On the V.I.C.(?)
For several months now I've wanted to make a post similar to this one so I could prattle on about things that enfuriate me. [Which isn't to say that Trent prattled on, he posted rather eloquently.] There have been a bunch of times where I'd find myself thinking about something I hate and I'd say to myself "Man, I need to document that in post form." But I never wrote them down... and while I could probably sit here for a bit and come up with some stuff, only one thing comes to mind at the moment.
So I'll just mention that one thing and be done with it. I hate how nearly every single NFL announcer/analyst/player/commentator/etc refuses to ever say The NFL. It's almost always, without fail, "The National Football League." "He's the fastest cornerback in the National Football League." "You can't run the ball that poorly and expect to be successful in the National Football League." This might stem from my overall annoyance with the NFL, but I think there's more to it than that. You hear "The NBA" a whole lot more than "The National Basketball Association" and I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "National Collegiate Athletic Association" out loud. (Pro baseball doesn't really apply because it's not THE MLB so people generally just use the generic "baseball" when talking about the league.) And nobody hesitates to say NHL or PGA or whatever. But apparently the NFL is so great that its name demands your full respect: THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Bah.
On an unrelated note, it is entirely too easy to buy songs on iTunes. I hardly ever listen to the radio, but last week I listened enough to hear this one song 3 or 4 times, or parts of this one song. It was your typical radio song, annoying enough, and the chorus sounded like this lady was saying "On the V.I.C. this is where I want to be" over and over. Like anyone would, I wondered what the heck this "V.I.C." was and wondered further why someone would sing about it. I googled the lyrics and couldn't find anything, called my sister and my incoherent singing and humming didn't sound familiar to her, so I ended up looking at iTunes' Most Downloaded list and saw a song called "Suddenly I See" by some rando named KT Tunstall (I don't know if that's some lame attempt at a clever spelling of "Katy" or not). So I listened to the sample and apparently I had been mishearing "Suddenly I See" as "On the V.I.C." Oh well. What's the point of this story, you ask? Nothing really. Oh yeah, it's too easy to buy songs on iTunes. I impulsively clicked BUY and entered my password before Amy asked "Why in the world are you buying that song?" It was an excellent question. I wished she'd asked it 5 seconds earlier because she could've saved me 99 cents on a song I'll never listen to again.
So I'll just mention that one thing and be done with it. I hate how nearly every single NFL announcer/analyst/player/commentator/etc refuses to ever say The NFL. It's almost always, without fail, "The National Football League." "He's the fastest cornerback in the National Football League." "You can't run the ball that poorly and expect to be successful in the National Football League." This might stem from my overall annoyance with the NFL, but I think there's more to it than that. You hear "The NBA" a whole lot more than "The National Basketball Association" and I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "National Collegiate Athletic Association" out loud. (Pro baseball doesn't really apply because it's not THE MLB so people generally just use the generic "baseball" when talking about the league.) And nobody hesitates to say NHL or PGA or whatever. But apparently the NFL is so great that its name demands your full respect: THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Bah.
On an unrelated note, it is entirely too easy to buy songs on iTunes. I hardly ever listen to the radio, but last week I listened enough to hear this one song 3 or 4 times, or parts of this one song. It was your typical radio song, annoying enough, and the chorus sounded like this lady was saying "On the V.I.C. this is where I want to be" over and over. Like anyone would, I wondered what the heck this "V.I.C." was and wondered further why someone would sing about it. I googled the lyrics and couldn't find anything, called my sister and my incoherent singing and humming didn't sound familiar to her, so I ended up looking at iTunes' Most Downloaded list and saw a song called "Suddenly I See" by some rando named KT Tunstall (I don't know if that's some lame attempt at a clever spelling of "Katy" or not). So I listened to the sample and apparently I had been mishearing "Suddenly I See" as "On the V.I.C." Oh well. What's the point of this story, you ask? Nothing really. Oh yeah, it's too easy to buy songs on iTunes. I impulsively clicked BUY and entered my password before Amy asked "Why in the world are you buying that song?" It was an excellent question. I wished she'd asked it 5 seconds earlier because she could've saved me 99 cents on a song I'll never listen to again.
