tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425496421402416702.post6080600323138539863..comments2020-12-11T07:21:11.110+00:00Comments on Vintagination: McSweeney's 39a wild creaturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00334715107032044808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425496421402416702.post-90268817928666115912012-01-25T22:22:18.552+00:002012-01-25T22:22:18.552+00:00I think this is not a true angst story but a mock ...I think this is not a true angst story but a mock one:) I like the over-dramatic (hence grotesque, hence self-depricating) self indulgence. I did relate to the dissapointment at the fact that magic doesn't exist, the brutal realisation that I will never have the kind of adventures I read about.<br />I also like how well she manages to paint the people she mentions with just a few words. I think she's witty:)a wild creaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00334715107032044808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425496421402416702.post-50249576028569212722012-01-24T08:11:44.254+00:002012-01-24T08:11:44.254+00:00Nostalgic for the imagined angst of a British teen...Nostalgic for the imagined angst of a British teenager? Or do you see yourself in the awkwardness of the (putative) teen author of the letter? <br /><br />Perhaps I am too cynical, but I find that I cannot really relate to the story the letter portrays... There are plenty of angsty teen stories that I can, and do, relate to. But not this one. Maybe its a girl thing.Lu3kehttp://www.last.fm/user/lu3kenoreply@blogger.com