I love Sara Vowell
So last semester I took probably one of the best classes in the world. Mass Media, it was a real fun class with a great professor. Sure it was awesome to talk about the power of media in our society. I even tolerated the naiveness of most of the students...like that one girl who actually said the comment about how the apocalypse is upon us (thats another post in itself). Or the guy in class who would slurp his Starbucks fruity drink in class and make a whole show about how he had to get every single last drop of it. "slurp...slurp..sluuuuurrrrp!"
But the best thing that came out of the class, the best thing I have ever learned in school so far is being introduced to "This American Life". God I love that show, its funny, touching and fascinating I think my new dream is to be on that show or have something I write be read on that show. I actually almost wish I lived in Chicago (the city where its based).
My favorite contributer to the show though has got to be Sara Vowell. I am completely smitten with her. I love every story she speaks about, I particularly like the ones about her childhood and teen years, so far though my favorite episode that featured her was when Ira tried to teach her how to drive a car..God that was hilarious. I think I am so taken with her because she really reminds me of Lene. Once again I am so attracted to geeky dorky girls. I love Sara's sarcastic sense of humor, her glibness toward the ridiculousness of society, and the way she embraces and is prideful of her awkwardness.
If you guys have a chance check out This American Life (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/) you can sign up for their free podcast, listen to any episode online or if your a real cool person you can pay a buck for mp3 downloads (its a great cause, so you will be extra cool if your donate or pay for an episode). If you want to just listen to a Sara episode, theres a list of every episode she has contributed to on her wiki page, just google it. My suggestion "Music Lessons" is a great episode and was the first Sara episode i ever heard (hearing Sara in front of a live audience is awesome).