OMG, school is so freaking awesome. I read hundreds and hundreds of pages, then I think about how it relates to the things I do! Granted, the thing that I do is listen to music, watch TV and goof around on the internet — which really means the only thing I can focus on these days is Britney Spears. (Who, I should add, looks great for having two kids but seriously needs to rethink the whole “wearing underwear on stage” schtick. So confidential to Brit Brit: listen to your handlers, please, when they tell you to cover up.)

I recently re-read Douglas Coupland’s Shampoo Planet; inspired by its Table of Elements and Tragic Character Flaws, it popped into my mind to boil down a lot of the phenomenological and cultural elements of the 1990’s into bite-sized, two-word phrases. Here’s some suggestions, courtesy of friends. (Thanks to all who indulged in this exercise.) I have no idea why I capitalized this originally — maybe it was the spirit of Coupland flowing through my veins:

PLATFORM BIRKENSTOCKS
OK SODA
CRYSTAL PEPSI
GRUNGE ROCK
RIOT GRRRL
120 MINUTES
SEVEN INCH
CHAPEL HILL
BILL CLINTON
SASSY MAGAZINE
BENETTON COLORS
GLOBAL TEENS
REALITY BITES
DOC MARTENS
FLANNEL SHIRTS
THE CROW
PEARL JAM
INDIE ROCK
ALTERNATIVE NATION
GANGSTA RAP
THE CHRONIC
NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
ARSENIO HALL
SUB POP
SIMPLE MACHINES
JESSE CAMP
VANILLA ICE
COUNTING CROWS
SPIN DOCTORS
BLUES TRAVELER
BEE GIRL
SPICE GIRLS
MONICA LEWINSKY
LILITH FAIR
AARON SPELLING
SHANNEN DOHERTY
TORI AMOS
KOSOVO CONFLICT
NAPSTER DOWNLOADS
SMART DRUGS
FOAM PARTIES
BLIND MELON
ANTIOCH RULES
SPIN MAGAZINE
MATT PINFIELD
SECOND STAGE (as in Lollapalooza)
SOUL PATCH
THIRD WAVE
‘ZINE CONVENTION
SOUP NAZI
YADDA YADDA
DOT COM
INTERNET STARTUP
STOCK OPTIONS
URBAN FETCH
SMASHING PUMPKINS
POP LOSER
ROLLINS BAND
NEW MEDIA

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pm and is filed under general, internet.