hands in the airrr.......THE DIRTY PIRATE GANGSTA HOOKER HAS SPOKEN!!! (Cue the lightning special effects)
like you just don't carrrrrreeee....
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hands in the airrr.......THE DIRTY PIRATE GANGSTA HOOKER HAS SPOKEN!!! (Cue the lightning special effects)
hands in the airrr.......
like you just don't carrrrrreeee....
EXACTLY THIS. Wild, Eat, Pray, Love--same thing. I found both boring as hell, because being well-off enough to go 'find yourself' is a foreign concept to me. My people just have to suck it up and move on with life--no space for navel gazing and wellness travel (lol).Finished The Magnolia Story the other day. A little hokey, but cute. I'm always drawn to these books about entrepreneurs - rags to riches stories. Sadly, it seems as though their ideas of "rags" is vastly different than my own. Most come from upper middle class, which I wouldn't consider poor. The last book like this I read #GIRLBOSS was the same. Just because you choose to hitchhike across the country when you're 20 and shop in thrift stores, doesn't make you homeless.
I'm about 3/4 of the way through Edge by Jeffery Deaver. It's not grabbing me, I just want it to be over. Then I can start The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. My reserved copy finally showed up at the library. They had to bring it in from some podunk town because the local library's copy had been ruined. So happy they offer this service!
Have you read Koko by Peter Straub? The main characters are Vietnam vets. It's part of the Blue Rose Trilogy - The other two books are Mystery and The Throat. I didn't read the last two, so am not sure how focused they are on Vietnam.is it me not knowing or is there, compared to books about WWII, very few about the Vietnam War? I do not mean books about real experiences but novels. The only one i remember right now is Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. Isthat impression correct or wrong? If correct what could the reason be? Not as glorious as WWII? Something else?
Kurben here is a link to some books. I've read "The Things They Carry". Hard era for me to read about. Lost so many friends.is it me not knowing or is there, compared to books about WWII, very few about the Vietnam War? I do not mean books about real experiences but novels. The only one i remember right now is Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. Isthat impression correct or wrong? If correct what could the reason be? Not as glorious as WWII? Something else?
is it me not knowing or is there, compared to books about WWII, very few about the Vietnam War? I do not mean books about real experiences but novels. The only one i remember right now is Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. Isthat impression correct or wrong? If correct what could the reason be? Not as glorious as WWII? Something else?
Damn GNTLGNT, are you on crack?! That tore me up. As a response, I will employ a gesture of 1990's male dominance, and 'raise the roof'!!! Calm down everyone. He brought it on himself.
He usually does.....and point of fact, he's usually on crack most of the time too....
There, there, little man.....
Not enough time has passed for objectivity (or for those who actually participated to accept 'novelization'). And there is that glory thing, too. America 'lost' (as if anyone wins in war). We don't like to remember that can happen.is it me not knowing or is there, compared to books about WWII, very few about the Vietnam War? I do not mean books about real experiences but novels. The only one i remember right now is Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. Isthat impression correct or wrong? If correct what could the reason be? Not as glorious as WWII? Something else?
Quite a few of these are non fiction or memoirs. There are novels, but not nearly as many as WWII novels. My personal favorite is The Man in the Box--I read it as a jr high school kid, and it was sobering. Not sure if it's even in print any more.Kurben here is a link to some books. I've read "The Things They Carry". Hard era for me to read about. Lost so many friends.
Have you read Koko by Peter Straub? The main characters are Vietnam vets. It's part of the Blue Rose Trilogy - The other two books are Mystery and The Throat. I didn't read the last two, so am not sure how focused they are on Vietnam.
Finished The Magnolia Story the other day. A little hokey, but cute. I'm always drawn to these books about entrepreneurs - rags to riches stories. Sadly, it seems as though their ideas of "rags" is vastly different than my own. Most come from upper middle class, which I wouldn't consider poor. The last book like this I read #GIRLBOSS was the same. Just because you choose to hitchhike across the country when you're 20 and shop in thrift stores, doesn't make you homeless.
I'm about 3/4 of the way through Edge by Jeffery Deaver. It's not grabbing me, I just want it to be over. Then I can start The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. My reserved copy finally showed up at the library. They had to bring it in from some podunk town because the local library's copy had been ruined. So happy they offer this service!
EXACTLY THIS. Wild, Eat, Pray, Love--same thing. I found both boring as hell, because being well-off enough to go 'find yourself' is a foreign concept to me. My people just have to suck it up and move on with life--no space for navel gazing and wellness travel (lol).
Well, ahem... After posting the video above and remembering how great it was, I watched it again and found that he doesn't mention the Rolex, the fur coat or the thing about the cars at all! Those must all be details I have remembered from reading it myself. Sorry, ladies and gentlemen - my mistake.
But the good news - it is still every bit as funny as I remembered, and well worth watching.