What's In and Out for 2009

The New Year is here, and that means it’s time to clean out the cultural wardrobe. Hank Stuever of the Washington Post offers his annual take on things that are so last year, and others sure to be cool in the next 12 months:

Out: LOLcats
In: “Garfield Minus Garfield”
Out: Dressing like “Mad Men”
In: Drinking like “Mad Men”
Out: Twittering
In: Slow blogging
Out: Wolverine
In: Watchmen
Out: Alec Baldwin comeback
In: Mickey Rourke comeback
Out: Goth
In: Steampunk
Out: Using. Periods. For. Emphasis.
In: CAPSLOCK IS BACK!
Out: Things white people like
In: Things Michelle Obama likes
Out: Sleeping in parking lots to buy new iPhone
In: Sleeping in parking lots
Out: Searching one’s soul
In: Searching one’s wallet