Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Revenge of the Ghetto Nerd POST A COMMENT hey...'sounds like my life on the page: story of a 'ghetto nerd' trapped in his own fantasies...(that was so me...except for the nerd part)....'have to check that out: "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao" 'in an interview the author, Junot Diaz, offers this: "whether you come from the kind of neighborhood I came from or whether you came from a place like Cambridge, I think that the intellectual life is amazingly lonely in a country like ours." -- um, sounds like Junot just called us all dumb for socializing with our peers! -- (with a nerdy name like Juuuu--not, no less.) I'll still check out your book Ju-not...hopefully, 'smart enough to finish 339 pages. Labels: Books posted by Henry Cruz at 3:55 AM 2 Comments:  Anonymous said... Come on, dude, don't take things out of context. He wasn't bagging on anybody. He was just describing what it's like to spend a few years in a book. 12:59 PM    Henry Cruz said... I know, I know...it's so hard and lonely to be smart...but, I was really reaching here to be a little funny (sorry you missed it_. 3:02 PM   Post a Comment << Home     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .