Eleanor Roosevelt once said that you should do something everyday that scares you. In my attempt to follow this I am going to go face to face with my biggest pet peeve turned fear, gum. I hate gum. The deformed way it looks after you have chewed is revolting, and the act of chewing on a piece of sticky matter is bizarre to me. But the worst part of gum is the sound that it makes when someone is chewing it, it is like smacking but on steroids because it never stops, there is no pause to swallow the sound continues and haunts your ear. When the taste of gum runs out one would think that it would not be too hard to simply dispose of it in a trash can. However, for some reason, that I am not aware, people tend to stick there gum in every place possible other than a trash can. From under a desk to behind an ear people will stop at nothing to avoid throwing their gum away properly. I am going to explore the world of used gum and try to understand why a trash can is the last place you will find it. Enjoy, and please dispose of your gum properly.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Sticky Paws


There is nothing more frustrating then stepping in gum. One will be casually walking to where ever their destination may be and suddenly be stopped by a piece of gum. Personally, I think it is worse than stepping in animal feces because gum is sticky and cannot be washed off by the simple rinse of a hose. Living in Houston, this problem only gets worse because it is hot so the gum on the ground is perpetually melted and ready to stick on everyone's shoe. What irks me the most however is when innocent dogs become victims to the sticky gum on the sidewalk. From personal experience my dog, Duke (shown in picture), once stepped in gum on a walk. Since he does not have the means of telling me what happened he had to limp the rest of the walk because there was some foreign matter on his paw making it stick with every step. Sadly, this happens to dogs everywhere, and since it is their paw and not just a shoe it could be painful to remove the gum. So, if you won't throw your gum in the trash for me, then please do it for your dog.
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