Here is the last “Out of State” column I wrote for Spike this year, which was published a while ago but it is weirdly off the site now: The other day, a French person asked me what Americans call this time of year instead of back-to-school, when we’re referring to adults. I don’t know, I said. I think we still call it back-to-school, but in a semi-facetious way: pre-fall is still about shopping, as every season is in America, but it’s also about putting extra pressures on our purchases. As a residual effect of the back-to-school shopping agenda, we expect our new things to steer us toward higher intellect and productivity. Our outfits will help us to become the aspirations identified while on vacation, which will take us closer to some final form of the year. Summer bodies happen in winter, but back-to-school (and Halloween) bodies happen in summer. People have told me that they gained 30, 40, and 80 pounds in the past couple years, surprised by their own pure desires, sans certain inhibiting factors.
Out of State
Out of State
Out of State
Here is the last “Out of State” column I wrote for Spike this year, which was published a while ago but it is weirdly off the site now: The other day, a French person asked me what Americans call this time of year instead of back-to-school, when we’re referring to adults. I don’t know, I said. I think we still call it back-to-school, but in a semi-facetious way: pre-fall is still about shopping, as every season is in America, but it’s also about putting extra pressures on our purchases. As a residual effect of the back-to-school shopping agenda, we expect our new things to steer us toward higher intellect and productivity. Our outfits will help us to become the aspirations identified while on vacation, which will take us closer to some final form of the year. Summer bodies happen in winter, but back-to-school (and Halloween) bodies happen in summer. People have told me that they gained 30, 40, and 80 pounds in the past couple years, surprised by their own pure desires, sans certain inhibiting factors.