On Becoming Joan Didion
Didion to me is a puzzle. Her prose strikes me as kind of vague and inward, conveying private meanings that are beyond my ability to decode. I'm aware that plenty of other readers are enthusiastic about her, but when I try to pin them down on what's great about her work...they seem to wander off into vagueness as well.
Am I the only one who has this problem? I'm perfectly well suited to love Didion, I think...but I just can't. Everything's just so hazy and indistinct. It makes me worry that she isn't really interested in telling a story to an audience. And then my own attention starts to wander.
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On Sleep Twitching Explained
The label "hypnic jerks" really denies the grandeur of my lovemaking technique.
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On Lobstah And Crafts! A Summertime Guide To Portland (The Real One, In Maine)
I think this sponsored article has achieved the impossible feat of attracting Every Single Type of Internet Commenter. I've got "meta" covered, and that just about finishes the entire list.
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On Terrible Parenting Creating A Generation Of Screen Addicts
Being childfree, I'm always curious what exactly counts as doing something "around" your children. Just how attentive are the little monsters alleged to be, anyway? Because I have my own views on that topic.
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On Hermit Self-Deprecating
Now I shall unavoidably spend the rest of the day pondering the situation of someone who becomes a hermit "because [they're] sick of dealing with landlords."
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On Translation Difficult
All right, I don't think I've ever made this assertion before because it's always said so knee-jerkily and unthinkingly — but in this case, I'm truly amazed at how this (linked) article managed to fill seventeen paragraphs on a topic which could have been completely covered in five.
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On Feminist Australian
Maybe Greer's best quote ever. Any other competitors?
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On The Coming Real Estate Disaster for White-People Brooklyn
@HiredGoons: Teach me your ways, Goons.
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On The Coming Real Estate Disaster for White-People Brooklyn
@riotnrrd: Oooh, that's good.
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On Bunch of Newspapers About to Needlessly Hit the Skids
I admit that I totally searched the linked page for an article by Jake Gyllenhaal.
Mostly because I wanted to know what it would reveal about Maggie, of course.
She was in Secretary with James Spader, you know.