Overdoing It.

In Today's world, it seems that there is not one person that still believes in the concept of less is more. Instead, people cling to a constant desire for more, to be the person with the most of whatever. I have noticed that there are a few certain things that are incredibly excessive and completely unnecessary. I have compiled a list of the top 9 most overdone. Here it is

1. TVs in the home: My house has two TVs, one in both rooms that people frequently gather in. Both are HD flat screens and are a tad excessive in their own right, but compared to some other homes, we are TV impoverished. From the time I was young; all my friends had televisions in their room. I instantly thought that I should have one too. My father struck this idea down with an iron fist. I slowly began to realize and agree with him that there is no reason to ever have a TV in your bedroom, and even more so the bathroom. There is no justifiable reason, rather than flashiness, for the need of a television in the bathroom. EVER.

2. Tweets Twitter has taken the country by storm, and has provided young girls yet another outlet to confess their love for the latest fluff-pop teenage boy singer. All while adding in a big OMG. But it isn’t just women; men have fallen into the twitter trap as well. Exhibit A: Minnesota Vikings Offensive Lineman Bryant McKinnie. As of December 29th, 2010, Mckinnie has exactly 29,404 tweets. 29,000? Are you kidding? Do you honestly think anyone wants to know that much about you? Each of Mckinnie's tweets has about ten minutes between the last one. This is a prime example of the world relying too much on technology.

3. Christmas Music See Beating a Dead (Christmas) Horse.

4. Documenting. Sometimes, people aren’t invited to things. There is usually a reason somebody is left out, whether it’s a relationship problem or that that person is just "That guy." But, if you do happen to be "That guy," have no fear, because your friends, who went and had a good time without you, probably took enough pictures to make you feel like you didn’t miss a second. There is a time to take pictures, and then there’s a time to put the camera away, here are a few examples

Good: Group of friends in front of a tourist attraction
Bad: Drunk friend making out with drunk guy at club

Good: Sights seen on a vacation
Bad: The guy that sat next to you on the plane

5. "My Life is...." Websites This one started with one simple idea, and then spiraled completely out of control. FML.com was the original of these websites, giving users the opportunity to submit stories from their day to day lives that were embarrassing or unfortunate, and end it by saying FML, which stands for blank my life. This was somewhat creative, but the websites that followed are just plain unbelievable. There are sites such as MLIB, which stands for my life is bro, where "bros" talk about things they did with their lacrosse sticks at the same time they were drinking Natural Lite Beer. Then came MLIA, which stands for my life is average. Dumb. Other websites include TFM (Total Frat Move), TFLN (Texts From Last Night) and MLIH (My Life Is Hoe,) the female counterpart to MLIB. The kicker: Almost all of the stories are fabricated.

6. Work Out Multi Tasking When most people work out, they like to have something to take their mind off the pain or stress caused by said workout. Ex: An iPod, a book, the newspaper or watching one of TVs on the machines. But, all of these things rolled into one, just seems cumbersome. The other day, while working out at a local YMCA, the man on the machine next to me was listening to his iPod, reading the paper, and watching Jerry Springer all at the same time. After seeing this, I was slightly impressed with his juggling act, and then I looked and down and noticed that his machine was barely moving. I wanted to say "Why are you even here? Can’t you do all those things at once from the comfort of your couch?"

7.Bumper Stickers This one is pretty self explanatory; We really don’t need to know how many awesome trails or mountains your Jeep has driven through.

8.Boots Once, a long time ago, there was one type of boots, cowboy boots. But these days, thanks to women, there are thousands of different kinds. There are ones with fluffy insides, ones that go all the way up your leg, ones that stop the ankle (which honestly look like elf shoes) etc... Boots are boots. That’s it.

9. Connection This is an overused word. I can not tell you how many adults have said to me "Hey man, I really would to "Connect" with you." What does that mean? Just why do you want to connect with me? Even worse, it usually ends with "Let’s get some coffee." Here's the thing, I hate coffee, so any chance you had of "Connecting" with me just went out the window.