The world of social media has exploded in the past 2 or 3 years, but I was reminded yesterday of one of the first popular blogging / social networking sites yesterday from the beginning of this decade, Xanga. A good friend of mine wrote a blogpost yesterday reminiscing about the days when she used to blog regularly on Xanga. While I never never really jumped on the Xanga bandwagon in middle / high school, (LiveJournal was my blog of choice), I did have other friends who had them, making me familiar with those infamous quiz posts in which you answer a series of questions and then “tag” a certain number of other friends to do the same. (This practice seems to have been made a resurgence on Facebook with today’s high-schoolers).
Anyways, this friend wrote about the “6 Weird Things About Me” post she had made in February 2007 and has tagged me to do the same, so here goes! My latent inner high-schooler reveals itself.
I hate brake dust with a passion. You know, that coating of black gunk that builds up on the wheels of your car after a while? Yeah, that stuff drives me NUTS. There’s something I love about a car with nice shiny wheels and glossy black tires, even if we ain’t talkin’ ’bout SS’s on 26s. (Name that song).
People say I dress like an old man. While my standard fare is jeans/chinos with a polo, my penchant for seersucker, tweed, bowties, etc. strikes some as a bit quaint. However, I counter by citing the example of Indiana Jones. Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp also support my case: “Yet there is a growing trend for all things grandfatherly that has been embraced by clothes-purchasing twenty- and thirtysomethings, not to mention style gurus such as Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp.”
