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Here's what you need to know: Allison and Rachael are former college roommates and self-professed pop culture junkies. Unfortunately, there's no trivia competition for us to enter where we might use our magnificent collective pop culture knowledge, so we've decided to be bloggeurs. Here at Currently Obsessed With, you can expect to read all about the our fixations on the mundane, inane, and sometimes profane aspects of the world we live in. Consider this blog a a loving tribute to the things that entertain us when we're bored.
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Allison
I am a lover of all things Top 40, pop culture, Jimmy Fallon, inappropriate (especially jokes) and policy related. If that doesn’t take up enough of my time I’m also on my way to becoming a Social Studies teacher and couldn’t be more excited!
Rachael
The facts are these: I'm 22 and my main aspiration is to be a grad student. My favorite activity is laughing and anything in the pursuit thereof. I like the internet, postmodernism, and countless other ridiculous things. Sometimes, I don't make sense.
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CURRENT OBSESSION: gratuitous tackiness
There is nobody who embraces all that is tacky and gratuitous better than Lady Gaga. While many are inclined to brush her off for crime against fashion—which include (but are not limited to) incessant pantslessness, flesh-toned body suits, donning oversized geometric baubles, and the infamous hair bow—I am fascinated by her. I can’t help but wonder: is this chick for real or what? That is to say, there’s a certain sense of intrigue derived from watching Lady Gaga. Rich from FourFour says it perfectly:
…I know I’m watching a highly evolved pop star, someone who puts as much time and craft into existing as she does creating music and performing and tongue-in-cheek bantering. It’s clear that she’s in the youth of her stardom — there’s a sense of abandon often found in those who aren’t yet mature enough to realize that they’re mortal. At the same time, I wonder if it isn’t a social experiment, a way to test just how much the obviously rapt masses will tolerate.
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