Things You Won’t Catch Me...
coselmed
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I thought this would be a fun exercise...I'd be interested in reading your responses to the same categories.
LISTENING TO[/b]
-Any artist that's appeared on the cover of SPIN in the last year (except for pre- Achtung Baby U2)
-Cowboy Troy
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
-Pornography
-Stripping
-Anything involving a costume
SAYING[/b]
-"Cause I ain't no hollaback girl"
-"Nigga"
-"I'm Rick James, bitch!"
-"AYO" and/or "no homo"
-"Is that a reissue?"
READING[/b]
Much to faux's chagrin, there is very little I won't read (ie, I'm not a very selective reader)...I used to read the back of the cereal box when I was little because my mom wouldn't let me bring books to the table. You probably won't see me picking up Mein Kampf, most celebrity autobiographies, or the Bible anytime soon, though.
WATCHING[/b]
This is a tough one since my television viewing is very limited, due to the conspicuous absence of an electronic system of transmitting transient images of fixed or moving objects together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound in my current home.
That said, I have never seen nor have any desire to see American Idol, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Apprentice, Joey, or most of the shows that appear on TiVo's Hot 100.
EATING[/b]
-Cooked oatmeal/fufu/tapioca pudding/cream of wheat (the texture of these foods really get my gag reflex going)
-"Organ Meat" eg, tripe, chitlins, liver, etc.
-Cranberry sauce
-Beets
-Fruit-filled pies
LISTENING TO[/b]
-Any artist that's appeared on the cover of SPIN in the last year (except for pre- Achtung Baby U2)
-Cowboy Troy
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
-Pornography
-Stripping
-Anything involving a costume
SAYING[/b]
-"Cause I ain't no hollaback girl"
-"Nigga"
-"I'm Rick James, bitch!"
-"AYO" and/or "no homo"
-"Is that a reissue?"
READING[/b]
Much to faux's chagrin, there is very little I won't read (ie, I'm not a very selective reader)...I used to read the back of the cereal box when I was little because my mom wouldn't let me bring books to the table. You probably won't see me picking up Mein Kampf, most celebrity autobiographies, or the Bible anytime soon, though.
WATCHING[/b]
This is a tough one since my television viewing is very limited, due to the conspicuous absence of an electronic system of transmitting transient images of fixed or moving objects together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound in my current home.
That said, I have never seen nor have any desire to see American Idol, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Apprentice, Joey, or most of the shows that appear on TiVo's Hot 100.
EATING[/b]
-Cooked oatmeal/fufu/tapioca pudding/cream of wheat (the texture of these foods really get my gag reflex going)
-"Organ Meat" eg, tripe, chitlins, liver, etc.
-Cranberry sauce
-Beets
-Fruit-filled pies
Comments
-mash-ups/blends unless it's hip-hop on hip-hop
-christian radio
-90% of the CDs I get sent
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
-a desk job
-writing for Dave Mays
SAYING[/b]
-"here's the fried chicken wings and shrimp fried rice you ordered"
-"are you sure you're 18?"
-"no thanks, I don't need doubles of "The Invaders"
READING[/b]
-Anything a lit crit grad student might write a seminar paper about.
WATCHING[/b]
-Desperate Housewives
-the 700 Club
EATING[/b]
-Mushrooms
-Eggplant
Flip TV and Reading around and that's my house. I tend to have a TV, stereo, laptop and book or magazine going all at once. Admittedly I lack focus. I am a more discerning reader, as I prefer non-fiction about subjects I am interested in.
After 6 years I still can't find a pattern to what my wife likes to read, but I still buy her books sorta randomly. And she always reads some of them.
wasnt matchbox 20's the mad season on your list of best albums of the millenium so far??
He'll be writing for Poplicks.com after his magazine folds next year.
When was Matchbox 20 on the cover of SPIN? I like a lot of popular music. These are not contradictory statements.
LISTENING TO[/b]
- neo-soul
- emo rap
- mashups
- radiohead / coldplay / u2
- anything with self absorbed depressing "i wanna slit my wrists and die cause i was abused" type lyrics ala 95% of modern rock / pop fare these days
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
- desk job
- working in a cubicle
- Any place involving florescent lighting
SAYING[/b]
-"hip hop just isnt as good as it used to be"
READING[/b]
- bible
- celeb bios
- diet / fitness craze shit
- humour
i stick to pretty much a steady diet of non fic music related books
WATCHING[/b]
- the OC
- desperate housewives
- gilmore girls
- 24
- six feet under
- queer as folk
EATING[/b]
- meat of any sort
- dairy (other than really hi end cheeses and organic yogurts)
- eggs
well i don't exaclty follow spin.. but i assumed you were pointing the finger at most so called modern rock bands.. of the ilk mags like spin tends to cover.
matchbox 20 vs spin
the lameness scale would be hard to judge.. i think the arms would just fall right off on both sides.
Ha!
I thought Rock This! was hilarious. I'm a big fan of Chris Rock's stand-up, so it was basically like reading a transcript.
They probably don't fancy themselves as such, but MB20 is pretty pop. I was referring to the YeahYeahYeahs, The Darkness, The Pixies, The Hives, The Vines, Morrissey, etc.
Wait a minute, what is The Grey Album considered?
LISTENING TO[/b]
-emo anything - stop that whining!
-opera singers and pop singers on the same song
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
-being bored
SAYING[/b]
-"hip hop just isnt as good as it used to be" - co-sign
READING[/b]
-anything written in a language other than English
WATCHING[/b]
- the OC
- desperate housewives
- gilmore girls
- 24
- six feet under
- queer as folk
co-sign on all of the above, plus
-the amazing race
-period pieces about the upper crust
EATING[/b]
-meat
-turnips
-brussel sprouts
-lima beans
-corn
-green peppers
-honey-glazed vegetables
yeah all very much annoying.. but none so nearly all pervasive as that heinous santana / rob thomas fiasco.
Workplace boredom = genesis of this thread.
Hah! So true...but not so boring anymore! I heart quizzes and such.
LISTENING TO[/b]
-Trying to stay away from anything bad.
What a coincidence!!! Coselmed and I have some things in common
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
-Pornography
-Stripping
-Anything involving a costume
SAYING[/b]
-"Cause I ain't no hollaback girl"
-"Nigga"
-"I'm Rick James, bitch!"
-"AYO" and/or "no homo"
-"Is that a reissue?"
READING[/b]
-I have been lacking in the quality books lately. It's been Guide to Pro Tools and Music Publishing.
WATCHING[/b]
- Reality TV. The whole format makes me want to vomit. How are people enthralled with IDOL so much??? No disrespect but i don't get it. But the first batch of episodes is always good.
EATING[/b]
-Red Meat
-Pork
-Soda
-Beer
LISTENING TO[/b]
-Any artist that's appeared on the cover of SPIN in the last 10 years
-Right wing talk radio
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
-Fry cook (again...spent my late teens cooking hot dogs in a theme park..ugh)
-Shilling for fascists
SAYING[/b]
-Don't worry. Use that Eddie Bo 45 as a coaster!
-You kids get offa my lawn!?!?!
-I voted Republican of course!
READING[/b]
-Most genre fiction
-Most meta-fiction...
WATCHING[/b]
-Most mainstream sitcoms
-Fox News
EATING[/b]
-Cherry Pie (the actual PIE that is...)
-Dominos Pizza
I quite agree on all the crap except "The Amazing Race"...I got hooked on that last season(when the Amazing Racists won) and I have to say, if 'reality TV' has any redemtive qualities, Amazing Race embodies all of them, with only a few of the terrible side effects that the genre spreads all day every day.
In my opinion, great TV.
I really hate period pieces about the upper crust too...I can't grasp the appeal.
LISTENING TO[/b]
-Any current country music
-Any of this new "Punk" or whatever it is.
- "Opera" singers that use mics and do pop songs.
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
- Working with republicans. Damn, I do work with a bunch of republicans. I hate
my job.
-Any job that involves wearing a name tag
-Anything involving a costume
SAYING[/b]
- "Do you want fries with that?"
- "Have a good one"
- "Oh no you did'nt"
- "How do you know it's my baby?"
- The pledge of allegiance
- "President Bush is a good president"
READING[/b]
USA Today, Time, Newsweek, The National Review, The Bible
WATCHING[/b]
- Local news
- American network news
- Fox news
- Anything on the WB or UPN
- Most "popular" American TV shows
EATING[/b]
- Olive Garden
- McDonald's
- Burger King
- "Chain" restaurant food
- Bad sushi
WEARING[/b]
- Majestic jerseys
- Replica jerseys
- Adjustable caps
- "Fitted", "Custom fit" or tight clothing of any kind
- "Old Navy", "Abercrombie" , "Gap", etc.
- Cheap shoes
- Cheap watches
- Jewelry other than a wedding ring and a watch
Other than the above, I've lived too long to still think there's nothing I'd NEVER do. (looks guiltily at Roy Ayers and disco 12" collection)
Though these are probably safe bets for past/present/future Marco non-activities:
- doing illegal drugs
- smoking cigarettes
- listening voluntarily to the Grateful Dead, Phish, and/or Primus
i think it's cause every time i've seen the show they're in some country other than their own treating the locals like shit all in the name of this race. it's like rude tourists to the power of 1000. maybe i missed all the good parts once i clicked off.
-sad rap
-most music on the radio
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
-put things in my butt
-mortician
-advertising
SAYING[/b]
-any trendy ass regional slang
READING[/b]
Books on Quantum Physics or anything by Martha Stewart
WATCHING[/b]
I don't watch much TV so co-sign on everything said above.
Well, I did watch American Idol for a minute though.
EATING[/b]
innards
beaks
feet
slimy and/or smelly food
LISTENING TO[/b]
- Madonna. I fucking hate Madonna. I'll just leave it at that, though, because I'll admit that I can look back at similar pronouncements I've made over the years and see that they no longer hold true. "I'll never listen to that crunk shit!" Oops. So check back. Maybe I'll be bumpin' "Borderline" one day.
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
- Giving a record a good review (if it doesn't deserve one), although that'd be one way to make some money writing about music.
SAYING[/b]
- "Nigga" (or any variant spelling)
- "Faggot"
- "You know, Bush has a point."
- "My Astros are a lock!"
- "San Francisco is such a lame little town. Let's move to Portland."
READING[/b]
- John Grisham and most modern fiction best-sellers. I used to not be into non-fiction, but I read tons of it these days. Even poorly written non-fiction, as long as the topic interests me (see the East Bay Dragons and Hell's Angels books I've been reading lately).
WATCHING[/b]
I wish I could front like I don't watch TV, but I must admit that I enjoy its anesthetizing effects. Having said that, I don't fuck with the Lifetime Network or Dr. Phil.
EATING[/b]
- Again, not much falls into this category. I eat healthier now than I ever have (read: fewer items in my diet are preceeded by the adjective "chicken-fried"), but I'll still eat damn near anything. What I won't eat is squab (pigeon); as a general rule, I don't eat things that shit on my car.
LISTENING TO[/b]
eh. i'll listen to just about anything. even the shit i hate.
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
there are too many things to mention
SAYING[/b]
?
READING[/b]
WATCHING[/b]
yeah, uh, i'll watch just about anything. the real question is how long will i watch. cuz i get bored real easy like.
EATING[/b]
sheeeeiiit. i have come to the belief that anything can be eaten if it is deep fried.
ok. mine was kinda boring.
LISTENING TO[/b]
CDs
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
depends on how much?
SAYING[/b]
"George W. Bush and his people have moved this country into a productive, safe and unified direction."
READING[/b]
I read anything and everything. Yesterday I sat in the bookstore and read some chapters from Zel Miller and Michael Savage's books. Great thing about that crap is you can read the whole book in 20 minutes. I just feel sorry for those who buy that shit hoping to be informed. I'm just keeping tabs on the enemy.
WATCHING[/b]
The Today show.
EATING[/b]
mayonaise.
My ed department professors, country music (unless it's Ween's country album), people who nag and talk down.
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
To me, the only shameful job is being unemployed if you're employable. That said, I wouldn't ever suck dick for money.
SAYING[/b]
"Go get a job."
N-word, "fag," etc.
READING[/b]
I'm an English major; I'll read anything.
WATCHING[/b]
Those Faces of Death films.
EATING[/]
Mushrooms.
A steaming pile of dung?
I read some story in Essence or Black Enterprise about Chip and Kim. The article was about the strength of their marriage despite the financial hardfalls they experienced (ie, "Chip's broke ass needs to give up on this 'acting' thing and get a J-O-B," then, "We were victims of the dot com bust and shady friends! How are we going to feed our kids?).
-Grime
-Most music from Ireland
-Electric blues
-Shit my sister likes
-Willie Bobo
DOING FOR MONEY[/b]
-Working at a law firm. NO MORE
SAYING[/b]
-Jawn
-Slurs, generally
READING[/b]
-Biographies
-Dude geared magazines
WATCHING[/b]
-American Idol
-Most things that aren't on MTV or aren't Amazing Race
EATING[/b]
-Meat
-Things that aren't really sweet
-I'll listen to pretty much anything.. doesn't mean I'll like it
DOING FOR MONEY
-cosign on the butt thing.. stay away
SAYING
-fo sho
READING
-self help books
WATCHING
-anything that doesn't have two women making-out
EATING
-organs
-mayonnaise