Keep it in the hourglass

You know what really grinds my gears?

Sand.

This is one of huge debate. I know a lot of people will claim my aversion to sand comes from growing up in a landlocked state with my closest body of water being the Rez... But I kind of feel that my reasons and scenarios in which I hate sand would apply regardless of where I grew up.

I don't know how else to explain it better than I did in a conversation with my friend and fellow *occasional* blogger, SO:

GLittle:

and as much as i hate sand, i feel like i should live by the ocean once in my life

SO:

you hate sand? what the hell is wrong with you?
i thought you wanted to be a beach bum

GLittle:
right. i like the ocean. but i just hate sand.
i mean i can usually put up with it
but i still hate it

SO:
i suppose you enjoy peanut butter and hate jelly
or love cheese but hate ham

GLittle:
like pb&j, hate ham

SO:
or tofu ham

GLittle:

hahaha no such thing

SO:

yet

GLittle:
true
i should invent it, make millions
then i can move somewhere exotic with sand and have someone put down some of that spongy stuff that all playgrounds are built on these days

SO:

ha

GLittle:
so when i get in and out of the water and i don't have to touch the sand

SO:
i think you should no longer be able to claim a love of the ocean if you hate sand. they are one in the same

GLittle:
i don't agree
i don't mind wet sand when i'm wet
and i don't mind dry sand when i'm not wet or clammy or drinking a perspiring beverage
but dry sand/wet body=hatred for sand
well and i hate sand down my shirt, in my shoes, anywhere else it catches.
dry sand, dry body

SO:

i hear there are these crazy new things called towels. they stop you from being wet, hence sand won't stick to you

GLittle:

BUT walking from the water to the towel, WHICH by the way is usually covered in dry sand, means i still get dry sand stuck on my wet body
Thus the playground spongy stuff is a perfect solution

SO:

i find that argument week and unconvincing

GLittle:

fair enough, i'm not trying to turn you off of sand. i never try to force my beliefs on others, but i stand by what i said. my name is GLittle and i hate sand.

*Footnote: The medical term for fear of sand is Eremikophobia. I don't have that. I can't even pronounce that. Ornithophobia? Perhaps... but I might go as far as saying GLittle isn't afraid of anything, so probably not.