Monday, June 13, 2005

YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND IT NOW, BUT NOTHING CAN KILL A WEBLOG LIKE TOO MUCH EXPOSITION (OR A BAD TITLE, EVEN): There exists a gap in A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago. At one end of the spectrum, Adam and Matt report the reality television programs of the day; at the other, Alex and Phil publish large-scale works of pop culture discourse. But there is nothing in the middle -- no place for a woman to toss out a creative thought, or make an argument about J.J. Abrams programming that merits more than a comment to a prior post but less than a desire to establish a separate blog. The solution: invite Kim Cosmopolitan.

Kim is new to ALOTT5MA, but not to the business of opining on matters pop cultural. She’ll be joining the fracas on The Amazing Race and American Idol while bringing back nuanced discussion of America’s Next Top Model. Her passion, however, is the oeuvre of J.J. Abrams, and thus we may expect to hear a great deal over the coming months about both Lost and Alias. She’ll also discuss both current theatre and the occasional work of fiction, as the mood strikes her.

Ultimately, Kim’s presence on the blog is narrowly tailored to further compelling blog interests: the representation, at long last, of overeducated urban females in their mid-30s. Welcome aboard.

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