Posted: Feb 3rd 2003, 6:08 pm
short post about brian's car:
i do not think it's too outlandish to assume that one of brian's parents actually drives that car. true, they are mental health professionals and thus might have the money to drive beemers (but maybe not -- because freudian and behavioral pursuits sound like ones that may be more prevalent in universities than they are in lucrative practices... though i guess it all depends...) but they are also the type of no-nonsense people who make brian eat balanced meals and over-analyze everything. i would not be surprised if they are very careful about their finances (brian jokes that they are prob. getting the "best penmanship" prize on their taxes), and choose not to buy a new car until they have driven the old one to the ground. they sound like serious intellectuals, and having grown up in a family laden with those, i'd say that material possessions and wealth are not synonymous. in fact, my family is the type of family to look DOWN on someone buying a fancy new car, especially if there is no need. i always assumed that brian's family was sort of like that.
oh, and i think he says "my car" the way we say "my house" when we are kids. we do not pay the rent or the mortgage, we do not do most of the chores or upkeep, and yet we talk as though we have ownership.
i do not think it's too outlandish to assume that one of brian's parents actually drives that car. true, they are mental health professionals and thus might have the money to drive beemers (but maybe not -- because freudian and behavioral pursuits sound like ones that may be more prevalent in universities than they are in lucrative practices... though i guess it all depends...) but they are also the type of no-nonsense people who make brian eat balanced meals and over-analyze everything. i would not be surprised if they are very careful about their finances (brian jokes that they are prob. getting the "best penmanship" prize on their taxes), and choose not to buy a new car until they have driven the old one to the ground. they sound like serious intellectuals, and having grown up in a family laden with those, i'd say that material possessions and wealth are not synonymous. in fact, my family is the type of family to look DOWN on someone buying a fancy new car, especially if there is no need. i always assumed that brian's family was sort of like that.
oh, and i think he says "my car" the way we say "my house" when we are kids. we do not pay the rent or the mortgage, we do not do most of the chores or upkeep, and yet we talk as though we have ownership.