Stuff I Like

I'm sure most of my audience has seen the book Stuff White People Like. I decided to look through the entire list and test myself, just to see if I'm really as white as I think I am. After I racked up fifty, I had a pretty good idea that I was as cracker as they come.

• #128 Camping
• #127 Where the Wild Things Are
• #126 Vespa Scooters
• #125 Bob Marley
• #124 Hating People Who Wear Ed Hardy
• #123 Mad Men
• #122 Moleskine Notebooks
• #121 Funny or Ironic Tattoos
• #120 Taking a Year Off
• #119 Sea Salt
• #118 Ugly Sweater Parties
• #117 Political Prisoners
• #116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore
• #115 Promising to Learn a New Language
• #114 America
• #113 Halloween
• #112 Hummus
• #111 Pea Coats
• #110 Frisbee Sports
• #109 The Onion
• #108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music
• #107 Self Aware Hip Hop References
• #106 Facebook
• #105 Unpaid Internships
• #104 Girls with Bangs
• #103 Sweaters
• #102 Children’s Games as Adults
• #101 Being Offended
• #100 Bumper Stickers
• #99 Grammar
• #98 The Ivy League
• #97 Scarves
• #96 New Balance Shoes
• #95 Rugby
• #94 Free Healthcare
• #93 Music Piracy
• #92 Book Deals
• #91 San Francisco
• #90 Dinner Parties
• #89 St. Patrick’s Day
• #88 Having Gay Friends
• #87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
• #86 Shorts
• #85 The Wire
• #84 T-Shirts
• #83 Bad Memories of High School
• #82 Hating Corporations
• #81 Graduate School
  
• #80 The Idea of Soccer
• #79 Modern Furniture
• #78 Multilingual Children
• #77 Musical Comedy
• #76 Bottles of Water
• #75 Threatening to Move to Canada
• #74 Oscar Parties
• #73 Gentrification
• #72 Study Abroad
• #71 Being the only white person around
• #70 Difficult Breakups
• #69 Mos Def
• #68 Michel Gondry
• #67 Standing Still at Concerts
• #66 Divorce
• #65 Co-Ed Sports
• #64 Recycling
• #63 Expensive Sandwiches
• #62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
• #61 Bicycles
• #60 Toyota Prius
• #59 Natural Medicine
• #58 Japan
• #57 Juno
• #56 Lawyers
• #55 Apologies
• #54 Kitchen Gadgets
• #53 Dogs
• #52 Sarah Silverman
• #51 Living by the Water
• #50 Irony
• #49 Vintage
• #48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
• #47 Arts Degrees
• #46 The Sunday New York Times
• #45 Asian Fusion Food
• #44 Public Radio
• #43 Plays
• #42 Sushi
• #41 Indie Music
• #40 Apple Products
• #39 Netflix
• #38 Arrested Development
• #37 Renovations
• #36 Breakfast Places
• #35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report
• #34 Architecture
• #33 Marijuana
• #32 Vegan/Vegetarianism
• #31 Snowboarding
• #30 Wrigley Field
• #29 80s Night
• #28 Not having a TV
• #27 Marathons
• #26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)
• #25 David Sedaris
• #24 Wine
• #23 Microbreweries
• #22 Having Two Last Names
• #21 Writers Workshops
• #20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
• #19 Traveling
• #18 Awareness
• #17 Hating their Parents
• #16 Gifted Children
• #15 Yoga
• #14 Having Black Friends
• #13 Tea
• #12 Non-Profit Organizations
• #11 Asian Girls
• #10 Wes Anderson Movies
• #9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
• #8 Barack Obama
• #7 Diversity
• #6 Organic Food
• #5 Farmer’s Markets
• #4 Assists
• #3 Film Festivals
• #2 Religions their parents don’t belong to
• #1 Coffee

I think some of my favorites are "listening to Black music that Black people don't listen to anymore"...my old man is guilty in the first degree (so are a lot of my friends). And my guilty white honky pleasure--#83 "bad memories of high school."
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