Stay
or Go?
Things change. For some of these changes,
we’ll camp out and line up a day in advance just for the chance to say we got
it (iPhone, anybody?). And others die a lonely little death and we hardly
notice. Here’s my list of the things that should stay and the things I wish
would just go.
Stay!
·
Social networking – My social
activities not only planted the seed for a book idea, but connected me to many
brilliant people – authors, agents, publishers, editors, celebrities, moms,
PEOPLE. That’s the key – it exposed me to different opinions, different belief
systems, different lifestyles and opened my mind in the process.
·
Flat Screen TVs – Oh, how much
do I love being able to hang a TV on a wall?
· The surge in popularity of YA fiction – Rowling, Meyer, Collins – It warms my heart to see adults reading young adult fiction and I hope my own book will add to the ranks.
·
GPS – For someone like me who
gets lost in a bathtub, the GPS is the most significant technological
advancement of my lifetime.
·
On Demand, HBO2Go, and DVR
-- I work a nine or ten hour day and
then come home and write novels. There is no time for TV. That’s why these
VCR-less wonders that let me watch what I want when I want are the BEST.
·
eReaders -- Writers love books. My eReader lets me carry
hundreds with me at all times. Plus, it’s a lot easier to turn pages on an
eReader when you’re pedaling an elliptical machine than a real book. That
encourages me to actually go to the gym.
Go!
·
Pants that expose boxers, pants
with the crotch down by your knees, baggy pants that hang off your body instead
of emphasizing it. I don’t know anybody who finds this sexy so stop. Just stop.
Please. I’m begging.
·
Logos on butts – Juicy? Pink?
Ladies, guys don’t need another reason to stare at your butt. Really.
·
Fake reality TV shows – please,
Dear God, MAKE IT STOP.
·
Teens who sit low in their cars
so that it looks like the car is driving itself as they go by.
·
Text slang in spoken
conversation.
·
Tebowing – I get that you feel
blessed and that’s great. But put it in perspective. I find it kind of
insulting that God answered your
prayers to score that extra point in a game but ignored the prayers of millions
of other people praying for things like cures for terminal illnesses, a place
to live or a meal to eat.
What do you think? What fads are you crazy about? What
fads are on your Can’t Wait Until They’re Gone list?
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