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LET'S MOCK ABOUT INTELLECTUALS. I mean, let's TALK about intellectuals. Okay--I enjoy a good mocking, same as anyone else. I mock until I'm bored and then I move on to mock something else.

So there is a site called Meetup that you can put your interests into a search and then the site will list "meetups" in your area for those interests. One of my interests is reading and there is a group not to far away from me. Unfortunately, their meeting was in the middle of the day on Saturday, which conflicts with my nap taking. I would rather take a nap than eat. But I am still interested in the group. They chose several books which wouldn't be too bad to read. But the emails that followed got me going. I can just tell that some of these people are going to be the type that look for MEANING in EVERY WORD. Shit people, sometimes words are words and designed simply to tell a story. When I read, I want to read a story. With a plot. I don't want to look for meaning in every word. The last time I had to deal with symbolism was in 11th grade when we had to read William Faulkner. It was hard enough to get through the story without having to figure out what the hell he was talking about that wasn't on the page.

I'm not stupid, but I don't consider myself an "intellectual". Those people annoy me. Can't they just read something and say "Hey--that was a good book" or "Hey, that book sucked" without having to dissect the hell out of something looking for the alternate meaning. This is probably why I have never joined a book club. I've noticed that some authors are actually putting club guides and discussion in the back of their books. The ones that I've seen are pretty decent, but they tend to ask questions that I wouldn't normally give a crap about once I've read the book. I guess I'm not really cut out for book club discussions and I'll stick with the group that meets at the bar before the baseball game and then goes to the game. Usually there is no discussion regarding "well, do you think that the symbolism of the bunt was that . . . ." oh hell no--we all know that the purpose of a bunt is either to advance the runner or to put a runner on base because they aren't expecting it.

Best line ever on tv and I often feel this way "I can have surgery to get bigger boobs, but SHE can't have surgery to make her smarter".