Entertainment & Fun Another Night At The Club SANTA ROSA,


By Daniel Sullivan • danielsullivan.speech@yahoo.com CA.


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Generation Y and Generation X have shared one common fac- tor for a long time, uncertainty. While X has been around lon- ger, by the time Y stepped up to the plate X was still just as confused; swinging the bat and finding yourself caught in a pickle between 1st and 2nd while Y was standing in the batters box looking to them for guidance. For some time now Chuck


Palahniuk has been giving a voice to these two generations of people unsure of where they fit


in the world. One of his


most noteworthy analysis of this was the novel “Fight Club”. The story centers around Jack, a man with a decent job numbed by modern society and unsure of his value. The film adaptation, directed


by David Fincher, became not only wildly popular but a pseu- do staple of the counter culture of two generations. I won’t be spending any words going any further into the plot because if you haven’t seen it there are no words I can assemble even with my planet sized ego that would


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The themes on the other hand are where I take interest. The story deals with themes of anar- chy, individuality, corruptible power, self worth, and totali- tarianism, a lot to tackle and mentally weighing on your audi- ence. The film and book take the responsible route of ending with a sense of ambiguity. As you ask the largest questions of life and humanity it would be fool- ish to assume they could all be answered in one narrative. “Why


am I bringing this up now?” My dog asks me. Recently it was announced that


Palahniuk would be writing a sequel to Fight Club in the form of a graphic novel. He said little regarding salient details however he did mention that the book would following lead charac- ters Jack, Marla, and once again Tyler as we pick up years later and everything has come back to being normal and boring. This is where I am con-


cerned. While admittedly giddy and interested to see where these characters would go in time, I have a great amount of difficulty imagining rehashing the same themes that were central to the first story. Of course as tenants of western civilization we’ve never been short of first world prob- lems to complain about, however I simply can’t see the direction this story is going in. Those who have seen it, think on it, those who haven’t, watch it. Send me your thoughts on the matter of where this story can go? The best ones will be quoted in the next article and mulled over. PS: The film is for mature audiences only. ~P.A.D.


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Weird Facts & Trivia - 5 Male mosquitoes are vegetarians and


live on plant nectar and juices. Only female mosquitoes drink blood - they need the protein to make eggs.


Mr. Peanut was created by 13 year- old Antonio Gentile in a logo contest held by Planters in 1916. He won the grand prize of $5.00. His drawing of a peanut person with arms and crossed legs was refined by a professional illustrator who added the top hat, monocle, white gloves and cane.


Moxie is a carbonated soft drink created by, of course, a pharmacist - Augustin Thompson in 1876 in Lowell, Massachusetts. It outsold Coca Cola until the 1920s.


In August 2010, about 23% of all rail- way cars in the U.S. were in storage.


Total miles of railroad in the U.S. peaked in 1916 at 254,000 miles.


The golden age of railroad travel lasted for roughly 75 years starting in 1868 with the introduction of the first dining car (named Delmonico in honor of the N.Y. restaurant).


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