livin' la vida moca. i was talking with a friend today, and i got berated for not knowing what lacma was. she told me that she was "going to king tut tonight." i asked, "you're going out on a weekday? king tut? where is that?" when she responded with "lacma," i was at a loss. "lacma? is that somewhere in hollywood?" my so-called friend pretty much exploded at that point. typing in complete caps, she threw unconscionable labels at me, directing words synonymous with stupid, idiotic, imbecile, moron, retard, obtuse, etc, at me.

for the other dumb ass people out there, "l.a.c.m.a." equals "los angeles county museum of art." well, sooorry.

really, when did museums get so cool and hip that they all got acronyms? does anybody else feel me on this one? museums aren't cool, museums aren't -- for the most part -- cutting edge. why do they all get acronymed? i went to the amnh, i went to the moma, the mopa, the sfmoma, the soma, the met. that last one isn't an acronym. and soma's not one either. whoops. stupid is as stupid does.

did you know that "amnh" stood for the "american museum of natural history?" i sure didn't, and it's probably my favorite museum in the world. what happened to just calling museums by their real names, or just assigning acronyms to a select few? i didn't go to the museum of tolerance, i went to the mot. are you fucking kidding me? has (p)diddy and j-lo's publicists hit the museum scene?

yesterday i went to the sdnhm, the rhfsc, and almost went to the sdmrm, but it was closed. see what i'm getting at here? do you have any idea what i'm talking about?

please, let's stop this acronym madness. leave acronyms available for those organizations that really need to shorten their names, lest there be worldwide confusion. organizations like the "horses and ponies protection agency," recognized universally as "happa." not to be confused with "hapa," which is not an acronym at all.

"hapa comes from the hawaiian term 'hapa haole' which means half-foreigner/white. once derogatory, it is now used to describe anyone who is of mixed asian heritage. whether you're multi-ethnic, such as a person who is a mix of filipino and indian, or multiracial, such as a person who is a mix of vietnamese and caucasian."

and while i'm at it, let's stop this "g.o.a.t." thing. you hear that LL? jerry rice? while it may stand for "greatest of all time," it still spells "goat." and nothing is more stupid than being referred to as "goat." would you willingly desire to be labeled "d.i.p.s.h.i.t." even if it stood for something cool? didn't think so.

acronyms: use them wisely and sparringly. they really should have made a sesame street episode about this.