Don't understand...

Today I'm going to talk about a couple of things that have been bothering me lately, things that do not make sense to me. First of all, why on earth do rappers insist on wearing the gusset of an old pair of tights on their head? This is beautifully illustrated by 50 Cent (left), but it seems to be done by loads of them and also by all the slightly sad ghetto-pimp-wannabees like Britney's husband Kevin Federline. When I was in NYC for the day a few weeks ago, the streets were full of them, all in their Puff Daddy tracksuits, covered in "ice" (piss-poor cheap cubic zircona imitation jewellery) and "bling" (probably specially imported from Argos), but with these stupid things on their heads. If it was covering up their hair then it might serve a useful purpose but most of them are bald, and it was a really hot day so I can only conclude it must be a fashion thing. Anyway, I don't understand it.

Next on the list of things that has been puzzling me are the new tampons that they are advertising on TV with a nice hippy-style flower-power promotion. If you're eating you may want to finish before returning to today's gubbins because the next paragraph contains talk of bodily functions. Fair enough, whilst I accept that there is reasonable demand for feminine hygiene products, why the bloody hell have they made these new scented tampons? Scented for what purpose, exactly? To arrange in tasteful displays in the bathroom in place of an air freshener? Completely unnecessary in my opinion.

Also, I don't get how come I know so much about MTV-generation stuff. I was watching the Video Music Awards the other night and found myself quite liking a song by EMO band "My Chemical Romance", which I thought was more the territory of quasi-depressed teens. It's a slippery slope I fear, and if it goes on like this expect me to sign up to MySpace, buy a webcam, and start posting crap videos of me singing along to chart hits on YouTube.

There are probably many more things like this but I don't want to go on all day, I have to go and make some dinner now and am also going to make some muffins as I got a really nice recipe the other day and have some blueberries and raspberries that need using up.