Baklava and cannolis. They always look really good, but when I eat them I'm like, "Why am I eating this? bleh"
Alcohol. More specifically beer. Tastes terrible to me.
Tea in general. Boba looks fun too, but nope. Can't do it.
Networking/socializing. I had to push myself to just set up lunch plans yesterday to keep up my connections with my old colleagues/reference.
The beach. I enjoy being in the water and sitting on the sand and listening to the waves, but I don't like actually touching the sand, or when the sand gets in my swim suit and all up in my cooch, the crowds, the wind or heat, and the salt water inevitably gets in my mouth and makes me gag.
I don't hate them...they're just ok. I've had decent deep tissue ones, but at some point I'm just bored and anxious for it to be over so I can move on w/my day. I think I prefer foot or hand ones, maybe bc those areas tend to carry tension and they're blessedly short in duration.
Oh, this reminds me! I actively hate massages. My H very thoughtfully got me one for Christmas after M was born. It felt like the masseuse was beating me up the whole time, and it was NOT a deep tissue massage. I kept asking him to be more gentle, but at some point I felt like I wouldn't get any benefits of the massage if he was just rubbing my skin. I feel like my soft tissue is sensitive or something?
All the vegetables that are good for you but taste bitter - although really I think my problem is that I hate figuring out how to cook them in a way that is tasty and healthy. I'm sure I'd like that roasted broccoli recipe, but fuck it all if I'm turning on my oven to 450 in the middle of summer with no AC to roast any veggie.
Hiking, so many pretty places that I just don't want to walk to. Walking sucks. Is there a gondola I can ride? Or a scenic trolley?
I'm also starting to wonder if I've ever eaten a cannoli now...
Post by phunluvin82 on Jun 4, 2019 21:33:05 GMT -5
Hair and makeup. I want to be better and more proficient at both. I want to understand the techniques and the products that would work best for me and be able to execute. I want to WANT TO spend time on it in the mornings so I’ll look hot, lol. Whenever I get either one done professionally for anything, I’m always like ‘oh damn THIS is how I could look??’
Serious Books By Serious People. I've read classic novels but usually it was for a class or when I was younger to impress someone (16 year old me holding an obscure Camus and my grandma's costume jewelry). I don't think it's that I don't understand them or I can't get the mental thrill of figuring out a complex character or unraveling a plot with an unreliable narrator. It's more that, I just really, really don't care. Give me some fairies or vampires and just a bit of kink and for gods sake, don't ask me what I'm reading when I'm in public.
I keep feeling like I should have more of a grounding in feminist theory and public policy than what I glean from newspapers and magazines, but ugh. Those never have any supernatural creatures and hardly any kink.
This too. I wish I liked reading serious stuff. I used to like it and do quite a bit of it. Then I started having to read shit all day long at work, and now I'm like, "please give me SVU marathons and maybe some crappy light rom-com novel."
Also I wish I liked podcasts. But I seriously do not get them. What am I supposed to look at?
Post by One Girl In All The World on Jun 4, 2019 21:50:27 GMT -5
Flying. I know lots of people fly even though they hate it or don't love it, but I really wish I liked it. I haven't flown in probably 5 years, and then it was for work. I've flown to Europe before, but it was like 20 years ago and as much as I'd like to go to any number of places, the idea of flying is just a nonstarter for me. I wish I could suck it up, but more than that I wish I was one of those people that liked it.
ETA: or maybe not after reading the too many travelers thread...
Talking on the phone. I really want to so I can keep up with friends who live in other cities, but I get anxious just thinking about calling people. Not sure why but I can't force myself past it.
Post by sparrowsong on Jun 4, 2019 22:16:30 GMT -5
Small talk/chit chat. I find things like going to get my hair done excruciating because I lack the ability to talk about random shit for an hour straight with someone I barely know. I feel like I’m supposed to entertain them and I just don’t want to.
Also I wish I liked podcasts. But I seriously do not get them. What am I supposed to look at?
I look at my game of Candy Crush, the road (when on a long drive), or whatever dirty part of my house I'm cleaning. It's basically just interesting radio while I'm doing other mundane things.
Serious Books By Serious People. I've read classic novels but usually it was for a class or when I was younger to impress someone (16 year old me holding an obscure Camus and my grandma's costume jewelry). I don't think it's that I don't understand them or I can't get the mental thrill of figuring out a complex character or unraveling a plot with an unreliable narrator. It's more that, I just really, really don't care. Give me some fairies or vampires and just a bit of kink and for gods sake, don't ask me what I'm reading when I'm in public.
I keep feeling like I should have more of a grounding in feminist theory and public policy than what I glean from newspapers and magazines, but ugh. Those never have any supernatural creatures and hardly any kink.
This too. I wish I liked reading serious stuff. I used to like it and do quite a bit of it. Then I started having to read shit all day long at work, and now I'm like, "please give me SVU marathons and maybe some crappy light rom-com novel."
Also I wish I liked podcasts. But I seriously do not get them. What am I supposed to look at?
LOL. I love podcasts, but the only time I listen to them is during my 45-minute commute.
Small talk/chit chat. I find things like going to get my hair done excruciating because I lack the ability to talk about random shit for an hour straight with someone I barely know. I feel like I’m supposed to entertain them and I just don’t want to.
I treat my hairstylist like a therapist-lite. I could talk about myself all day lol. She interjects occasionally.
Small talk/chit chat. I find things like going to get my hair done excruciating because I lack the ability to talk about random shit for an hour straight with someone I barely know. I feel like I’m supposed to entertain them and I just don’t want to.
Post by StrawberryBlondie on Jun 5, 2019 7:27:06 GMT -5
For a really specific answer, my book club is reading News of the World right now and I'm so bored by it.
It's an interesting story. I feel Ike it could be made into a great black comedy by people like the Coen Brothers. But it moves so slowly and I'm so bored.
For a really specific answer, my book club is reading News of the World right now and I'm so bored by it.
It's an interesting story. I feel Ike it could be made into a great black comedy by people like the Coen Brothers. But it moves so slowly and I'm so bored.
This reminds me of another one. I don’t really enjoy reading fiction. Classics, romances, whatever. It takes so much for me to get invested that it’s not worth the time and effort. There are exceptions, but especially with the kids of novels “everyone” has read, if it wasn’t required by a class I won’t have touched it. I can read nonfiction all day. I’m a weirdo.
Serious Books By Serious People. I've read classic novels but usually it was for a class or when I was younger to impress someone (16 year old me holding an obscure Camus and my grandma's costume jewelry). I don't think it's that I don't understand them or I can't get the mental thrill of figuring out a complex character or unraveling a plot with an unreliable narrator. It's more that, I just really, really don't care. Give me some fairies or vampires and just a bit of kink and for gods sake, don't ask me what I'm reading when I'm in public.
I keep feeling like I should have more of a grounding in feminist theory and public policy than what I glean from newspapers and magazines, but ugh. Those never have any supernatural creatures and hardly any kink.
This too. I wish I liked reading serious stuff. I used to like it and do quite a bit of it. Then I started having to read shit all day long at work, and now I'm like, "please give me SVU marathons and maybe some crappy light rom-com novel."
Also I wish I liked podcasts. But I seriously do not get them. What am I supposed to look at?
I can't really look at anything and listen to podcasts. I have to either be driving, cleaning, walking or running.
Working in downtown DC podcasts are great for ignoring the people the harass me on my walk to and from work.
I want to like Twitter or Instagram, but everytime I go on them I feel overwhelmed and annoyed. I might be able to Instagram someday, but I seriously hate Twitter and all of the nonsense that people post as fact when they really don't know what they are talking about.