A couple of things that piss me off:

1. Some random man yelling at me on the highway!

I'm a bit pissed off right now b/c this just happened. I am a good driver - I may not be the best but I am without a doubt one of the better drivers out there. I was driving on a 4 lane highway that goes through town so the speed isn't very high at 70km and every 2 km there is a set of lights. Nearing a set of lights, I changed lanes from the right to the left so I wasn't stuck behind an 18-wheeler. In changing lanes, I checked the lane - there was a pick-up truck about 50 meters behind me and the cars in front where stopped for a red light so I changed lanes as I was slowing for the light (I did signal but only momentarily).

Anyways, at the next set of lights the pick-up pulled up next to me and the guy starting yelling at me asking if my car has signals because I should learn how to use them. This "guy" was about 50, white-haired in a silver pick-up and I just sat there and was dumbfounded. It wasn't like I had actually cut this guy off, he was well behind me and everyone was slowing down for a light so this lane change happened when he should have been doing under 50km.

I was so caught off-guard that I didn't say much but just gave him a whatever "sorry" and drove off. But now I'm pissed and wished I could have told him to Fuck Off and to stay on his country roads if he couldn't handle the city. He was just being a dick.

2. Gene Simmons

This was the original topic but I needed to write about the prick in the truck. So onto other pricks...Gene Simmons. He was recently interviewed on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos (I had to check this spelling 4 times and I'm still not sure if it's correct). I have no idea why George wanted him on the show, he wasn't peddling anything except his sexist views. Normally, The Hour is my favourite show however this interview almost made me flip the channel.

The part that pissed me off the most (aside from Gene's demeanor and just about every other word out of this mouth and the disgusting number of women he's been with which he openly brags about and all I could think is "28 Stories of AIDS in Africa" and what he has possibly given his partners) was when he said that teenage girls don't listen to music like teenage boys. Boys are passionate about music and will always remember the music of their youth as it defines them vs. girls who listen to music that matches their clothes i.e. sugar pop. Then he picked some girl (supposedly random) from the audience to demonstrate and she said when she was 12 she loved Spice Girls.

I hate that he classified all women as being airheads. I love music and I LOOOVEEED music when I was 12. My first CD was GunsNRoses Use Your Illusions 2 - my friends and I would listen to November Rain and Don't Cry over and over again as we pined for the school hottie. I remember, sitting in my room at the window with my best friend looking out the window discussing this boy and how we both had huge crushes on him and right then he came biking down my street and we both just stared at him hoping he would be our first kiss. In the background of this memory is November Rain which was on repeat for hours sometimes as my girlfriends and I would hang out in my room and discuss all important matters (aka gossip). That CD was soon followed by Pearl Jam (Ten, Vs. and Vitalogy) along with Nirvana (Nevermind and Live in NY).

I was pissed at what Mr. Simmons said because it was so untrue. As a girl growing up, music is such a part of all my memories. I have a soundtrack to my life just as much as any guy. And yes of course there were bands that I am less proud to admit to liking but when I hear those songs on the radio they immediately bring me back to the play ground outside my portable and practicing dance moves; or I can suddenly remember the smells of my highschool cafe, remembering all the lunches and classes spent trading gossip; or sitting alone in my room crying with teenage angst; or at prom dancing with my crush. It's all there in my memory but music is the trigger.