Monday, January 16, 2006
Underrated...
So I'm waiting for school to start up (on Tuesday) and I've been thinking about stuff. Generally pop culture, as usual. Anyway, a term that gets bandied about a lot is "underrated," especially in the sports world, where lazy journalists use it like a crutch holding up whatever shaky point they might be making. My definition of the word is "something that is really good, but not flashy-good or extraordinary-good that it stands out; you take it for granted." Here's a brief list of underrated things:
- TOBACCO DELIVERY SYSTEM - the pipe. Not as pretentious or cliched as a cigar, and doesn't have the social stigma of the cigarette, the pipe just looks super-cool and classy, even when it isn't being smoked. Only drawback is that it might be a bit too rare these days.
- DESK ACCESSORY - the rip-off-a-day calendar. It's kind of nice having something to wake up and do each morning, even if it's something as banal as tearing a piece of paper from a pad on a stand.
- PROCRASTINATION TOOL - the snooze button. I've snoozed for upwards of three hours before. That's right -- hitting the button every nine minutes for three hours before finally getting my ass out of bed.
- ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE - video games (in general). What the hell did people do before video games? I can't even begin to imagine what college dorm life would have been without video games...what would I have done with my time? Studied? Fuck, I graduated cum laude without studying much. Gotten high with Lyle and Nic? Yeah, probably that one.
- TELEVISION CHANNEL - ESPNews. That's right, ESPNews. Need to kill a half hour? ESPNews is your ticket. The previous day's sports highlights condensed into a half hour, plus the running bar on the bottom that provides more info than the actual presenters. Only problem is that they are starting more original programming, but that bar at the bottom is gold.
- CLOTHING ACCESSORY - the belt. I always took the belt for granted until I left mine at home when I went to JAX for my cousin Jackie's wedding. Even with my big ass, my fuckin' pants were falling down all weekend.
