How Did You Get Into College?!

This may be bitchy, but it needs to be said:
I hate when I have to respond to stuff other students have submitted. I find myself always wanting to just respond by copying and pasting their work, and then highlighting and fixing all of the spelling and grammatical errors. My professor for this class even requires us to answer five different questions at the end of our submission, one being "Did you check your grammar and spelling?" and I am amazed at the people that have yes after that question. So you checked it and just didn't fix it or what? Type your stuff up in a Word document. Word will show you all of your spelling errors, LIKE MAGIC. This is a college class, I do not care that it is a science course, you shouldn't be even allowed to enter any college course if you don't know simple grammar rules. Its seriously distracting for people like me that are just trying to do what is required. I refuse to respond to anyone's post that has grammatical and spelling errors over and over again because it's so hard for me to read, I don't feel it's even worth my time to respond to someone that incompetent. This makes my life so difficult because I have to go through and weed out all the people that don't know the English language to be able to respond. I do not care if this is mean or harsh. It needs to be said. I understand that some people just don't do well with writing. WORD WILL DO IT FOR YOU. Seriously. Do you think your paper all underlined with red squiggly lines is a good thing? It should be taught from a very young age not to type things up on the internet, but to use Word and then copy and paste it from there. Everyone makes simple mistakes now and then, but most can be prevented and changed so easily and no one makes the effort to do it. HOW DID YOU GET INTO COLLEGE WHEN YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO PASS THE THIRD GRADE?!
#petpeeve #peoplearestupid

The Sewing Machine from Hell

So my husband's favorite pair of pants has a large hole right down the side of them, and he still insists on wearing them. As a male, I guess wearing pants with holes in the seams that show your boxers or some side leg isn't a big deal, but to me it's sad. We look like we can't afford new clothes, when really, we can, and already have plenty, these are just his FAVORITE.  I, as a good little wifey, decided I would try to fix the hole today. I got out my sewing machine and set it up. And by that I mean its a sewing machine with American voltage, so I had to find a transformer in my house with an open plug that has room near it to hold a sewing machine. After that, the bobbin thread in my sewing machine was hot pink. I know the bobbin thread doesn't really show, but I wanted to change it just in case. I knew James probably wouldn't appreciate pink thread in his favorite cargo pants haha. My sewing skills are a little iffy because I haven't actually used my sewing machine in probably 5 years. I thought I used to sew enough though, that I would remember how to change the bobbin thread, because that's simple, right? WRONG. After thinking I did it right, just by eyeballing how I took the pink bobbin out, I began sewing, and the thread got so tangled and messed up. I cleaned up that mess, and decided maybe I should Google some answers. Thank God for wikihow or I would have never figured out how to make that bobbin work. It really isn't that hard, unless you're like me and have no idea what you're doing. So, I was ready this time. The bobbin was correct, and thankfully I still know how to thread the needle. I began sewing again. A little ways in the machine started making some funky noises...I stopped, looked...the tip of the needle had broken. REALLY??? JUST LET ME FIX THE PANTS YOU DARN MACHINE!!! So I was going to just hand sew the pants because really, this was getting ridiculous. But, My machine is well stocked with different color bobbin and to my dismay/joy,  a selection of new needles. I guess back when I used to sew things I left all of my materials. Go me.  So again, I Googled how to re-needle the machine. This was easy as you just unscrew the old needle and screw the new one back in. I had to take apart the whole section where the bobbin is looking for the needle tip though. No luck. I then looked on the pants, which I wish I had done first, and the tip was stuck to them. Cool. Re-thread needle, re-thread bobbin. Okay, last try and then I'm throwing the pants away. (I wasn't really going to throw them away since they're James' favorite but I might have set them on fire because I was so frustrated LOL.) Alas, It worked, and the pants are all fixed and look FABULOUS! Regardless though, next time I need to sew something, it better not be that complicated. Seriously sewing machine, what are you doing with your life?