Stealing the baton
Ok, nobody's asked me to do this. This seems to be a big-boy game. Since I don't anticipate an invitation, I'm going to just jump right in.
The game:
Behold, the Caesar’s Bath meme! List five things that people in your circle of friends or peer group are wild about, but you can’t really understand the fuss over. To use the words of Caesar (from History of the World Part I), “Nice. Nice. Not thrilling . . . but nice.”
Heeeeeeeeeere we go:
- Led Zeppelin. I know I'm going to take a lot of shit for this one, but what's so great about a gaggle of morons in tight pants going on about Lord of The Rings? 70s rock, as a whole, is bloated and lame. And the production sucks. Pink Floyd, too. Dark Side Of the Moon is the most overrated album EVER. Really, I could do an entire one of these lists just about music (Talk Talk, anyone? The Secret Machines? Elvis? Vinyl?), but I'm gonna try and mix it up.
- Halloween. Now, I'm talking about the holiday, not the movie. It just seems like a whole lot of work just to go out and get drunk. Yeah, clever costumes are funny. But honestly, who cares?
- Organic food. This just mystifies me. My working theory is that this whole fad is based more on an anti-big-business (anti-capitalist?) ideology than the nebulous idea of "wellness." (Thrift store shopping would also fall under this category.) It's been explained to me a hundred times, but I still don't see how it makes me healthier or a better person in any way other than theory. I shrug in it's general direction.
- The Simpsons. They had a good run for 6 or 7 years. But the last I'd say 5 seasons, as a whole, have been painfully bad. Preachy, obvious, recycled jokes and plot lines. Yawn. What time does Arrested Development come on?
- Me. Seriously, people call and try to hang out with me all that time. But I'm just a OCD nerd with a knack for snark and a penchant for emotional inaccessability. I frankly don't see the big deal about me. Get over me.
Wasn't that fun? Ok, your turn. I'm passing the baton to...er, my only friends with blogs! So Rochester, (newly resurrected) Annie, take it away!
You can participate, too. Leave your list in the comments. Or, better yet, get yer own blog! This could be your first post! (I'm looking at you, 3000, JB, and Angry Hippie.)