F@ck it! I like Fergie.....

I just want to start out by BOBserving that saying "I like Fergie" out loud feels really good, like I just had a slightly chubby, unattractive pop-star lifted off of my chest. The feeling I'm having right now is comparable (I'm sure) to admitting to a double homicide, or telling your gay uncle that you are straight; but not to be confused with admitting to liking Gwen Stephanie's solo stuff. I also want to point out that because I like Fergie, that does not mean I like The Black Eyed Peas (as if that is in some way better). I only like Fergie's lumps and humps, and the fact that she was up in the gym working on her fitness....and her need to spell stuff out (T-A-S-T-E-Y).

The evolution of my Fergie admiration or "fergmiration" (as I call it), began with the song My Humps. Back in those days I was a closet Ferg Head who scoffed her in public and worshipped her in private...I was confused, troubled, and I would like to apologize to Fergie now for my behavior. Dont Phunk with my Heart followed and so did my Fergenaissance, finally culminating in Fergielicousness.

For those of you who keep score at home, NO this does not make you cooler than me. While it is true that liking Fergie should constitute a drop in the points race, admitting to liking Fergie actually cancels it out. If I admitted to liking The Black Eyed Peas, THAT too would be a drop, unless I acknowledged that "Where is the Love" is for pussies. (its a complicated scoring process).

I will close with musicians that I am not ready to admit that I like yet:
Nelly Furtado
Bobby McFerrin
Akon
New Edition
Howie Day
Los Lobos
All Clarinet Players