the blogger equivalent of chain emails (thanks Matt!)

It's Sunday night and I just finished watching 24 on my DVR. Brian is finally home from Cedar City and we're watching all our favorite shows together. Anyway, he's on the nice computer downloading Microsoft Office and I'm on the "other" computer surfing the internet (does anyone say that anymore?).

I went to my good friend Matt's blog and found that he wants me to play a little game with him. So, in deference to him, I will grant him his wish. I'm supposed to list five things that my friends (or people in general) go wild about but I just don't find very interesting.

1. Showers. I hate taking showers. They take too long, the hot water usually runs out, and you have to get out of the shower and be cold...and I hate being cold! Plus, I usually itch, particularly on my legs, and the itching drives me crazy. I'm known to take any sharp object (especially forks and knives) to ameliorate this skin irritation.
2. Coffee. Ewwww! Can't people taste the chalk in it? I don't understand how wars were fought over access to the bean. People should have just stuck with cacao seeds-I'm okay with that.
3. Signing up for email alerts, quotes of the day, etc. Email stands for "electronic mail." People always complain that they get junk in their mailboxes, yet these same people sign up for every "Save the Whale" or "Vote or Die" campaign there is! I have a friend (who will remain nameless but she knows who she is) who has signed up for every email list that deals with Democratic politics. She has various folders designated for each of these emails. Does she read them all? No! (By the way, I was signed up for the John Kerry for President email list. Once that loser lost, I thought that was the end of it. Oh no...until I unsubscribed, I got an email from Senator Kerry every week. Loser...)
4. Watching movies more than one time (or having a DVD collection). Confidential to Matt and Brian-How many times can you really watch Episode III ?The Usual Suspects, The Sixth Sense, or Memento, you know what happens. To watch it again when you know what happens is, well, stupid. The only exception to this rule is the genre of comedy. Jokes can be funny over and over again. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Sweetest Thing, and Mrs. Doubtfire can we watched over and over again. Once I watch a movie, it's saved in my brain and I know what the plot is. I can't watch it again (unless it's years later and I totally forgot the storyline).
5. Flip-flops. I know it is summer time, but I don't wear flip-flops. My tender heels aren't calloused because I wear shoes and socks; I can't say the same things about my flip-flop frolicking friends. Actually, there is a real reason I don't wear flip-flops often, but it's a dumb reason. I've always been scared of me being unprepared in a natural disaster, and if I had flip flops, I could not run from something. Shoes are made for running away from water, tornadoes, meteors, and hot lava.