Thrift store customer to me: "Blah, blah, blah... Well, of course, urban sophisticates like us..."
She was buying a book by Susan Sontag, and I said I'd just seen Sontag in the documentary Paul Goodman Changed My Life.
So, I guess that makes me an urban sophisticate? Horrible term.
If you google image it, it's all beige.
Oh, god, it's even a paint color by Benjamin Moore.
She was buying a book by Susan Sontag, and I said I'd just seen Sontag in the documentary Paul Goodman Changed My Life.
So, I guess that makes me an urban sophisticate? Horrible term.
Oh, god, it's even a paint color by Benjamin Moore.
Is it worse than being a suburban sophist?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure, Zhoen:
ReplyDeleteWhat color is "suburban sophist"?
I guess what I really disliked was the customer's attitude that she and I were members of a Special Club of Better People, unlike other people in the thrift store.
Knowing who Susan Sontag is may make you a minority, but it carries no moral weight whatsoever.
P.S. I haven't even read Sontag. Tried.
ReplyDeleteFailed ("failed").
Didn't try again.
Had my bellyfull of beige apartment carpeting and paint, can't see the appeal. Which is why we have so many strong colors now.
ReplyDeleteA suburban sophist color? Paneling?
Paneling?
ReplyDeleteLOL