The feverish thrills my people (white overeducated thirtyish types from the coasts/urban areas) are receiving at the vibrating hand of the website "Stuff White People Like" can now only be articulated via the super-self-conscious medium of blogging about how much the memes on the site apply to your life. Also, I am copying Swilkes.
# #93 Music Piracy
# #92 Book Deals Yes. My life will be meaningless if I don't get one. So there!
# #91 San Francisco
# #90 Dinner Parties
#89 St. Patrick's Day
#88 Having Gay Friends I love me some gay friends.
#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
#86 Shorts I live in fucking TEXAS. It's hot here!
#85 The Wire (Nope. Couldn't get into it at all. I tried, though.)
#84 T-Shirts
#83 Bad Memories of High School (I actually liked my high school, where 80% of the students weren't white!)
#82 Hating Corporations
#81 Graduate School
#80 The Idea of Soccer
#79 Modern Furniture
#78 Multilingual Children
#77 Musical Comedy Could I be any more guilty on this one?
#76 Bottles of Water
#75 Threatening to Move to Canada
#74 Oscar Parties (fuck no. i loathe the oscars.)
#73 Gentrification LOVE IT!
#72 Study Abroad
#71 Being the only white person around
#70 Difficult Breakups
#69 Mos Def
#68 Michel Gondry
#67 Standing Still at Concerts
#66 Divorce (divorce sucks. Shit would have to get super-bad for me to divorce Bob. Fuck #66!)
#65 Co-Ed Sports
#64 Recycling
#63 Expensive Sandwiches
#62 Knowing What's Best for Poor People
#61 Bicycles (I'm too klutzy for bicycles)
#60 Toyota Prius
#59 Natural Medicine
#58 Japan (Bob likes Japan. I am ambivalent.)
#57 Juno (didn't see it)
#56 Lawyers
#55 Apologies
#54 Kitchen Gadgets
#53 Dogs
#52 Sarah Silverman (fuck no to this one)
#51 Living by the Water
#50 Irony (I'm a Coupland kid por vida!)
#49 Vintage -
#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
#47 Arts Degrees (I thought about it for a while, but no)
#46 The Sunday New York Times
#45 Asian Fusion Food (why fusion? I was taught to eat at the authentic asian restaurants populated by actual asian persons.)
#44 Public Radio - (count me among the loser bitches who would totally do Ira Glass)
#43 Plays
#42 Sushi
#41 Indie Music Uh, yeah.
#40 Apple Products
Guilty.
#39 Netflix
#38 Arrested Development
#37 Renovations Yes, but I don't get off on talking about them. Our house is sort of dumpy!
#36 Breakfast Places -
#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report
#34 Architecture
#33 Marijuana
#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism -
#31 Snowboarding
#30 Wrigley Field
#29 80s Night
#28 Not having a TV
#27 Marathons
#26 Manhattan
#25 David Sedaris
#24 Wine
#23 Microbreweries
#22 Having Two Last Names
#21 Writer Workshops I sort of have to do this, though. I don't always enjoy it. Does that count for something?
#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
#19 Traveling
#18 Awareness
#17 Hating their Parents
#16 Gifted Children I'm not having kids because if they weren't gifted, I would hate them
#15 Yoga I do yoga.
#14 Having Black Friends
#13 Tea - Delicious tea! Tea is my friend! (So is T-square!)
#12 Non-Profit Organizations
#11 Asian Girls
#10 Wes Anderson Movies I think I'll go watch Rushmore.
#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside -
#8 Barack Obama He got my primary vote!
#7 Diversity
#6 Organic Food
#5 Farmer's Markets I like our farmer's market but only go maybe once a month.
#4 Assists
#3 Film Festivals
#2 Religions their parents don't belong to
#1 Coffee
I am no connoisseur but I have been known to drink it, and I spend a lot of time in coffeehouses.
ONLY 38! Maybe I really am from C-Juana?!?!
So, if I got 41 from this list, does that make me whiter than you?
Posted by: T-Square at April 4, 2008 04:22 PM