Coupland

Ok, so... In honor of us reading Generation X for book club, I have a fun project. I know it's kindof late notice, but let's start tomorrow night!

Today and tomorrow, and throughout the time that we will be reading GenX, be thinking of random words or phrases that have cultural connotations for our generation. Words that didn't exist for the generation before us, or had a different meaning for them, or things that hold different significance for our time than for our parents'. We'll compile a list and add to it each week. The words don't necessarily have to hold great significance or represent epic culture shift or anything. They can be silly and arbitrary or deep and somber. Doesn't matter. Anything goes, so long as it is somehow represtentative of our generation and our culture today, if even in a small way.

Here are a few of my ideas to give you a feel for what I mean. We don't need to keep a list here or anything. These are just to show everyone what I'm thinking. In no particular order (kindof the idea anyways):

Google
SARS
Text Messaging
9/11
Girls Gone Wild
IPod
Ecstasy
Emo
Global Warming
Blog
Columbine

Ok, that's enough for now. As you think of more the next few weeks, we'll add them to the list. I think this is gonna be fun and pretty funny. It'll be interesting to see what things we think define or describe our generation, or detail the minutiae of the culture we've grown up and lived in. It just feels so Couplandesque.