The Pillow Book of Miss Particular

(a blog post written in the style of The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. A wonderful, inspiring, must-read.)

Irritating Things:

People who barge into the elevator without waiting for the persons inside to step out.
Someone microwaving onions at ten-thirty in the morning.
Women you've only just met, who call you "hon".

Amusing yet Annoying Things:

Women trying to walk in heels two sizes too big.
Women who dress in men's clothes and with a man's haircut, and yet talk stridently about "women's rights".
Jack Layton.

Rare and Lovely Things:

A robin sitting on the roof of my car this morning.  He stayed there until I began to pull away.
The first daffodil in my garden, a splash of sunshine yellow, like the frill of a summer dress, peeking out from the tight green sheaf.