Bugs!

Bug List

While I use words other than “bug” (just to spice it up and avoid sounding like a robot), these are the things that bug me, bother me, and get on my nerves.

1.     It frustrates me that I had to buy my own router for my apartment complex, but the wi-fi is still terribly slow at all hours.

a.     This is because I’m not in a fancy living situation and didn’t buy a great router most likely.

2.     It bothers me that, being a guitar player, I always lose my guitar picks.

a.     This is because I am often playing guitar in many places and am carless with the picks.

3.     I hate that, as a surfer, I’m always losing my wax, or don’t know where to put the sticky necessity.

a.     This is because I don’t know where to place it.

4.     I hate that people fail to recognize the importance of integrating sustainable mentalities into their lifestyles in order to ensure a future for my kids’ generation.

a.     This is because people are uneducated or stubbornly selfish.

5.     I hate that people often think I’m not going to be the brightest bulb, because I have long hair, surf, and skate.

a.     These hobbies and looks are often associated with a less successful lifestyle, which is incredibly judgmental and untrue.

6.     I get frustrated by current music trends.

a.     This is because I’m into music genres that aren’t “trap rap” or other things I don’t like, most likely my own problem.

7.     I hate that Kanye West gets so much respect in the world of music and pop culture.

a.     This is because this narcissistic jerk thinks he is so important because people give him this sense of righteousness; he is a rap musician, he doesn’t own the domain of music like he seems to think.

8.     It bugs me that I’m not exactly sure what I’m supposed to be writing on this assignment.

a.     This bugs me because I’m not sure what is okay to write about, for example am I supposed to rant against famous people that bug me, and it is getting me heated at my computer thinking of the things I don’t like.

9.     It bugs me how naïve society can be to think that meat is a staple of living.

a.     This is because capitalism, a twisted culture, and the government has drilled into our minds that we need three sources of meat (with each meal) when, this is a major contributor to obesity epidemics (which then contributes to pharmaceutical abuse) and global warming (more gas emissions than all of Earth’s transportation use). 

10.  It bugs me that adults fail to recognize the importance of fostering creativity.

a.     This is because the school system focuses more on things such as Math, Science, and History than artwork and music, two crucial components of humanity that should not be ignored but stimulated.

11.  Sororities and Fraternities bug me out.

a.     This is because I feel as if the organizations resemble nothing more than a cult that fosters alcoholism. I have had friends that seem so fake after joining Greek life.

12.  It bothers me that my friend Bobby thinks he’s so cool just because he’s rich and likes to surf.

a.     One of the best parts of being a surfer is this sense of community, intensity, and passion you share with a group of water addicts that all itch to ride the perfect wave. Bobby bugs me because he cares more about the image of being a surfer than the actual surfing; he only wants to surf where there’s a photographer, his parents are both doctors so he flies all around the world, he wears wetsuits even when the water is warm just because he thinks he will look cooler for his Instagram, and this sense of fakeness gets on my nerves.

13.  It bugs me that I’m not sure what I could do for a career that would be financially plentiful, but also possible to live a fun and stress-free lifestyle.

a.     This is because the thought of working for the man is stressful but I’m not sure what I could do in terms of establishing my own practice with a sustainability degree.

14.  It bugs me out that I’m not in a band.

a.     Music is a huge passion for me, and I play all sorts of guitars. The fact that I have this drive and talent but have not yet pursued it is what bugs me out.

15.  It bugs me out that I live so far away from the beach.

a.     This is because I live to surf, and while I compete for the UF Surf Team and get out in the water every so often, the 2-hour drive to the water is difficult, especially when I lived a 5-minute walk from the water.

16.  I’m extremely annoyed that people can be stupid enough to believe that Rhinoceros horns can be an aphrodisiac or healing ailment.

a.     This is because science has proven that a Rhino horn is nothing more than what our finger nails are made of, so the poaching and hunting to extinction of the rhinoceros is heartbreaking and idiotic.

17.  It bugs me that my shower is shorter than me when I stand up.

a.     I’m not even tall! I’m 5 “10, so it bugs me because I can’t understand why they would make it so short.

18.  It bugs me out that I must work out daily in order to keep my figure.

a.     This is because my metabolism is slow, and I can’t afford to get drunk and eat a burrito at 3 AM without gaining all the calories.

19.  It bugs me out when people act like they know more about music than they do.

a.     This is because the other day I was wearing a t shirt for a band called Cake, and a girl said she liked them, but they just released this new song called “Rock n Roll Lifestyle” that didn’t really hold up to how good their other older and original songs are. Now, this would be no problem if it was an opinion but the song she referenced was from the band’s very first album, actually, proving she didn’t really know what she was talking about.

20.  It bugs me that music editing software online is incredibly challenging, difficult, and frustrating to learn and understand from scratch.

a.     This is because, being into music, I’ve been trying to record my own things but I cannot because the software’s are too confusing to a beginner.

In terms of reflection, this assignment was definitely difficult to get the ball rolling on; at the beginning, it was almost as if I had writer’s block and did not know what to write on the screen. However, that being said, I felt that it got easier once I started to come up with the first few things that bugged me. I think this can be a really effective way to think of company ideas, because you can use these “bugs” as motivational forces to developing a product.