Meme Time!
Because I'm procrastinating about all the work I have to do for next week, a meme!
Taken from grrliz.
From the book Stuff White People Like. There is more explanation of the items at that link, if you need it. Bold the ones that apply to you (even if you're not white).
#120 Taking a Year Off
#119 Sea Salt
#118 Ugly Sweater Parties
#117 Political Prisoners
#116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore
#115 Promising to Learn a New Language
#114 America
#113 Halloween
#112 Hummus
#111 Pea Coats
#110 Frisbee Sports
#109 The Onion
#108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music
#107 Self Aware Hip Hop References
#106 Facebook
#105 Unpaid Internships
#104 Girls with Bangs
#103 Sweaters
#102 Children’s Games as Adults
#101 Being Offended
#100 Bumper Stickers
#99 Grammar
#98 The Ivy League
#97 Scarves
#96 New Balance Shoes
#95 Rugby
#94 Free Healthcare
#93 Music Piracy
#92 Book Deals
#91 San Francisco
#90 Dinner Parties
#89 St. Patrick’s Day
#88 Having Gay Friends (I think this is part and parcel of being a theatre tech, though - it's hard to avoid the gay male dancers! XD And then of course, there's Dee too)
#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
#86 Shorts
#85 The Wire
#84 T-Shirts (I think this comes with the territory of being a tech)
#83 Bad Memories of High School
#82 Hating Corporations
#81 Graduate School
#80 The Idea of Soccer
#79 Modern Furniture
#78 Multilingual Children
#77 Musical Comedy (I think this is also related to the theatre thing)
#76 Bottles of Water
#75 Threatening to Move to Canada (I already live here!)
#74 Oscar Parties
#73 Gentrification
#72 Study Abroad
#71 Being the only white person around (That what happens with you live in Brampton XD )
#70 Difficult Breakups
#69 Mos Def
#68 Michel Gondry
#67 Standing Still at Concerts
#66 Divorce
#65 Co-Ed Sports
#64 Recycling
#63 Expensive Sandwiches
#62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
#61 Bicycles
#60 Toyota Prius
#59 Natural Medicine
#58 Japan
#57 Juno
#56 Lawyers
#55 Apologies (I'm going to repeat grrliz here and say this is more because I'm Canadian)
#54 Kitchen Gadgets
#53 Dogs
#52 Sarah Silverman
#51 Living by the Water
#50 Irony
#49 Vintage
#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
#47 Arts Degrees (Well, I'm in theatre tech, so that pretty much counts)
#46 The Sunday New York Times
#45 Asian Fusion Food
#44 Public Radio
#43 Plays (again, related to the theatre thing)
#42 Sushi
#41 Indie Music
#40 Apple Products
#39 Netflix
38 Arrested Development
#37 Renovations
#36 Breakfast Places
#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report (Definately The Daily Show more, though)
#34 Architecture (I especially love Ancient Greece and Roman)
#33 Marijuana
#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism
#31 Snowboarding
#30 Wrigley Field
#29 80s Night
#28 Not having a TV (Quoting grrliz on this one: "I don't have cable, which is more what they're getting at since they talk about not seeing TV shows because they don't own one)"
#27 Marathons
#26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)
#25 David Sedaris
#24 Wine
#23 Microbreweries
#22 Having Two Last Names
#21 Writers Workshops
#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
#19 Traveling
#18 Awareness
#17 Hating their Parents
#16 Gifted Children
#15 Yoga
#14 Having Black Friends
#13 Tea
#12 Non-Profit Organizations
#11 Asian Girls
#10 Wes Anderson Movies
#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
#8 Barack Obama
#7 Diversity
#6 Organic Food
#5 Farmer’s Markets
#4 Assists
#3 Film Festivals
#2 Religions their parents don’t belong to
#1 Coffee
30/120 = 25%
That's surprising. I thought for sure it'd be higher than that. Well, I definately know other people who do a whole lot more of these things than I do.
Alright, time to get back to work. I have a lot to do, and I need to just do it.
Taken from grrliz.
From the book Stuff White People Like. There is more explanation of the items at that link, if you need it. Bold the ones that apply to you (even if you're not white).
#120 Taking a Year Off
#119 Sea Salt
#118 Ugly Sweater Parties
#117 Political Prisoners
#116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore
#115 Promising to Learn a New Language
#114 America
#113 Halloween
#112 Hummus
#111 Pea Coats
#110 Frisbee Sports
#109 The Onion
#108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music
#107 Self Aware Hip Hop References
#106 Facebook
#105 Unpaid Internships
#104 Girls with Bangs
#103 Sweaters
#102 Children’s Games as Adults
#101 Being Offended
#100 Bumper Stickers
#99 Grammar
#98 The Ivy League
#97 Scarves
#96 New Balance Shoes
#95 Rugby
#94 Free Healthcare
#93 Music Piracy
#92 Book Deals
#91 San Francisco
#90 Dinner Parties
#89 St. Patrick’s Day
#88 Having Gay Friends (I think this is part and parcel of being a theatre tech, though - it's hard to avoid the gay male dancers! XD And then of course, there's Dee too)
#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
#86 Shorts
#85 The Wire
#84 T-Shirts (I think this comes with the territory of being a tech)
#83 Bad Memories of High School
#82 Hating Corporations
#81 Graduate School
#80 The Idea of Soccer
#79 Modern Furniture
#78 Multilingual Children
#77 Musical Comedy (I think this is also related to the theatre thing)
#76 Bottles of Water
#75 Threatening to Move to Canada (I already live here!)
#74 Oscar Parties
#73 Gentrification
#72 Study Abroad
#71 Being the only white person around (That what happens with you live in Brampton XD )
#70 Difficult Breakups
#69 Mos Def
#68 Michel Gondry
#67 Standing Still at Concerts
#66 Divorce
#65 Co-Ed Sports
#64 Recycling
#63 Expensive Sandwiches
#62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
#61 Bicycles
#60 Toyota Prius
#59 Natural Medicine
#58 Japan
#57 Juno
#56 Lawyers
#55 Apologies (I'm going to repeat grrliz here and say this is more because I'm Canadian)
#54 Kitchen Gadgets
#53 Dogs
#52 Sarah Silverman
#51 Living by the Water
#50 Irony
#49 Vintage
#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
#47 Arts Degrees (Well, I'm in theatre tech, so that pretty much counts)
#46 The Sunday New York Times
#45 Asian Fusion Food
#44 Public Radio
#43 Plays (again, related to the theatre thing)
#42 Sushi
#41 Indie Music
#40 Apple Products
#39 Netflix
38 Arrested Development
#37 Renovations
#36 Breakfast Places
#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report (Definately The Daily Show more, though)
#34 Architecture (I especially love Ancient Greece and Roman)
#33 Marijuana
#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism
#31 Snowboarding
#30 Wrigley Field
#29 80s Night
#28 Not having a TV (Quoting grrliz on this one: "I don't have cable, which is more what they're getting at since they talk about not seeing TV shows because they don't own one)"
#27 Marathons
#26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)
#25 David Sedaris
#24 Wine
#23 Microbreweries
#22 Having Two Last Names
#21 Writers Workshops
#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
#19 Traveling
#18 Awareness
#17 Hating their Parents
#16 Gifted Children
#15 Yoga
#14 Having Black Friends
#13 Tea
#12 Non-Profit Organizations
#11 Asian Girls
#10 Wes Anderson Movies
#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
#8 Barack Obama
#7 Diversity
#6 Organic Food
#5 Farmer’s Markets
#4 Assists
#3 Film Festivals
#2 Religions their parents don’t belong to
#1 Coffee
30/120 = 25%
That's surprising. I thought for sure it'd be higher than that. Well, I definately know other people who do a whole lot more of these things than I do.
Alright, time to get back to work. I have a lot to do, and I need to just do it.