Twitter Trends

Trends are funny. When I was the Spesh editor of the Hunt News (sorry for my broken English -- Special Interest section editor of The Huntington news) I did a "--- of the Week" type of thing. Since the section rotates every week between Food & Restaurants, Sex & Health and Fashion & Style, the "--- of the Week" would rotate between "Drinks of the Week," "Position of the Week" and "Look of the Week." Since handing over my editor position to my assistant, she has since changed "Look of the Week" to "Trend of the Week." I think it's a great idea, and while trends usually do only last a week or so, it seems funny to promote certain products or "trends" in a newspaper like that. Her first trend of the week was hair feathers.

I think her Trend of the Week was written phenomenally. My assistant is a really talented girl and she's going places, whether the journalism industry is slipping or not.

I just am not a fan of trends. Don't go calling me a hipster or something because, believe me, that's the opposite of what I am. I'm a blonde-as-shit sorority girl that loves flavored Bacardi and asshole frat boys. I'm not "too cool" to have a Twitter or 1,000 Facebook friends and I definitely don't wear flannel on the reg. I just find trends like this annoying. I mean, who the hell would pay $20 to have a single feather put in your hair? And if you have more than one put in there, don't leave the house because you'll embarrass yourself. Can you leave it in when you wash your hair or do you have to take it out? It's basically put in there like a hair extension would be put in there (and don't get me started on those things).

Having things like "Trend of the Week" is basically like saying, "look at what's cool now, here's how you get it, here's how much it is and while you don't HAVE to get it, it's just highly recommended if you want to be up on the style of the moment."

Regardless, if you have a hair feather already, that's great. I'm not even the type of girl to dye my hair, crash diet or get piercings anywhere but my ears. Call me conservative, but I'm a walking contradiction, I have a tattoo. In my defense, it's a memorial tattoo for my late Nana. And you know what, if a hair feather means that much to you, the more power to you, but trends change so quickly and I'm not about to spend $20 a week on something that's just going to change a few days later. It's like Charlie Sheen -- he may have gotten 1,000,000 Twitter followers in a day but where is he now? Drugged up and out of a job and a family. (I'm Team Ashton, naturally)

Sorry this wasn't more about Twitter, my headline was a little misleading. Get over it. So are trends.