choose ye: new year’s edition.

(Remember the rules… you gotta choose, even if you like or loathe both! That’s the point of Choose Ye. If it was, “Hey, Whatever”, you’d be at someone else’s blog! Huzzah!)

Resolutions or no?

Happy to be back to work or OH NO?

New sheets or new shoes?

Organized or disorganized (generally?)

Details or big picture?

Ice cream or salad?

Traveling this year, or staying close to home?

Big life plans or more of the same?

New love or old?

Wishing for a makeover or totally content?

More red meat or less?

Fitness or sofa?

Old hobbies, or digging into new ones? (Yes, initially it said “fresh” and not old. I’m dumb)

More carbs or less?

Go out more, or go out less?

More relationships or more independence?

choose ye: annual christmas edition

Real tree or fake tree?

Knicknacks or minimalism?

Read the guide on the choc box, or take your chances?

Angels or elves?

Bing Crosby or Jimmy Stewart?

Homemade gifts or bought gifts?

Celebrate the day with family or friends?

Coloured lights or white lights?

Gifts or charitable donations?

Candy canes or jelly beans?

Bring forward traditions or start your own?

Snow or no?

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, or White Christmas?

Line up for Santa, or go caroling in the snow?

Get into the spirit (early or eventually), or Scrooge until the end?

Hot chocolate or hot apple cider?

Shop early or shop late?

Red or green?

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas or A Charlie Brown Christmas

Mandarin oranges or cranberries?

Stuffing or mashed potatoes?

Kiss under the mistletoe, or snuggle by the fire?

Silver or gold?

Celebrate at home, or celebrate elsewhere?

Contemporary or classic Christmas tunes?

Holiday parties, or stay home in PJs?

choose ye: return of the ultimate demographic choose ye!

This is a reprint of a Choose Ye that I did last year. I was supposedly to compile the results, and then I… well, I didn’t.

So let’s do it again!

Reprint begins here:

Okay. We’re playing hardball now, kids.

Unless you’re ready to be covered in strawberries and whipped cream, no waffling!

(And no, I’m not actually going to cover you in strawberries and whipped cream. Give your head a shake.)

The choices we make sometimes say a lot about who we are. Sometimes they say nothing about who we are. But it’s funny — even the totally silly choices can end up getting us into huge debates with our family and friends.

(Actually, I think it’s interesting to note the choices we struggle with… or just don’t care about at all. And the choices we admit to, as opposed to the ones we hide.)

But today I don’t want to hear about definitions or shades of gray or your existential struggle or “I need to know context!” or qualifiers or “well, generally I think I like this, but it depends…”

Just choose. No extra (especially political or religious) commentary, no justifications, no bashing other choices.

Just CHOOSING.

Scary, I know.

(And one more parenthetical remark for good measure. Thank you.)

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Coffee or tea?

PC or Mac?

Kids or no?

Political or no?

Summer or winter?

Artificial sweeteners or sugar?

Fries or salad?

Lake or ocean?

Own or rent?

Email or phone?

Traditional medical care or natural remedies?

Vegetarian (or vegan) or carnivore?

Apples or oranges?

Follow celeb culture or no?

Liberal or conservative?

Rural or urban?

Car or SUV?

Atheist or not (not includes agnostics)?

Marriage: necessary or no?

Cable or not?

Campsite or hotel?

Alcohol or no?

Up early or up late (if given the choice)?

News online or news on tv?