need to use their face in every single form of advertising they do from business cards, to billboards, to one I saw this week, the back windshield of their Ford Taurus. In no other business is this practice put in play. Hell, if I put my mug on my business cards I’d probably never get another sale. The part that gets me the most is that the picture on said advertising never looks anything like the actual person. I’m not sure where the big book of Real Estate is that says the best way to get new customers is to get glamour shots taken, plaster them all over town, with the most ridiculous hair and makeup combinations the more effective.