Oh dear. Now I need to start evaluating my likes in comparison to what others like.
Rainy days! The wetter the better! Bonus points for thunder and lightning!
Ballet. Clowns. Sonnets. Stable smells.
Bagpipes are the best.
Cheesy come-ons. The lamer the better. The worse it is—we both know we could do better (at least asthetically) but ain’t it fun? (I’ve been married for over thirty years and rarely “go out” anymore but still—it still “works” and makes me laugh.)
Mrs. Kinser chicken salad. I know it’s mostly mayo and almost never buy it but when I do I think I wag my tail like a dog.
David Letterman. Without him and what’s-his-face trying to knock the pizza off the tree, and Darlene Love singing “Baby Come Home”, it just wouldn’t be Christmas.
Magenta. It’s not one of “my colors” but when I find something in it I can claim to need, I get it.
Shia Labeouf. I think he’s the up-and-coming Marlon Brando but I may be a party of one.
Patriotism. I spent years feeding people on picket lines, protesting and voting on a leap of faith. It’s because of that and that so many of my family served in the military that I know what this county means to me.
Spiders. A lot of them are beautiful and their webs are intricate works of art.
Pubic hair. When it’s meshed it’s like Velcro and then sticks sexily to the thighs.
Edward Norton as Bruce Banner.
The Fantastic Four movie.
It’s a fad. Unless chocolate is so high a percentage of cacao as to make your cheeks pucker, it’s kiddie stuff.
Soft Boiled Eggs.
Spam (the canned meat variety, of couse).
I once tried to make black icing for cookies by melting black licorice. Yup, it turned out to be a sickening shade of green.
Barry Manilow. Disco music a la Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Big Band jazz & standards as well as modern-day crooners.
That’s true, I guess the hardcore chocolate is trendy right now. But milk chocolate (the only good kind, dark chocolate is too bitter and don’t even get me started on that white “chocolate” lie) still has a lot of love.
I like Neil Young. Have for years. None of my friends do.
Anchovies. None of my friends do.
Cheesy '80’s horror movies. I’m talking 0-1 stars. Silent Night - Deadly Night quality. I search late night cable regularly for these on weekends. I have to put them on the DVR because my friends won’t watch them.
The harmonica. I play it often. And badly. I usually play it when alone.
Most of my friends have kids, so they spend a lot of time with them instead of me when I am doing these things. I don’t mind.
There is nothing “unpopular” about ANY of these. They ALL have massive numbers of fans, that’s why they were, are, and in the future will still be around and enjoyed.
Anchovies on pizza
Bagpipes
Drum Corps International; you have to be a band geek. Carolina Crown, FTW!
Peanut butter, sugar, and raisin sandwiches
White chocolate. Yeah, I know.
Salt on watermelon
All the nicest people like steam trains ! (Somewhat overstating the case here, I admit.)
Jazz
The Bad … it’s dying, as are my audience members.
The Good … if it were popular, it wouldn’t be hip anymore.
Weird/avant-garde music. Like The Residents, Frank Zappa, and The Velvet Underground. While I am obviously not alone in this, none of my friends or relatives seem to share my love for it.
**Christmas cake. **Why do so many people hate it?! A filling, moist, sweet cake, filled with lots of fruit and warming spices, topped with delicious marzipan and icing…what’s not to like? It’s the perfect food for a snuggly winter’s evening.
**Board games. **To me, they would be a fun thing to do when you have friends round. But no-one ever wants to play with me, because board games are “boring”. I can understand why you would find Monopoly boring, but you guys won’t even play Pictionary or Articulate?!
