Happy Thanksgiving from northwest Idaho!
It feels like a defensive move to point out, but I loved JSF’s two novels — this one just didn’t do it for me.
When I get too sucked into “Mad Men” I try and remind myself that my parents are Sally Draper’s age. Neither of their home lives growing up was close to the Drapers’, but Dad says some of the details are spot-on, like Don Draper making breakfast on the weekends in his white undershirt.
I had a good upbringing but I wonder if it will look absurd and cruel to people in 50 years’ time.
For what it’s worth, if you haven’t read any Coupland I vote you start with MICROSERFS. It’s scarily prescient considering it was published in 1995.
As a sheltered child of the ’90s, it probably won’t surprise you that the Lilith Fair was my first concert. My aunt got my sister and me tickets for Christmas and it was the coolest.
Next summer we’ll probably go (with my other sister and my cousin, who were both too young) and unironically have an awesome time. My dream line-up would include Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Aimee Mann, Feist, M.I.A., Metric, Neko Case, Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea… and Kelly Clarkson.
I saw Harrison on a panel with James Ellroy back at BookExpo America in May. He was completely overwhelmed by Ellroy, but that’s not his fault. This book is perfect for a lazy fall afternoon.
After I read this book I discovered Straub went to (the predecessor of) my high school, but I’d like to think that didn’t influence my review at all.
I contributed to this round-up of the golden era of movie soundtracks, the 1990s.
I just reactivated my Netflix account to rent a Tyler Perry movie.
Facebook message received this morning from the Midnight Sun Social’s organizer: “i’m messaging you because you’re in the ‘maybe’ attending. and as we all know, ‘maybe’ is the new ‘no.’ well, i hope, for your sake, i’ll see you at the social. otherwise … well, i won’t even go there. hee hee. hope to see you tonight!”
I willing to overlook the lack of capitalization because this is just another reason they call it Charm City.
How very PassiveAggressiveNotes.com of them.
