Things Most Americans Adore That I Hate

1. Cats. I know. Kittens are sometimes cute, but not really. People look at you like you have a bomb strapped to your chest & are ready to go marching into a kindergarten classroom when you say, "Yeah, I kind of hate cats," so I have learned to keep it quiet. Oops.

2. Ranch dressing. Completely disgusting.

3. & while I'm on the subject of food, milk. I stomach milk every great once in a while on cereal (but I never drink the remainder at the end!), but the thought of just pouring & drinking a tall glass of milk....no.

4. New technology. I guess I don't hate it so much as I don't really care. My cell phone is ancient, but still works, so I'm not itching to get a new one anytime soon. & yes, all it can do is call people, text them, & take awfully blurry pictures. I am completely fine with this.

5. Baby carrots. I did not plan for this list to be half food, but alas. & these always seem to be paired with ranch dressing! Worst food combination of all time.

6. Avatar. CNN did a story a couple of weeks ago about people who were feeling depressed because they left the movie & had to come to the realization that the world of Avatar would never be real (to which my dorky but loveable Magic-playing friend said, "Oh please, fantasy geeks have been dealing with this for years!"). I still haven't seen it, have absolutely no desire to see it, & probably never will since I live in the middle of nowhere & would have to drive a considerable distance to see it "properly". Sorry everyone in the world, I am completely uninterested.

7. The word "organic" when applied to food. I could go on at length about this but I will be brief: while certainly not always the case, the qualification of "organic" is one made by the government, there are loopholes, & while your nice little packaged chicken breast you bought at Whole Foods says "organic" on the label, it may not be any different from the generic chicken breast someone else bought at Publix. My hope is that the next "food trend" is "LOCAL!". Local should beat organic any day of the week.

8. Lost. This has been true of many TV shows people seem to get obsessed with (American Idol, Survivor, Family Guy, etc). Oh well; it's almost over, isn't it?