…but I can’t stand them:

Ugly Glasses
Over-sized specs are the hip thing now, and I’ve seen a few really cool pairs of large-lensed glasses. But man, these were ugly back then and they’re certainly ugly now. Perhaps even more so since they’re associated with hipster douches and douchettes.
Ok, so which company promotes and perpetuates commercial hipster douchery more: American Apparel or Urban Outfitters?

[for the record, I've never been inside of an American Apparel store and in the past, I've scored some pretty good (cheap) finds in the clearance section of Urban]

Ugly Low-cut V-neck T-shirts on Guys
For the same hipster douchery reasons I’ve provided above, there’s just no way this looks cool. I don’t mind v-neck t-shirts on girls because at least you get a bit of a show, but for guys? I mean I’ll either see a pasty white sunken chest like this dude in the picture or some unwieldy chest hair.

There’s also something very disturbing about seeing the contours of the neck and collarbone of waif-like dudes.

…and now for ugly things I don’t mind so much.

Nissan Cube
This car is like Helena Bonham Carter – not classically pretty, but something about her turns me on. I don’t really know why I’m intrigued by this strange vehicle, especially since the back is asymmetrical and really ugly. I’ve never seen the inside or taken it for a test drive. It’s just one of those cars that seems to make a statement – like when the VW New Beetle or PT Cruiser came out. Of course, those cars seem to be dated now and imagine what this bad boy would look like in about 5 years. Although the Honda Element, which was another strange-looking car during its initial release seems to be doing pretty well.

Michelle Rodriguez
Probably a questionable entry, but I was really turned off by Michelle Rodriguez before. She was practically a man in Blue Crush and when The Fast and the Furious came out, she was unofficially crowned the Champion of Everything Unsexy. She has since been dethroned by Sandra Oh, who will probably hold that post for a LONG time.

But I think age and maturity have looked favorably on the raspy-voiced Michelle. [NOTE: Raspy voices can either exacerbate unsexiness or enhance it - it has worked in both ways in this case] And for some reason, she looked REALLY good in Avatar. Of course you can’t really go wrong with military chicks in wifebeaters.

Come to think of it, James Cameron does seem to have mannish female characters in his films (Vasquez in Aliens and of course, Sarah Connor in T:2) And I suppose this is why she was cast in Avatar. But man, I can’t explain it. This role should’ve cemented her place as the undisputed Unsexy Champion. I mean, she won’t crack any top 10 lists, but you can’t deny that she looks pretty good in this pic.

So Michelle Rodriguez. I commend you for your transformation. I no longer associate you with the ONLY character in Blue Crush (a film about surfer chicks) who wore frumpy-ass board shorts.

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