The Cultural Iconography of My Generation

At the office of the Wretched Day Job, I overheard a girl mentioning to someone that her middle name was “Cheetara.” (Yes: that Cheetara.) I’m not saying that I actually believe this. (It seems unlikely to me.) This is not to say that I’d be entirely against people naming their children after mid-‘80’s cartoon characters. I'm wth Frank Zappa on this one: name your kids whatever you want. I’m simply doubting that anyone would choose that particular name. But . . . let’s say for the sake of an argument that she was telling the truth about her middle name. It says something strange about the cultural iconography of my generation that people who have been named after Thundercats are now old enough to legally vote. I’m not sure how I feel about this . . . it may not hold any significance at all. In any case, it just sounds weird.

Ryan was born and raised in Milwaukee, but never fully understood how wonderfully cool a city it is until she started working with Vital. Now she's an art scene devotee, and she's loving every minute of it.