Holy shit living in a college town sucks sometimes. You get subjected to obnoxious conversations at every turn (though I guess they're hard to escape no matter where you live).
I'm writing at this coffee shop and there's this couple (man and woman) having a stupid conversation at an inappropriately loud volume...and they know it but they think they're saying such awesome things that everyone should be privy to their brilliance.
All I can say is, thank God I did my obligatory privileged-white-girl-trip-down-south-to-the-third world early. I got all my pretentious pontification on the plight of humanity and my soul-searingly precious insights out of the way before I hit my 20s. Now I know better than to talk about it as though I understand anything.
These people at the next table need to shut up...who fucking cares that you went to Peru? Like it gives you any cred at all that you slept on a bus for 6 hours with dirty poor people and chickens. Omigod AND you were hungover the whole time? Wow, you're so adventurous and you really *understand* the world. If only I could be half as fun and wise as you.
I swear, Frank Black knew what the hell he was talking about.
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One two three
She's a real left-winger 'cause she been down south
And held peasants in her arms, she said
"I could tell you stories that could make you cry. What about you?"
..
I'm writing at this coffee shop and there's this couple (man and woman) having a stupid conversation at an inappropriately loud volume...and they know it but they think they're saying such awesome things that everyone should be privy to their brilliance.
All I can say is, thank God I did my obligatory privileged-white-girl-trip-down-south-to-the-third world early. I got all my pretentious pontification on the plight of humanity and my soul-searingly precious insights out of the way before I hit my 20s. Now I know better than to talk about it as though I understand anything.
These people at the next table need to shut up...who fucking cares that you went to Peru? Like it gives you any cred at all that you slept on a bus for 6 hours with dirty poor people and chickens. Omigod AND you were hungover the whole time? Wow, you're so adventurous and you really *understand* the world. If only I could be half as fun and wise as you.
I swear, Frank Black knew what the hell he was talking about.
..
One two three
She's a real left-winger 'cause she been down south
And held peasants in her arms, she said
"I could tell you stories that could make you cry. What about you?"
..
[Edited on Feb 23, 2006 4:47PM]
hmm.. i know what you mean about people getting all pretentious when they come back from traveling in "foreign lands & third world countries" and all that. so annoying.