January 2011
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Jan 31st
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Teaching
Started my class this morning by inserting myself into some kind of Black Swan slash-fiction/memoir hybrid. “Welcome to Goldsmiths…”
Jan 31st
“I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit...”
– Walt Whitman (Song of Myself)
Jan 30th
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“As for its sensuality,–& it may turn out to be less sensual than it...”
– Historical Shop Talk | HTMLGIANT Thoreau on Whitman. (Teaching Whitman tomorrow. Can I try and archaeologise this kind of shock at ‘sensuality’?)
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WatchWatch
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Booked New York trip
6 April til 5 May. 30 days.
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“Chris: So you’re saying she took it to a jeweler herself and was like...”
– ComicsAlliance Recaps ‘Smallville’ Episode 1.1: Pilot - Good readin’.
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"Royal Wedding"
Might be able to use this to get a 29-day holiday in New York. Hm.
Jan 10th
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Keep reading Richard Yates short stories
Never get bored. This one ‘The Canal’. About war stories, trading experiences and the main guy feeling inadequate because his story isn’t as honed as the other guy. He can’t remember details, or the ones he can remember make him feel shit. Hasn’t learned how to shape his experiences yet. Is this story Yates shaping his experience into something tradeable or is it a...
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Jan 7th
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“The Legacy of David Foster Wallace will include, among other contributions, an...”
– The Afterlife of David Foster Wallace - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Jan 7th
“If you can type, you can temp. Large temp agencies have display ads in the...”
– How to Move to New York City | eHow.com
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“Fourth-wall-breaking constitutes a central technique for the metafictionists...”
– n+1: David Foster Wallace!
Jan 6th
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Sort of seriously
thinking about moving to New York.
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Just ran a bath so hot it was painful
Also NB: if you use a papaya and mango bath bomb, you will stand up thinking you’ve just been bathing in a tub of urine.
Jan 6th
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Things I bought from my shop today
Inflatable bath pillow Bath fizz bomb Eyemask Dental mirror Levi’s buckle-belt Levi’s tote bag Little brown pot with ‘Kevin’ painted on it Stumpy oval pine money box Philip Glass CD Two crocodile clips Rainbow at night/sailor’s delight birthday card
Jan 4th
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@sundaydrinkingclub
Why have you done this again?
Jan 4th
Shaggy's rap bits from It Wasn't Me
How you can grant the woman access to your villa Trespasser and a witness while you cling to your pillow You better watch your back before she turn into a killer Best for you and the situation not to call the beaner To be a true player you have to know how to play If she say a night, convince her say a day Never admit to a word when she say makes a claim And you tell her baby no way Make sure she...
Jan 3rd