I am Charlotte Simmons: My Review

I just finished reading the 676th page of Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons. Long book. Long book. But good enough.

Our little Charlotte goes through the usual trials of a first-semester college student from the hills who is way too smart, never had a boyfriend, never had a drink, never lived in a co-ed dorm with boys who make body noises (sounds like good prep for marriage). She survives but we're left wondering what form survival is going to take. I hate that in a book but then I like fiction, and literature? not so much.

One thing, Tom Wolfe is said to have done extensive on-campus research. He got the vocubulary correct, F-this, F-that, you hear it as soon as you walk outside the classroom, but college basketball games are split into halves. Not quarters. Not quarters, damnit. 

Are college students really like this? Have I been out of college that long? These are questions that I'll be thinking about for the next ... couple ... of ... minutes.

Read some scathing reviews at amazon.com.

Hey, The Daily Show is on!

Robert F. Kennedy, "environmental attorney," is the guest. First topic: kid's vaccines and autism. Our kids get their vaccines late because of this, not that I know anything about it, or am any part of that decision. I'm learning why we wait ... from ... The Daily Show. As someone said in my abs and back class on Tuesday: "thank god for The Daily Show."

Well, Kennedy is a real downer. He doesn't eat any freshwater fish because of the mercury from power plants. Wait a minute ... did he really say that or did I miss something? Isn't all the mercury accumulating in the big saltwater fish: yummy tuna and king mackerel?