tHiS oR tHaT?

It's not a this or that, it's more of a "this and um, NO THANK YOU to that." Yesterday's commute was somewhat entertaining for me. The weather had turned a tad humid, the sun was strong for a waning summer and the temperature had peaked enough that I had to roll up the windows and turn on the ac. Since my window's were up, I had my ipod in and reverted to shuffle mode.

After skipping a few songs I landed on Make it Mine by Jason Mraz (which I liked) and while listening to it, I started thinking about an article I'd read on Kelly Slater. What, you ask? Hold up, follow my train of thought: I read the article about Kelly Slater, who is not only the best surfer of all time (I had a slight crush on him in high school; still have the posters to prove it) but also a pretty profitable niche producer. He makes loads of surfing films, clothing lines and has found the likes of Jack Johnson. Thus, my thoughts turned to the fact that Jason Mraz and Jack Johnson have fairly similar styles, yet I hate one and love the other.

With this fact in mind, I started a little game with myself to discover how many of the similar-but-not-equal patterns I could find in my life--some not being an actual hate, just a STRONG preference for the other. It went as follows:

Jason Mraz > Jack Johnson*
Loreena McKennitt < Enya
Radiohead > Coldplay
Simpsons > Family Guy*
red delicious < gala 
milk chocolate > dark chocolate*
Friday off < Monday off 
peaches > nectarines
Raspberry jam > strawberry jam*
clementines > oranges
Banana Republic > Gap*
Zara > Mango
Steve Madden* < Diesel 
Kuta > Phuket
Florida* < California 
NYU > Columbia
Gweneth Paltrow > Julia Roberts*

* indicates an actual aversion versus simply a strong preference