Our friends Dee and Kate were over for mojitos and cupcakes a couple days ago and we had a literary "Who's on First" type moment:
Dee -- I just finished The Road. Have any of you read it?
Alex -- Yeah... I mean, it was alright... I just really love his other work and I'm really not crazy about post-apocalyptic anything. The world already sucks enough as it is... (This is how I speak, apparently, full of ellipses. It must sound really annoying.)
(Kate nods)
Dee -- Hmm, ok. So many people say that it makes them want to go traveling but I don't know, I just didn't find it fun at all. They had bugs in their clothes. And, they were sleeping with all these women.
(Confused looks all around)
Kate -- Hang on, do you mean On the Road?
Dee -- Yeah, that's what I said.
Kate -- No, you asked if we read The Road.
Dee -- Oh! I thought that describing it as post-apocalyptic was a little harsh!
Of course, I will forever describe the Beats as post-apocalyptic now. And, The Road as travel lit.