Over the past few months, columnists Paige and Age have been relentless on issues such as picking up in the subway and same-sex matchmaking. And obviously, this hard-hitting approach can be off-putting for some.

So this week, instead of attacking another contentious issue, Paige and Age set their sights on more formidable opponents: Old Navy, the G-Unit, Leah haters and pioneers. Check out their grievances with today's pop-culture...

Adorable
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There are many things in this world that are the polar opposite of being an Adorable Sports Writer. Out of all the un-adorable things in this world, a few are just so irritating and obnoxious, that I feel I must …

I’m certain that a lot of these gripes are shared by a vast majority of the "with it" public out there.

Although I could fill an 800-page novel on my problems with Vince Carter alone, I am going to leave him off this list in order to be fair to everyone else.

Where to start?? OK...Here’s one. Suppose I’m conversing with someone, and it becomes time for our discussion to end, and therefore part ways. There are many choices of phrases to leave a final impression, with ‘Bye’ being the most traditional. Lately I’ve come across this new breed of individual who feels they can bring the dinner table to their conversational vocab. Obviously I’m referring to the people out there who like to say 'Cheers' as a way to sign off an email, an msn or a conversation. Disgraceful. So Lame. No excuses. Dorks!

My msn list is plagued with contacts who feel it necessary to inform me of their daily activities. Since the dawn of web messaging, username’s have been an important tool to help judge one’s character. I can’t stand when the window pops up in the bottom corner of my screen to inform me that ‘T – working till 5, then hitting the gym to work triceps and shoulders, followed by dinner. Any meal suggestions? OC at 8, then start my homework. Ugh I hate essays’ has just signed in. I really don’t care.

The term ‘Meet/Meat Market’ really annoys me. The same people who say 'cheers', generally use this phrase.

Old Navy sucks. The commercials, the stores, the lightbulbs, and the clothes. The whole idea is possibly the most obnoxious thing anyone could’ve drummed up. That "Toes on the Nose Bro’s" surfer dude in the holiday ads was proof enough. Dropping Morgan Fairchild was their biggest mistake. What a babe!

And finally...A last minute change has bumped G-Unit baseball caps down to a mere honourable mention. Taking the fifth and final spot is my St. Patrick’s Day hangover. Five Advil and counting…

Paige SiXXX
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I would like to think that I am a pretty hardy person. There are very
few things you can do to make me discontent; instead I generally will
accept the things that make others freak out. For instance, while my
sister will throw a fit if she doesn't get a drive back to her school
after a weekend home, I usually willingly wind up on the
small-town-detour Greyhound without complaining.
But, keep in mind I am not a robot, and there are some things which I
just can't deal with.

Waiting. Okay, no one likes waiting, so this isn't really an original
personal annoyance. I don't like waiting between bands at a concert,
or having to wait for a subway because I feel they should flow
constantly. I wish I didn't have to wait weeks for new
José Lourenço articles to be published. And waiting to turn 19 was
the worst- when is Ontario going to lower the drinking age, eh? I
actually dislike waiting so much that I run on "Paige Time", that is I
am always at least fifteen minutes late for everything. (Even meetings
I am running, or parties I am hosting) I figure if you're the last one
there, you don't have to ever wait. I love being selfish like that.

People who sit in the front of the bus. Unless you are with child,
relying on a cane for support, or scared of the high school kids who
like to sit in the back, get your ass back there and stop clogging up
the front of the bus. And if you're really scared of the high school
kids, you don't deserve to be on the bus. Consider taking taxis
everywhere.

Pioneers. Half my family is a "pioneer": the early settlers, or cowboys (as I like to call them) of Canada's West. This doesn't change the fact that I think pioneers are kind of weird. This annoyance used to be more intense, mainly back in the days when school included the mandatory studying of pioneers. I dreaded the thought of having to go visit a Pioneer Village until I went to Manitoba and Alberta a few times. Pioneers make much more sense now, but there is still a part of me which is frustrated that it took them over a week to pull a rock out of a field when people in Europe were drinking absinthe and building castles.

The conversationally challenged. That is, those who instigate bland
MSN/email conversations with a "Hey," and then wait for me to create
the bulk of our conversation. No thanks.

People who do not like Leah McLaren. And there is quite an anti-Leah cult out there, always quick to point out her many selfish and vapid moments in an elite "I am so beyond everything she writes about" manner. Either love the articles, or just don't read them. I think Leah is awesome, not only because she gets to have a scooter, buy a farm, go on expensive shopping trips, but because she does most of these things under the guise of journalism. You could say she's an inspiration to my own vapid, selfish, I-want-to-have-a-column-too self.

Movies. I don't know when I made the choice to actively stop watching
movies, but it's come to the point where I don't even bother saying
"oh I'd like to see that!" because I know I will either a) never see
the film in question, or b) the movie will end up sucking and be a
huge disappointment. I also find it hard to watch something for an
hour or two without getting bored or distracted.

The feeling that I have to end this list of annoyances with something
really poignant and hilarious, and I am not currently creative enough
to do that. Thinking that I have to be all witty, all the time can be
a real drag sometimes.