Drop it like its hooooooooooooooooooooooot…..

If you can’t tell, I am currently listening to “Drop it Like It’s Hot” by Snoop. Love this song. While putting together today’s playlist, I was amazed at how my taste varied from hip-hop to country, pop and more. I suppose I am a product of the 80s and all that it entails including an obsession with pop culture. But while this playlist has a bunch of these types of songs, I’m also really into other lesser known bands and “indie”-type music, jazz, bossa nova, loungy, etc. But I don’t venture out and seek to find the next best thing in music or get really into songs because of deep lyrics or melodies. Most of the music I have is because I soak in what other people are listening to.

But really, that goes for pretty much any other part of my life, I’ve recently noticed. I’m a chameleon when it comes to movies, food, and oddly enough, behavior. I know this may sound odd, but I’m completely serious about the latter. If someone is acting bubbly I tend to do the same. If they have a weird Ohioan accent, I begin to talk all nasal-y and shit. If the person has certain intonations in their speech, or says “seriously” after each sentence… sure enough, I will be copying them. I’ve started to say “crap stix” and “fuck a goat,” because one of my best girl friends always says this. I don’t know why I do it but I do. Is this natural? Am I passive? Accommodating? Creepy?

The other side to this is that I am a really good impersonator (in my very own opinion) of people. People at work love it when I make fun of our coworkers. I can also do a really good Dax walk. J

I digress, I think from now on, I am going to put “currently listening to: xxxx” on my blog. Not sure what this will reveal if anything, but it could be neat.

Currently listening to: Justin Timberlake making sweet love to my ears, "What Goes Around Come Around"


My current playlist:

• Beyonce - Crazy in Love, Irreplacable, Jumpin Jumpin (Destiny's Child)
• Ja Rule - Put it On Me
• Timbaland - Give it To Me, The Way I Are and Apologize (From Shock Value)
• Gwen Stefani - Luxurious
• Rhianna - Umbrella
• Usher - Yeah
• Missy Elliot - Lose Control
• John Legend - Ordinary People
• Coldplay - Clocks
• Daft Punk - One More Time
• Snoop Dogg - Drop it Like It's Hot
• JT - WGACA, Rock Your Body
• Dido - White Flag, Here with Me
• Matisyahu - King Without a Crown
• Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most
• 112/BIG - Only You remix

My Favorite Bands:

• Thievery Corporation
• Third Eye Blind
• Interpol
• Anything 80s

Bands I like because of other people:

• Interpol
• Kanye West
• The Sea and Cake
• Perfect Circle
• Smiths

Non-Judgmental Judgments...

...such as:

"That woman eats cereal with a spoon, if you know what I mean."

or

"She probably brushes her teeth EVERY morning."

...That is what I mean by non-judgmental judgments. Why do people feel the need to make judgments on other people's lives when they may know nothing about that person? (I'm saying this with the caveat that I've probably done this before.) But today, while enjoying my famous California Turkey Club Panini and watching Access Hollywood, I learned that E. Hasselback and W. Goldberg got into it during a recent episode of "The View." It was just a quick snippet of a story, but basically EH remarked on how she didn't agree with Hally Berry's decision to have a baby with her gorgeous model boyfriend (I mean, who wouldn't!? Their child is going to be really really ridiculously good looking), despite not being married. We all know that EH has strong (conventional/traditional) views on this type of thing.... At any rate, Whoopi disagreed - thank God someone did - and pointed out that she wasn't married when she had her baby. OUCH! They argued for a while and EH went on to say how they probably thought they could pull it off easier because they are rich and famous. Whoopi then told her it was NEVER easy to have a baby whether you're rich or not.

Then they started talking about abortion and Whoopi called her out on how she could possibly feel so strongly about an issue that she has never faced in her entire life. I have to agree. While a woman may agree that abortion should be a woman's choice, they may never personally do it or go through with it for whatever reason. And, there are women out there who don't believe in it but don't want to force their views on other people or make it rule of law. ANYWHO, let's not get into that debate.

I was wondering... why have all of the replacements since Star Jones been what one may not consider a traditionally attractive person? (I'm trying to be as politically correct here..) I am just throwing this out there. E. Hasselback is young, pretty, smart but opinionated to the point of contention. Whoopi and R.O'Donnell are less attractive, but still smart and opinionated to the point of contention (not mine). Why is it that EH stays on the show???

Discuss! Am I way off here?