allergies

A lot of things irritate me: stress, bagoong, shrimp, crabs (but not kani, weird right?), lobster, dust, the first strokes of sunlight, and alcohol.

I get hives and allergic reaction even at the slightest contact with any of these allergens. Ooh but shrimp, I'd die for shrimp!

I have another list of things I'm allergic to and they have nothing to do with genetically-dictated allergic reactions; just that they are the kind of irritations that make me want to scratch until I bleed. Shoo, fly, don't bother me.

1. Don't call me 'Sis.' Only Lorahballs gets away with calling me that because we're sworn 'family friends for life.' Seriously, I shudder when someone calls me 'sis.' Even my own sister knows and values her life enough not to call me that.

2. Stupid people. Believe me, there are stupid people. And I don't mean the type who fumbles at certain situations (like when you can't tell which is a salad fork or if you flunk math... no big deal) but those who are perennially practicing foolishness. People whose comments scream 'warning! two-digit IQ' and who can't for the life of them accept that slanging when done wrong is just plain WRONG.

3. Pa-sosyal effect. Especially when it's obvious hors doeuvres are not your thing. 'Ayoko ng cocktail, pica pica na lang. Can we like, try, your like, horse.... uhm, yung nasa package.'

4. Pretentious little twits. It takes one to know one. Bwahahaha. Still irritating, just the same.

5. Escalator bandits. The type of people who walk in escalators (mag-hagdan ka na lang iho) and weaves his way through people and then stops at the base (as if walang nakasunod sa'yo, adik).

6. Drivers who don't respect pedestrians. Pedestrians who don't respect drivers. MMDA.


Bleed, Xai, bleed! If only to make the irritation go away.