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scoradh

so dizzy i don't know how to get straight

Aug 07, 2008 23:51

FOR MY OWN REFERENCE: FINISHED ON 31 JULY 2008

On the Road, Jack Kerouac

Or, as I came to think of it, 'the stoned and drunk lj entry that never ends.'

( I did not dig it, oh no I did not. )

book glomp 2008, inside of a dog it's too dark to read

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okydoky August 7 2008, 23:05:07 UTC

I had to read this last year for a class at uni.

I feel your pain.

scoradh August 7 2008, 23:15:00 UTC

Now I MUST know, what on earth were they using it to teach? Non-Life Skills 101?

okydoky August 7 2008, 23:22:36 UTC

I think the module was called Modern North American Literature...

Non-Life Skills 101 was a bit more like it though XD Was on way too early in the morning to be much use ;)

scoradh August 7 2008, 23:35:37 UTC

Oh, right. *nodsnods* And this was an example of how not to write the Great American Novel.

Unless this IS the Great American Novel, in which case: oh dear.

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jehnt August 7 2008, 23:28:10 UTC

ahahha, I love your reviews.

Surely every woman appreciates her own value as being at least equal, if not superior, to any given man? Surely? SURELY?

Sadly, no. I know some of them. It's disgusting.

scoradh August 7 2008, 23:37:49 UTC

Really? One of these days, I think, I might offend someone. Who really loves crap books what.

But - NO, how? What? NO. +++OUT OF CHEESE ERROR. DOES NOT COMPUTE+++

jehnt August 8 2008, 00:05:12 UTC

I was actually pretty entertained by On the Road, but I haven't read it in like 7 years so I don't really recall why I liked it or anything, lol. I read it right around the time I read Catcher in the Rye for the first time, if that says anything about my maturity level (or lack thereof) at the time.

And I KNOW, anti-feminist women make me go WTF. Like, seriously. But during the democratic nomination process I heard SO MANY women say they'd never vote for Hillary because a woman couldn't ever effectively lead the nation because women were "weak and emotional" and obviously men are better. I mean. WHAT THE FUCK. PLUS, speaking of irrational emotion, what about TESTOSTERONE? That makes men do crazy shit! ARGH. ANYWAY. SEXISM MAKES ME ANGRY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S WOMEN AGAINST WOMEN.

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN GETTING INTO ALL THE WOMEN WHO THINK ALL WOMEN SHOULD JUST STAY AT HOME AND MAKE BABIES AND COOK. ARGH. WTF. HATE.

scoradh August 8 2008, 00:42:26 UTC

Yeah, seven years ago I was all about the chicklit. I probably still am, I just felt a strange urge to read other stuff this summer. I can't see myself ever being in the right mindspace to enjoy this book, or anything about what it symbolises. Also! I have not yet read Catcher in the Rye. It's in the library, though, so sometime in my thirties I'll be finished the others and can look it up.

Like Hulk Hogan's daughter! How so stupid, for realz. I don't know, I think maybe I have an innate superiority complex anyway, but it always manifested as feminism. My favourite catchphrase for a long time was 'Women aren't equal to men - they're better.'

Okay, being emancipated does mean you can make the choice to be barefoot and pregnant. But not for OTHERS. Never for OTHERS.

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scoradh August 8 2008, 00:38:13 UTC

WAIT WHAT? THEY WERE ALL REAL PEOPLE? HA, I KNEW IT!

SAL/DEAN. The one mildly - milder than a sneeze masquerading as a cold - redeeming factor.

Nope. See, I'm one of those people - like in Starter for Ten - who just doesn't see why people like jazz. It's okay, though. My favourite band is Fall Out Boy. You can totally give me up for lost, music-wise.

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scoradh August 8 2008, 22:29:44 UTC

It certainly READ that way, hence the lj reference. It would be like me saying: Me and Tom went down the hall and met Mary, then we went in to see Mrs Harper, and I laughed a lot because she had such a funny voice. (Because I'm Jack Kerouac and I'm not a nice person.) We passed Aine and Eoin who went to the canteen and saw Claire talking to Melissa, probably about the party - AND THEN EXPECT EVERYONE TO KNOW WTF HE WAS ON ABOUT. OR JUST ON. GAH.

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aldehyde August 8 2008, 00:18:37 UTC

eheh oh noes, i was HUGE on beatnik literature when i was in high school. i pretty much devoured anything and everything beat, although my personal fave was always william s. burroughs. i don't think i could enjoy that genre very much now though.

on the road, in particular, was a favourite of the guy i was enamoured with for like..4 yrs. he turned out to be a giant prick, but i loved how he could quote kerouac ad nauseam ;)

scoradh August 8 2008, 00:47:06 UTC

To quote Frank Iero, I was uncool before being uncool was cool. Of course, no one in my school read at all, so that was quite enough 'uniqueness' for me to handle - even if it was just due to Jane Austen.

I'm not sure what there is to quote here, though. 'JAZZ ROCKS!' 'MAKE ME A TREMENDOUS BREAKFAST, WUMMAN!' Of course, there is the inevitable 'dig it,' which has eaten a small part of my corpus callosum.

ceares August 8 2008, 00:58:11 UTC

Lol! I admire you, I tried to read it earlier this year and totally never made it through(I'm one of those people that only reads so far, and if I still don't care/like-screw it), but at least I can cross it off my list. I chalked it up to my general dislike of style, but yeah, the characters didn't exactly engage either.

scoradh August 8 2008, 22:33:01 UTC

I was absolutely one of those people too. Hence the thirty-book dogpile of unfinished works I found littering my room. I took a Vow to finish them all and lo, I shall! Probably.

I don't think there WAS a style, unless it was the style of suck. The characters were made of fail. I don't think I can put it more succinctly than that. ;D