I'm Not Cool

Published on November 29, 2004 By Texas Wahine In Misc

I was pretty sure about this before, but it has been officially confirmed today.

I'm not cool.

I didn't know what "emo" was, and turns out I think "emo" sucks now that I know what it is.

I drive a white minivan. Uncool.

I drink diet soda. Uncool.

I buy candles (and spend good money on them, too). Uncool.

I currently wear only one band t-shirt (as fate would have it, I'm wearing it today). It's from a Sugar Ray concert (which I though was cool, but since I don't know cool, it probably wasn't) and I cut the sleeves and neck off and gathered it at the shoulders so that it's nice and summery. Uncool.

I don't even know what kind of clothes are cool anymore. I generally go with Levis and a fitted t-shirt. I'm sure that's not cool.

I don't know what TV shows are cool. The only things I watch with any regularity are SNL, South Park, and the Simpsons. Probably not cool anymore.

I don't know how to play Yu-Gi-Oh cards (I probably even spelled it wrong!), and I don't think I'll ever figure that out. Uncool.

The list of concerts I have under my belt include: Bush, Goo Goo Dolls, No Doubt, Collective Soul, Brian White, Tracy Lawrence, Sugar Ray, Snoop Dogg, and RHCP. Are any of those still cool?

My cell phone doesn't close and I can't clip in onto my hip. I have to put it in my pocket or worse, my purse. My ringtone is Jingle Bells (changed from Coldplay's Clocks). Uncool.

My computer can't be put in a backpack and carried into Starbucks. It's big and black and it sits on a desk. Uncool.

Even my seven year old thinks I'm uncool.

When did I become so lame (do they even use that word anymore)?

Maybe I'm making too big a deal of it . . . maybe I'm just being "emo."

Comments (Page 2)

chiprj

on Nov 30, 2004

Yeah, I'm not cool either.

Apparently, 'weed' is no longer a cool term. Found that one out the hard way (no, I don't use, I was referring to it when telling a student about drug tests)

I don't know the proper position of 'izz' in words - for example hizz-ouse. In fact, I don't even know if 'izz'ing words is even cool anymore.

More later. I gotta get to class and teach my much-cooler-than-me students...

citahellion

on Nov 30, 2004

I told my class I had no idea what "Fairly Odd Parents" was

I certainly hope you have rectified THAT massively unfortunate situation!!

FOP is one of the best cartoons on TV right now....

Death_By_Beebles

on Nov 30, 2004

Oooo... I'm "emo"

I've never worried about being cool. But, I do know how to play Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. It's actually not that difficult to learn.

Peace,

Beebes

MarcieMoo

on Nov 30, 2004

Tex~

I've been to two Garth Brooks concerts (how UNCOOL is that???), a ZZ Top Concert, numerous WE Fests in Detroit Lakes, MN, which featured just about every country artist under the sun. I've seen Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney, Lonestar (at the Mall of America, baby!), Michael W. Smith, Jars of Clay, and Go Fish...I'm sure there's some other ones in there that I'm just forgetting...tons of other Christian artists...

Have you ever heard that song by Scott Krippayne? "I'm Not Cool"?

"I'm not cool and that's okay
My God loves me anyway..."

That's all that matters, baby!

YOu have an awesome husband and kids...who cares how cool you are? I'm thankful my parents were dorky...

Gideon MacLeish

on Dec 01, 2004

Relax, Texas...since you're a few years younger'n me, I'll give ya a little secret.

The music that I listened to in the 80's was uncool until a coupla years ago. Then I became cool again.

Your time will come.

Oh, and, remind me to tell you about a certain Church of Christ preacher's conversation with his granddaughter t'other day ragarding her "coolness". You oughtta get a kick out of it.

Shovelheat

on Dec 01, 2004

I don't believe it!Your from the land of ZZ Top and armadillos! Your cool in my book!

grins wickedly

on Dec 02, 2004

I don't drive at all, I take the bus. Uncool.

I drink regular soda, not the faddish diet soda. Uncool.

I buy books, fiction, non-fiction, etc. Uncool.

I don't wear any band shirts, the last time I did was in seventh grade and that was an 'NSync shirt that was too small. Uncool.

I wear my work clothes most of the time. If I'm not wearing my work clothes I'm wearing a shin-length skirt and a non-form-fitting shirt. Uncool.

I watch Everybody Loves Raymond, Oprah, Dr. Phil, The Apprentice, and Joan of Arcadia. My parents usually record them and I watch them after I get off of work with them. Uncool.

I don't know how to play Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of those other card games. I play solitaire and rummy.....With My PARENTS. UNCOOL.

Been to two concerts in my whole life. Scott Krippayne/4Him/Point of Grace (in SD in 5th grade) and Lowell Lundstrom in Kindergarten. Uncool.

Don't have a cellphone. Uncool.

Just got a computer. With Windows 98 and no internet at home. Uncool.

Don't drink coffee. Uncool.

See, Tex, some people are more Uncool than you. But everyone is cool in their own way. Most of the people at work think I'm cool because I'm not afraid to get down and dirty and do the crappy stuff. Some think I'm cool because I don't care what people say or think about me.

Don't worry. All of those "cool" people are bound to become "uncool" when they become parents. My parents used to be cool when they were younger, but every kid thinks their parents are uncool and dorky.

Lovvens,
*grins wickedly*

lifehappens

on Dec 03, 2004

I don't know what "emo" is.
I want a minivan.
I scrapbook. Definetely uncool.
I've never been to a concert.
I am the mom who wears her pajamas to take kids to school or the doctor. (Mostly because I have no clothes that fit....post-pregnancy sucks.)
I don't know how to configure my laptop....and i don't even have one. I don't have a cell phone either!

I think I have degenerated into a suburban housewife....sigh. very uncool.

Is yoga cool still?

dharmagrl

on Dec 03, 2004

hehe...I got you all beat.

I knit. In public. Very, very uncoool.

I have to wear a very very uncool smock and hat at work every day. I mean, these things are butt ugly...and I'm on display ay the commissary for the whole base to see. That's very uncool.

I do crosswords. That's uncool.

I have no clue how to play Yu-Gi-Oh or whatever it's called, and I could also care less about Pokemon.

I don't have a band or concert T.

I'm still hooked on Dr Mario and Tetris. Terribly, totally uncool.

I meditate, I worry about karma, and I'm Buddhist. There are all things that I think are cool, but my kids assure me are very uncool.

Dana, as far as I know, yoga is still cool. If it's not, well, that's one more thing to add to my list of uncoolness.

I still say that the knitting beats everything you all have got.....

KellyW0498

on Dec 03, 2004

O.K. this is a biggie..
A year ago I won tickets to see Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson...and went!

cactoblasta

on Dec 03, 2004

I knit. In public. Very, very uncoool.

One winter two years ago you were the very epitome of cool, but I'm pretty sure that fad has well and truly past. But it'll be back, so don't worry about it.

lifehappens

on Dec 04, 2004

I knit. In public. Very, very uncoool.

yeah , does the fact I think you are cool make me less cool?

kingbee

on Dec 04, 2004

A year ago I won tickets to see Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson...and went!

kellys got yalll beat. (good thing i already knew how cool she really is)

mzw...far as im concerned you done made it to a whole new level cuz you cool and hot at the same time.

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