so uncool they're cool again

instead of resolutions, i wanted to post my top ten list of things that, *during my lifetime thus far, have gone from hideous to hip.  *give or take a hundred years or so in some cases.

1) records  i had boxes of records ranging from chicago and george benson to loggins & messina and supertramp.  having already gotten rid of 8-tracks and walkmans i thought it only best to ditch my record player and boxes of vinyl.  now you can get a stylish little record player that comes in pastel colors and is defined as "minimalist elegant".

2) composting  c'mon, when i was little, this was just gross.  we separated the recycling from the garbage but then also set aside all natural materials for the garden.  we were trained never to toss anything that could be turned back into the earth.  now it's eco-friendly to have your own worm farm.

3) juicers  i had to plug my nose to get the mixture of apple and carrot juice down when i was in third grade.  now it costs $4.59 for an eighth of what our juicer would produce, and the greener the better.  juice bars all the rage, remember when wheat grass was just a field out there somewhere? 

4) handmade clothes  i was teased mercilessly for having homespun clothing.  i caved into pressure during the junior high years while secretly appreciating my mother's resourcefulness and talent.  now everyone wants to be able to make that linen tunic that goes for $230 in the downtown botique.

5)  pickling and canning  our kitchen would get so sticky and steamy with august peach juice and, while we never really wanted to learn or help, we were always happy to be eating fruit from the garage shelves in the winter. now i see so many pickled and canned things, things i didn't even know could go in a jar.

6)  moustache and beard wax did the pioneers have product for their facial hair?

7) beer  growlers and such have become all the rage in the northwest again, much like i imagine it to have been after prohibition was lifted.  my only deep thought here is grammatical:  if there's more than one is it beer or beers?

8)  chickens  i'm a sucker on this one, they're cute to me and the golden yolks from their eggs just so delicious, i can't go back to regular white grocery store eggs, i don't care what anyone says, i just can't.

9) homesteading  i really don't think the real version of this was all that fun.  imagine landing somewhere and having to go out and kill your dinner before it gets dark and then try to build a fire, you only have one bowl, etc. etc. etc. spending all your waking time with the business of staying alive.  it's much more fun to play at homesteading when none of it really matters one way or the other and you know you can always just drive to costco.

10) typewriters  having actually had to use these to write papers in highschool, complete with correction fluid and tape (ooh, options) i'll just say i really enjoy my laptop now.  i didn't even know to keep the thing and it's corona case (not to be confused with the aforementioned beer(s) which now, even with the h key that always stuck, would probably sell for a lot on eBay.

so that's my list.  what's on yours?  oh, and in the meantime, i'll be saving my landline phone for when anything that still has a cord becomes "vintage".