VH1’s “I Love the New Millennium” premiered this week. Much like its fabulously entertaining predecessors mocking the 80’s and 90’s (sorry, the 70’s one predates me), it doesn’t fail to deliver laughs and amusing sound bites. Although I think I Love the New Millennium might be jumping the gun time-wise (they are discussing things that happened, like, last week!), I adore the short-attention-span-theater for the distraction-inclined:

Exploring all the pop cultural guilty pleasures, memorable products and people, disgraces and debuts, fads and fashions, scandals and sensations.

With clever and over-animated comedians dissecting and reflecting on everything from metrosexuals to Dance Dance Revolution to Sudoku, you can’t help but giggle at the off the wall and politically incorrect observations. In honor of the show, I decided to take a yummy walk down pop-culture memory lane from 2000-2004. Here are some of my personal favorite memories from the new millennium…and the ones I despise.

New Millennium Favs:

Napster- The inspiring illegal innovation that started it all. Thank you, Shawn Fanning, for changing the musical and digital landscape.

Uggs- I don’t care how hideous they are and how far-gone the trend is, these babies keep my tootsies toasty on the way to class or, if I’m feeling really lazy, at the bar. Read More »

Yesterday, we showed a picture of Zac Efron on the cover of Rolling Stone and said he looked gay. How rude!

Which brings me to this: gay or not (but totally gay), girls recently have been going for guys just like Zac.

Why, you ask? Why on EARTH would a normal, man-loving woman want a guy like Zac Efron?

Seriously, why?

Well, it’s not just because they’re pretty. It’s because, and get this - lots of women say that these “FemiMen” make better long-term partners!

Dailymail said, “A study found ‘masculine’ looking men were judged to be less faithful and worse parents. Similarly, psychologists found men with feminine facial features are seen as more committed and less likely to cheat on their partners.”

Wow! More committed? How ever would we spot one of these diamonds in the rough?

Apparently, these FemiMen have:

1) Fuller lips
2) Wider eyes
3) Thinner, curvier eyebrows
4) A nicer complexion
5) All-around girlier looking

So, basically, these studies are showing that women prefer guys who look more like girls - think “Metro,” but on a more scientific basis, of course. Read More »