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i like the idea of writing about it before i see i...

2008-07-23T14:37:40.908-04:00

i like the idea of writing about it before i see it. yeah, i'm certain that my expecations are going to be destroyed and surpassed. i am anxious to watch it, but i'm waiting to make sure i will be able to watch it uninterrupted. in the meantime, i'll write about it. i'll send it over if it isn't crap. good idea.

josh, tru dat. goiters are enticing, even away fro...

2008-07-23T14:29:39.400-04:00

josh, tru dat. goiters are enticing, even away from such genii.

i think inland empire may take your expectation and donk it in the rear. it is a pretty incredible film. you should write a story as to what you imagine of it before you watch it. i would like to read that.

derek, please yes do.

the goiters probably bowled you right off the lane.

bye america.

I'll snap some pics of fat necks for you. Plenty o...

2008-07-23T08:47:38.022-04:00

I'll snap some pics of fat necks for you. Plenty of them around here in the cornbelt. I saw a hot tub full of them yesterday. Went bowling with some too.

i'm sorry. giant goiters should not star in my com...

2008-07-23T02:21:32.461-04:00

i'm sorry. giant goiters should not star in my comments when you are talking about Gary Lutz, DFW, etc.

my head is spin spin spin from coffee on top of tired at 2:15 am.

can't wait to watch INLAND EMPIRE. maybe i shouldn't. i'm excited about my idea of what it will be based on what i've read about it.

i read a passage in LANDS OF MEMORY tonight where a woman is talking to the narrator, who was crying, and he has not looked up at the woman to see her face yet, but he imagines what her face looks like; and as she keeps talking, her face changes in his head and he does not want to look at her and see her actual face.

that has something to do with something that is not a goiter but closer to Gary Lutz and DFW.

you know, i think goiters are nearing the tipping ...

2008-07-22T21:28:27.954-04:00

you know, i think goiters are nearing the tipping point of becoming a major fashion trend. people will get them tattooed and adorn them with rhinestones.

yes, blake, i would have fun doing the battering ram preface. last year i started a story or an essay that was composed entirely of quotes, and at the end i would write something like, Yeah, that's pretty much it. i read that Walter Benjamin said he always wanted to write an essay that way. I didn't feel so innovative when I read that a guy wanted to do that in the 1930's or 40's. that story hasn't quite come together yet. maybe someday.

yes, NYTyrant is pretty great from cover to cover.

dats just my baby daddy

2008-07-22T17:34:05.635-04:00

dats just my baby daddy

Hello,I am the man who couldn't comment. And I'm b...

2008-07-22T16:00:03.376-04:00

Hello,

I am the man who couldn't comment.

And I'm busy with my goiter, you see.

So I won't be able to comment on this post.

that was a good post. it made me feel full.

2008-07-22T14:11:12.986-04:00

that was a good post. it made me feel full.

yeah, they seem embarassing some. i am trying to c...

2008-07-22T14:07:48.244-04:00

yeah, they seem embarassing some. i am trying to cut only the most vital ones now.

i am also trying to answer the floor question. so far the answer is 126 pages long.

I hear you about footnotes. I remember DFW getting...

2008-07-22T14:03:25.117-04:00

I hear you about footnotes. I remember DFW getting asked by Charlie Rose about them (end notes, rather) in Infinite Jest and he was really embarrased about having to explain them. I don't use them in fiction often, for some reason, unless I'm being deliberately footnotey. They show up in my nonfiction like a plague.

I'm still curious as to just exactly how many floors does the nightmare have. I don't think I've ever had anything more than a two-floored nightmare.

peter, be careful, they can hide from youadam, yea...

2008-07-22T12:27:56.740-04:00

peter, be careful, they can hide from you

adam, yeah that interview is awesome. that is slightly different than the other but a good practice also

I think in the Kimball interview at NYTyrant Gary ...

2008-07-22T12:02:30.272-04:00

I think in the Kimball interview at NYTyrant Gary Lutz said he starts with two words and tries to move them apart by adding words between them, or something. I guess that's different than cordoning paragraphs onto a page.

i am performing a goiter self-examination as we sp...

2008-07-22T11:15:24.680-04:00

i am performing a goiter self-examination as we speak

thanks josh. massive preface yes. i could see you ...

2008-07-22T11:15:15.366-04:00

thanks josh. massive preface yes. i could see you doing that with a weird philosophical battering ram.

i've always imagined in my mind having a novel that is all in quotes, one big long quote, and then at the end having another character say, 'yeah man, that's pretty cool'

i dont know why i think that's funny

really, how large do you let the already giant scr...

2008-07-22T10:50:12.627-04:00

really, how large do you let the already giant scrotum on your neck get before consulting a doctor? just in case this happens to me, i would like to know. i'm passing up some easy jokes here.

i like the title mucho. this thing needs to be unleashed into the world; sister to WHERE AM I? let it out. WHERE AM I is still melting my eyes. i am full of love and jealousy for that novel.

paragraphs alone on a page really works, for some reason. maybe it doesn't feel overwhelmed by the loads of text above and below? it works, though.

i would like to see someone make an appendix or a companion volume that is just footnotes to the original work, and maybe a preface that is longer than the main text itself.

i am full of coffee and goiter-free.

they need a lot. they need out of my sleep

2008-07-22T02:27:39.787-04:00

they need a lot. they need out of my sleep

i think either way that photo needs some iodine. i...

2008-07-22T02:09:25.224-04:00

i think either way that photo needs some iodine. is that it?

goiters really hurt my feelings but i can't stop l...

2008-07-21T23:41:29.470-04:00

goiters really hurt my feelings but i can't stop looking at them

http://sinoemedicalassociation.org/pathologylectur...

2008-07-21T23:40:07.590-04:00

http://sinoemedicalassociation.org/pathologylectures/1goiter3.jpg

there are many great goiter images

i like that title most
i don't think it matters

hmm, yes i think i like that title too, i am confu...

2008-07-21T23:14:44.784-04:00

hmm, yes i think i like that title too, i am confused, it appears on like page 3, maybe i can move it, maybe it doesnt matter, hmm

typing hmm can help

the image is a person with a goiter

on:2. i really like that title. i really like th...

2008-07-21T23:12:39.704-04:00

on:

2. i really like that title. i really like that title. i really like that title. i really like that title. i would buy 20 for friends without reading a word.

3. i want to try, but i feel like i've been doing, maybe, do

4. i like the sound of that story. i want to read it. give it a pound again, who knows? ??

7. agree

8. FKJFDLKJDSFLKJSFDKL YES what is that image from