Ever since I discovered it was "a thing" I've been kind of happy to be a member of Generation X. I relate to "our" movies and music pretty well, even if my life doesn't quite epitomize the Gen X dream. (But, really, who's does? And what is that dream, anyway?) Once dismissed as "slackers" I think we've pretty much proven that, if nothing else, we're survivors. That's due in no small part to having so many promises to us broken and so many pie-in-the-sky dreams come crashing down. One of the big things, of course, is the ongoing disillusionment of the American Dream we were raised on. That steady diet of "You can do anything!" and "Endless opportunity" was fed to us by our parents (who, at least most of the time, truly believed it--those Baby Boomers were doing very well back in the day, so it seemed sensible) and the media we were … Continue reading →