Juno the movie

When did kids start talking so smart? I don't know if it's because teaching special education has kind of lowered my standards or what, but it just seems like kids now are just more intelligent than when I was a kid. This Juno movie was great. Great acting. Comical. Cynical. Hopeful. A little schmarmy. I loved it. But when did kids start talking so smart? (I suppose I should say "intelligently", but I want to underscore my point with a bit of self effacing humor). Was it with Dawson's Creek? Or Buffy or maybe Veronica Mars?

I never talked so intelligently. Or maybe I did and the drugs just took their toll. Additionally, I could never be so comfortable with my status as a misfit. I didn't fit in and felt every moment of my outcast status acutely. And I just wanted to kick everyone's ass. My language was an extended expletive.

I think I am part of a really dumb generation with no real identity. Okay, the vast majority of my generation was dumb with a few really smart guys and girls that managed to change the face of the world as we knew it, such that I can function moderately well in it, but don't understand it worth a wink. How's that for a run on sentence?

So what I learned from the movie was that teenage pregnancy isn't that bad and can be fun and funny. And I feel richer for it. She didn't have an abortion. But it was clearly an option. And that's pretty fun too.

I forgot the point of my blog, but then I remembered the point of my blog thereby underscoring the point...that I think I'm dumb. I've become dumb. Even dumb kids on TV are more intelligent than I am. That's what I didn't like about Juno. It reminded me about being dumb. This is a dumb blog. You may well have just decreased two IQ points just by reading this. I'm sorry.