Tuesday, August 10, 2010

what floats your boat?


Do you ever watch a tv show, read a book, eat a meal or see something in popular culture and think "What's all the fuss about? I just don't get it." 

I'm sure we've all had that thought at one point or another.  Different strokes for different folks. 

After seeing this post on another blog, I thought it would be fun to put together my own list of things many people like that I'm not a big fan of.*  Please don't be offended if something you love is on my list - that's the point! These are just a few things most people really like that just don't float my boat. 

And just to be fair, I've also included a list of things that I love that most of you probably aren't so crazy about.

things some people love that i just don't get

  1. Sweet tea
  2. The Real Housewives of Anywhere
  3. Pets
  4. Chelsea Handler
  5. Facials
  6. Mad Men
  7. Cruises
  8. Cosmopolitans
  9. Baths {or as my sister and I refer to it: "stewing in your own filth"}
  10. Massages
  11. Yoga {That goes double for Bikram yoga. eww}
  12. Acrylic nails
  13. Dave Matthews' Band
  14. Miracle Whip {Amen friend}
  15. Stick family stickers on cars
  16. Johnny Depp
  17. "Hearting" things. 
  18. Victoria's Secret Semi-Annual Sales {I'd rather cut off my right arm and wear granny panties till kingdom come than be forced to dig through bargain bins of underpants with every other female aged 18 to 49 in a 25 mile radius}.
  19. Tuna salad
  20. Running
  21. Smoothies {If I'm going to suck down a 400 calorie beverage, there darn tootin' better be booze in it.}
  22. Snuggies
  23. Lifetime movies
Things I love that other people might not get:

  1. Huey Lewis and The News
  2. Tom Selleck {Circa 1980's TS is my favorite, followed by 90's TS (or as I like to call him, Richard from Friends), but I'll even take the current NRA-crazy Tom Selleck}
  3. The Sound of Music
  4. James Taylor, Phil Collins, Paul Simon and other stuff your dad listens to
  5. Ranch dressing on pizza {I apologize to every Italian I've just offended}
  6. Organizing my closet by color and by item (Tanks, Shirts, Sweaters, Skirts, Pants & Jackets, each by color.)
  7. Grocery shopping
  8. Ice in milk
  9. Jeopardy
  10. Throwing things away. I'm the anti-hoarder.
  11. Taylor Swift
  12. Boxed Kraft macaroni & cheese
  13. Political biographies
  14. Listening to Christmas music all year long

What do you love that other people turn their noses up at?  What do other people love that you just don't get?

*Thanks Life of A Doctor's Wife for allowing me to debo your blog post. {Dear readers, If you had to google "debo", we are no longer friends.  I'm kidding, of course.  But seriously, you need to see Friday.  Classic American cinema.}

**I'm sure it's bugging the crap out of you OCD types that my lists don't have equal numbers of items and they aren't nice rounded numbers like 15 or 20.  Sorry for partying.

30 comments:

Rebekah said...

I don't get a lot of the same things as you in the first list! I had to look up Bikram yoga-it sounds disgusting.

Anonymous said...

Seriously, PETS????? Wait until Sister sees that. Poor Abbey! Mom

Courtney said...

I also don't get why people love sweet tea! It's NASTY! I also boxed Kraft mac & cheese! DEVINE!

AND AND AND! Ranch dressing on pizza! SOO good :)

Classy Fab Sarah said...

Ice in milk?! Oh barf! I can't take it!!

Haha I can't even make this list for myself because I am WAY way too insane. Way!

The Sister said...

First off, as I am reading this I am listening to Kelly Clarkson sing O Holy Night on my iPod. You should really clarify that sweet tea is gross, but that sweet tea vodka is awesome!
You can definitely tell we are sisters. I agree with you on 22 out of 23 things on that list. I like tuna salad (only if I make it myself b/c other people put too much mayo...yuck) And I will say in all fairness that old school Lifetime movies are awesome, but new ones are horrific. The one where Kevin Arnold kills DJ Tanner is fantastic.
And people who don't organize their closet like that just don't have sense. (or perhaps they aren't anal nutbags like us)

Lainey_Elizabeth said...

I have been reading your blog for a few weeks now, and this list just pushed me over the edge to follow! I love this and I have to say those stick figure families on cars are the dumbest things ever, and some classics i.e. blue box mac and cheese just can't be beat!

the girl in the red shoes said...

I listen to Christmas music all year round too...and of course ranch dressing on my pizza! Yum!

April said...

Some things I don't get that other people love:
-the whole Twilight saga
-the Bachelor/Bachelorette
-naps
-Twitter
-drinking milk
-I agree - Desperate Housewives of whatever city is popular at the time...
-manicures/pedicures

Some things I love that other people might not get:
-Harry Potter
-food or supplements with flaxseed
-color-coding things (my calendar, any notes, to-do-lists, packing lists)
-being generally low-maintenance
-cooking from scratch
-doing laundry

To each her own :)

melissa said...

Silly Mom, Abbey's not a pet. She's my sister. You always say she's your favorite child! :)

Maggie said...

Nicely done ... we share quite a few "don't gets" and "gets" (I love fellow anti-trash-reality-tvers!)

Maggie said...

Oops, meant to add that my husband and sisters-in-law share a hilarious obsession with Huey Lewis and the News. His sister Morgan has a framed vintage '80s poster in her bedroom.

Katie said...

MEL, I agree on so many things.. Snuggies are pretty awful, unless you are freezing in your office then there OK.. Bikram Yoga IS TERRIBLE, I did it once and wanted to cry because people's sweat was dripping on me... Stickers on cars don't make any sense to me.

The only thing I disagree about is massages they are pretty awesome and healthy for you every once in a while...

Somethings I like that some people don't get.. Working out and drinking haha

Samantha the ArmyWife said...

I "HEART" Christmas Music year-round! And my BFF has always had ice in her milk... never quite understood that one, but as you said, Different strokes for different folks.

Melissa said...

Love this. I'm doing the same. (C'mon - Real Housewives? Best guilty pleasure ever!)

LG said...

LOL I need to do this list too b.c we could be total opposites! But I totally dig you and your sense of humor! That's what makes blog land fun

Ryan Kay said...

I just ate boxed mac and cheese for breakfast.

I do love my pets though :)

Norm said...

I giggled like a school girl at this post, not because it's a surprise (hello, I could have practically written these list for you after all these years), but because you reference the movie Friday as "classic american cinema". Love it!

You dont "heart things"? Didn't know that...

Buckhead Belle said...

Haha, love this list! I am right there with you on some of the things people love that I don't really get. Also on my list? American Idol. I'm just not into it!

PS: I also love Huey Lewis!

Kristin said...

Ha, love this. There are definitely some things on your don't like list that I like (sweet tea - half and half to be precise, pets (dogs), DMB and massages). But, I get so many of your loves... I have seen Huey Lewis & the News in concert more than once and loved every second of it. Actually, the only things I don't like are Boxed mac & cheese & ranch on pizza (which I do like, but just don't usually do). Fun post.

Jen Watts said...

I am still laughing after reading this...I like most everything on your don't get list..running, yoga, real housewives, mad men, my chihuahua...I do not get fake nails or miracle whip though!!

Love Huey!! Singing Hip to Be Square right now! Have watched Duets so many times its scary.

I love your lists...I could never make one...it would prob be a mile long and then everything marked through.

Kate said...

Oooh I'm gonna do this! It looks so fun.

I'm totally with you on smoothies and those stick figure families. And jeopardy! When I'm at school my roommate and I make an effort to eat dinner to jeopardy as often as possible.

Life of a Doctor's Wife said...

I love your lists! (and thanks for the shout out!)

I also totally had to click on what debo meants.

I agree with you 100% about cruises, baths, and Victoria Secret Sales. YICK. And you already know my deep feelings about Miracle Whip.

Richard from Friends is hot. I totally organize my closet that way. Kraft mac n cheese is awesome. And I am totally going nutso about your uneven lists. (Hi, OCD!)

Alyssa said...

You are hilarious. I haven't heard "debo" in YEARS! haha

I don't get the Twilight thing AT ALL. Or Harry Potter. I also don't get SYTYCD or Real Housewives. Bikram Yoga is my personal hell.

As for running...love it (but I never thought I would until I started doing it daily).

We may be twins. I love this post.

Mel said...

I could not agree with you more about shopping at VS during their sales and drinking smoothies.

Ranch + Pizza = Fantastic

I'm going to copy this idea for my blog too. I "heart" it. Just kidding!

California Wife said...

Haha, I love this! I agree with you on over half of your things!!! I might have to do a post like this someday, it's great!

Melissa said...

hahahaha I definitely love 9 of the 23 things you listed you don't get- but for the record I am totally with you on Taylor Swift. I saw her when she opened for Rascal Flats and wasn't as big as she is now and she was great. Can't wait for her new album.

Julia said...

Oh god, I LOVE grocery shopping too. It's weird and not good on the ol' wallet.

A Wedding Story said...

This is hilarious!!! I totally don't get Chelsea Handler, acrylic nails and stick families too, among other things. However, I love my Snuggie. It's so soft and amazingly cozy during an autumn couch nap!

Cake for Breakfast said...

I love this. Things other people love that I don't get: pepperoni pizza, Lady Gaga, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
Things I love that other people don't get: the movie The Lake House, Kenny Rogers, ketchup on pizza rolls

Happy Day!

Sara said...

We are total soulmates. One of these days we're going to get together and watch Jeopardy, drinking iced milk, listening to Paul Simon, eating boxed mac & cheese and pizza with ranch. And then we can go grocery shopping and cook! Next weekend work for you?

 
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