tolerate

In no particular order, 5 things that i merely tolerate and in no way find joy:
-magpies. they are obnoxious birds on the whole. for nostalgia purposes i feel like i should like them because it was one of the many nicknames of my childhood best friend maggi crow. but no. they like to hang out in the trees outside my apartment and they attacked/frightened my roommate. i must stand by her in her anger at the animal.
-fake grape flavored things of all varieties. yes, if someone gives me a laffy taffy that is grape, i will eat it. mostly because i love taffy. and the rap song, "laffy taffy" also has nostalgic purposes. fake grape things conjure up a childhood spent taking grape dimetapp whenever i was sick, and even though i know candy doesn't taste like it at all i will avoid it. grape juice only consumed at communion when no other options are given.
-smoking in bars. tolerate only due to the fact that it is generally cheaper to drink in moscow and there are usually sweet bands playing. also, sometimes people want to smoke and i will let them.
-punk rock. i would never choose to listen to it, but it is far better than my massive hatred of country music. that though, is another blog. many of my friends really like punk music, and andy went through a loud/smelly/angry/terrible musician phase that involved being "punk." it never went to the point (because my parents wouldn't allow it) of dyed mohawks. it merely stopped at failing to wash his clothes for weeks at a time and having a "spit-corner" in his room while the "band" (i use that term loosely) would "rehearse." pitiful.
-cats. some people are cat people. i am not. there is nothing pleasurable about getting fur all over your clothes for the once-in-a-blue-moon comfort of a cat. they scratch, they bite, they seem to be quite mean, and serve no purpose: they can't fetch. my toleration of cats is illustrated most lovingly in my friends kasey and cori's cat, hudson. it is the mangiest cat i've ever seen and i took a page from dwight schrute and renamed him "garbage." that is the most fitting name for all cats, i believe. or possiblly klepto, short for kleptomaniacal kitten. it is fabulous alliteration.