There are some things that just completely elude me--other than football, that is. Here are a few:
--Ayn Rand
Praises on top of praises have been heaped on this author and I just don't see what is so great about her. I read 'The Fountainhead' and hated it--there were no characters in the book that I admired or 'pulled for', and that included the main character. After my disappointment with this book, I decided against reading anything else she wrote.
--Shakespeare
Now, he may have been a wonderful writer and told great stories, but I just found his writing to be too much work. When I read something, I want to be entertained (to a certain extent) and I found myself working too hard when I read anything of his. For entertainment purposes, I need things to be easy--Shakespeare isn't easy. Other than being forced to read him for school, I will pass on Shakespeare.
--Regis Philben
If anyone can explain WHY this man is on TV and WHY anyone wants to watch him, I will listen. All I see when I look at the man--not that I do so voluntarily--is an old man with an enormous ego who loves to hear himself talk. Just don't get his popularity.
--Bruce Springsteen
I know these are fighting words, but, I DON'T LIKE 'THE BOSS.' I don't think he is overly talented with his song writing or his singing. Can't see what the appeal is there.
--Opera
Do I even need to explain why I don't get this?
--The 'handsomeness' of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio
Okay, maybe this is a generational thing, but I don't think either one of these two men are good looking. For sure, neither does a thing for my 'knock my socks off' meter. I 'get' Patrick Dempsey, Hugh Laurie, Adrian Grenier, Matthew Fox, Matthew McConaughey, etc.--I just don't see it with Brad or Leo.
--Apple and Steve Jobs
No one has explained in an understandable way why exactly Apples are better than PCs. I have had an opportunity to 'mess around' with an Apple and just don't see the advantage. Steve Jobs, as far as I have ever been able to tell, is just a great salesman. The man is an over-sized ego inside a normal-sized body. At least with Bill Gates, he actually KNOWS how to write software (the man does have a near-genius IQ)--something I have never heard said about Jobs.
--American Idol, Survivor, and most every other reality show
Granted, I HAVE watched 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy' (and was a fan), 'Project Runway' (and was a fan), and one or two other shows (for part or all of only one season), but I don't understand the obsession that people feel for some of these shows. I don't see the appeal. (That being said, I AM watching the new show on Bravo called 'Top Design'. It is only in its second week, so I am not sure how much more I will watch. I figured I might get some good ideas for my own home by watching--we'll have to see.)
--Sushi
Raw fish? And just WHO thought this was a good idea?
--A Brazilian Wax
Don't even want to THINK about it.
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I used to think that Leonardo was adoreable (during the time when Titanic came out) and I thought Brad Pitt was pretty hot in Thelma and Louise but neither of them do anything to get my heart racing now. lol I don't understand why some people think Tom Cruise is all that too. He has a caricature cartoony like face not too mention he is cuckoo for cocoa puffs. What has Katie Holmes gotten herself into?
ReplyDeleteI am guilty of enjoying some of the reality tv shows. I really liked Project Runway and Amazing Race the most, enjoyed the first three seasons of Survivor and my other guilty pleasure was watching Big Brother.
I tried to read The Fountainhead and just couldn't make myself finish it!
Me either.. Any of it!
ReplyDeleteBrazilian waxing? I used it to scare little gurls i hate. And so effective, even I do think of it as a nightmare....
ReplyDeleteYeah, waxing 'there' is a form of torture I don't want to partake in...
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