April 28, 2010

I like [almost] everything

Yesterday, Blog, we learned that I like Liv Schreiber dressed either as a man or a woman. This just went to reinforce my sense that this blog could be subtitled “Eclectic R Us.” It also put me in mind of that beloved song by Pat McCurdy that runs like this:

I like men and I like women
I like sinkin’, I like swimmin’,
I like dogs and I like cats,
I like cows in cowboy hats.
I like knives and forks and spoons,
I like to whistle happy tunes;
I like to come, but not too soon...
I like everything!

I like almost everything, to the point where it’s almost more interesting (assuming it’s interesting at all, which may be a leap) to know what I don’t like.

Take for example Ipo, my iPod, who currently stores 30 genres of music. This morning during my workout and drive I heard these random tracks:

Manhattan Transfer – Route 66
The Four Seasons – Candy Girl
Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion
[title of show] (OBC) – Part of It All
Roxette – The Look
Vince Guaraldi – Baseball Theme
Hair (OBC) – Good Morning Starshine
Eric Carmen – That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll
Bryan Adams – Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman


I’m hard pressed to come up with a type of music not on Ipo, as I do have a rap song, a couple country songs, and something approximating death metal. But here’s what I don’t like: late Beatles. I actually don’t like “Eleanor Rigby--I know, Blog, it’s a scandal.

When it comes to movies and TV shows, I’m also pretty eclectic. “The Sound of Music” to “3:10 to Yuma,” “Forbidden Planet” to “Office Space,” “Lethal Weapon” to “Beaches,” “Saw” to “Veggie Tales,” I can dig it. What I don’t like? Mob movies and stuff about drug dealers. With the rare exception (e.g., the Godfather movies) they are just not my scene, and no I didn’t watch “The Sopranos.” Weird though how I like “Breaking Bad.”

I will also eat just about anything. I even ate dirt on a dare when I was a kid. Along with unsweetened Koolaid powder, but let’s not digress. I do have a problem, however, with offal and celery. Offal, you know, Blog, is stuff like brains and headcheese. And while every other veggie is fine with me, celery is as awful as offal. Put a stalk in my bloody mary and I will be offally offended.

What’s that you say, Blog? You think our Randometer would enjoy a list of random things I don’t like? Well, I’m happy to oblige! I don’t like:

  • The current obsession with stainless steel appliances.
  • Chimpanzees (although I do like “Another Postcard with Chimpanzees” by Barenaked Ladies).
  • Not cutting the tags off stuffed animals.
  • All amusement park rides that have height requirements, and most of the ones that are for kiddies too (although it’s fun watching other people ride them).
  • Chewing gum (and it’s not fun watching other people chew it).
  • Knotted up telephone cords.
  • When Google Alerts turns up bogus stuff that has nothing to do with the topic.
  • Top hats when they are not worn to look elegant (e.g., Slash and the Mad Hatter).
  • And the ultimate thing to be hated in my world: Misuse of the term “enthused.”

But you know, Randometer, as much fun as that was, I believe it’s far better to think about the random things one likes (see bizarradore). I feel extremely fortunate to be born such an eclectically-inclined person. Life would be even better if I could say I liked soccer, the band XTC, tarantulas, scotch, and the Great Plains.

Okay, fellow eclecticophiles, what do you like? Click the right-on box if cows in cowboys hats rock your world!

5 comments:

  1. I like lots of junk too. Cows in cowboy hats? Not so much, but it's cool that you do! I also do like Eleanor Rigby, because it is a PERFECTLY metered poem. That kind of stuff amazes me.

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  2. Dear Diane,

    That was a cool list. I agree with you regarding the mob and drug dealer movies (and I have to wonder why the men I've know dig those so much). I've never tried brains and headcheese, though I like chicken livers and hearts. I don't like "extreme" amusement park rides either. Celery is sort of OK, though I can't remember the last time I went out of the way and actually bought it.

    This post reminded me of one of the "ready-made" posts I have for my own blog. "Odd facts about me" was originally supposed to go on my official website. But I think you will agree that the blog is a better place.

    P.S. Thanks for giving my Roundhedz and me a stage :)!

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  3. Wow, I have finally found a few things that we aren't on the same brainwave about. It was getting a little weird there for a while.

    Interestingly enough, I LOVE celery and chewing gum (I'm a serial gum chewer, probably like 8-10 pieces per day sometimes). I also enjoy headcheese, but only the stuff my uncle makes because my grandpa was a butcher and it's a magical family Louisiana recipe. Yes, I know what's in it and yes, i don't care. LOL I will eat just about anything once and if it's good, I'll eat it again. ;)

    I don't really understand the thrill of any Beatles songs myself. They don't bother me, but I don't particularly like them either. And I often cut tags off stuffed animals!

    But I totally dig cows in cowboy hats, particularly that fellow in the pic. He's adorable!

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  4. Cherie, true point about "Eleanor Rigby"! Jennie, you're most welcome...people loved your Roundhedz! Sam, as long as you don't like celery flavored gum, we're cool. :-)

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  5. celery flavored gum? That sounds gross! But, in the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that if I ever found celery flavored gum, I would be compelled to try it. My sis and I have made a habit and a bit of a game out of trying weird flavors of gum and potato chips.

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