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Associated Content is having this holiday haiku contest. If it has to do with writing and it can possibly make me money, I'm all for it. The only catch is that each contributor can only submit one haiku. I came up with two in like five minutes. I finally decided on one, but that left the other with no purpose. Seriously, what all could I possibly do with a spare holiday haiku about my disdain for Christmas sweaters?
Alas, I can put it on my blog I've been neglecting! So without further ado, I present my holiday haiku (currently untitled):
Unsightly sweaters:
Bulky holiday themed prints
make me fear Christmas.
Think about it. Why do most people, including myself, hate Christmas sweaters? Usually, they're ugly by definition. But, what makes them ugly? They're bulky and illogical. Christmas sweaters tend to be so overly decorative that they're immediately memorable. For those of us who are forced to look at the sweater, it always seems like we just saw it. The colors and pictures typical of most holiday sweaters make them unforgettable no matter how hard we try. I feel like people with the ugliest Christmas sweaters either wear them often or have tons of them that they wear throughout the month of December.
For sheer curiosity's sake, I googled ugly Christmas sweaters to see what all has been written about them. I was (un)fortunate enough to stumble upon a website that sells ugly sweaters. Not only do they sell ugly Christmas sweaters, but sweaters that are generally ugly as well! At first I was irritated by the concept, but then I realized it was genius.
What better gift to give your frenemy? You can even beat grandma at her own game and get her an uglier sweater than the one she's guaranteed to give you. No matter the season or occasion, you now have unlimited ugly sweater access. It's the best form of passive-aggressive gift giving I've ever seen.
There's a lesson to be learned. As you are doing your Christmas shopping, be ware. Not only will you most likely be shopping next to someone wearing an ugly Christmas sweater, but you could soon be the recipient of one. For your sake and the sake of the general public, here's hoping you haven't upset someone to the point that they'll soon be buying your next ugly sweater.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Rihanna:Rated R for Ridiculous
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I loved Rihanna's last album, Good Girl Gone Bad. I played it to death. When she went through all the drama with Chris Brown, I was really upset about it. However, I had hope. I hoped that her next album would be the one to voice her triumph over pain and her struggle to bring logic into love. Rated R, her album that dropped November 23rd might not be the moment of crowning glory that it could have been.
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The album will most likely sell well. Rihanna is and has remained popular despite her ordeals. In fact, the album has already received critical acclaim. What I'm concerned about is content. There was a big stew over Rihanna needing to leave Chris Brown to be a role model for women, especially young women and girls, being abused by their partners. Am I the only one that thinks it would have been an excellent move to make an album about overcoming such hardships and making it marketable for all age groups? Rated R has the parental advisory sticker plastered on it. There goes a good deal of the young girls that could have been inspired. Why? Because they can't buy it and many parents won't buy their underage, often unemployed children albums advising parental guidance.
Despite that irritation, I still wanted to give Rated R a fair chance. Sadly, Russian Roulette killed my hopes and aspirations. I saw the video on Rihanna's official website where you can check out a few of her other videos as well, but I'm sure you can also find the video on youtube. You know how videos are on youtube. You never know how long they're really going to be there. After watching the video for Russian Roulette, my emotions ranged from confusion to anger, sadness to disappointment. Who advised her to do this? Maybe she had no advising.
Remember Destiny's Child (the threesome version)? Now they had a song of triumph, Survivor! Yes, the song is several years old, but it's still a good one. Why couldn't Rihanna have come out with a song with a similar victorious tone? Maybe that's why I'm disappointed. Rated R seems dark, disturbed, and like an identity crisis with a beat.
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I loved Rihanna's last album, Good Girl Gone Bad. I played it to death. When she went through all the drama with Chris Brown, I was really upset about it. However, I had hope. I hoped that her next album would be the one to voice her triumph over pain and her struggle to bring logic into love. Rated R, her album that dropped November 23rd might not be the moment of crowning glory that it could have been.
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The album will most likely sell well. Rihanna is and has remained popular despite her ordeals. In fact, the album has already received critical acclaim. What I'm concerned about is content. There was a big stew over Rihanna needing to leave Chris Brown to be a role model for women, especially young women and girls, being abused by their partners. Am I the only one that thinks it would have been an excellent move to make an album about overcoming such hardships and making it marketable for all age groups? Rated R has the parental advisory sticker plastered on it. There goes a good deal of the young girls that could have been inspired. Why? Because they can't buy it and many parents won't buy their underage, often unemployed children albums advising parental guidance.
Despite that irritation, I still wanted to give Rated R a fair chance. Sadly, Russian Roulette killed my hopes and aspirations. I saw the video on Rihanna's official website where you can check out a few of her other videos as well, but I'm sure you can also find the video on youtube. You know how videos are on youtube. You never know how long they're really going to be there. After watching the video for Russian Roulette, my emotions ranged from confusion to anger, sadness to disappointment. Who advised her to do this? Maybe she had no advising.
Remember Destiny's Child (the threesome version)? Now they had a song of triumph, Survivor! Yes, the song is several years old, but it's still a good one. Why couldn't Rihanna have come out with a song with a similar victorious tone? Maybe that's why I'm disappointed. Rated R seems dark, disturbed, and like an identity crisis with a beat.
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