The Gong List A summer's worth of the things we do instead of the things we should be doing.

Happy June 1st! Since it's the day after Memorial Day, it's the official, unofficial day of Summer. (This is ceremonial only since school doesn't end for another two or three weeks, but whatever, it's almost 90 degrees out at 8AM. This equals Summer to me.) The first day of Summer was the projected kick off of The Gong List and as such, here's my first post.

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I'm a huge fan of American and Canadian authors of the early 90's. I did my undergrad thesis on Bret Easton Ellis, fell deeply in love with Donna Tartt and Jay McInerney, and I'm pretty sure that Douglas Coupland was a better indicator of cultural trends than MTV. (This was all, of course, before they hit middle age, became lazy and whiney, and gave Patrick Bateman an unsightly paunch.)

I bring this up only because I can't think of a better way of introducing myself than by ganking a technique straight from 1995's Microserfs*:

I am Molly Beth. If my life was a game of Jeopardy! my seven dream categories would be:

-American words derived from Dutch
-YA novels about HS violence
-Cupcakes, Birthday Cakes, & Ice Cream Cakes
-The best laid plans
- Gang aft agley
-High School Dramas
-Abandoned Internet Personas

Hey Gongs, what would your seven categories be?

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*Coupland, Douglas. (1995). Microserfs. New York: Harper.
I could give you the MARC record too, but I'm pretty sure that's not necessary.