Sick but not down

[nipplesontoast]

I'm sick & my ear is crusty & throbbing.

I want to rip out my throat & stuff the hole full of leeches soaked in chamomile. I think i may have gotten too into the voice of the narrator of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. It's been a really easy read, but his images are so violent. Not just because they're descriptive &

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[nipplesontoast]

Yes! And from the style of the narrator's voice, i'm surprised there aren't more diagrams. They're really attractive in this book.

[silvergrrl]

McSweeney's continues this tradition, if I'm not mistaken.

[silvergrrl]

That book bothered me. Maybe it's because he lived (with his bro) so close to where my mom lives now, and I could tell, firsthand, that he was full of shit about so much. But that's just me.

Count a star for me - I might send that letter this week. If it's done.

Re: inappropriate questions - new kneejerk response, by mandate of Starface: "Do you want me to be?"

[nipplesontoast]

I thought of you a lot while he was describing Berkeley & Telegraph. It made me notice the irreverence in painting a place that isn't internally yours.

It was a surreal feeling to read descriptions of places i've been, but haven't known: it was like a guided déjà vu.

When i read, "Do you want to be me?" some boy band song played in my head of "it's gonna be me..."

[silvergrrl]

It's "Do you want me to be?" not "Do you want to be me?", but both work.

xo

(And that's *NSYNC, I think - I can hear Justin Timberlake's singular whine - ask Shay if you need real confrimation, though.)

[scheiny]

sorry you're still ill. [read the next post a minute ago]

i love your answer! very awesome. i miss you.