It's different from Garden State in the sense that the characters are teenagers, so their ridiculous, myopic behavior is more forgivable.

It's different from Garden State in the sense that the characters are teenagers, so their ridiculous, myopic behavior is more forgivable.

More or less, especially since the movie's set in the 90s. There's no particular reason that a 90s teen would have grown up listening to the smiths, or would have been exposed to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, or would enjoy a book that, as you point out, most teenagers are required to read. Maybe things are different…

More or less, especially since the movie's set in the 90s. There's no particular reason that a 90s teen would have grown up listening to the smiths, or would have been exposed to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, or would enjoy a book that, as you point out, most teenagers are required to read. Maybe things are different…

Is it like your heart is getting hard?

Is it like your heart is getting hard?

I often think that the nytimes movie reviews are insufferable, but that one was good-insufferable.

I often think that the nytimes movie reviews are insufferable, but that one was good-insufferable.

Posts like this one are the reason the Internet was invented.

Posts like this one are the reason the Internet was invented.

There's no such thing as a free monkey mask.

There's no such thing as a free monkey mask.

Well great. I haven't watched Simpsons DVDs in a long time, and now I'm convinced that the discs will have self destructed in their slip cases next time I try to play them.

Well great. I haven't watched Simpsons DVDs in a long time, and now I'm convinced that the discs will have self destructed in their slip cases next time I try to play them.

You call hamburgers 'steamed hams?'

You call hamburgers 'steamed hams?'

That's how my friend and I found out that a creepy middle-aged dude who hung around with our college acting group was responsible for a lengthy, impassioned defense of Twin Peaks' second season on a Twin Peaks forum back in 1991 or thereabouts.

That's how my friend and I found out that a creepy middle-aged dude who hung around with our college acting group was responsible for a lengthy, impassioned defense of Twin Peaks' second season on a Twin Peaks forum back in 1991 or thereabouts.

I saw Zadie Smith read at Harold Washington Library after her second novel came out. She got annoyed at a baby crying in the front row and cut the reading short. I got annoyed at her. A few years later I saw Sara Vowell read there and she looked miserable and exhausted. Point being: it must be tue space, not the…

I saw Zadie Smith read at Harold Washington Library after her second novel came out. She got annoyed at a baby crying in the front row and cut the reading short. I got annoyed at her. A few years later I saw Sara Vowell read there and she looked miserable and exhausted. Point being: it must be tue space, not the…