Ms. Prokott is making me write this...

Well somebody called me a hipster the other day. I usually make fun of hipsters. It's quite the fascinating trend and I'm not sure if anyone truly classifies as one besides Nick Furfaro (if you know who I'm talking about, you understand me). This has also been slightly inspired by Stuff White People Like, because I'm sure I will classify under many of those stereotypes. For the record, I think I'm way too much of a suck up to be a hipster. I actually like school for one thing. I am also a dedicated Catholic, which is quite the contradiction. I also don't own big headphones, a record player, or a ukelele. But here ya go, these are the reasons why I could be called a "hipster":
(In no particular order):
1. I listen to the current religiously. And I think Dave Ryan on KDWB is annoying. (or KDWB in general).
2. I listen to NPR when I'm in the mood, or just want to piss off my sisters.
3. My favorite shoes consist of oxford flats, lace up boots, and TOMS (before my dog ate them)
4. I read the Huffington post for fun
5. I wear a pluthura of native american bracelets, most of them bought for a couple of bucks in costa rica or from the guatemalan ladies at the state fair.
6. I don't tweet
7. I don't wear uggs
8. I have a guitar in my room (in its box unplayed...I'll get to that this summer)
9. I am on a Kiva micro-lending team.
10. I have gone backpacking and want to go back.
11. I actually enjoy the Walker Art Museum
12. I have pins on my backpack
13. I want to punch Herman Cain in the face (I think that shows what political party I claim to be a part of)
14. I use the word "capitalism" in everyday speech...and in newspaper opinion article headlines (read the Trojan Tribune!)
15. I want to turn 18 just so I can go to 18+ concerts
16. I want to major in journalism, even if it's "dying"
17. I am obsessed with antique stores and seconhand/rummage sales (and no, I do not call them "vintage boutiques")
18. I have about 15 pandora playlists
19. I want to study abroad in the Middle East, or somewhere of the sort.
20. I wish I lived in the 1960's
21. I drink herbal tea and foreign coffee
22. I sometimes take plastic bottles out of trash cans and put them in recycling bins
23. I torrent music off the internet (shhhh....)
24. One of my favorite saturdays I've spent this year has consisted of an all-day foreign policy discussion group convention! (This list is turning into reasons why I'm a nerd)
25. I've never spent a New Year's Eve in the united states.
26. I just forgot to capitalize the United States
27. I brag about how cheap I buy my clothes/stuff. (I just bought a "torquoise" necklace for 3 bucks!)
28. I have only stepped inside a country club like twice, and I think both were for some choir Christmas caroling...
29. ^However I have been to Cheapo in Uptown like ten times
30. I actually like posting on this blog and will probably continue to do so after AP Comp is over...
Nevertheless, I am not a hipster and I don't want to be, even though I love my hipster friends. While the hipsters are curled up reading philosophy while listening to [insert unknown indie breathy band or dead guy here] in an uptown coffeeshop, I will be teaching Sunday School at church and having dinner with my family. Time to work on my cookie-cutter AP Stats homework.