Today's Peeves

Okay, here's today's peeves.

1.  I'm typing this at my library instead of my home, and there is a creeping miasma of body odour infesting the computer area, like a thick London fog.   Maybe the culprit is reading over my shoulder.  Maybe the culprit will read this later. Maybe the culprit has a friend who will tell him, but dude (and I know it's a dude, because the other people here are dudes), truly, buy some deodorant.  It's not expensive.

2. I'm at the library because my computer has been slowed for a few days as my kids downloaded something and hogged all the monthly Internet allowance, and I haven't the patience to spend the day at the computer whilst my page loads like a sluggish tortoise travelling uphill.  Day after tomorrow the Internet speed will be back to normal.

3.  I still haven't uploaded my interview into the computer because of this, and also because I thought I would probably need iTunes for a library to store it in.  I clicked the wrong iTunes link, and it looks like I got malware.  My husband, a fairly computer savvy type, ran the scan and I think things are okay, but with the computer so slow at present, I haven't bothered to check.

4.  The Swedish woman on 'Q & A' last night.  Don't get me wrong, I thought she was very intelligent.  I thought the entire panel were intelligent, and fascinating (particularly the journalist from Mexico).  It's just her views really, really pissed me off.  She's against surrogacy and prostitution.  She thinks it's fine for people to be having sex, but not getting paid for it.  Why is being paid a problem?  I don't get it.  If two consenting adults of sound mind want to have sex, with one person providing remuneration to the other party, then why the fuck (pun DEFINITELY intended) not?  If an appropriately informed woman is happy to act as a surrogate, for either profit or altruism, then why can't she?  Why can't women have autonomy over their own bodies? You know, it bugs the crap out of me when women seek out c-sections or inductions for non-medical and non-necessary reasons, but I can't tell them NOT to, can I?  Yes, I know the panel represented the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, but I thought this was a bit Festival of Downright Stupid, Outmoded Ideas.

5.  I have a parent/teacher interview this afternoon for my 13yo.  It should go okay; he's a good kid.  At school, that is.  He's a monster at home.  But I'd still rather be doing other stuff, and it goes with the territory once you decide to breed and socially activate and educate your spawn.