So I just realized that my latest blog from approximately 2 weeks ago was marked as private. Forgive me, 12 loyal readers and countless other lurchers.
So as the year is coming to a close, I will not commemmorate all the dead people who died in 2008. I will not talk about my new year’s resolutions. I will not talk about the top ten baby names of 2008. But I will, however, talk about my least favourite things from 2008, in no particular order.
My Least Favourite Things from 2008, in No Particular Order
- Katy Perry- A very popular singer. Is she a songwriter? I sure hope not. I would be embarrassed for her if she were, because those are the types of songs I wrote when I was 12. That’s just the beginning. Most people my age and older know of the wonderful Jill Sobule who wrote the song “I Kissed A Girl” in 1995. It was a good song. It wasn’t slutty. It was folksy and cutesy. Katy Perry’s fanbase, ages 13-16, they have no idea who Jill Sobule is. You know why? They weren’t even in kindergarten in 1995. Also, did you know that she started out on a Christian label? There was no money in it, so she crossed over. Now, I am a Christian, and I blog about (very) questionable topics, but the difference is that I didn’t start out as a Christain blogger. Now here’s the big one: She is setting us women back. Her songs are blatantly sexist. I won’t get into it, because it will just make me want to poop a brick. I guess I should have just made a Lizt of Reasons Katy Perry should be Boycotted. Boycutt? Boycitt?
- “Going Green”*- I realize that this phrase has been around for a few years now, but it’s really getting out of hand. Now don’t get me wrong, I love that everyone is caring more about the environment nowadays, but what I hate is that it is a fad and will go out with those stupid headbands that all the crazy kids are wearing these days (see below). Every day, I see girls wearing those t-shirts with “Go Green” or recycling symbols on them smoking cigarettes and throwing the butts on the ground or using styrofoam or throwing their soda cans out the car window. Remember when everyone loved America after 9/11?
- Those Stupid Headbands-
What. The. Hell. Popular among girls and androgynous boys ages 13- 19 alike. I don’t even know. What are you going for exactly? No, don’t answer that. -
- Metallic Leggings- I bought a pair of pink ones at Goodwill about 3 years ago thinking, “These will be handy for an 80s party sometime.” And they were. I wore them for 80s night at The Melting Pot in September. On my way to the car downtown, I walked by American Apparel on Broadway, and what was staring me down in the window but those very leggings, only in gold, silver, and way-too-shiny black. I am not excited about the Spring semester, because I know for sure that I will be seeing these aplenty.
- House. The TV show, not the box with a door or two. There would never ever be a doctor like that. Not. Funny.
* An exception to my hating “Going Green.”- At Matt’s company Christmas party, we had raffles for a Nintendo Wii, Ipod Touch, other gadgets, and “mystery prizes”. Drunk little me, I told everyone that the mystery prizes were goats. You know, like on Let’s Make a Deal? Well, I told Aimee, and she was very excited about winning a goat. I told her it would eat all of her trash, and she said, “Oh, that would be so green of me!” That is the only time I did not hate “going green”.
So in conclusion, there you go. A Lizt in a blog. Commence with your bitching. Happy New Year.
hey liz. i havent talked to you since you got that contact high at bonaroo. i hope that your life is going well. i just remembered that you had an actual blogsite, and so i just went and caught myself up on some of the more recent ones. firstly, i have to say that i am surprised that so many hippie dudes are angry at your posts. i thought they were funny. they might be bros, remember, and sometimes strange humor goes over their heads. i felt the same kind of feelings when i went to 10klf this past summer, and everyone seemed to be mad at me because i don’t like jam band music, the grateful dead (the remaining members, at least), and i was only there to see The Flaming Lips. i was very impressed with Michael Franti and Spearhead, though, but just because he was a sweet and entrancing black man (and i’ve always had a bit of jungle fever). When is your wedding? I want to come, but probably won’t because i think i’ve only met you once (though i somehow consider our relationship to be quite loving), and still would like to send a present. did you ever get my tortillas? well, have a nice day! happy pooping!