By Monica Hesse and Dan Zak, Washington Post
Updated 08:31 p.m., Friday, December 30, 2011
- OUT: Boston terriers
Photo: John Jiles, Houston Chronicle / Houston Chronicle
Fat cats: To your gilded litter boxes! We, the sheeple, all 7 billion of us, are occupying these pages!
We're beyond declarations now. We have demands. A whole list of them, somewhere between the number of federal programs Rick Perry would cut and the total population of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan, as plentiful as the overpriced whoopie pies we shovel into our mouths while rummaging through other people's storage units on A&E. Arab spring? American winter? We have treasonal affective disorder. Dictators and madmen fell with the U.S. credit rating, but even Charlie Sheen's self-impeachment couldn't topple Two and a Half Men, which continues to cripple the soul of the nation in 30-minute increments.
But it gets better! (Ish.) The List makes order out of chaos, democracy out of anarchy, reason out of Terrence Malick.
OUT/IN
Apps / Naps
Tigers / Sloths
Hoarding / Cleaning
Lululemon gear / Hand-me-down sweat pants
Ryan Gosling / Michael Fassbender
Organic vodka / White whiskey
Boston terriers / Belgian malinois
Adderall for studying / Nicotine for health
Etsy / Art.sy
Portland / Pittsburgh
Hyperbole / Pragmatism
Tebowing / Hunting the God particle
Pippa's butt / Kate's uterus
Lobbyists / Paid historians
Groupon / Coupons
Adele / Gary Clark Jr.
Civil War reenactors / Titanic revivalists
Greek yogurt / Icelandic skyr
Instagram / Gold-edition Polaroid
Bryce Dallas Howard / Jessica Chastain
Chaz Bono / Stephen Ira Beatty
Fracktivism / Cracktivism
Google + / Pinterest
1Q84 / 1222
Michael Phelps / Missy Franklin
Stewardess nostalgia / Postman nostalgia
Mustaches for charity / Shaving for sex
Corporations as people / Immigrants as people
Trump / Thiel
Klout / Clout
Putin / Putin
Bandage dresses / Wide-leg trousers
Impulsive pixies / Impulsive bangs
Adorkability / Densitivity
Winterfell / District 12
Spotify / Bluebrain
Words with Friends / Scrabble (with neighbors)
Ovaltine nostalgia / Tang renaissance
Brown rice syrup / Hot honey
.SWAG / .PLUR
Writing fan fiction / Conlanging
Publicists / Chiefs of staff
Michael Caine / Christopher Plummer
"Don't remake Footloose!" / "Don't remake Flashdance!"
Rothian ennui / Didionesque despair
Snakeskin / Peacock feathers
Flea-market chic / Scandinavian rustic
New planets / New dinosaurs
Fast Society / Cameo
Trapeze lessons / Flying lessons
Procedurals / Fairy tales
Quinoa / Amaranth
Mustard oil / Pumpkin seed oil
Complimentary bread / Complimentary pickles
Natalee Holloway / Natalie Wood
Nicki Minaj / Azealia Banks
Backyard beehives / Backyard tilapia farms
Gilt Man Personal shoppers / Trunk Club
Radical domesticity / Duct tape
Tangerine / Clementine
How I Met Your Mother / Happy Endings
Over-hyped Shake Shack / Over-wrought Meatballs
Reviving Oklahoma! / Reviving The Music Man
Matthew Barney / Ryan Trecartin
Tweeting privates / Private tweets
Barney Frankophiles / Crushing on Elizabeth Warren
Non-denial denials / Prebuttals
Debt ceilings / Rock bottoms
Wonks / Tradesmen
Reagan / Thatcher
Drama / Obama
We're beyond declarations now. We have demands. A whole list of them, somewhere between the number of federal programs Rick Perry would cut and the total population of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan, as plentiful as the overpriced whoopie pies we shovel into our mouths while rummaging through other people's storage units on A&E. Arab spring? American winter? We have treasonal affective disorder. Dictators and madmen fell with the U.S. credit rating, but even Charlie Sheen's self-impeachment couldn't topple Two and a Half Men, which continues to cripple the soul of the nation in 30-minute increments.
But it gets better! (Ish.) The List makes order out of chaos, democracy out of anarchy, reason out of Terrence Malick.
OUT/IN
Apps / Naps
Tigers / Sloths
Hoarding / Cleaning
Lululemon gear / Hand-me-down sweat pants
Ryan Gosling / Michael Fassbender
Organic vodka / White whiskey
Boston terriers / Belgian malinois
Adderall for studying / Nicotine for health
Etsy / Art.sy
Portland / Pittsburgh
Hyperbole / Pragmatism
Tebowing / Hunting the God particle
Pippa's butt / Kate's uterus
Lobbyists / Paid historians
Groupon / Coupons
Adele / Gary Clark Jr.
Civil War reenactors / Titanic revivalists
Greek yogurt / Icelandic skyr
Instagram / Gold-edition Polaroid
Bryce Dallas Howard / Jessica Chastain
Chaz Bono / Stephen Ira Beatty
Fracktivism / Cracktivism
Google + / Pinterest
1Q84 / 1222
Michael Phelps / Missy Franklin
Stewardess nostalgia / Postman nostalgia
Mustaches for charity / Shaving for sex
Corporations as people / Immigrants as people
Trump / Thiel
Klout / Clout
Putin / Putin
Bandage dresses / Wide-leg trousers
Impulsive pixies / Impulsive bangs
Adorkability / Densitivity
Winterfell / District 12
Spotify / Bluebrain
Words with Friends / Scrabble (with neighbors)
Ovaltine nostalgia / Tang renaissance
Brown rice syrup / Hot honey
.SWAG / .PLUR
Writing fan fiction / Conlanging
Publicists / Chiefs of staff
Michael Caine / Christopher Plummer
"Don't remake Footloose!" / "Don't remake Flashdance!"
Rothian ennui / Didionesque despair
Snakeskin / Peacock feathers
Flea-market chic / Scandinavian rustic
New planets / New dinosaurs
Fast Society / Cameo
Trapeze lessons / Flying lessons
Procedurals / Fairy tales
Quinoa / Amaranth
Mustard oil / Pumpkin seed oil
Complimentary bread / Complimentary pickles
Natalee Holloway / Natalie Wood
Nicki Minaj / Azealia Banks
Backyard beehives / Backyard tilapia farms
Gilt Man Personal shoppers / Trunk Club
Radical domesticity / Duct tape
Tangerine / Clementine
How I Met Your Mother / Happy Endings
Over-hyped Shake Shack / Over-wrought Meatballs
Reviving Oklahoma! / Reviving The Music Man
Matthew Barney / Ryan Trecartin
Tweeting privates / Private tweets
Barney Frankophiles / Crushing on Elizabeth Warren
Non-denial denials / Prebuttals
Debt ceilings / Rock bottoms
Wonks / Tradesmen
Reagan / Thatcher
Drama / Obama
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