Miss Smartypants
Okay. That's two 1984 references in two days. What's with that? I probably just need to read more true literature. Sigh.
Right now, I'm in the middle of Sarah Vowell's The Partly Cloudy Patriot. Really, really good book of essays, and I'm not commenting on its claim-or-lack-thereof to greatness here. But Sarah Vowell herself, besides being my hero and all, is also hella-smart.
Smart as in learned. Learned as in: Read Camus in the original French as a teenager. It's true! I read it last night, and she wasn't being flippant or hyperbolic!
Question: If one read Hollywood Wives in its original printing at the age of eleven, is that comparable?
Discuss.
Okay. That's two 1984 references in two days. What's with that? I probably just need to read more true literature. Sigh.
Right now, I'm in the middle of Sarah Vowell's The Partly Cloudy Patriot. Really, really good book of essays, and I'm not commenting on its claim-or-lack-thereof to greatness here. But Sarah Vowell herself, besides being my hero and all, is also hella-smart.
Smart as in learned. Learned as in: Read Camus in the original French as a teenager. It's true! I read it last night, and she wasn't being flippant or hyperbolic!
Question: If one read Hollywood Wives in its original printing at the age of eleven, is that comparable?
Discuss.
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