4 Things I am Confused About this Week

I often feel confused about random things.  And while they may seem trivial, they come to really really really bother me sometimes.

So I thought I'd share some things I am confused about this week to see if I can get any insight from the universe.

1.  The word "lame"

I often use the work "lame" to sarcastically call something uncool or other times to express my disappointment that something didn't work out the way I wanted it to.

For example, one might say disparagingly to a friend's stupid comment or joke, "That was lame, man."  Or when a friend comes up with a perfectly good reason why he/she can't watch a Wishbone marathon with you on Saturday night, like she is volunteering at a charity event or he is visiting his sister for her birthday, you reply "LAME" to mask your disappointment and to avoid admitting transparently that those other activities are much more important and legitimate that the excursion you were proposing.

My question now is, is this insensitive to people who are (physically) lame, as in handicapped or mobility impaired?

Because I declare things "LAME" all the time, and would be sad if I was hurting the feelings of veterans or older people.

2. The USPS

I don't think I can actually express in the sole medium of the typed word how intimidated I am by the insane pricing methodology of the US Postal Service.  I seriously have avoided mailing things for weeks because I could not face the confusion of what box I should use, what boxes were forbidden if you want to send something through media mail, what type of service I needed to get, what the cheapest options were, what the prices for anything was at all . . .

It is crazy! disorganized! confusing! with arbitrary rules! upsetting! time-consuming! stressful galore!

They have made it so that the simplest thing to do would be to use the flat-rate boxes, which are of the most uncooperative shapes.  Medium sized things are too small for the medium-sized boxes but too big for the small.  And who needs to send such small things in the first place?  You could go with the medium-size and stuff it with newspaper (which means going back home to do that, and then back to the post office); but the medium-sized box is over priced because it would cost less to just pack your item is a shoe box and wrap it in brown paper.  But you are already at the post-office.  So you use the flat-rate box and get ripped off.

It is a nightmare!

The USPS online does have a useful postage calculator if you want to prep for your trip to the post office, except you need to enter the weight of your package.  And I don't have a postal scale.  And they are kinda pricey.  I've checked.  So I have to guess the weight.  Which could be wildly inacccurate.  Making the calculator's calculation wildly inaccurate.  And we're back to having no idea what the USPS will charge or if they will make unpack my package and use a different box.

How will I ever be able to get through this process?

3.  Madonna winning

How is that Madonna won the Golden Globe for best song?  I really don't understand.  The song is so overwhelmingly underwhelming.

I threw up my hands in indecision at most of the Golden Globe categories because there were just too many competitive and excellent to predict who would win.

But I distinctly remember thinks, "Ah, best song.  I don't know who will win, but it definitely won't be Madonna."

Dead wrong.

So what, do we just shelve this one under "It's the Golden Globes"?

4.  Maroon 5

Is Maroon 5 cool again?  It was my impression that after that brief period of time in high school when they were the bees knees, they were not longer very cool.  Everyone was pretty much over Adam Levine.  But then they randomly did a gig at Cornell 5/6 years later and everyone was gobbling up the tickets.

Now, I kinda dig Stereo Hearts. A lot.

Moves Like Jagger however is weird and annoying.  Jimmy Fallon's cover of it pretty much captures how confused and uncomfortable it makes me.  I actually thought myself the first time I heard it, "What moves specifically?" and pondered whether stealing Jagger's "moves" was necessarily something that would or should impress people, and if so, if it was really impressive enough to merits the devotion of an entire song.

But looking at their back catalog, they have some pretty catchy tunes.

So what's the deal?  Is is cool to like them again?  Is it all a marketing ploy to get people to watch The Voice?  What's happening???