I was playing poker online tonight and saw that someone at my table was from Naperville, a sterile, corporate-controlled gene pool in which I was trapped for 17 hellish years. In this new-money Chicago suburb, nearly everyone is rich, gorgeous (by midwestern standards), way better than you, and if over 23, pushing a baby carriage.
I said hello and introduced myself as a fellow Napervillian. The player was silent and did not return my greeting.
Yep, Naperville hasn’t changed a bit!
Dashiell says:
Hey, my college roommate was from Naperville. And I used to live in Redwood City. So it’s like you and I practically cousins.
August 18, 2005, 9:30 ambricotrout says:
wow, i went PAST Redwoods, CA once! small world!
August 18, 2005, 7:49 pmthe captain says:
I grew up in that vicinity and I work there as well. Well, that’s about the only thing I have to say about Naperville.
August 18, 2005, 9:39 pmm-dawg says:
Hey, that’s where my wicked step-monster grew up….
‘Splains a lot…
August 20, 2005, 3:58 am