Ignoring the ‘hate’ rule, Hanna gripes
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r There were two things I dis
tinctly remember being told about
my temper as a boy. First, if you
have something inside of you, let it
out. Don’t bottle up your emotions
1 or it will eat away at your innards.
Second, I was told never to use
the word “hate.”
To me, the above directives just
don’t jive with one another. If I’m
going to release my emotions, I
want and need to use the word
• “hate.”
So today’s column will heed the
first command and brashly ignore
the second. Today, I will spitefully
gripe.
Gripe, gripe, gripe. Is that all I
ever do? No, sometimes I bitch and
moan too. But fortunately, I am not
going to do all of the griping by
myself.
I am going to list several gripes
I have with my life. You may read
them, absorb them, love them,
ignore them, spit on them, rub
them on your head and see if they.
stick to walls -- anything. Then, I
will ask for your input. I invite you
to fill out the form below listing
t your name, class and your gripe.
Then, in a future column, I’ll
run them all and we can feel a
; purging, a soul-cleansing cathar
sis. Once it’s out of our system, we
can get back to happily living our
lives and loving our neighbors.
But for today, our neighbors are
our enemies. Like the guy who is in
line at the Burger King for twenty
minutes but when he finally gets to
the cashier, hems and haws indeci
sively as though he’s never been
there before. Or the University red
lot monitor who parks in the
Temple building lot at 7:20 p.m.
and waits to ticket people who dare
to park before the 7:30 monitoring
deadline.
I repeat, these people are our
enemies.
Remember, if you send in a
gripe, make sure you use the word
“hate.” Here are some things that
I hate:
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1. I HATE the timed lights in
downtown Lincoln. I’m sure the
city government thinks that this is
a swell idea that really will make
things easy for Lincoln’s drivers.
First of all, on any given stretch of
lights, there is always one that is
off the mark. One mistimed light
on 17th Street means you miss
every green light that follows.
Plus, the timing only helps if
you’re going one direction for a
long time. If you have to make a
turn, the next light you see always
turns red before you get through.
Also, I’m always behind someone
from out of town who doesn’t get
the timed light concept and drives
too slowly, thus disrupting my
rhythm and assuring that I hit ev
ery red light in the city. Please
Lincoln street planners, don’t do
me any favors. (Editor’s note:
please make your gripes shorter
than the above long-winded
whine.)
2.1 HATE long lines at the book
store.
3.1 HATE that a hold can be placed
on your record for every damn
thing you do wrong around here.
4.1 HATE paper cuts.
5.1 HATE people who go through
the express line with more than
seven items.
6.1 HATE people who park motor
cycles in valued car stalls.
7. I HATE the weather in Ne
braska.
8. I HATE the unspeakably dull
emblem on Nebraska football hel
mets.
9.1 HATE people who think put
ting a scarf or a purse on a seat at
the movies is enough to save it for
someone.
10.1 HATE when I put a scarf or a
purse on a seat to save it and some
one sits there anyway.
11. I HATE hearing about how
dumb American students are com
pared to other students around the
world.
12.1 HATE Pete’s towing service.
13.1 HATE people who gripe all of
the time.
14. I HATE reruns of ‘‘Nighi
Court.” 8
15.1 HATE having to get a clean
plate before I go back through an
all-you-can-eat salad bar.
16.1 HATE the never-ending base
ball season.
17.1 HATE trough urinals.
18.1 HATE Spuds MacKenzie.
19. I HATE Gloria Estefan AND
The Miami Sound Machine.
20. I HATE getting ink on my
hands and face when I read the
Daily Nebraskan.
21. I HATE people who pick on
waiters and waitresses and com
plain to them about the food. I
ESPECIALLY HATE people who
don’t tip. No, I’m not a waiter.
22.1 HATE Garfield cats suction
cupped to car windows.
23. I HATE drivers who make
turns without signalling and driv
ers that don’t turn when their sig
nals are on.
24. 1 HATE continually playing
the Pepsi 21 game and never win
ning.
25.1 HATE poetry readings.
Ouch, it almost hurts to be so
hateful. I’m all hated-out. I won’t
be able to hate for the rest of the
year. And that’s the point of this
exercise.
Once you’ve all sent me your
hate through the mail, we’ll be
unable to even think a negative
thought for the remainder of the
89-90 school year. That will be
good.
So please, send your vile
venom, your festering frustrations
and your mournful moans to Jim
Hanna at 34 Nebraska Uniqo. I
promise you’ll feel better.
Andy Manhart/Daily Nebraskan
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‘China’ to feature on ETV Network
By Robert Richardson
Stiff Reporter
Beginning at 10 p.m. Wednes
day the Nebraska ETV Network
will begin airing six made-for
television documentaries on the
people and culture of China.
These do not cover contempo
rary China. Many people today
have no understanding of how
China started,’* said Ron Hull,
station manager and journalism
professor.
The first documentary, “An Art
of Line,” “deals with five current
artists and some kind of thread that
ties Chinese art together,” said
Mary Neal Schutz, of the Program
Information Department
* ‘Three Women of China, ’ ’ airs
at 10 p.m. Sept. 20.
“Three women tell how they
handled a career and housewife
position and about their dreams,”
Schutz said.
“China’s National Music,’’
airs at 10 p.m. Sept. 27.
“The China Broadcasting Na
tional Orchestra will perform re
gional folk music along with na
tionally acclaimed vocalists,’’
Schutz said.
“Old Friends Return to
China,’ ’ will air at 9 p.m. Sept. 29.
“Making of an Acrobat,” will
air at 10 p.m. Oct. 4.
“The children in the Beijing
Acrobatic troupe talk about the
challenges and rewards of their
unique position,” Schutz said.
The last in the six-part series
“Beijing: The Old and the New,”
wilairat 10 p.m. Oct. 11.
This talks about (he contrast
in the capital of China and the
changes over the past 10 years
from fashion to home appliances,' ’
Schut/ said.
Hull said he thinks this program
is necessary because “three
fourths of the population has never
been there and one-fourth of the
population lives there.”
Concert tickets
still available
The Nebraska Chamber Or
chestra will be performing at
Kimball Recital Hall at 8 p m.
Tickets still are available at the
Lied Center. The costs of the tick
ets are $12 and $15 for non-stu
dents and $6 and $7.50 for stu
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