1. The Breakfast Club is a boring movie.
Look, I know that everyone from my generation is supposed to worship at the altar of John Hughes, but I just can't stand this movie. It's a bunch of kids sitting around in detention. It makes me feel like I'm in detention.
2. Uggs are just glorified slippers, and therefore look ridiculous when you wear them in public.
I have lots of friends who own and frequently wear Uggs. Friends who I know read this blog. This is not meant to offend any of those fine people. I'm sure they're warm and they're comfortable and blah blah blah: they're slippers. Therefore, if you are in a setting where it would be silly to wear, say, pajama pants, then Uggs will likewise look silly. And the name! My goodness, could they have picked a less appealing name for them? I wish they'd just call them mukluks. That's basically what they are. But isn't mukluk so much more fun to say?
3. Pregnant women who wait to be "surprised" by the sex of the baby are weird.
Look, I get it. There are very few true surprises in this world. But...dude. It's a surprise whether they find out at the ultrasound just like if they found out in the delivery room. And if they find out before the baby is born, then they won't have to buy everything in gender neutral colors & themes. No one wants an all-yellow wardrobe. Just sayin'. I think they like not knowing because they enjoy the shocked reaction they get when they tell people they're waiting to be "surprised." Whatever, attention hogs!
4. Parades are lame.
I can't stand parades. Oh, I've been known to watch the Tournament of Roses parade on occasion because flowers are awesome. And I completely and unironically love the Main Street Electrical Parade as Disneyland because for whatever reason it's a very, very vivid and happy childhood memory of mine. I even like listening to that synthesized soundtrack to that parade. It came up on my iPod yesterday and it put me in the best mood! I LOVE THE MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE AND I AM NOT ASHAMED. But I digress. With these two small exceptions, parades are silly, frivolous, boring and cringe inducing. I vote NO on parades.
5. The scene in Pride & Prejudice where Mr. Darcy comes out of the lake dripping wet is not sexy. At all.
Everyone seems all aflutter when they watch the BBC version of Pride & Prejudice starring Colin Firth (call me, Colin!) and see him pop out of the lake on his way back to Pemberly. I've heard people talk about watching it over and over in slow motion. I do not understand this at all. Wet does not equal sexy. Especially when it's with mossy lake water. And then he was squishing his way back home in wet riding boots. Blech. There are plenty of scenes in that movie that bring the chaste Victorian heat. That is not one of them.
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I agree with all of this. That's why you're my bff. Also, girls who wear Uggs with short skirts, what is that about?
Greg and I just had a conversation the other day about how stupid parades are. Post dealing with western days parade traffic.
These make me smile. Have you seen my tumblr? kellihates.tumblr.com? It's basically daily rants just like this. Anyway, I do 'guest hate' where I let people vent on my blog, it's funny. You should be a guest.
And your views? not that unpopular.
Uggs... ugh! I hate them too. And my SIL is not finding out the gender of the child she's carrying. It's driving me insane. So, I refer to the baby only as Terry. Because it's unisex and kind of annoying.
I just can't get behind The Breakfast Club. You're not alone.
I agree about the baby thing, that drives me nuts! How about 'Surprise! You're pregnant! Now find out what it is so we know what to buy you...'
And Uggs...*sigh*, yes I've owned Uggs in the past. And worn them in public. But I have so little shame left in me that I probably would have worn pajama pants too if I'd thought of it.
Also Mr. Darcy's lake scene? YES. It's even gross that he just dries off and gets dressed and goes and talks to them! He must smell RANK.
You and I are both UnAmerica with our parade hating.
Maybe we can have a parade to celebrate people who hate parades!
Kelli, you have a whole daily rant list?! I think I might love you.
Audreya, I like your idea of calling gender-unknown babies by an androgynous, unisex name! I think I'll go with Pat.
Nikol, just be glad that Colin didn't get out of the water and smile with his big, giant, Austin Powers, snaggleteeth in that scene. Because we've talked about how he looked in Valmont. (shudder)
I don't know how we're even friends.
Although I DO agree about Uggs. And I kinda agree about parades. But The Breakfast Club?? Mr. Darcy? It's like I don't even know you.
a lot of though provoking info in this post. I'm not an UGG person either. Plus not to sound like a granny, but I've heard they are horrible for your feet too - healthwise. And I don't need messed up feet. Yes, the Breakfast Club = YAWN. My husband is able to watch movies like that and 16 Candles over and over again. Or maybe just the 16 candles one - either way - those were bad movies back then. Watched part of Ferris Bueller a while back and even that didn't seem so great in retrospect.
Chaste Victorian heat. Hahahahaha!
Haha these are great...with the exception of the Breakfast Club. I love the movie except when Emilio starts dancing! It's a classic.
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