DISCUSSIONS
The "in" crowd
Chat about what's in and out with Monica Hesse and Dan Zak at 11 a.m. on Jan. 4. Offer your own List items and tell them how wrong (or right) they are.
Ranking what's out, what's in as 2010 dawns
By Monica Hesse and Dan Zak - Washington Post Staff Writers
Enough with that decade. Where's the "dislike" button?
On to the tweens! Our hair's as greasy as Jon Gosselin's plugs, our Twitter feed as gummed up as the 111th Congress. The Epic Icon Flush left us orphans of greatness. Cronkite: OUT. Updike: OUT. Farrah and Swayze: OUT and OUT. Funny thing about dying, though: It makes you IN one last time. Upon their deaths, the King of Pop and the Lion of the Senate underwent an image makeover quicker than you can say, "Larry, you're being inappropriate. You really are."
What's left, then? Where are our legends-in-the-making? Queasy from a recessional hangover, we squirmed into our Snuggie (turns out: not comfy, not funny), watched some instant Netflix on our PS3s, and slipped into a sleep (no Propofol, we swear). We dreamed a dream and woke up with a dowdy Scotswoman spooning us in our cultural bed.
There is good news. Washington: Finally IN, and getting inner! So flee New York, head down the Appalachian Trail, grab a beer and join our summit here by the White House gates. We're not on the list, so we made our own. Yes, it's inappropriate, but we did this for the show.
OUT
IN
Funemployment
Deferrals
Ironic flannel
Peanut allergies
Leggings
Pantslessness
Tagine steaming
Pickling
Group hugs
Platform sandals
Thigh-high boots
Srsly?
Elective C-sections
Small plates
Short menus
Bacon
Latin fusion
Latin Mass
Drug tests
Ripped abs
Ripped jeans
Blow-up dolls
AP classes
Apprenticeships
Small-batch bourbon
Slutty Strawberry Shortcake
Slutty Rainbow Brite
Dark matter
Used Toyota Tacomas
Sex tapes
Steamed pork buns
Korean hot dogs
END OF THE DECADE: AUF WIEDERSEHEN, AUGHTS!
FONDLY REMEMBERED
Uma Thurman's yellow track suit
Non-organic (but really freaking effective) household cleaning products
GOOD RIDDANCE
The Simon Cowell prototype
Cause bracelets
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE PUT IN AND OUT FOR 2010?
