@avclub-62812d8eb06386505986efff8b5e43ac:disqus , I grew up in TX for most of my life.  However, for a little less than a year my family moved to NJ during my third grade year.  Being the new kid in school is always tough - you have to start all over, make new friends, get used to new places, etc.  But it seemed…

That's interesting stuff.  I figured there probably was some basis for the depiction but didn't know the specifics.

I'll cosign what Genji says as to the Houston experience.  Esp the Borders off Kirby - that was a great lively spot, I always thought.  Versus many of the Barnes and Noble stores, while just as busy, seem more generic and feel less personal.  At the end of the day, it's admittedly a subjective wishy-washy thing to…

LOL, that sounds about right.  I think, the question I got asked the most was easily "why do y'all wear
that dot on your forehead?", referring to the bindis you sometimes see Indian women wear.

I'm Bengali.  And, no, LOL, those weren't Bengalis in that movie as far as I can tell.  I hope your friends were just pulling your leg or something.

In other words, good for you, digifreak642.

Get back in your crib!  Seriously though, you are quite young.  I wish I had a website like this to read when I was 12.  I was probably still reading, like, Boys Life or Highlights or Sports Illustrated for Kids or something else that was terribly embarrassing.

Were you also, around this time, so old in your shoes?

Too young to appreciate boobs?  How old were you?

One of the most awkwardly-filmed sex scenes ever.

T2 was mine as well:  a Blockbuster night at a friend's sleepover.

As an (East) Indian-American kid growing up in the states, I was very aware - even at a young age - of the resentment my parents, my friend's parents, etc. had toward Temple of Doom due to the way it portrayed Indian culture as, well, sort of gross and outlandish.  My Dad, for instance, is a huge fan of Raiders of the…

I think this is a great suggestion.  I can't speak for everybody but, by using this site and reading other publications, I have a pretty good sense of what TV/film/music is due to come out soon.  The same is not true for literature, however.  Myself, for whatever reason, I just don't have a radar for this type of…

The B&N that I study at sometimes has an entire shelf labelled YOUNG ADULT SUPERNATURAL FICTION.  And while I'm fully aware of what the kids are reading these days and have been reading of the last couple of yrs, the specificity of that shelf and that such a shelf was even justified in existing at the store still…

Lies!

^ That's what she said.

Or some tasty lake trout.

Not "Definition"?

I can't imagine manning a bookstore like that the morning/night a Harry Potter book was released.  Closest I got to that was working a menswear department at Foley's the weekend before Father's Day.  And I'm sure that doesn't even come close.

These folks are crazy.  Beetlejuice is fucking great.