I spend a lot of time feeling un-trendy. This is partly due to where I live. (Seriously, what am I doing in the Arts District?) But lately I have come to realize a few ways in which I was oh-so-close to being trendy.
1. I've been a vegetarian since I was 2. Now, a lot of my friends are becoming vegetarian as well. And now I'm not trendy anymore, because when people ask why I became a vegetarian, I can't say, "Well, I started considering the environmental aspect of eating meat and realized it was better for the Earth..."
2. When I was pregnant, Ross and Marilyn asked what I would name the baby. I told them he wouldn't be mine, so it was entirely up to them. But they persisted until I told them I loved the name Jacob. I didn't know it was a popular name; I just loved it. After they named him that, I discovered it was like, the most popular name that year. Sorry, Jacob.
3. Over the past few years, I've thought of other baby names I like. It's not like I sit around agonizing over what I will name my child; I just kind of think of things. I fell in love with the name Ella a long time ago. I think Jacob might have been an Ella if he was a girl. Then I thought of Ethan for a boy, and I thought how cute it was to have "E" names. (I know, it makes most people want to throw up.) Then I saw/read Pride and Prejudice and thought that Elizabeth Bennett was one of the coolest fictional characters ever. So I decided I would have Ella, Ethan, and Elizabeth. Then I started meeting lots of toddlers named Ethan and Ella and realized how popular those names have become. Darn. I should have started having kids sooner; now I will look like a copycat if I use those names.
4. For several years now, I've wanted to have a really cool first dance at my wedding reception. I found those videos on YouTube, and while I knew it wasn't original, I knew it wasn't widely done. Now, TLC has that show called "Rock the Reception." (Did anyone see the episode the other night with the Marine and the girl with breast cancer? Made me want to cry. That's true love.) So now everyone will be doing the crazy first dance, and if I do it, it will be totally un-orginal.
I come so close to being trendy, but never attain it. Good thing it's not really that important to me.
1. I've been a vegetarian since I was 2. Now, a lot of my friends are becoming vegetarian as well. And now I'm not trendy anymore, because when people ask why I became a vegetarian, I can't say, "Well, I started considering the environmental aspect of eating meat and realized it was better for the Earth..."
2. When I was pregnant, Ross and Marilyn asked what I would name the baby. I told them he wouldn't be mine, so it was entirely up to them. But they persisted until I told them I loved the name Jacob. I didn't know it was a popular name; I just loved it. After they named him that, I discovered it was like, the most popular name that year. Sorry, Jacob.
3. Over the past few years, I've thought of other baby names I like. It's not like I sit around agonizing over what I will name my child; I just kind of think of things. I fell in love with the name Ella a long time ago. I think Jacob might have been an Ella if he was a girl. Then I thought of Ethan for a boy, and I thought how cute it was to have "E" names. (I know, it makes most people want to throw up.) Then I saw/read Pride and Prejudice and thought that Elizabeth Bennett was one of the coolest fictional characters ever. So I decided I would have Ella, Ethan, and Elizabeth. Then I started meeting lots of toddlers named Ethan and Ella and realized how popular those names have become. Darn. I should have started having kids sooner; now I will look like a copycat if I use those names.
4. For several years now, I've wanted to have a really cool first dance at my wedding reception. I found those videos on YouTube, and while I knew it wasn't original, I knew it wasn't widely done. Now, TLC has that show called "Rock the Reception." (Did anyone see the episode the other night with the Marine and the girl with breast cancer? Made me want to cry. That's true love.) So now everyone will be doing the crazy first dance, and if I do it, it will be totally un-orginal.
I come so close to being trendy, but never attain it. Good thing it's not really that important to me.
Comments
But I totally get what you mean in this post!!! We're cool anyway though.
Let's get some vegetarian pizza like old times -- before it was the thing to do!!!
You might as well have fun with this power, and really jump out ahead of the curve. Just start thinking up a bunch of weird things to do or say and see which of them stick. You've got to beat your doppelganger sooner or later.