Those who really know me are familiar with the fact that I have a tendency to become engrossed in mindless reality television shows that most 28 year old professionals wouldn’t care to watch (or admit to watching). For instance, I’m a regular viewer of The Hills, The City, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, ANTM, and SYTYCD. (If you know those last two acronyms, perhaps we are kindred spirits.)
Last night I added another dimension to my obsession with teen pop culture: Twilight. Yes, I, Adrienne Elizabeth Huebner, am now a Twilighter. (Is that the correct term?) Somehow, I convinced Garrod to pick up a copy of Twilight while he was at Barnes & Noble searching for his Fantasy Football magazine. He called me while at the store to ask the name of the Twilight author (because he’d rather scour the fiction section for Stephenie Meyer than admit to a B&N clerk that he was looking for a book about teenage vampire love). Unfortunately, Garrod’s efforts to find the book on his own proved unsuccessful, so he had to break down and ask. (Poor thing.) Anyway, Twilight has turned me into a giddy schoolgirl and I made it through 40 pages before falling asleep last night, which is a new record for me. (Throughout my previous literary adventure, Reconciliation by Benazir Bhutto, I read an average of 5 pages per night. Thinking really tires me out.)
Despite my aforementioned obsessions, one teen pop culture trend to which I have yet to fall prey is Gossip Girl. Honestly, I would probably enjoy it, but I’m bound and determined to avoid it. I just don’t have enough time in my day to add another show to my DVR lineup, so I draw the line at Gossip Girl. However, while watching an episode of ANTM on the CW the other day, I happened to see a commercial for Gossip Girl where the narrator signed off by saying “xoxo…. Gossip Girl.” I found this to be somewhat disturbing (because “xoxo” is my standard sign-off on my blog), so I did a little research. It turns out that EVERY SINGLE EPISODE of Gossip Girl ends with the “xoxo” farewell.
I give you Exhibit A:
Rather than be seen as a Gossip Girl wannabe, I have decided to come up with a new valediction for my blog posts. Here are my questions to you, loyal readers: 1) Should I utilize a standard sign-off for all blog posts, or should I spice things up by using a new one each time? 2) If I were to choose a standard sign-off, what should it be? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Here are some possible valedictions:
Until Next Time
Ciao
Namaste
Cheers
Adieu
Arrivederci
Auf wiedersehen (would this make me a Heidi Klum wannabe?)
Au revoir
Bien à vous
Goodbye and good luck (this reminds me of the good ‘ole days of TEX, which you could only understand if you attended UT in the 90’s)
Bon voyage
Farewell, my lovelies
10-4
Cordially yours
Yours truly
Love
And because no blog post would be complete without a photo, here is one of JP & Blair doing some X-ing and O-ing while their sweet dogs look on.
[Insert favorite valediction here],
Adrienne
