Things I Used to Never Care About -- But Now Do (Perhaps More Than I Should)
at Monday, September 14, 2009
While assembling my last post on Friday, stuff kept popping into my head that was pretty much the exact opposite of what I was going for. Thankfully I'm not just a pack rat when it comes to High School Musical merchandise, since this tendency I have to horde words is responsible for today's post -- the yin to Friday's yang, the Lady GaGa to Friday's Megan Fox. You know, because Megan Fox is a "definitely," while Lady GaGa is more of a "maybe, so long as I've had a few drinks, the she-male rumors about her are false, and she isn't wearing anything with sharp edges." Anyway, I believe there's a list around here somewhere:
- The economy (despite actively trying not to care)
- Best practices for discouraging the growth of moobs
- Riding every roller coaster in the U.S.
- Apocalyptic zombie scenarios
- People who don't wait for you to get out of the elevator before pushing their way in
- The inherent value of a bad idea
- That many of my favorite shows (How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Man Vs. Wild) would be even better with swearing
- Comfortable shoes
- That The Eagles are somehow only tolerable when Guitar Hero is involved
- Indian food
- The number of spiders in my house at any given time
- Whether or not plants and fish have feelings
- Escaping the clutches of Corporate America
- My prostate
- Jumping into a kiddy pool full of Oreo ice cream
- How many tattoos is too many
- Writing "that's what she said" underneath the vaguely sexual toothpaste ads on the bus
- The sneaky homeless guy in my neighborhood that looks like Wyclef Jean
- That despite the growing number of accidental deaths in the music industry, Scott Stapp continues breathing
- If the consequences of punching a teenager would really be that severe

September 14, 2009 11:18 AM
Never knew you were such a caring individual. Don't forget puppies, pandas, and Taylor Swift's feelings.
September 14, 2009 11:29 AM
This is kind of a lot of care. I'm impressed. You're actually a Care Bear. But maybe the little Rain Cloud one. I don't trust you to be the Sunshine one.
Yes, I capitalized those words for no reason. Yes, I like it that way.
September 14, 2009 11:43 AM
Both of these lists are great. Many of them would appear on my lists as well, except, maybe, the Eagles one and the Wyclef lookalike one.
September 14, 2009 11:58 AM
Yeah someone else who cares about zombie attacks! However this may help ya, if you happen to be caught in a zombie attack go and stay at a Super Walmart. There's entertainment, food, clothes, & only 2-3 exits that can easily be blocked. =)
September 14, 2009 12:32 PM
Don Henley Must Die!!! Also, there's no such thing as too many tattoos unless we're talking a number that would force you to tattoo your face or neck simply because there isn't room else where. That may be just enough.
September 14, 2009 12:53 PM
Oreos in a kiddie pool...that's something my kids WOULD definitely do! Oooo how i obsessively care about bad drivers, whether food is in my teeth and wait WHAT...rude comments on my blog!!!
September 14, 2009 2:22 PM
someone please shove an ice pick in Stapp's pee hole. please.
September 14, 2009 2:25 PM
You can give this a go. I found out that the ghetto I just moved from was safer than the 'burbs I now live at. Who knew?
And don't believe that bit about being safe in a Wal-Mart; Wal-Mart only employs zombies. As soon as the lights go out, you're screwed. Go with a Super Target; the people are more likely to stand in line and be polite.
Everything is definitely better with swearing. Check out the Irish blogs; they use "cunt" the way we use "bitch," which always makes for grand entertainment once you've picked up that habit and then forget you're talking to a fellow American, or your mother. Good times.
Funny, I find it hard to give a fuck about anything lately. Either I've come to terms with my life, or my Valiums have kicked in. Either way, coolness.
September 14, 2009 3:04 PM
Fuck yeah those shows would rock! But I think the ice cream would get into crevices best left alone....
September 14, 2009 4:05 PM
Great list. I hate you for pointing out many of the things I didn't worry about UNTIL NOW. That spider one still gets to me after a professor told me years ago that we are all never more than 6 feet from a spider at any given time in our lives. That still freaks me out.
September 14, 2009 5:38 PM
Man, your life is deep. LOL@Jules. Irony gets me everytime.
September 14, 2009 6:28 PM
I used to worry about spiders. Now I realize that I am infinitely less worried about spiders than whatever it is they're feasting on in my house. ;)
September 14, 2009 9:45 PM
Oooh, let me know when you swing through Ohio. We're right between Kings Island and Cedar Point - two must stops on any coaster tour.
September 15, 2009 1:58 PM
i'm glad i'm not the only one who worries about zombies and how they might destroy us. although i'd take zombies any day over scott stapp.
September 15, 2009 3:59 PM
This is so funny. I like your idea behind this as well as Friday's ying yang post to this topic. Great one!
September 16, 2009 12:02 AM
I had forgotten about this one. Had to dig it out of my Bookmarks. Lots of comments, but worth reading, as some are highly splortable.
September 16, 2009 8:30 AM
very good list
September 18, 2009 2:18 PM
Holy crap! You are so right, he does look like Wyclef.
How Scott Stapp hasn't been murdered is beyond me. 311 needs to find his ass again.