Today I am having a shit day. (Yes, I know I didn't say shitty, I said shit. It's a grammatical thing that for some reason makes me happy on my truly bad days. For some reason, making it into two nouns instead of an adjective and a noun makes it a worse day. Shut up, that does not make me weird.)
Anyway, so I'm just in a bad mood today and there's no real reason for it. Nothing has gone terribly wrong today (outside of, you know, war with Iraq), it's just your basic not-great-day. But I'm just in a mood, I can't pinpoint why, but I just want to go home and curl up and sleep. I haven't had a day off in forever - on weekends I either have shows or my improv proctice group or whatever - and I just want to take a day to lie on the coach and eat popcorn and read.
But what irks me is this... every once in a while I will be in a bad mood and someone will say to me, "You're not living up to your name today, Joy." This bugs the CRAP out of me. I don't get to go up to folks and say, "Boy, Charles... your name means manly but you're kind of a wuss, aren't you?" or "Mary, that means bitter, and you certainly DO live up to your name!" Why do people who crack on someone's name think they're funny? Or appreciated? Or human?
During my first year in college, people constantly sang "JOY (pump it up pump it up) and PAIN! SUNSHINE and RAIN (give it to me Rob Base)" at me. Throughout the Christmas season, I get "Joy to the world!" At various times I get "Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea," "We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun," "I got the joy (joy) joy (joy) down in my heart," and the list goes on ad infinitum.
I also get, "It's a JOY to meet you (chuckle snort)." This does not endear a new acquaintance to me, but rather makes me stare daggers while maintaining a fixed smile. If that's how you're going to interact with me, just... don't.
Sorry. I'm just having a shit day.
Haha... I stumbled upon your post from Google today. I know it's an old post, but I had to comment. Man, it sounds as if I wrote this one! Those damn songs make me want to strangle someone!!!!