Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Have been reading this most excellent set of essays from
GenXer Chuck Klosterman and loving it! He is just a year older than I am
and the ratio of shared experiences and view points between us is rather
staggering. I actually laughed out loud today while reading the following
bit:
From the essay "Sulking with Lisa Loeb on the Ice Planet Hoth"
This being the case [he refers to the simple truths of GenX], it's clear that Luke Skywalker was the original Gen Xer. For one thing, he was incessantly whiny. For another, he was exhaustively educated--via Yoda--about things that had little practical value (i.e., how to stand on one's head while lifting a rock telekinetically). Essentially, Luke went to the University of Dagobah with a major in Buddhist philosophy and a minor in physical education. There's not a lot of career opportunities for that kind of schooling; that's probably why he dropped out in the middle of the semester. Meanwhile, Luke's only romantic aspirations are directed toward a woman who (literally) looks at him like a brother. His dad is on his case to join the family business. Most significantly, all the problems in his life can be directly blamed on the generation that came before him, and specifically on his father's views about what to believe (i.e., respect authority, dress conservatively, annihilate innocent planets etc, etc.).
Loving this book
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
From the essay "Sulking with Lisa Loeb on the Ice Planet Hoth"
This being the case [he refers to the simple truths of GenX], it's clear that Luke Skywalker was the original Gen Xer. For one thing, he was incessantly whiny. For another, he was exhaustively educated--via Yoda--about things that had little practical value (i.e., how to stand on one's head while lifting a rock telekinetically). Essentially, Luke went to the University of Dagobah with a major in Buddhist philosophy and a minor in physical education. There's not a lot of career opportunities for that kind of schooling; that's probably why he dropped out in the middle of the semester. Meanwhile, Luke's only romantic aspirations are directed toward a woman who (literally) looks at him like a brother. His dad is on his case to join the family business. Most significantly, all the problems in his life can be directly blamed on the generation that came before him, and specifically on his father's views about what to believe (i.e., respect authority, dress conservatively, annihilate innocent planets etc, etc.).
Loving this book
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs