I read a little bit more of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, and though i am only on page 30 or so, i can tell that this will not be an easy read. pynchon likes to delve into the subconscious of characters and explain thoughts on an almost free flowing basis, which is quite reminiscent of the way James Joyce writes, at least in Ulyseses, and to a lesser extent, reminds me a little of Henry Miller as well. However, i have great admiration for both these writers, and while I have never gotten through a Joyce, I have devoured several millers. I cannot guarantee myself that i will finish this book, but I'm definately going to keep hammering at it. I think if i balance it or offset it with my new Lennon biography i could help ensure my sanity remains at stasis.
I hate to admit to this one, but i've been downloading mass quantities of illegal music. I'm such a criminal, and a petty one at that. but i've just rediscovered gym class heroes, i had heard the songs Cupid's Chokehold ("Take a look at my girlfriend") and Clothes Off!, but I never got that into them at the time i guess, and right now it doesnt feel like it was so long ago, but both songs came out at least 3 or 4 years ago, and i feel like a loser but i'm obsessed with them both now and can't stop listening to them!! i have the 2 tracks on a playlist and its repeated, and i cant wait till stump does another chorus in the vein of these two songs and submits it to the heroes. I cant get enough fall out boy as of late, and have listened to over 400 fall out boy songs (counting duplicates) in just the last 2 weeks. I'm just catching onto to what feels like the tail end of the fall out boy craze as well, i'm always so behind on my musical sensibilities...
~emster
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