So...what makes me so "hip":)

The other day, as I was reading the City Pages, eating sushi and drinking red wine in my uptown duplex, I was struck by a realization. Perhaps, I am becoming and urban hipster!

I mean – sure – I love to go to Caribou, but only the uptown one, and I order tea most of the time I go. Plus, I have recently found myself engaging in all sorts of "urban hipster" activities, such as searching thriftyhipster.com, taking dance lessons at a downtown studio, and attending concerts that don't cost $80 and don't have the names "Britney," or "Justin," attached to them. (OK OK I would still like to see Justin, but.......that doesn't make me "unhip").

So you can all applaud me now:) That in the twilight of my twenty-third year, I am finally leaving my third-tier suburban upbringing behind and branching out to more mod frontiers. Sure, some of you will attribute this awakening or "re-definition" to my roommates; particularly Cristina's incessant social pleadings to partake in any event that peeks its head out, or Molly's ambitiously eclectic style - but personally, I would like to think that the new, trendy me has always been inside, and just need a safe environment to come out in...

Anyway, to smoothly segue into a new subject - the night in which I found myself with the sushi and wine - ended up beginning in an extremely "un-hip" way (picture a party in Inver Grove Heights that consisted of pop in plastic cups, and being greeted by the dad as we walked in with beer). So that got Molly and I engaged in the analyzation of social groupings. In other words; what makes people hang out with each other? Which factor is the heaviest determinant on who a person's 'group' will be? Is it education-level, beauty, upbringing, culture, talent-level? I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts, y'all. So to speak in 'hip' terms: "holler at me yo."