Meme-ries

While I'm still gathering and sorting vacation photos and thoughts, I guess I'll reply to the meme with which I was tagged last night. This one is, as Dewayne calls it, "Things your circle of friends adore that you just don't get. Or something like that."

1. LOST. I managed to watch about 20 minutes of the first episode, and just didn't get hooked. Maybe it reminded me too much of:
2. Survivor. And, for that matter, the whole Reality-TV thing. I get enough reality in my own reality, thank you. For me, TV should be escapism, and it's not like I even watch enough to justify a:
3. DVR/PVR/TiVo. I usually tape Desperate Housewives and that's about it. I certainly wouldn't be taping any:
4. Basketball. With friends going crazy over Final Four and its kin, I tried for a while to feign interest for the sake of conversation. It quickly failed. Kind of ironic, since Oregon's only professional sports team is a basketball team, the Blazers. We're supposed to be behind them, and all, but it's not as sacrilegious as my listing:
5. Key West. I know, gasp, horror, a gay man in Florida who's not into Key West. All I hear from friends is complaining about how it's not what it used to be, and how it's overrun with cruise ships now. Fine, I'll stick to Ft. Lauderdale, which I keep hearing is more like what Key West used to be, and is five hours closer by car. Of course, saying I'm over Key West might not be as bad as saying I'm over:
6. Halloween. But I've been there before.

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