IOS5  Reminder App problem

Why is it that i can only enter either current location for the reminder when i arrive or leave, OR only other choice is to select an address from the contact book?!!! 
i.e., is there a way to enter a reminder for when i reach a destination where i can just specify the address on the fly?  it seems like Reminder can only work for reminding me arriving or leaving a specific location of an address found in contact book (i.e., must be leaving or arriving a person's home or work etc).
it's driving me nuts!!! because i don't usually have any person's address (including my own) in the address book.   so that means i have to input an address into a contact so i can use the location reminder.
that seems crazy and unintuitive and really drives me nuts!!!  
any work around?
seems really crazy Apple would not have thought about this.... and makes the App seem so complicated to use..... 

At this point (but I really hope this is fixed in a future update), the only options for specifying a location are either your current location or some address entered into the address book, meaning you cannot set the address on the fly or drop a pin.  This is a large oversight on Apple's part in my opinion.
I hope this helps!

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