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Behold, the Caesar’s Bath meme! List five things that people in your circle of friends or peer group are wild about, but you can’t really understand the fuss over. To use the words of Caesar (from History of the World Part I), “Nice. Nice. Not thrilling…but nice.”

1. working out. although some people claim to actually enjoy working out, i say bullshit. working out is always one of two things: agonizingly painful or mind-numbingly boring. every three seconds i catch myself checking the time. i just don't get it. there are much better ways to get exercise.
2. ben stiller. i really do have a sense of humor, but most of his movies are just okay, and some make me nervous and uncomfortable. dodgeball was okay i suppose, as was zoolander, but something about mary and meet the parents in particular are movies i still can't sit through.
3. concerts. the majority of shows i've been to fall in the "nice, not thrilling" category, especially the big-label ones. they are smoky and make both my feet and ears hurt. i could take it or leave it (that said, ok go did put on a fantastic show last weekend, so this isn't a sweeping statement).
4. those weird elf-like pointy-toed high heels. i don't "get" heels in general, but this variety in particular baffle me. perhaps it appeals to the s & m crowd, is all i can figure.
5. caffeine. people talk about caffeine like it's legal crack. a few months ago i actively tried to get myself into the whole coffee bit, and just couldn't do it.
6. U2. yea, don't see the appeal. just okay.

i added six because #4 technically doesn't count - those shoes are not nice at all. they are ugly, uncalled for, and perhaps even evil.

ditto to tim's point on alcohol, matt's on the royal tenenbaums (which i would extend to include all wes anderson films), and julian's on ernest hemingway.

and i pass it along to... john, john, and pj.