Trends?

Miranda Hobbes: Why did we ever stop drinking these?
Carrie Bradshaw: Because everyone else started!

Girls here have a certain system of trend following. It involves every aspect of life. It spreads scaringly fast. No one knows how it starts or how it ends. It's just.. there. We watch it as it comes and goes.

Exhibit A: Cupcakes
Since I was a little my mother made us cupcakes. We always loved those little delicious sweets.

All of a sudden, cupcakes are the It-Food (yes, there is It-Food. Refer to Exhibit D). Everyone loves cupcakes, everyone eats cupcakes, everyone makes cupcakes for crying out loud!

I'm not saying people should not love them, they are perfect and deserve to be loved, but what really amazes me are the girls who have so-called cupcake business that is based on a mild-tasting bunch of cupcakes.
Except for a few really good cupcake makers here, the only baking skills those have are Betty Crocker mix and artificial food colors. Honey, that does not qualify you to be a cupcake baker, and definitely does not qualify you to start your own business either!


Exhibit B: Polo Shirts

What is it with Polo shirts nowadays?

Whenever you turn your head around, there is a girl (or a guy) in a Burberry/Ralph Lauren/Lacoste polo shirt. Some even order a huge number of Polo shirts, all sizes and colors, and sell them in bazaars. (tip: if you find a high selling item in a bazaar, don't buy it)

I love polo shirts, though I don't have any as I'm not a big fan of t-shirts, they are very cute and trendy, and every one of my siblings owns at least one. But I don't understand, why now?



Exhibit C: Gossip Girl

I know I'm going to sound snobby here, but I love to watch shows that are not watched by every single person here. I started watching Gossip Girl shortly after it started and I was in love with it.. A couple of months later Gossip Girl became the talk of the town, and everyone was watching it and talking about it and copycatting Blair Waldorf.. and well, it got frustrating.

That leads us to headbands.. But I love headbands. So I'm going to leave it to you here :P



Exhibit D: Sushi

True, I myself recently started finding sushi delicious. I hated it before. But, please, get this: blabbering about sushi all the time doesn't make you awesome. At all.



Exhibit E: Photography

I'm quoting my sister here, "owning a digital camera doesn't make you a "photographer"". Please, please, PLEASE, do not call yourself photographer just because you took a couple of shots of your cousins or your iPod.


Note: I'm not trying here to put down anyone who does any of the mentioned things above, I actually do some of them, my sisters do, my friends do.. But it's annoying to see how some do them just because everyone else does, and they think this kinda stuff is making them instantly cool and hip. Trust me, be yourself, do what you really love to do, and you're good to go.