First World Problems

iPhone exclusion

2008-10-09T13:58:00.000-07:00

I feel left out when people talk about their iPhones, even though I don't really want one.

elevators

2008-10-08T10:11:00.001-07:00

I get really stressed in elevators.

drawing skill

2008-10-08T09:46:00.000-07:00

I'm not very good at drawing.

work phone

2008-10-08T09:45:00.000-07:00

I don't know how to change the ringtone on my VOIP phone at work.

quinoa smell

2008-10-05T11:37:00.001-07:00

I don't like the smell of quinoa cooking, but I do want to vary my grains.

stove light

2008-10-05T11:34:00.000-07:00

My stove hood light stopped working.

Stokke chair

2008-10-05T11:32:00.000-07:00

Food gets trapped in all the joints of my son's Stokke highchair.

smudged fireplace glass

2008-10-05T11:31:00.000-07:00

The glass front of my gas fireplace is embarrassingly smudged.

expensive sandwich

2008-10-01T18:15:00.001-07:00

I resent paying $10 for a sandwich, even a really good one.

meetings

2008-09-30T19:15:00.001-07:00

I've been spending way too much time in dull meetings with bad coffee.

hit by a car

2008-09-30T19:14:00.002-07:00

I got hit by a car in a crosswalk, but me and my bike are okay.

election ennui

2008-09-30T19:14:00.001-07:00

I can't be bothered to get worked up about the election this time.

vacation

2008-09-30T19:13:00.002-07:00

I really need a vacation.

aging pillow

2008-09-30T19:13:00.001-07:00

I wonder if I should replace my pillow now that it's a couple of years old.

blase about movies

2008-09-30T19:12:00.002-07:00

I've been finding it hard to take movies as seriously as I used to, which makes me feel old.

weak extractor fan

2008-09-30T19:12:00.001-07:00

The extractor fan in my kitchen doesn't work very well.

knitting patterns

2008-09-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

It's hard to find a reliable knitting pattern online.

tea consumption

2008-09-30T19:06:00.002-07:00

I've been drinking a little too much tea.

dirty windows

2008-09-30T19:06:00.001-07:00

The windows need cleaning again.

toddler toys

2008-09-30T19:05:00.000-07:00

The floor of my house is strewn with my toddler's toys.

series nostalgia

2008-09-30T19:04:00.001-07:00

The TV series I'm watching is so poorly written that it makes me nostalgic for the great series I finished last week.

too much shopping

2008-09-30T19:03:00.004-07:00

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by all the shopping I have to do.

sushi

2008-09-30T19:03:00.003-07:00

I don't actually enjoy sushi all that much.

high pub stools

2008-09-30T19:03:00.001-07:00

Sitting on high stools in pubs is uncomfortable.

finances

2008-09-30T19:02:00.002-07:00

I don't understand mutual funds, but I worry about mine anyway.

ironing

2008-09-30T19:02:00.001-07:00

The things I like wearing the most are the things I like ironing the least.

dead nasturtiums

2008-09-30T18:57:00.001-07:00

The frost has turned my nasturtiums into compost.

leftover salad

2008-09-30T18:56:00.002-07:00

Some component of leftover salad is always unpleasantly soggy or limp.

plumbers

2008-09-30T18:56:00.001-07:00

Plumbers make me feel ignorant.

flora-less desk

2008-09-30T18:55:00.002-07:00

I haven't gotten around to putting a plant on my desk at work.

crowded grocery store

2008-09-30T18:55:00.001-07:00

The grocery store is intolerably crowded on weekend afternoons.

unfamiliar microwaves

2008-09-30T18:54:00.000-07:00

I always over or underheat my food when using an unfamiliar microwave.

fashion magazines

2008-09-30T18:53:00.002-07:00

Fashion magazines make me anxious.

radio station

2008-09-30T18:53:00.001-07:00

I can't find a single radio station that I enjoy listening to all day long.

archive-quality

2008-09-30T18:52:00.001-07:00

Archive-quality framing is so expensive.

mud room

2008-09-30T18:51:00.000-07:00

Entering and exiting my house would be so much more convenient if I had a mud room.

coneflower hue

2008-09-01T18:57:00.001-07:00

I thought I'd planted a red coneflower, but it's actually pink.

long bike rack

2008-09-01T18:55:00.000-07:00

The new bike rack on my Subaru makes it even more of a squeeze to fit the car in the garage than before.

inconvenient laundry room

2008-09-01T18:53:00.000-07:00

To access my laundry room, I have to walk down a flight of stairs and then do a circuit of the entire basement.

buttermilk

2008-08-29T18:29:00.000-07:00

It's hard to find a combination of recipes that will perfectly use up one carton of buttermilk.

phone bill disarray

2008-08-28T11:36:00.000-07:00

I hate filing my phone bills.

high mirror

2008-08-27T19:45:00.000-07:00

I have to stand on tip-toe to see my face in the shower room mirror at the office.

soup

2008-08-27T19:43:00.002-07:00

My stomach is all grumbly from eating homemade tomato soup three nights in a row.

Monday haters

2008-08-27T19:43:00.001-07:00

I don't know why people still make tired jokes about hating Monday.

the trailer experience

2008-08-27T19:42:00.001-07:00

Watching movie trailers online isn't the same as watching them in the cinema.

bulk fruit

2008-08-27T19:39:00.004-07:00

Every time I try to save money by buying huge crates of seasonal fruit, half the fruit spoils before I get around to cutting and freezing it.

excess cardboard

2008-08-27T19:39:00.003-07:00

My cardboard recycling container is overflowing again.

soft water

2008-08-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

When I re-fill my bedside water bottle at the bathroom sink instead of the filtered tap in the kitchen, it tastes minerally.

tea insulation

2008-08-20T19:49:00.000-07:00

My commuter mug is so well insulated that it takes almost an hour before my tea cools down enough to drink.

dictionaries and thesauruses

2008-08-19T21:07:00.000-07:00

I have way too many outdated reference books.

low-grade cheese

2008-08-19T21:06:00.000-07:00

Cheap feta cheese really isn't worth buying.

limited vases

2008-08-17T20:37:00.001-07:00

People keep giving me cut flowers and I only have two vases.

stylish and practical

2008-08-16T21:10:00.000-07:00

It's impossible to buy a chic ceiling fan.

hazardous personal products

2008-08-16T21:09:00.000-07:00

Deodorant doesn't work as well as anti-perspirant, but I don't like the idea of putting aluminum in my armpits.

hairdo

2008-08-14T20:31:00.002-07:00

I think my new short haircut makes me look too trendy.

under-appreciated patio

2008-08-14T20:31:00.001-07:00

I haven't just sat and properly enjoyed my patio all summer.

potted plants

2008-08-12T18:41:00.001-07:00

I'm all out of potting soil.

child care

2008-08-11T07:39:00.000-07:00

Easing my son into a good day home so that I take a lucrative office job is unbearable.

ice cream maker

2008-08-10T13:02:00.001-07:00

My ice cream maker is such an awkward shape that it's difficult to store.

Olympic ignorance

2008-08-10T13:01:00.000-07:00

There's no way to keep up with Olympic events without a television.

youtube delays

2008-08-10T13:00:00.004-07:00

It takes forever for youtube videos to load on my computer.

technological skill set

2008-08-10T13:00:00.001-07:00

I wish my Microsoft Office skills were sharper.

night disturbances

2008-08-10T12:58:00.000-07:00

When I leave the window open at night, I get woken up at 5:00 am when the sprinklers in the park spray the metal slide.

towel drying method

2008-08-10T12:57:00.000-07:00

When I air-dry my bath towel, it doesn't feel fluffy enough.

ice cube tray

2008-08-10T12:56:00.002-07:00

I don't like filling up the ice cube tray.

freecycle

2008-08-10T12:56:00.001-07:00

I joined freecycle, and now my inbox is constantly bombarded with offers of unwanted furniture.

berry season

2008-08-10T12:55:00.001-07:00

I've been eating way too many berries.

daily blogging

2008-08-10T12:54:00.000-07:00

I will never catch up on this blog, and should never commit to doing anything "daily".

fudge

2008-08-08T21:50:00.002-07:00

I've lost my taste for fudge.

low quality newspaper

2008-08-08T21:50:00.001-07:00

I'm always so excited to read the newspaper, and then so disappointed by its content.

silver polish

2008-08-08T21:48:00.002-07:00

I can't seem to find a really good silver polish.

fruit flies

2008-08-08T21:48:00.001-07:00

It's impossible to have cut flowers in the house at this time of year without attracting fruit flies.

summer duvet

2008-08-08T21:45:00.000-07:00

My summer duvet is still too hot for August.

laundry room space

2008-08-08T21:44:00.000-07:00

I'm afraid my laundry room won't be big enough when the basement renovation is finished.

shopping online

2008-08-08T21:39:00.000-07:00

Shopping online makes me feel overwhelmed and greedy.

loud oscillating fan

2008-08-08T21:37:00.002-07:00

The noise from my oscillating fan sometimes drowns out the sound of my alarm clock.

excess couches

2008-08-08T21:37:00.001-07:00

I own too many couches.

phone ear

2008-08-08T21:36:00.003-07:00

My ear hurts from talking long distance for two-and-a-half hours.

milk chocolate vs. dark chocolate

2008-07-21T12:23:00.000-07:00

It embarrasses me that I still prefer milk chocolate to dark chocolate.

benefit plan

2008-07-21T12:21:00.002-07:00

I'm worried I won't have enough time to get full value out of the benefit plan offered by my new job.

50-50

2008-07-21T12:21:00.001-07:00

I never win draws.

duvet cover

2008-07-21T12:20:00.001-07:00

Whenever I wash my duvet cover, it takes me a surprisingly long and frustrating time to get the duvet back inside.

thistles

2008-07-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

My patio is only two years old, and already there's a thistle growing through it.

GPS

2008-07-21T12:17:00.002-07:00

I'm tired of people trying to talk me into getting a personal GPS navigation device.

adirondack chair

2008-07-21T12:17:00.001-07:00

It's pretty hard to climb out of an adirondack chair once you get it.

Kraft dinner

2008-07-14T12:00:00.001-07:00

Whenever I have really bad food in the house, I eat it almost compulsively until it's gone.

early to rise

2008-07-13T06:04:00.000-07:00

I don't know what makes me agree to get up early on weekends to jog.

do not call

2008-07-12T20:13:00.000-07:00

No one ever takes me seriously when I ask to be placed on their "do not call" list.

legal documents

2008-07-12T20:12:00.000-07:00

Reading legal documents makes me feel simultaneously ignorant and superior.

seasonal attire

2008-07-12T20:11:00.000-07:00

I prefer fall clothes to summer clothes, which makes this season hard for me.

ethical fatigue

2008-07-12T20:08:00.000-07:00

Now that "buying local" has replaced "buying organic" as the guilt-inducing shopping decision of our time, I sometimes feel like just washing my hands of the whole business and going to Wal-Mart.

mouse pads

2008-07-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

I can't stand using gritty mouse pads.

wicking fabric

2008-07-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

My new hot weather running shirt chafes slightly under the left arm.

irrelevant news

2008-07-08T14:09:00.000-07:00

I feel marginalized when I read "fed up with summer re-runs?" news now that my television is in storage during my basement renovation.

ethical shopping

2008-07-08T14:07:00.000-07:00

Grocery shopping would be a lot more straightforward if I didn't feel compelled to use eco-friendly cleaning products and buy quasi-locally-grown apples.

dirty fridge

2008-07-04T12:45:00.000-07:00

I'm sure the fridge is full of wizened vegetables and pots of mold, but I haven't had time to clean it lately.

lawn mower noise

2008-07-04T12:44:00.001-07:00

It's so noisy when the city cuts the grass in the park behind my house.

missed fireworks

2008-07-04T12:43:00.002-07:00

I'm annoyed with myself for going to bed instead of staying up to watch the fireworks last night.

rhubarb teeth

2008-07-04T12:43:00.001-07:00

My teeth feel squeaky when I eat rhubarb.

reading fatigue

2008-06-30T10:05:00.001-07:00

I haven't felt like reading novels lately.