In less than a week I have posted:
the reviews and the poster for Funny Games
The corruption in figure skating
Quantum Leap: Season 1, Episode 4 – part 1 – wherein I reference Mohammad Atta, Sylvia Beach, James Joyce, Casablanca, the Hamilton-Burr duel
Quantum Leap: Season 1, Episode 4 – part 2 – wherein I reference Andrew Wyeth and Spencer Tracy
To those of you not in on the joke – in the space of one week, maybe a year ago, I got two irate emails – one accused me of being “shallow” because I was blogging about, oh, Project Runway, and one accused me of being an “elitist” because, whatever, I read The New Yorker or something retarded like that. In the same week! It cracked me up and made me realize: you cannot please everyone. I am somehow shallow AND I am an elitist. The “you’re an elitist” crowd seems to have an undercurrent of, “What … do you think you’re smart or something??” in their response to me. And I’m like, “Uhm … not sure what to say … let me think about that for a minute … hmmmmmm. Well, after great consideration, I have to say in answer your question: Yes. I do think I’m smart. Sorry you find that so upsetting.” (I suppose I could point them in this direction, but that would probably be pouring fuel onto the fire.) So after that one week of “You’re shallow, no, you’re an elitist!” I stopped worrying about the factions – although I still obviously enjoy making fun of those people. I stopped trying to write for one or the other side … and just wrote what I wanted. If I need to reference Sartre in a post about the glorious Tyra Banks because it’s appropriate, I will. This bothers people. Hysterical!
Oh, and speaking of hysterical: I am now on the 2nd Google Search page for “Obama-Macedonia” because of THIS. What?? If I become #1 on Google for that – a topic I don’t give a rat’s ass about, I’m throwing a party. It’s not as funny as me being on the first page of Google Images for Sean Young – because I posted pictures from a makeup class in college 5,000 years ago – but it’s close.
