stolen from amojojo
1. I hate NPR. Seriously.
2. I own many Carpenters CDs.
3. I smoke out behind the dumpster at the Rite Aid across the street from where I teach so the kids won’t see me.
4. I hate all beer but Bud.
5. I also hate wine, but will sometimes chug it just because I like how it makes me feel.
6. I don’t own a tv or a computer. Instead, I practice my cornet at home for fun.
7. I have a following of 12 3 and 4 year olds who all want “owies” (tattoos) like mine when they grow up. Oh, and they also want an “earring for your tongue”.
8. Yes, I still love the Spice Girls. Shut up.
9. I wear a lot of make-up and own about twenty different kinds of hair product, but if you call me “girly” I’ll totally cut you.
10. I grew up in the midwest, and I don’t like chocolate OR cheese.
What are your little rebellious acts?
Yup. Can’t stand it. It brings back horrible memories of my childhood, when my dad would listen to it in the car on long family trips and I COULDN’T ESCAPE THE BORING NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED. To this day, the vocal intonation of any NPR hosts nearly makes me want to poke out my eardrums.
Of course, I used to hate KEXP too, but within the last year have grown to like it. Who knows, maybe someday the words “All Things Considered” won’t make me bang my forehead with my fists.
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Casie, I’m totally with you on the tween pop.
LOVE IT!
also … *cough*spicegirls*cough*
The original Spice Girls only, of course. Once Ginger left they became total crap.
I still occasionally say “Oh, no!” like Scary Spice, in that bizarro incomprehensible accent of hers. I remember the first time I saw a Spice Girls video - she made a weird face and I was all “OMFG I have to get my tongue pierced so I can be scary too!” Heh. THAT sure didn’t work.
Minor Acts of Rebellion (Part the 1st):
- I hate colored socks - I own them, but will only wear them with formal or semi-formal dress.
- Brussel’s Sprouts=Martian heads, ‘nuff said.
- Whenever I have to order coffee from Starbucks, I ALWAYS ask for a “short”, never whatever their signage says.
- I cross against lights when no cars are coming.
- I download TV programs from the internet.
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the “Goodbye” single was Post-Ginger and it was still quality. Don’t be so categorical.
i’m behind you 100% on PG SGs being utter crap..yea, even including “g’bye,” verily.
Ugh. By then they were a mere shadow of their former popkitsch glory. Preach it, Rae!
My Rebellious Acts
Drinking alcohol in front of my Mormon parents. Even my brother-in-law won’t do that.
Actively seeking the fringe.
Reading voraciously. Especially stuff that challenges my current ideology.
Blending in. I consider that very subversive because it’s like I’m spying on the normals.
Learning on my own time.
Doggedly seeking the truth, even - nay especially - if it proves me wrong.
The most rebellious thing is a work-in-progress: knowing my own worth.
Ms. Foo! Long time no see. I consider those all to be dangerously rebellious acts, and I second that emotion.
1. I gave up chocolate and then cheated on Easter and ate a roll of Thin Mint Cookies.
2. I’m supposed to be working right now.
3. I encourage my dog to lick my husband because he hates it and I think it’s funny.
4. I make use of every shortcut I know when there’s traffic. I love getting off the freeway and hopping back on.
5. I watch the Ellen show.
6. I just said, “May the force be with you” to someone in a letter. Rebellious/geeky, whatever.
7. I’ve gone skinny dipping. recently.
8. I listen to the chemical bros and kid’s albums in the same car ride to work.
9. I encourage my friend who teaches Catholic School to encourage the gothling chick in her class, and subvert the dominant paradigm. No wonder they didn’t hire her for next year.
10. Oh, and I will always love C&C Music Factory.
I like the way you rebel, girl. (My best girlfriend karaokes both parts of C+C Music Factory. True story!)
And she RAWKS HAWT at it too.
I am consistently late to work.
I say dirty words around people who don’t approve of dirty 4 letter words, and I like it.
I don’t wear a watch.
I look for a new job at work.
I drink a ton of water so I have to pee a lot = more exercise and get out of the office.
I have a tattoo.
I left home at 18.
I drive in the middle of 2 lane roads if there’s no cars around.
I shave - no, not there. there.
I haven’t been to mass in a month.
My house is not as clean as my Mom’s.
My car is FILTHY.
I hit the snooze button - a lot.
I have an amazing imagination and huge creative streak - very rebellious to have at work lemme tell ya.
I generally say what’s on my mind.
I own a house, live in Kansas, knit and do yoga - in other words I’m white.
Ooh, I’m jealous of Sxia! I wish I could do the surface street avoid traffic thing. But the majority of my physical behavior is automated to allow more time and energy for thinking. So any deviation from the macro causes varying levels of disorientation. Once, I got lost going home from work. It’s a 13 mile drive. Don’t tell Los Angeles or she’ll kick me out.
hi there. lovely layout. luv it :)
Thanks - it’s all credit to the artists who pulled it together. I’m just the lucky beneficiary. ;)
And Nena - girl, you are bad to the BONE. When are you going to come out here and visit me?
hmmmm. I…
…go the wrong way around traffic circles in my neighborhood (every time).
…know how to beat the system at a pay lot in the u-district(seattle) and sneak in for free regularly.
…watch every Jessica Simpson/Nick LeShay special that appears on television.
…play The Sims insessantly when I should be working.
…also never refer to designated sizes at starbucks (or McDonalds) and insist on getting a “small” “medium or “large”
…consider myself a hippie but really can’t stand more than a day away from the shower (or deoderant & often (gasp) a razor!)
…continue to plaster my car with liberal bumper stickers on a street where nobody else has nything other than a “support the troops” one.
…duck and run whenever I see parents of my ex-students around town.
Funny post! I especially chuckle at the thought of “owies” and “earrings for your tongue”. ha!
Really? You hate NPR???
I don’t like honey, or coconut. I don’t even like Honey Nut Cheerios. *ew*
Coconut can be tolerated when well-disguised in cookies and other pastries, but I usually figure out it’s there.
At night I’ve been watching re-runs of Roseanne incessantly. I love it.
…and I like tween pop: Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlike…
HA!