Excitedly starting Urban Tribes: Are Friends the New Family? by Ethan Waters today courtesy the lovely, Jenn Scott.
Updated: A particularly poignant excerpt from the introduction:
“In trying to chart the landscape of our early adulthood, we drew no sharp distinction between highbrow and lowbrow knowledge. We stitched together our life philosophies from song lyrics, sacred texts, our college social psychology classes, our parents, our bosses and coworkers, The Simpsons, snippets of wisdom forwarded to us in e-mails, and things we overheard on the bus. For us, the answer to the question How do you live a good life? was not something handed down from on high. We are making up answers -riffing them- as we went along. “
On the same note, be on the lookout for a new blog collaboration coming soon. It will house random snapshots from the lives of a few 20-somethings living in OKC’s evolving urban culture.
I just finished my second David Sedaris book: “Me Talk Pretty One Day.” Personally, “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim” was much more animated and interesting but all in all both were quick enjoyable reads. His frank/comical way of storytelling will leave you laughing out loud even though he is revealing some of the most intimate details about his life. You won’t be disappointed by Mr. Sedaris, I promise.
