idiot...!

OK, i spent the day today watching a marathon of the fashion show on bravo. I was enjoying myself and also trying to find an apartment to live in in new york until i got to the last episode of the marathon.  Then i was repeatedly assaulted by the stupidity of james-paul.  I don't know if this is becoming a trend, but recently i have heard several different people use the word indigenous as if it were a politically correct way of labeling people of the third world.  Now, used in the correct way, i guess it could mean that. If you were to say people indigenous to the third world, or people indigenous to any impoverished country or region of the world.  But, james-paul used it by saying he was inspired by 'indigenous people' wearing modern clothing.  And he said the phrase 'indigenous people' over and over.  

I have always understood the definition of indigenous to mean native to.  So saying indigenous people means nothing if you don't say where they are indigenous to. It does not mean they are tribal. It does not mean they are primitive. It does not even mean they are from somewhere else. It just means they are native to someplace.  They could be native to sweden and have the best quality of life in the world and all of the modern amenities.

This really started to get me frustrated and came to symbolize all of the ignorance of the middle class the more james-paul said it.  So i decided that i was going to rant about it and should probably make sure that i was correct about the word before i said anything about it. So i looked at two different online dictionaries and i was right.  In conclusion, james-paul is an idiot and so is everyone else like him.  Beware of committing my newest pet peeve or i will deem you an idiot as well.

cook it forward...?

So this is my first time blogging. I've been reading other people's blogs more and more over the past few years and i have been wanting to create my own blog and get in on the game for a while.  What finally got me to go out and actually start a blog was a post by my friends haley and chelsea on both of their blogs. Haley's friend started the chain and you can go to her blog to read about it, but basically the first three people to comment on her blog get something nice as long as they do something for three other people.  Well, chelsea was one of the first three on haley's blog and i was one of the first three on chelsea's, who is now going to write me a real snail mail letter, so now i have to do it.

So now the first three people to comment on this post get to have a home cooked gourmet meal cooked for them as long as they do something for someone else in return.  I'm going to pick what to cook for you as a surprise, but i want to know your input as to what in general you will want.  Obviously i have to know you and be in the same region of the country at least at some point to do this. 

I'm also doing this as my first post because i am interested in who will find this blog first and how long it will take three people to post on it.  If it doesn't work out that people comment on my blog then i guess i will just have to pick three people based on my whims of the moment. Hopefully this blog will become a regular thing and i'll be posting again soon