a partial list of pet peeves

. ... when bartenders or waiters leave a little bit of the paper wrapping on a straw. i hate straws to begin with, and i really can't stand the effortful carving of the perfect deliverabl straw sheath. just don't fucking touch the end, or don't give me a straw at all.

... when the street-crossing signs in movies set in historical new york don't match with the era. donnie brasco was a great movie, and i particularly liked the vintage cars that were in every street scene. but if you're going to do all that, would it kill you to change the walk/don't walk signs as well? i'm no fan of the hand + the albino AOL guy... i mean hell, it took me about 12 years to get used to the grid overlay (like this:
but donnie brasco was set in a time when the signs had their own shelves, and there was no grid in front of them. why take your viewers out of the scene like that?