Awful things to talk to acquaintences about:
1. Regional pride. Boston pride is appalling, New York City pride is mortifying, Portland pride is embarrassing. There are three places it is acceptable to have regional pride from: Pittsburgh, Washington D.C. (only kind of, though), and the state and cities of Virginia. Also falling under "regional pride" is discussions of what soda is called in your hometown.
2. Your ethnic background. "It's actually kind of crazy...on my mom's side I'm like, half Polish, but then Native American and German? But on my dad's side it's really crazy, like, all over Eastern Europe. When we came to Ellis Island..." Blah blah blah blah.
3. Any dreams that aren't mine. My dreams are devastating, fascinating, bleak, inspirational, etc., but stories about dreams longer than a one-line long summary are best left to your astrological sign-embossed ~Dream Diary~.
6 comments:
so agreed on all points ESPECIALLY number 2. but a true friend will listen to your dreams from time to time (once a month, say) and pretend they are mildly amusing.
"Pittsburgh, Washington D.C. (only kind of, though), and the state and cities of Virginia."
what? no. especially not pittsburgh.
though i can't argue that your dreams are the best (the roberto benigni one) and ethnic background is only acceptable if it helps me know whether or not i can make asian jokes around you.
emma - glad you cede my dreams rule, i once had one where kelsey grammer and i got into an escalating prank war that climaxed with him throwing my laptop down a huge spiral staircase maniacally. BUT, pittsburgh has people talking in yinzer. you can't argue yinzer.
also emma, want you to know, your blog entry where you have a picture of the tv show dinosaurs with the caption "i'm such a hipster in my plaid shirt" is the #2 piece of web journalism of the year and best blog post of the year.
damn straight pittsburgh pride rules, emma do not hate
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f3fTVkavMVg/Sum2O4q3zmI/AAAAAAAADOk/E-JtMDTsHxI/s400/3772357021_31a95487ae_m.jpg
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you totally stole my "listening to dreams is the boringest thing" bit
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