Wowsers, already August 13.. oh gawd. NOO!

Anyways, a nice day at work I suppose. My manager is on bitch-mode yet again. Just because I didn’t get to work on the new gift markdowns on the weekend, she bitches at me. I told her that I worked on setting up the back-to-school tables and did some MAJOR spring cleaning in the gift room in the shipping/receiving bay— all she can say is “So you didn’t start the markdowns?” “But.. ” “So you didn’t start the markdowns.”

Argh, she just doesn’t appreciate my work. But nevertheless, I know I work hard and other managers know that. I’m starting to miss Chapters. Haha, it’s funny because I can never seem to leave the place. I donno, I get a satisfaction at Chapters— that I’m making a difference. It’s a cool feeling. It is likely I’ll be back for Christmas (I know, call me crazy)

On Saturday, the whole family went to see the Jays game for my Dad’s 50th Birthday. It was a lot of fun, I really enjoyed the cheering and yelling. LOL. They ended up winning the game (against the Rangers), which was a nice end to a good day. :D

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Today, I want to talk about Crazy Anti-Pop Culture people. I can’t stand them.

Okay first of all, I would consider myself a pop-culture kinda person— I like top 40 music, I like hollywood movies, I like MSN, I like popular TV shows. But what I really despise is those people who have to look down upon anything in the pop culture scene. A pure example (though a very old example) is I remember back in computer’s class, a certain someone— we’ll call her “Carol”, used to love the band Staindand she has admitted it when they weren’t so popular, but once “It’s Been Awhile” was playing on KISS92 (The Top40 Station), she like “Oh God, ew, that song is playing on Kiss 92.”

I’m like “What the hell?” It irritates me the fact that people try too hard to be “different”, to be a cultural rebel, to be a bitch to those who do enjoy pop culture. Their desperate intention to not conform sickens me. If you like the song, you like the song— doesn’t matter if it’s played on KISS92, Edge, or 1050CHUM.

A former co-worker from Chapters brings me to another example. She simply strives too hard to be different. She shops at Value Village, listens to indie punk music, and condescends at me because I enjoy 3 Doors Down and Matchbox Twenty. “OMG, radio stuff?”, she replies. My interpretation from her response is: “All radio music is shit.” hmm.

Statements like “Oh God, ew, that song is played on Kiss 92.” and “OMG, radio stuff?” is simply saying “I want people to think I’m different and that I refuse to conform to what’s popular.” Back to my former co-worker: If she thinks pop-culture is so bad, then why is she working at Chapters?!?— go find yourself an bookstore independent or something.

People have to realize that the what i call the acute-nonconformists are indeed conforming even though they continue to represent themselves as “different”. They are simply conforming as nonconformists— but you don’t hear me say, “Oh god, you like that song? How could you, it’s like not on the radio!”— it’s just ridiculous.

Pop-Culture is exactly what it means: It’s what’s popular. I don’t really care if you don’t like Staind on Kiss 92, I don’t care if you don’t like the Spice Girls, I don’t care if you don’t like Friends. Just don’t prejudge something as negative just simply because it’s pop-culture, or high-culture, or underground-culture for that matter. If you don’t like Matchbox Twenty, maybe you don’t like the Rob Thomas’ (lead singer) voice— that’s a legitimate answer.
In anything, just judge things at face-value. THAT is what makes people unique and different.