Things that a Sane Person Hates

I had seen this list long ago on some website, which I unfortunately cannot remember. I tried looking for it again today but I couldn't - did it disappear from the Internet or what? I decided to "save" it from extinction by posting it on my blog - and give you people a good laugh :) So, here you go!

Oh, and leave a comment if you have anything to add :)

Things that a Sane Person Hates

*You have to try on a pair of sunglasses with that stupid little plastic
thing in the middle of them.....

*The person behind you in the supermarket runs his cart into the back of
your ankle.....

*The elevator stops on every floor and nobody gets on.....

*There's always a car riding your tail when you're slowing down to find
an address.....

*You open a can of soup and the lid falls in.....

*It's bad enough that you step in dog doo doo, but you don't realize it
till you walk across your living room rug.....

*The tiny red string on the Band-Aid wrapper never works for you.....

*There's a dog in the neighborhood that barks at EVERYTHING.....

*You can never put anything back in a box the way it came.....

*Three hours and three meetings after lunch you look in the mirror and
discover a piece of parsley stuck to your front tooth.....

*You drink from a soda can into which someone has extinguished a
cigarette.....

*You slice your tongue licking an envelope.....

*Your tire gauge lets out half the air while you're trying to get a
reading.....

*A station comes in brilliantly when you're standing near the radio, but
buzzes, drifts and spits every time you move away.....

*There are always one or two ice cubes that won't pop out of the
tray.....

*You wash a garment with a tissue in the pocket and your entire laundry
comes out covered with lint.....

*The car behind you blasts its horn because you let a pedestrian finish
crossing.....
*A piece of foil candy wrapper makes electrical contact with your
filling.....

*You set the alarm on your digital clock for 7pm instead of 7am.....

*The radio station doesn't tell you who sang that.....

*You rub on hand cream and can't turn the bathroom doorknob to get
out.....

*People behind you on a supermarket line dash ahead of you to a counter
just opening up.....

*Your glasses slide off your ears when you perspire.....

*You can't look up the correct spelling of a word in the dictionary
because you don't know how to spell it.....

*You have to inform five different sales people in the same store that
you're just browsing.....

*You had that pen in your hand only a second , a second ago, and now you
can't find it.....

*You reach under the table to pick something off the floor and smash
your head on the way up.....

*The change falls through the hole in the pocket and you can’t get it
out from between the two layers of the cloth…..

*You leave your IM program on for several hours and nobody's looked for you, but if you dare go to the bathroom for 5 minutes, you have 3 new query windows... (the author's recent addition)

Jigoku Shoujo, Part 2

So, the third season of Jigoku Shoujo has just started. Even though I've seen a few more episodes since the last time I blogged about it, I haven't finished the first season or found a definite answer to my question yet. If there are, say, 26 episodes per season, at the end of the third season we'll have 78 episodes. I wasn't willing to go through all of them without knowing whether my question will be answered: who would be stupid enough to gain temporary relief and pay it with eternal suffering?

So, I had to ask a person who has seen the first two seasons. My question isn't directly answered so far. However, there are so many examples, and they have one thing in common: they are so easily influenced by seemingly unsolvable problems and the impact of society's negative opinion on them. So, they consider hell to be "not too bad" as an option. It is the only reasonable answer, since not knowing how much they'll suffer or not being completely conscious of what they're doing is out of the question: the Enma gives them a preview of Hell and they are instantly shocked, and then she lets them think about it.

However, the series gives more interesting information, such as the Enma's past and future. I was suggested to watch the first 2-3 and the last 2-3 episodes of each season and read the rest of the plot summary on Wikipedia. And I guess I'll do this, since it looks like there's more interesting information to come, but I'm not enjoying its typical episodes: they are too dark and sick-minded for my taste.

Feeling lovesick?

I read in an article recently (EDIT: this one) that, when we fall in love, our serotonin levels fall, just like in depression, and this is what makes us never stop thinking about the other person. I suppose you know the feeling: you try to force yourself to think about other things but can't seem to get it right, all your brain seems to be able to focus on is your beloved one, and it's nothing but negative thoughts. Well, apart from psychological help, it seems we're also able to target those hormones playing all these tricks to your brain! :)

First off, serotonin levels increase by exposure to daylight. Which means: go out in the sun as much as you can! :)

Second, it also increases by exercising. Combining this with the above, try playing your favorite outdoor sport, and relaxing in the sun when you feel tired.

Third: As Wikipedia-sensei informed me, an enzyme called tryptophan has the ability to increase serotonin levels. Which means, go ahead and eat chocolate, eggs, parmesan cheese, and other foods rich in tryptophan. Don't worry about the calories, just exercise enough! :P