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Wednesday, July 20th, 2005
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2:34p - yuri olesha
here is the kind of detail, in a narrative, which i lack.
"he was carrying a pillow. he was holding a large pillow in a yellow pillowcase by one corner. his knee kept hitting it. as a result, shallow depressions in its surface came and went."
so seemingly pointless... but such brilliant detail!
i need to work on observation of small (seemingly pointless) details.
There is also this (which has more purpose for the story). i am in love with it.
"once again, like a child, i can control the little interval of time separating the first heaviness of the eyelids, the first blurring of vision, from the onset of real sleep. once again i am able to prolong that and--before being completely engulfed in sleep, while still in command of conscious awareness--to watch these thoughts already take on dream-flesh, as when bubbles of sound from watery deeps are transformed into quickly rolling grapes, and then a plump cluster of grapes appears, and a whole vineyard, thick with clusters, and the path along the vineyard, a sunlit road, summer heat...
i'm twenty-seven."
LOVE
apparently this is this man's only novel (novella actually, i think)
it is called envy
read it
so scott just got one of those absurd myspace accounts. for him, i suppose, it is not so absurd because it helps promote the magazine.
but
it has caused me to think terrible thoughts, like...
"maybe i SHOULD get a myspace account after all!"
sigh
should i jump on the mindless bandwagon? who will be my friend?!!!
current mood:  awake (6 comments |comment on this)
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2:49p - one more
this is also great. i can't help myself, they keep coming.
"A bird on a twig flashed, flicked its tail, and made a sound that somehow reminded me of a hair clipper. the man ahead of me turned around to look at the bird. walking behind him, i managed to see no more than the first phase, the half-moon of his face. he was smiling.
'it is like a hiar clipper, isn't it?' i almost shouted, certain that the same resemblance must have struck him.
Bowler hat."
BOWLER HAT! yes :)
current mood: amused (comment on this)
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4:14p - boohoo whoa is me...all that stuff
okay, the job thing.
i thought i had this one in the bag. so it goes...
i've pretty much given up on all hope
oh yes, it is looking bleak
mary called from 459
i'm doomed
i had to accept
i will work there saturday
sunday
and then probably the rest of my life
this will be the last job search post
i'm sick of the issue
current mood:  numb (3 comments |comment on this)
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