Swaps and Popular Thing Haters
For those of you who are interested in joining the swap group…read on!
Swap!
Click the above link and join in on the next swap! They are really fun. We do about 4 a year (usually 1 a season). The theme is announced, you’ll get an email with your partner’s address, then you go fill a box (don’t go over $25) with fun stuff that goes with the theme including 1 thing you make yourself. Include a letter listing the contents and the story behind each item and ship it out by the deadline. Then, when you get your box, take a picture and post it on your blog.
I love sharing goodies from all over the country this way!
This morning on the drive in they were talking on the radio about being a popular thing hater. A listener had written in that it’s easy to talk about the things you like, esp if they’re popular, but it takes more guts to talk about what you don’t like- especially if it’s popular. I agree. People look at me all evil-eyed if I dare say I don’t like Precious Moments (creeeepy), or yellow gold (it just looks bad on my pale, pink skin and that’s carried over into my over all taste). Now, just because I don’t like it doesn’t make it bad. Not in the least! Please, if you love mauve and country blue ruffled curtains and multi colored stencils in your hallway, continue! Keep on lovin’ ’em! So, here we go…. drum roll please… my short list of popular things I can really do without:
*Chocolate Cake…..I know, I know. I’m just not into it. I like brownies alright, but chocolate in anything more than chocolate milk or a Reeses cup is just too much for me. I also don’t like many candy bars for this very reason.
*Flavored Potato Chips….bar-b-que especially. The only ones I can handle are salt and vinegar and Dorito’s (regular). If I want pizza I’ll eat pizza- not pizza essence sprayed onto a thin, fried piece of potato.
*Gold or brass fixtures…..like doorknobs, lamps, drawer pulls, etc. We’ve been in our house less than 3 weeks and I’ve spent a lot of that time frantically running around replacing said objects with less flashy fixtures. I know it’s the favorite style of home builders, but honestly people, you can change them out! They aren’t permanent!
*Silk flowers…They give me the creeps. Not all silk flowers (and I even have a couple of small, simple, arrangements in my house- my cats eat real flowers and empty vases look odd just sitting around), but the big, funeral style arrangements people tend to put on pedestals in front of windows or the silk flower garlands they weave around window treatments to collect dust and dead insects. Shudder.
*The beach….Now, don’t get me wrong, I love a fun beach vacation as much as the next person. But I am very fair and burn easily. I don’t like getting all sandy (although I do enjoy the exfoliating benefits of walks on the beach). I prefer the activities (seafood dinners, shopping, sipping fruity drinks on the balcony, walking on the beach at night) more than the act of lugging a ton of stuff to the beach, getting burned no matter how high my spf, lugging it all back to the hotel, and being all hot and worn out afterward.
*Chain Restaurants…More specifically, large, corporate, chains. I’ll eat there if I have to. But I prefer any local place to frozen variations of chicken fingers or other such food I could certainly thaw out myself at home served at TGI Fridays, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Applebees, all those. Blech. Some chains (locally owned usually) are pretty good- and I wish them nothing but success!
And lastly… *J-Lo….she has gorgeous skin. That’s about it. She can’t act, can’t sing (ever been to a J-Lo concert? Exactly. Because there aren’t any. Wonder why not?). I wish her nothing but happiness. I hope her and Ben will be together forever. By the way, didn’t they always say Ben was at least 6 feet tall? And isn’t she only about 5’2″? If so, even with high heels, why does he only look a couple of inches taller than her in pictures?
I’m sure I’ll get some backlash on this post, but my intention is not to offend. Let me say this though, I’m not a snob, I just know what I like. Everyone has their own opinions and tastes. And again, just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s not fabulous for someone else.
So what popular thing do you not like? Go ahead, it’s ok, get it off your chest! =)
Bless Your Heart 