i know I'm a broken record in talking about this author- but yesterday's attack called this work to mind almost immediately.
white is Australia's most beloved and celebrated author (if woefully underead today)
and at the center of the novel most responsible for his Nobel- is an antisemitic attack
white is Australia's most beloved and celebrated author (if woefully underead today)
and at the center of the novel most responsible for his Nobel- is an antisemitic attack
Riders in the Chariot - Wikipedia
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December 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
i know I'm a broken record in talking about this author- but yesterday's attack called this work to mind almost immediately.
white is Australia's most beloved and celebrated author (if woefully underead today)
and at the center of the novel most responsible for his Nobel- is an antisemitic attack
white is Australia's most beloved and celebrated author (if woefully underead today)
and at the center of the novel most responsible for his Nobel- is an antisemitic attack
what's it like being a baker during holiday season while your company is opening a 3rd location for you to supply products for?
ama; or y'know just fucking kill me- whichever is easier
ama; or y'know just fucking kill me- whichever is easier
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what's it like being a baker during holiday season while your company is opening a 3rd location for you to supply products for?
ama; or y'know just fucking kill me- whichever is easier
ama; or y'know just fucking kill me- whichever is easier
as I became an adult- i had cut myself off from religious experience. primarily for ugly connotations to that word, brought from where I grew up- that in reality have little bearing on what the word actually implies.
for the last half decade, patrick white has helped me recover that relationship
for the last half decade, patrick white has helped me recover that relationship
December 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
as I became an adult- i had cut myself off from religious experience. primarily for ugly connotations to that word, brought from where I grew up- that in reality have little bearing on what the word actually implies.
for the last half decade, patrick white has helped me recover that relationship
for the last half decade, patrick white has helped me recover that relationship
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i've lost my voice from teaching my sister and her husband boardgames for the last 2 days. and now I'm in bed, watching "smoke signals" and eating anti-inflammatories like they're candy.
which is basically how I've spent Thanksgiving for the last 5 years- and will EVERY year until I die lol
which is basically how I've spent Thanksgiving for the last 5 years- and will EVERY year until I die lol
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
i've lost my voice from teaching my sister and her husband boardgames for the last 2 days. and now I'm in bed, watching "smoke signals" and eating anti-inflammatories like they're candy.
which is basically how I've spent Thanksgiving for the last 5 years- and will EVERY year until I die lol
which is basically how I've spent Thanksgiving for the last 5 years- and will EVERY year until I die lol
continuing my yearly foray into everything this man has ever written.
he is, without hyperbole, the best writer of the 20th century that no one reads- and y'all need to catch the fuck up.
he is, without hyperbole, the best writer of the 20th century that no one reads- and y'all need to catch the fuck up.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
continuing my yearly foray into everything this man has ever written.
he is, without hyperbole, the best writer of the 20th century that no one reads- and y'all need to catch the fuck up.
he is, without hyperbole, the best writer of the 20th century that no one reads- and y'all need to catch the fuck up.
a lot of hay has been made about the greater meaning of "cloud atlas" over the years
to me it's deceptively simple: the storytelling act, our most human impulse- is uniquely our only manifestation capable of moving through time and transforming the peopled world- even as the teller inevitably fades
to me it's deceptively simple: the storytelling act, our most human impulse- is uniquely our only manifestation capable of moving through time and transforming the peopled world- even as the teller inevitably fades
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
a lot of hay has been made about the greater meaning of "cloud atlas" over the years
to me it's deceptively simple: the storytelling act, our most human impulse- is uniquely our only manifestation capable of moving through time and transforming the peopled world- even as the teller inevitably fades
to me it's deceptively simple: the storytelling act, our most human impulse- is uniquely our only manifestation capable of moving through time and transforming the peopled world- even as the teller inevitably fades
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it has some glaring flaws, but the wonder lies in what this text IS. it is amateur commentary of a commentary of a film record of a house that doesn't exist.
the text is the house. it is void. it has no meaning. we, in our relationship to it- manifest that meaning.
and that is a powerful thought
the text is the house. it is void. it has no meaning. we, in our relationship to it- manifest that meaning.
and that is a powerful thought
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
it has some glaring flaws, but the wonder lies in what this text IS. it is amateur commentary of a commentary of a film record of a house that doesn't exist.
the text is the house. it is void. it has no meaning. we, in our relationship to it- manifest that meaning.
and that is a powerful thought
the text is the house. it is void. it has no meaning. we, in our relationship to it- manifest that meaning.
and that is a powerful thought
iggy, my big beautiful sturdy girlie- being told by the vet that she weighs 17 lbs
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
iggy, my big beautiful sturdy girlie- being told by the vet that she weighs 17 lbs
i turned 40 yesterday, which, y'know- whatever. but today i'm officially 7 years booze free
i spent my entire life feeling alienated and out of place, and the first sober years were no different. but today I can say with real honesty that I know and like the human i am
and girl? that ain't nothin
i spent my entire life feeling alienated and out of place, and the first sober years were no different. but today I can say with real honesty that I know and like the human i am
and girl? that ain't nothin
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
i turned 40 yesterday, which, y'know- whatever. but today i'm officially 7 years booze free
i spent my entire life feeling alienated and out of place, and the first sober years were no different. but today I can say with real honesty that I know and like the human i am
and girl? that ain't nothin
i spent my entire life feeling alienated and out of place, and the first sober years were no different. but today I can say with real honesty that I know and like the human i am
and girl? that ain't nothin
oh, and this came out today. and it's fucking bonkers. best fucking birthday present imaginable.
ICONOCLASTS - Album by Anna von Hausswolff
Iconoclasts is the sixth studio album by Swedish musician Anna von Hausswolff, set to be released on October 31, 2025 by the Swedish record label Year0001. It was produced alongside longtime collabora...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
oh, and this came out today. and it's fucking bonkers. best fucking birthday present imaginable.
tradition is tradition. #Halloweentree
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
tradition is tradition. #Halloweentree
been well over a decade since i've crossed this bridge. but it's spooky season and i'm all out of ideas.
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
been well over a decade since i've crossed this bridge. but it's spooky season and i'm all out of ideas.
the boy's still got it
critics may be calling it a minor work - believing everything from the man's pen should be the heir to Joyce that the one from 50 years ago was (and still is). the definition of unrealistic expectation
but even minor Pynchon is better than the major of just about anyone else
critics may be calling it a minor work - believing everything from the man's pen should be the heir to Joyce that the one from 50 years ago was (and still is). the definition of unrealistic expectation
but even minor Pynchon is better than the major of just about anyone else
October 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
the boy's still got it
critics may be calling it a minor work - believing everything from the man's pen should be the heir to Joyce that the one from 50 years ago was (and still is). the definition of unrealistic expectation
but even minor Pynchon is better than the major of just about anyone else
critics may be calling it a minor work - believing everything from the man's pen should be the heir to Joyce that the one from 50 years ago was (and still is). the definition of unrealistic expectation
but even minor Pynchon is better than the major of just about anyone else
Laszlo Krasznahorkai just won the nobel for literature- and I am once again seeking the emotional support needed to make it through the 7hr film adaptation of his novel "Satantango"
this is admittedly a hard sell, but ya gotta admire my persistence
this is admittedly a hard sell, but ya gotta admire my persistence
Sátántangó | Trailer
YouTube video by Film at Lincoln Center
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October 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Laszlo Krasznahorkai just won the nobel for literature- and I am once again seeking the emotional support needed to make it through the 7hr film adaptation of his novel "Satantango"
this is admittedly a hard sell, but ya gotta admire my persistence
this is admittedly a hard sell, but ya gotta admire my persistence
So how do you know it's fall?
Me:
Me:
October 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
So how do you know it's fall?
Me:
Me:
if you take "Tristram..." along with Quixote, it becomes clear that the metafictional play and experimentation that propelled the novel to new heights in the 20th century (ie. modernism, post, and further) has in fact been baked into the form since the very beginning.
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
if you take "Tristram..." along with Quixote, it becomes clear that the metafictional play and experimentation that propelled the novel to new heights in the 20th century (ie. modernism, post, and further) has in fact been baked into the form since the very beginning.
almost all of my literary heroes are dead and Pynchon is no spring chicken- meaning that i don't get "literary events" that often.
this is a special day- but we should be celebrating every day we still have him with us. one of the last truly original and monumental voices of postwar American lit.
this is a special day- but we should be celebrating every day we still have him with us. one of the last truly original and monumental voices of postwar American lit.
October 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
almost all of my literary heroes are dead and Pynchon is no spring chicken- meaning that i don't get "literary events" that often.
this is a special day- but we should be celebrating every day we still have him with us. one of the last truly original and monumental voices of postwar American lit.
this is a special day- but we should be celebrating every day we still have him with us. one of the last truly original and monumental voices of postwar American lit.
it was even better than my EXTREMELY HIGH expectations could have hoped for. 10 fucking stars.
September 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
it was even better than my EXTREMELY HIGH expectations could have hoped for. 10 fucking stars.
criterion channel has an Altman retrospective going on for his 100th and I took the opportunity to revisit "Nashville" last night.
1st- holy shit I still looooove this movie.
2nd- it is exactly the statement on political violence in America we have been ignoring for (checks watch) 50 goddamn years
1st- holy shit I still looooove this movie.
2nd- it is exactly the statement on political violence in America we have been ignoring for (checks watch) 50 goddamn years
September 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
criterion channel has an Altman retrospective going on for his 100th and I took the opportunity to revisit "Nashville" last night.
1st- holy shit I still looooove this movie.
2nd- it is exactly the statement on political violence in America we have been ignoring for (checks watch) 50 goddamn years
1st- holy shit I still looooove this movie.
2nd- it is exactly the statement on political violence in America we have been ignoring for (checks watch) 50 goddamn years
If I don't go out to the coast at least once a year- to stare pensively at the pacific while listen to specifically THIS track; assume I'm dead.
Hollywood
YouTube video by Nick Cave - Topic
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September 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If I don't go out to the coast at least once a year- to stare pensively at the pacific while listen to specifically THIS track; assume I'm dead.
this was a fantastic read- by someone with limited education who nevertheless felt an intense drive to engage with literature in a way that I feel is one of the core reasons that form of artistic expression exists...
namely to reconcile our relationship with death.
absolutely phenomenal
namely to reconcile our relationship with death.
absolutely phenomenal
September 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this was a fantastic read- by someone with limited education who nevertheless felt an intense drive to engage with literature in a way that I feel is one of the core reasons that form of artistic expression exists...
namely to reconcile our relationship with death.
absolutely phenomenal
namely to reconcile our relationship with death.
absolutely phenomenal
is "drunken desperation attempting to reveal something hidden about who we are as a people" a genre?
August 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
is "drunken desperation attempting to reveal something hidden about who we are as a people" a genre?
I caught this one at Portland Center Stage last spring, and as soon as I picked my jaw off the floor and quelled my rage at never being exposed to it before- i knew i had to read it.
and yeah. alongside "godot" and maybe "vanya" and some Tennessee Williams- it's one of the best fucking plays. ever.
and yeah. alongside "godot" and maybe "vanya" and some Tennessee Williams- it's one of the best fucking plays. ever.
August 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I caught this one at Portland Center Stage last spring, and as soon as I picked my jaw off the floor and quelled my rage at never being exposed to it before- i knew i had to read it.
and yeah. alongside "godot" and maybe "vanya" and some Tennessee Williams- it's one of the best fucking plays. ever.
and yeah. alongside "godot" and maybe "vanya" and some Tennessee Williams- it's one of the best fucking plays. ever.