dees win draft picks : ktub win rainbow record deals of luv : brief wondrous oscar wao soldout but on order.
Suited up with @nrpaton at The Long Room today, and went in with very low expectations which were met to a high standard with Dees losing by 80 points. (while @frankarr saints won by over 100 and got a top 4 double chance, wow!) Seems I should have had to a chat to the Dees 1st year coach who seemed to have set his targeted delivery levels to a higher bar the poor bugger; "Our on-field performances certainly don't reflect the ground swell of support and financial support that we're getting.."
While walking to the game, with some distributed telephonic assistance from soaked on sunday bike rider, I was hoping to snag a copy of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which is my current OCD foci. Seems every bookstore in Melbourne from Boarders on Chapel, to Readings on Acland, all the ones on Bridge Road where I was... and quite a few others, all had the same party line; "Sold out. On Order. Should have some copies on in 1-2 weeks."
Damn Mr Wao do u have the secrets of the world contained in there ? So upon advice from souffled consuming counsel I've taken to reading the Amazon.com first couple pages extract; "They say it first came from Africa, carried in the scream of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles. Fuku americanus, or more colloquially, fuku - generally a curse or a doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and the Doom of the New World."
So any novel that starts with 'Fuku americanus' + 'Curse and the Doom of the New World' had me at the textual equivalent of Hello. Also grokkn following the David Foster Wallace technique of excessive footnotes even tho it's been argued that's tired (half of page 2 appears to be a footnote, hehe.) This may not mean anything or it may mean Diaz is the DFW 2.0; "But the fuku ain't just ancient history, a ghost story from the past with no power to scare. In my parents' day the fuku was real as shit, something your everyday person could believe in." - So far no1's commented on whether they have read book, altho one did mention via facebook that their bookgroup was going to read it but didnt. Pity - could have stolen that copy.
So in other breaking news, u can see on Sunday night as I listen to Father Bob and Safran (get the podcast its great) that I have a monster linear arc to my narrative :
- Walked past these asics which seared into my head, why is charcoal such an addictive palette, whether it be for cars, sneakers, sweatshirts ? And then the aqua blue laces just jump out convincing u u r an individual, but still able to confirm to the grey of life. (aqua blue is the new orange;)
- I havent decided if its ok to have velcro sneakers btw, but subscribe to soleclassics.com anyway.
- I had a pair of reebok classics i wore to death, well till i walked thru some sludge at brighton baths during a dredging that put the most turgid smell on the royal-navy blue-orange "Classics" and they went to sneaker god. But i do like these just to karmaloop.com Reebok ventilator maeda sneaker, mainly coz they have font work goin on toe + a transition of distressed/acidy colours while still doin the charcoal with a dash of colour thing.
- check thommos karaoke tub on (screengrab pictured of) picasa which went down in full effect on wish i could've gone friday +/or y not read the ktub islands in the stream duet singers : @candysnap et buddhist paramour who found a rainbow of luv in the now on tram 112.
- my starsign - arent these supposed to be positive ? im tryin to get buddys luck to ruboff + besides ive gotta_rainbow2, how u like them apples:P
- i'll prob add some more non-linear links during fatherbob/safran which still has 78 (make that 29) minutes to go. big fn week of work this one, really gonna put head in front of imac.
While walking to the game, with some distributed telephonic assistance from soaked on sunday bike rider, I was hoping to snag a copy of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which is my current OCD foci. Seems every bookstore in Melbourne from Boarders on Chapel, to Readings on Acland, all the ones on Bridge Road where I was... and quite a few others, all had the same party line; "Sold out. On Order. Should have some copies on in 1-2 weeks."
Damn Mr Wao do u have the secrets of the world contained in there ? So upon advice from souffled consuming counsel I've taken to reading the Amazon.com first couple pages extract; "They say it first came from Africa, carried in the scream of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles. Fuku americanus, or more colloquially, fuku - generally a curse or a doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and the Doom of the New World."
So any novel that starts with 'Fuku americanus' + 'Curse and the Doom of the New World' had me at the textual equivalent of Hello. Also grokkn following the David Foster Wallace technique of excessive footnotes even tho it's been argued that's tired (half of page 2 appears to be a footnote, hehe.) This may not mean anything or it may mean Diaz is the DFW 2.0; "But the fuku ain't just ancient history, a ghost story from the past with no power to scare. In my parents' day the fuku was real as shit, something your everyday person could believe in." - So far no1's commented on whether they have read book, altho one did mention via facebook that their bookgroup was going to read it but didnt. Pity - could have stolen that copy.
So in other breaking news, u can see on Sunday night as I listen to Father Bob and Safran (get the podcast its great) that I have a monster linear arc to my narrative :
- Walked past these asics which seared into my head, why is charcoal such an addictive palette, whether it be for cars, sneakers, sweatshirts ? And then the aqua blue laces just jump out convincing u u r an individual, but still able to confirm to the grey of life. (aqua blue is the new orange;)
- I havent decided if its ok to have velcro sneakers btw, but subscribe to soleclassics.com anyway.
- I had a pair of reebok classics i wore to death, well till i walked thru some sludge at brighton baths during a dredging that put the most turgid smell on the royal-navy blue-orange "Classics" and they went to sneaker god. But i do like these just to karmaloop.com Reebok ventilator maeda sneaker, mainly coz they have font work goin on toe + a transition of distressed/acidy colours while still doin the charcoal with a dash of colour thing.
- check thommos karaoke tub on (screengrab pictured of) picasa which went down in full effect on wish i could've gone friday +/or y not read the ktub islands in the stream duet singers : @candysnap et buddhist paramour who found a rainbow of luv in the now on tram 112.
- my starsign - arent these supposed to be positive ? im tryin to get buddys luck to ruboff + besides ive gotta_rainbow2, how u like them apples:P
- i'll prob add some more non-linear links during fatherbob/safran which still has 78 (make that 29) minutes to go. big fn week of work this one, really gonna put head in front of imac.
posted by redbarren at 9:56 PM
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