Guilty Pleasures=Pleasures
So I've been reading a lot of Chuck Klosterman. Blame Harry losing his copy of IV and my finding it and obsessively reading.
Anyways, he's got one essay in there where he talks about guilty pleasures. And how he doesn't understand why anyone would feel badly about liking things, or why they feel like they should feel badly about liking said things.
And you know what? He's totally fucking right. I'm completely denouncing my list of guilty pleasures. From now on, here is a new list. This is a list of stuff I genuinely enjoy.
Latter-day Michael Jackson music videos. I'm talking that one about the ghost, and maybe Smooth Criminal, though I guess that's not really latter-day. And you know what? That one for Free Willie. Both song and video were fucking awesome. God, I was moved by that song as a seven-year-old.
The My Chemical Romance/Used cover of "Under Pressure." Sometimes I even like it better than the original. Yeah. I said it.
Following Pete Wentz's shenanigans. Like, the public ones. Okay, as long as Ashlee Simpson or a Panic! boy isn't somehow involved. So I guess I like following them about half the time. Pretty much I like following them when someone's making fun of what an asshole he is. But I like it way more than a person should without feeling guilty. Good thing I don't feel guilty anymore.
Chocolate. There's nothing guilty about chocolate, guys. Don't feel bad. It's rich in antioxidants and releases all those orgasmy endorphins besides. You should only feel guilty about eating chocolate if every bite kills a fairy. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't. (Just to be safe, I do believe in fairies. I do. I do.)
Dudes making out. I mean, really, enough said. Stop making me feel like a freak for it. It's my thing.
Being called an indie kid. I'm not really trying at looking a certain way any more, but it's nice to know that people think I'm a little different style-and-dress-wise.
Watching cartoons I liked when I was younger. I don't think Dexter's Laboratory will ever get old. Just more disturbing, which somehow makes it even more likeable.
Fall Out Boy. The new stuff, I mean. It's somehow okay to like Take This To Your Grave--which I do. But I'm really enjoying some music off Infinity On High, and I'm really okay with that.
Pretending I'm a lot more important than I probably am. Hence why I allowed myself to make a list like this--but I don't feel guilty. I just feel happy and kind of sarcastic.
Maybe you guys should make some lists of pleasures. Or, just one or two. Maybe you should leave them as comments. It's a feel-good revolution. Which kind of brings me to the last bullet:
Using Bright Eyes lyrics in casual conversation and pretending it's totally unintentional.
Anyways, he's got one essay in there where he talks about guilty pleasures. And how he doesn't understand why anyone would feel badly about liking things, or why they feel like they should feel badly about liking said things.
And you know what? He's totally fucking right. I'm completely denouncing my list of guilty pleasures. From now on, here is a new list. This is a list of stuff I genuinely enjoy.
Maybe you guys should make some lists of pleasures. Or, just one or two. Maybe you should leave them as comments. It's a feel-good revolution. Which kind of brings me to the last bullet: