Pretentious- making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

"People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe, organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become. With the whole world property-lined and speed-limited and zoned and taxed and regulated, with everyone tested and registered and addressed and recorded. Nobody had left much room for adventure, except maybe the kind you could buy. on a roller coaster. At a movie. Still, it would always be that kind of faux excitement. You know the dinosaurs aren't going to eat the kids. The test audiences have outvoted any chance of even a major faux disaster. And because there's no possibility of real disaster, real risk, we're left with no chance for real salvation. Real elation. Real excitement. Joy. Discovery. Invention.

The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

Without access to true chaos, we'll never have true peace."
— Chuck Palahniuk (Asfixia)
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I love this website: www.shelterness.com
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Something I despise more than almost anything is pretentiousness. there are lots of things and people i would classify as "pretentious," but I don't really have time for that.
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I know that there will always be people with objectionable qualities among the general public, and my fuming about it will not make them go away. I know this. Really, the ultimate obstacle in not being mean is the ability to not chime in when someone else opens the flood gates for the sizing up of others, especially when the potential for unfavorable comments about the given topic are aplenty. I have been working hard to not be so critical of others. To practice what I preach. Except for celebrities. Celebrities always have and always will be fair game…and maybe douchebags too….baby steps.
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I know that this behind-the-back spouting of negativity is entirely futile, and it must come to an end. If you want to wear inappropriate clothing for your body type or lie compulsively or whatever, that is totally your prerogative, as Bobby Brown and Britney Spears would say. And it is not, contrary to intuitive reflex, my place to undermine anyone's choices or experiences. I don't even know why I think I am so qualified for this position in the first place.
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"I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like."
— Jess C. Scott
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Things I should do with my three weeks off: read more, paint, get my yearly physical so the doctor’s office will stop calling me, Finish the seasons of Sopranos, start planning for the year. And work out.
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Keep in mind as you wander in the limbo between the end of one chapter of your life story and the beginning of the next chapter, it really helps to stay conscious of how blessed you are.
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I have already started shopping for winter clothes. I love winter and fall for many many many reasons, but for now I will only reference one. I can wear layers, multiple. It makes me feel cozy, which I love.  I am too anxious for it NOT to be 130 degrees outside. I am tired of sweating.
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Carmageddon- A state of extreme traffic backup where one becomes so frustrated they feel the world is collapsing around them.
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This is crazy: www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/21-amazing-examples-of-shadow-art
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"Stop," I said. "Please do not further endorken yourself to me. You have great hair and a car that is most fly, and you have just saved me with your mad ninja driving skills, so do not sully your heroic hottie image in my mind by further reciting your nerdy scholastic agenda. Don't tell me what you're studying, Steve, tell me what's in your soul. What haunts you?"
–Christopher Moore