piccadilly kim

There's certain things you're supposed to like. Things everybody likes, like kittens and babies. Things that reveal some deeper-than-usual depravity if you don't like them. Here's my confessions:

--Dark chocolate. Why can't it just be milkier?

--Walks. They're pointless! I have so many better things to do with my time than take a circular stroll!

--Poetry. If you don't understand it, why bother?

--Candlelight, dim light, natural light. I blame my mother. For years I'd read and she'd always turn on the brightest lights she could find to save my eyes. I'm wearing contacts now, so think where I'd be if she hadn't!

--The Lord of the Rings. It's juust sooo loooooooooooooooooong.

--Gender-neutral pronouns. Just a pain. Really, I don't care if you keep it all "he." That "he or she" thing is just way too clunky and the grammarian in me balks at "they" for the singular. I'm a girl, so surely I can say this?

--Oxford commas. That's what the AND is for!--Eating late. I know, I know, it's so classy. But I'm hungry at 5 pm, why can't we eat then and digest the night away??

--Lamb. Tastes bad.

--Guitars. They're SO country-western.

--Musical boys. Well, it's not so much that I dislike them as I just hope they don't waste their talent on me. There's so many maudlin girls who'd go so ga-ga for them, I'm sure we'd all be much happier if the beat boys spent their energy on them and left the tone deaf ones for me.

--Disney World. All you do is walk around and LOOK at the stuff! Where's the action!?

--Switzerland. How can you dislike something neutral? Especially something neutral you've never even been to? I don't know. It's just so ... landlocked. It reminds me of Kansas, another very neutral place I've never been to.

--The Grand Canyon. YAWN. Show me the surf!!

And then there's things things that I don't like, but feel entirely justified in. They include:

--Knitting.

--Cadillacs.

--Cheese.

On the flip side, there's also a few things I like that I'm evidently not supposed to ...

--Air conditioning. I know nature's wonderful, but there's something to be said for technological advancement. 71 is an awfully nice temperature to watch scorchers and snowstorms from.

--Split ends. Love them! Bet you can't beat seven on one hair!

--SUVs. Not any SUV, but mine. Baby Blazer is adorable, even if she is mighty thirsty. But she can't help that, we've all got to hydrate, haven't we?

--New Jersey. It's my beach, and don't you dare say anything against it!!

--McDonalds. Not saying I go, mind you, just that I'm not adverse to the taste once every couple of years. Especially chicken nuggets with sweet and sour sauce.

i had a poem the other night
i wonder where it's gone
i guess it didn't want to stay
and be my muses' pawn