I was minding my own business, listening to an original LP of Billy Joel while sipping some rooibos and wearing some moccasins when it hit me: holy Christ, I'm a hipster!
It wasn't something I saw coming. Hipsters are annoying. They're pretentious. They aren't quite sure what irony means but use it ALL.THE.TIME. And slowly, without realizing it, I've become one of them.
The evidence:
1. New glasses. No explanation required.
2. A 1960s telefunken stereo cabinet to play some sweet LPs (that I pick up a a thrift mall and garage sales). It fits with the decor of my apartment which consists mainly of teak from the 60s and not a single couch yet. ShanWow is an awesome friend and helped me fetch this from a random person's house. My record finds include Duran Duran, Elton John, Billy Joel, U2 and Boney M (Rasputin!) to name a few.
3. Kicking horse coffee and a french press. Did I mention that you have to grind the beans yourself???
4. Card-carrying member of the NDP
5. A mustache tattoo on my finger. I'm not even sure where it came from.*
6. I subscribe to The Walrus magazine.
Evidence against: No iphone/instagram, no clothes from American Apparel, no beer drinking (craft or otherwise), no converse shoes
For good measure I took some extremely reliable internet quizzes and all say that I'm hipster. How can this be??? All of the music I listen to is mainstream - you would have heard of it all!!!
*Haha, joking. I would NEVER do that.
It wasn't something I saw coming. Hipsters are annoying. They're pretentious. They aren't quite sure what irony means but use it ALL.THE.TIME. And slowly, without realizing it, I've become one of them.
The evidence:
1. New glasses. No explanation required.
2. A 1960s telefunken stereo cabinet to play some sweet LPs (that I pick up a a thrift mall and garage sales). It fits with the decor of my apartment which consists mainly of teak from the 60s and not a single couch yet. ShanWow is an awesome friend and helped me fetch this from a random person's house. My record finds include Duran Duran, Elton John, Billy Joel, U2 and Boney M (Rasputin!) to name a few.
3. Kicking horse coffee and a french press. Did I mention that you have to grind the beans yourself???
4. Card-carrying member of the NDP
5. A mustache tattoo on my finger. I'm not even sure where it came from.*
6. I subscribe to The Walrus magazine.
Evidence against: No iphone/instagram, no clothes from American Apparel, no beer drinking (craft or otherwise), no converse shoes
For good measure I took some extremely reliable internet quizzes and all say that I'm hipster. How can this be??? All of the music I listen to is mainstream - you would have heard of it all!!!
So what do you think - is the evidence for or against me being a hipster?
*Haha, joking. I would NEVER do that.
4 comments:
i'd say you're looking pretty hipster. mainstream music makes you no less of a hipster, as hipsterness is pretty mainstream nowadays if you take a look around! :)
you're so great, katie! hipster isn't a bad label. and it seems to me (after our conversation about bands last night), you may be further down the stream than you thought!
also, i laughed OUT LOUD about the mustache tattoo. for a moment, i thought you were serious and i was amazed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWWklyl116E&feature=relmfu
I am enjoy reading your blog, it is interesting and beautiful!
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