Hashtag

I never used to think about hashtags. They were a thing used to break up sections of a longer work. Nothing more, nothing less. Never gave them much thought beyond their utilitarian purpose. But now there's Twitter, and they have a new purpose, don't they? And God, how I hate it. Everything has a hashtag now, and I do mean everything.

#IHateHashtags
#WhyHashtagsAndNotSomeOtherSymbol?
#AtLeastThe@ThingKindOfMadeSense
#OnTheOtherHandMaybeIShouldHaveATwitter
#ButIHateAllSocialMedia
#ButThat'sHowPeopleConnect
#ButIHateIt
#I'mSuddenlyFeelingVeryNeurotic

Get the picture? I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I don't want to start a trending topic or anything else. I hate, hate, hate, seeing these damn things in front of everything. We need something new, something different. Of course, then whatever that thing is will just become the thing that I hate, and then I'll probably look back on hashtags with a kind of nostalgic reverence. Oh God, what can I do?

I guess not much. In the end, there are certain things about the society in which I live that I'm just going to have to learn to put up with. And this is probably one of them.

#I'llLearnToLiveWithIt

The O.C.

Not the TV show. Not even close. Never really liked that show. There's a different kind of O.C. People in the food service industry will know what I'm talking about. Open to close. You come in at 9 a.m. and work until 1 a.m. the next day. Not fun. But it's kind of an industry standard. Especially in jobs like the one I work, it's just a thing you have to do sometimes.

Here's the thing--I'm pretty sure I could have gone the rest of my life without ever having that experience. There are some things I don't need to go through to feel like my life is complete. Some things are not on my bucket list. This was one of them. Except I've now done it twice in two weeks. And that's nothing. I've heard of people doing it non-stop for three weeks straight. At least one of those people wound up in the emergency room, but there it is.

That's it, really. I just wanted to vent, and thanks to any and all who listened and read, I hope you all have a good night. As for me, I'm going to try to get to bed in the next half hour or so so that I can sleep for five hours and get up early. I have to open tomorrow...