You Are Not a Beautiful and Unique Snowflake

A few weeks ago when my friend Pam was in town, she mentioned that I might like this website. It sounded funny but I didn’t check it out until later.

And then I laughed so hard for hours and hours.

These people totally have my number. I think that it’s SO me, and then they’ll post something else that is even more piercing.

Okay, the obvious ones: Apple, Sushi, Bicycling, Recycling (the photo is even at a Whole Foods, for crying out loud), Whole Foods, Vegetarianism, The Daily Show, Snowboarding, Yoga, Tea, Barack Obama, Public Radio. (Hell, half of those are categories I use to label my blog entries!)

But HERE’s where they just kill me, here are categories that I feel, well, felt were special and unique just to me (and a handful of others, but certainly not ALL WHITE PEOPLE): Religions That Their Parents Don’t Belong To, Not Having a TV, Mos Def, David Sedaris, Awareness, Arrested Development (Best Show Ever!!!), and Breakfast Places (how many times have I waited for a table at Baba Yega or Empire??).

But even worse are these:

Being the Only White Person Around – This is TRUE! How else will you know if you are getting something authentic? Japanese, for instance. I have friends who love Azuma, but NOBODY in there is Japanese when I go. (The last line of that post is spot on!)

Threatening to Move to Canada – you should have seen me in 2003.

And . . . SIGG WATER BOTTLES, for crying out loud!! I read that post at work WHILE DRINKING FROM A SIGG WATER BOTTLE!! I bought them for people as Christmas presents!!

Next, the blog will mention people who do a “sport” to raise money for a cause, ie: cancer/AIDS/multiple sclerosis.

But it’s okay. At least I’m not as white as Dave, who has not only heard of Michael Gondry, but owns that DVD b.c he loved that Daft Punk video.