Irked

I'm feeling a little ranty today. I think part of it is that we are under major proposal deadline pressure at work. I worked this past weekend and I've been staying late at work every night. In the meantime, I haven't been getting enough sleep and my Google Reader got so out of control that I finally gave in and marked all as read. And it's ALREADY starting to get out of control again. I had a sore throat yesterday and I am seriously hoping that it's sleep deprivation and not a virus that's making it happen.

So, five little things that are bugging me today:

1. Why do people always crowd in front of doors as soon as they open? It drives me NUTS when people start to get on the bus without letting people get off first, and the same thing with elevators. Just pause for a second and look where you're going instead of charging blindly into a crowd of people. And on a related note, look behind you when you walk through a door! If someone is behind you, you don't have to stop and let them go ahead of you, but you could at least avoid shutting the door in their face. I just saw this happen to a woman with a stroller. A guy went through a door ahead of her and didn't even look to notice the door HITTING THE STROLLER as it closed behind him. COME ON.

2. I have recently been totally craving all sorts of unhealthy food. Specifically, I want greasy Chinese (egg rolls! And fried rice! And crab Rangoon!), cake with tons of icing, and a huge bag of Cool Ranch Doritos. These items don't really mesh with the whole Weight Watchers thing. Sometimes I miss the carefree days when I didn't pay much attention to what I ate and I didn't have the first clue how many calories were in all the unhealthy food I liked.

3. I didn't watch the NBA draft lottery yesterday, but I saw that once again the worst team in the league did not get the first pick. As always, commentators seem shocked by this. It's driving me a little bit nuts. Yes, the odds are stacked for the worst team in the league to win, but only insofar as they are more likely than any other one team to win. This does not mean that they are objectively likely to win.

Say there's 10 teams, and everyone gets one entry in the lottery except the worst team in the league, which gets two entries. Now, if you have to guess which team will win, you should pick the one with two entries because they're twice as likely as any other team to win. This is true. However, their overall chance of winning is still only two out of eleven. It is much more likely that any of the other nine teams will win instead. I know that most people aren't math people, and really I'm not a math person either, but it bothers me that NBA commentators, the ones who are supposed to understand how the draft lottery works, don't get it. Every year, the worst team in the league doesn't win! And every year, the sportscasters are shocked! Come ON.

4. The down side to not paying utilities is that we don't have total control over our heat. When the system is on, we can control the temperature, but when it's off, that's it. During the first spate of springlike weather last month, our building turned off the heating for the season, and it's been off ever since. Unfortunately, we've had more 40-degree nights than 75-degree days since then, and it is FREEZING in our apartment. We added an extra blanket to our bed and getting out of the shower has become almost unconstitutionally torturous. Consistent spring weather, where ARE you? Soon it's going to be SUMMER and if it gets all hot and humid without first giving us our fair share of sunny, breezy days, I am going to be PISSED.

5. I have to get to work. AUGH.

So, what's irking you these days?