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"[...]a vessel cleaving the dungeon of the waves[...]"
You're Love in the Time of Cholera!
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Like Odysseus in a work of Homer, you demonstrate undying loyalty by
sleeping with as many people as you possibly can. But in your heart you never give
consent! This creates a strange quandary of what love really means to you. On the
one hand, you've loved the same person your whole life, but on the other, your actions
barely speak to this fact. Whatever you do, stick to bottled water. The other stuff
could get you killed.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
Never miss a word
You're Infinite Jest!
by David Foster Wallace
While you1 consider yourself2 to be clever,
there are those3 who think you're just full of yourself or, perhaps worse,
playing a joke4 on everyone around you, and yet you are pretty sure that
you really are that brilliant after all, since people would hardly take the time to
get to know you5 if they didn't care very deeply about what you had to
say to them, to wit, about their lives, their hopes, their dreams, their fears, their
drug habits, and of course what videos6 they prefer to watch, since,
after all, your impressive vocabulary and tendency to go on and on7 makes
you seem superior, able to educate them, and really drive a sense of something
ineffable into their measly little skulls while you are not above making a cheap
gag or really going after anyone or anything or telling them about incredible
futures involving tennis, geopolitics, and
1Meaning you personally, not someone like you or your own
personal daddy, for example.
2As well as you can see yourself, which, frankly, may not be that well.
3Though we wouldn't deign to be so peripatetic as to name them here, mind.
4Jokes, though not common in Victorian England, were known to originate
sometime in ancient history, perhaps as early as the time of Babylon, or even before.
It is thought that the history of the joke plays an integral role in the mindset of
the characters depicted here, though you may disagree at this point, in which case I
am facing quite the dilemma in relaying this narrative, no?
5It is rather time consuming, after all.
6Ha!
7and on and on and on...
Take the Book Quiz II
at the Blue Pyramid.
You're The Metamorphosis!
by Franz Kafka
Though you think you're in the midst of a dream, the fact of the
matter is that your life has become a nightmare. The nightmare at first seems
horrific to you, but you are slowly able to adjust to the facts of the matter
and settle down and make do with what you've been given. There are those that
would say you're pointless and absurd, but you're really just trying to
demonstrate that people can (and do) adapt to anything, no matter how absurd
it is. Not that this will really inspire them to change, because they probably
don't understand.
Take the Book Quiz II
at the Blue Pyramid.
About Me
- Σφιγξ
- possesses wholly unmerited academic pretensions; examines love as an entomologist; collects haunted dollshouses; notes the lunar phase as regularly as the temperature; peruses field guides; reads like a serial magazine subscriptionist; functions through coffee and "mood" music; draws to the very corners of the page; takes notes on unlined paper; reads poetry as prayer; observes textual authority with the incredulity of fiction; suppresses the smart-ass answer(s); adapts as well as anyone beseiged by her own bibelots; she is a sensation seeker in spite of all of this.
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I want to explore the intentions behind this terrible act...or was it unintentional superdosing?
Taking the first step ( born 10 December 1984 )
The positive side of this influence is that you will feel quite loving and affectionate to almost everyone around you. There may even be a new love relationship. Or you may feel like doing creative work, perhaps arts or crafts. The negative side is that you may be inclined to seek self- gratification in excess, that is, in a total undisciplined manner, or you may seek it at the expense of a loved one. The problem is that you probably won't feel like doing anything that requires much effort today, so perhaps you should wait until you are in a more active mood. Avoid spending money to gratify foolish whims or monetary desires. You may have regrets in more sober moments. Be careful also of a tendency toward passivity, sitting around and waiting for something to happen or for someone else to take the first step.
Sun Square Venus, exact at 08:27
Aleatory spirit...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/dec/02/story-holly-ivy-rumer-godden
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/61029/the-mousewife-by-rumer-godden/9781590173107/
https://youtu.be/2w7H9pEby0M
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw18175/Margaret-Rumer-Godden
https://books.google.com/books?id=9OjdDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Farewell+to+the+Horse+Raulff&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjomuTyvObqAhXzj3IEHQYHAtAQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=Farewell%20to%20the%20Horse%20Raulff&f=false
"Ionophores (polyether antibiotics), such as monensin, lasalocid, salinomycin, and narasin, are toxic to horses and dogs at extremely low concentrations. They are used as feed additives to increase feed efficiency and weight gain of beef and dairy cattle and to control coccidiosis in poultry. Horses gain access to ionophores when they consume (1) ruminant feed containing ionophores; (2) horse feed accidentally mixed with ionophores; and (3) horse and dog food accidentally contaminated in a mill producing poultry, cattle, horse, and dog feeds. Ionophores cause acute cardiac rhabdomyocyte degeneration and necrosis; this type of injury is discussed in detail in the section on Responses to Injury: Myocardium, Myocardial Necrosis. Ionophores are lipophilic chelating agents that transport cations across phospholipid bilayer membranes and complexes with monovalent cations, such as Na+ and Ca+, and cross cell membranes and enter the cell via ion transport systems in exchange for H+ and K+ ions. Increases in the concentrations of intracellular Ca+ and possibly Na+ are thought to cause cell membrane injury and dysfunction, resulting in mitochondrial swelling and decreased adenosine triphosphate production. In addition, they cause lipid peroxidation of cell membranes leading to loss of cell membrane integrity, fluid and ion shifts, and oncotic necrosis."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/ionophores
Matt Elliott - The Day After That
Rufus Wainwright - Early Morning Madness
Arthur H., Nicolas Repac & Lou Doillon - L'amour, pt. 1
Arthur H., Nicolas Repac & Lou Doillon - L'amour, pt. 2
Alexis HK - Le dernier présent
Calexico & Iron & Wine - 16, Maybe Less
Calexico - Roka
Giant Sand - Stranded Pearl
Red House Painters - All Mixed Up
Bill Callahan - America!
Barbara Carlotti - L'avenir
Arman Méliès - Silvaplana/Röcken/Schwarzwasser/Der Antichrist
The Brian Jonestown Massacre & Asia Argento - Le sacre du printemps
Tim Burgess & Asia Argento - Hours/Ours
Cigarettes After Sex - Heavenly
Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - What If?
Mentioned in Ulrich Raulff's Farewell to the Horse (2015):
http://www.lrgaf.org/training/kholstomer.htm
http://bilbo.hobbiton.org/dilbert/browse.php?m=03&d=25&y=2008
http://bilbo.hobbiton.org/dilbert/browse.php?m=04&d=16&y=1992
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