I personally can’t relate to this because my dad was always supportive of me, but it makes me scrutinize my own behavior towards my kids (I doubt they will ever question my approval). True, Sakas was pretty great, and he won every meet, but even when, on that one freakish instance when David beat Greg, David’s father was unimpressed, saying that Greg must have been ill or something.Īnd so this amusing essay about swimming (my favorite line comes from his mother: “ not the best, maybe, but so what? Who wants to be the best at something you do in a bathing suit?”) is really an essay about how he could never gain his father’s approval. The crux of the essay is that David’s father never praised him for his swimming instead, he heaped tons of praise on David’s teammate Greg Sakas (I wonder if names have been changed in these essays). This essay is all about young David when he was on the swim team (this guy has done so much in his life–who knew he was a swimmer too?). And plus, the show is not until April, so chances are I’ll have forgotten about it by then. It did make me wonder if I shouldn’t be reading anymore of these pieces, since I don’t want to spoil the humor of Sedaris live (although I think Sedaris is funniest when delivering his pieces–his monotone is just wonderful–even if I have heard them before). This article came around the same time that our tickets for Sedaris’ upcoming performance at Raritan Valley Community College arrived in our mailbox (nicely timed, that). It’s catchy and fun and has me excited for their new disc. About two minutes in, the guitars kick in and the song really comes to life. It’s a bit longer and slower than my preferred Surf songs, although I can see it working well in the middle of an album. It features a challenging-to-sing-along-with chorus (“I wonder what was that world I was dreaming of”). Nada Surf aren’t changing much from their tried and true sense of pop hooks, but this is a slower, statelier song (with strings!). This is a new song from Nada Surf’s new album (due out in January 2012). SOUNDTRACK: NADA SURF-“When I Was Young” (2011).
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