Thursday, 29 December 2011

Panda of the Year

Turns out that Pandas are finally getting some sort of recognition of their beauty and grace,seeing as one of them was put in the BBC's woman of the year award. Not just a beauty pageant of course, but an award that recognises the true grit of character. Pandas are chock full of that.

"Sweetie" was the panda that has been nominated for this prestigious event. Who the hell would call a panda Sweetie though? If I were a panda, I would deem it a bit patronising. I'd like to be called my normal name, "Tian-Tian" that the original owners had called me. I don't know what Tian-Tian means, and even if it does mean the same thing, at least it sounds better.

So yes, what has Tian-Tian done to be up with all these other prestigious names in the human world? Pauline Pearce, the have a go hero, and Adele, the crooning wailing pudding ball, are all on par with Tian Tian. Well, she's endangered. It takes a lot to be endangered. Out of her WHOLE species that's ever lived, there are only a handful of them left. And she's moved house to Edinburgh zoo with another (male? i can only presume) bear in order to mate/do what they do. THIS NOBLE RACE MUST BE PRESERVED.

Or is that just what we think?
You can't force pandas to have sex with each other. That's just degrading. Maybe this is their swan song?
A dying race that's already dead at heart due to captivity.

However, I would also like to know what other merits were taken into consideration when awarding this title. Did the contestants have to write a poem or something? Was there a shortlist? What were the requirements in the first place? To be awesome and done something that gets you notice, as well as have ovaries I assume. However, unlike Adele, or this have a go hero lady, Tian-Tian possesses many more hidden talents.

Did you know that the real reason why pandas are believed to be extinct is because most of them have colonised underground, found a loophole in the space-time continuum by an infinitesimally small chance and migrated to the place where Star Wars is. All Tian-Tian is doing is being cute and lonely so we have nothing to suspect.

Pet Peeves of this Year.

Hello.

Here is a list of things that have PISSED ME OFF in the past 12 months. They include:

MOVE IT OR LOSE IT FATTY
Slow walking fat people in the middle of the pavement that you just can't quite physically get past
Sleeping through an alarm, or not knowing whether you've slept through it or it hasn't gone off.
Turning your alarm off in your sleep
Rotten milk
Not scraping leftover food into the bin before putting the plate in the washing up bowl
Printer not working - paper jam.
Ringing head office to get a new printer and calling america to find out that the old printer's fucked
Finding a cotton bud stuck in my own printer, and realising that it was the cause of all the paper jams.
Head colds
Blocked noses
Getting into work late because you forgot what time your shift started.
Getting into work early becaue you forgot what time your shift started
Paul McCartney and his bloody Christmas song
Being a penny short on a purchase
ICE CREAM? IT'S 5 DEGREES OUT HERE!
Having too much change
Sticky keys that won't turn in the locks very easily
The fact that my room has an alarming rate at reverting back to entropy after tidying
Staying late at work unpaid. But everyone does it
Pens running out.
Everyone stealing my pens
Putting spaghetti in the fridge by mistake
Misplacing keys
That lady who lets her dog shit on people's doorsteps. I hate her.
Rude people in shops.
Popular stock not coming back in on a delivery
Scooping ice cream
People who buy ice cream on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Mentalists.
People who pay for stupidly small transactions on their card. I am one myself, but I tend to overlook this fact. I would rather someone paid for it in coppers and small change, I don't mind counting it all out - than use their debit card.
Bicycle being broken
Bus on a Monday morning at 8am with hormone-driven 16 year olds.
Being cold
Really really really windy.
The short battery life on my phone.And the fact that it doesn't have buttons
Lots of money to no money. I don't know where it goes.

I'm sure there is lots lots more. In fact certain. However, I'll leave it for now.
UNrelated note :)