I should post on something, but I don't know what. So instead of posting about something, I'm posting about nothing -- the specific brand of nothing that is simply talking about the nothing I'm posting.
I want to know how you fold your socks, or just what that drawer looks like in general. Seriously. I care deeply about your socks and their arrangement.
Failing that, life in New England vs. life in Illinois? What you think of us chowderheads?
I think he views life in New England vs. life in Illinois as apples and oranges. In Illinois, he's treated as if he's 12, all of his friends have moved away, so he spends the majority of his time with family, and he's in one of those suburbs that everyone does leave — miles upon miles of pretentiously named god-awful subdivisions, wood and Thermopane "contemporary" houses with skylights and central air and big garages that spring up like warts upon once placid cornfields tended by farmers who raised the corn with full knowledge that it's an industry rather than an art, and that no human mouth would touch their corn.
Whereas here, he's an adult with responsibilities and children and a wife and a mortgage and rent to pay. He has a social circle, a job at a little company that he enjoys and mostly views as fun, the town of Cambridge to explore, easy access to quirky bookstores, and a population that's largely like him — upper middle income professionals with excellent educations who listen to NPR a lot and are connoisseurs of ethnic food and various up and coming hipster trends.
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Date: 2007-07-15 06:10 pm (UTC)Failing that, life in New England vs. life in Illinois? What you think of us chowderheads?
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Date: 2007-07-16 02:37 am (UTC)Whereas here, he's an adult with responsibilities and children and a wife and a mortgage and rent to pay. He has a social circle, a job at a little company that he enjoys and mostly views as fun, the town of Cambridge to explore, easy access to quirky bookstores, and a population that's largely like him — upper middle income professionals with excellent educations who listen to NPR a lot and are connoisseurs of ethnic food and various up and coming hipster trends.