In which I am thinking of things other people like
It occurred to me lately that there are loads of things other folks like that leave me cold. (More for you!) What bandwagons do you not ride?
*Unlovely footwear. Uggs. Crocs. I don't care how comfortable they are--and I refuse to believe Uggs feel like anything other than wearing a small dead animal on your foot--they are unlovely and mystifying.
*Coffee. It's astonishing to me how many people adore coffee and yet turn up their noses at a nice smoky cup of Lapsang Souchong. Coffee is bitter and smells like something you'd drink on a dare to complete some sort of native ritual to prove your bravery.
*LOST. I know scads of folks are mourning the end of the series, but I didn't make it past the first season. I actually didn't make it past the fifth episode. Once I realized they weren't going to cough up the polar bear, I gave up.
*Sushi. I'm fine with the raw fish; it's the chewy seaweed I can't handle. I have a serious texture issue when it comes to chewy food.
*Calamari. See above.
*Gin. It's like sipping aftershave. I would have made a dreadful flapper, and I fully realize that it's terribly declasse that I prefer tequila.
*The Hills. Jersey Shore. Pretty much anything on MTV since 1987. I remember when MTV debuted during my middle school years, and however far we go in life, ours will always be the generation marked by the Buggles. (Video DID kill the radio star.)
*Gyms. Sweating is something to be avoided at all costs. As is wearing spandex. Paying for the opportunity to do both whilst surrounded by other sweaty, beSpandexed folks is just beyond me. I would pay money to get OUT.
*Children. Well, besides my own, of course. I long for a return to Victorian days when they were only trotted out each afternoon for a quick airing in the park by nanny and whisked out of sight again. Children are just such hard work--conversationally, you understand. We have so little in common.
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Agree...
I hate crocs and uggs (the name, ironically, is close to ugly--I don't think that's a coincidence). I do love coffee, but LOATHE gin. *shudders* Gross.
LOST never really interested me, and I have never seen a single episode.
I don't like the idea of gyms. I do yoga and some exercise at home. Alone. Where I look less ridiculous. (Or so my logic goes.)
The Hills and Jersey Shore (I'm from Jersey; that show PAINS me) are television atrocities.
I find myself horrified by a lot of fashion trends, too. The ressurgence of 80s clothing? Do we REALLY need to start wearing acid wash jeans, again? And leg warmers? No, no, no. Bad idea.
Thanks for posting this! It was highly amusing.
I am with you on Crocs and Uggs!
I do not understand people who like ugly shoes either - I don't care how comfortable! There is such a thing as beautiful footwear that feels good and wears great - so why go for the uglies?
Coffee, sushi and calamari - we are just going to have to agree to disagree...
Shows that go on forever and are difficult to keep track of - oh, I can relate. My husband and I tried to devote ourselves to Heroes, but got tired of keeping track of gozillion main characters and of the fact that Sylar was STILL evil and alive at the end of season two.
Oh how I agree with you on
Oh how I agree with you on this:
"*Gyms. Sweating is something to be avoided at all costs. As is wearing spandex. Paying for the opportunity to do both whilst surrounded by other sweaty, beSpandexed folks is just beyond me. I would pay money to get OUT."
I have a friend that has asked to me "guest" with her for yoga...I still had to turn down the offer. That would still translate as sweating in public for no good reason. Of course I have yet to find *any* exercise other than dancing by myself when no one is home to fast music I loved in the 1980s worth the effort. Embarrassing? Possibly, but at least no spandex and it is in private:)
Rebecca W.
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It would be easier to list likes, rather than dislikes, and I've learned over the past couple of years that we are almost total opposites. But, you are still my favorite writer and I wouldn't miss your daily blog for anything. Cheers for Deanna.
With you on crocs, coffee,
With you on crocs, coffee, Lost, sushi and calamari. Do drink gin, do not drink tequila. Don't drink scotch either-that is like liquid exhaust fumes.
Don't love the gym, but do love being able to eat what I feel like eating and still fit in my clothes. Because I am not a salad=a meal kind of girl.
For my own "how can anyone like that?" list:
Moving crowds. I don't care if it is a parade, a festival, a convention, a sale-too many people in too little space equals too little oxygen and I get very twitchy. If everyone is seated as an audience, not so much. Until we all get up to leave at the same time.
Dancing With the Stars and American Idol. Especially Idol. I have never been entertained watching other people's dreams being trashed. Even if they are tone deaf.
Loud anything.
clothing that says stupid things, such as the shirt seen on a man whose mug shot was published in the newspaper today: "What are you looking at? Never seen a slacker before?" Who thinks that is clever? I'm embarrassed to live where something like that can be acquired.