Things I Hate

The list really is endless, but I'll boil it down some. Although, as I sit here, I remember my grandmother, when I said I hated something, telling me that I shouldn't use that word. So, I began to say 'I loathe intensely......'

That being said, apologies to Grandma, let's go:

I hate Amy Winehouse for screwing up her life with addiction. When I first heard her, I thought, 'Wow, a little Billie Holiday-esque,' and believe me, I loves me some Billie Holiday. But Amy is following Billie down the addiction highway, although she seems to be traveling at a much higher rate of speed. I hate to see talent wasted.

I hate Bernie Madoff. I hate stories of the rich cheating people to get richer. Did Madoff really need $50 billion so much that he had to destroy the lives of countless others. I hate greed.

I hate Hate. Why is it, that in this day and age, people are still so hateful. When Obama was running for president someone actually said to me: "I hope he doesn't win, 'cuz you know them people are gonna march. They love to march." I replied that I,too, love to march, and would probably join the parade.

When Boy George was on trial for handcuffing an escort to a radiator, I heard someone say, "Typical fag." I replied, "If I had a nickel for every time I've chained a male escort to a radiator, I couldn't buy a piece of penny candy. and I'm a pretty typical fag."

I hate what Bush/Cheney have done to this country. I hate that the American people let it be done. I hate that we didn't demand his removal from office, and that he and Cheney be tried for war crimes. To use a phrase I am stealing from Echo Chamber, 'Begone hellhounds!'

I hate people who use religion to spread fear. If you believe in God, it's quite simple: God Is Love. Words to live by. If you don't believe in God, it's equally simple: Life is love. Just be nice to one another. I mean, really, how hard is that? Be nice.

I hate what a celebrity driven society we've become; how everybody seems to want their fifteen minutes of fame, no matter what they have to do to get it. Sell your soul for a shot at TV; degrade yourself in front of millions. How sad.

I hate this youth obsessed society. I mean, did you see Demi Moore on the Golden Globes the other night? She looks like a young Demi Moore! She looks younger than her own daughter who was standing near her on the stage. How much is too much? Jocelyn Wildenstein too much. We're slowly becoming an expressionless world. I won't do it. I want you to look at my face and see that I'm mad, confused, sad, upset, happy; laugh lines are good. You laughed!

I hate cancer. I hate cigarettes that cause cancer. I hate that I lost my mother to cancer. I hate that cancer has shown it's hideous face to my family yet again.