My favorite friend Nikki was the first person to hand me a Coupland book. I have nostalgia sickness - and it's a selfish thing. I think that 'Generation X' was written for my friends and I. No other generation should get to claim Coupland's books.
I tend to get emails from people that know Douglas Coupland. Or knew him growing up, or go to his house to eat spaghetti. I got an email one time from someone who played hopscotch with Coupland when they were kids. They told me that Mr. Coupland would not like the name of this myspace page. Like any good American, I apologized to them - but only because they were Canadian.
Coupland, if you dissapprove of the name of your myspace page or the grammatical errors, then please try to look past it. I would love to sit and watch Terms of Endearment with you. Maybe take in a little sight-seeing.
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A Little Bit About Coupland:
Douglas Coupland was born December 30, 1961.
A funny thing he once said in an interview is that sleep was very important to the family. He claims that he and other family members often missed class, simply because of the need to sleep.
Here is his High School Yearbook Entry from 1979:
"Well-known for his Mustang and his sense of humour, Doug says that Sentinel was O.K. but he's glad to get out. Plans for the future include travel, wealth and owning a Shelby, while the prospect of university also lies ahead. To the undergrads Doug leaves this final advice: "Universities aren't concerned about high school transcripts."
After graduating, Coupland attended the Emily Carr College of Art and Design.
Coupland's first big break came after he sent the editor of a local magazine a postcard. They were amused by what Coupland had written and asked him to write a piece about an LA Art Dealer for their magazine. Douglas Coupland called the gig a, "Bottom-of-the-food-chain-piece where our office cubicles were like veal fattening pens. There was just no dignity."
Douglas Coupland's first interest in Generation X came to life in 1988, when he wrote an article for Vancouver Magazine. Not long after the small strip was finished, St. Martin's Press in New York asked him to write a guide to Generation X. Coupland moved to Palm Springs, California, and there he wrote his first and highly acclaimed novel, Generation X.
