― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link
hey cunningh4m: is that DFW book any good? I read A Supposedly Fun Thing and that it was outstanding (esp the titular essay).
-- gbx (in....), March 8th, 2006 2:23 PM. (skowly) (later) (link)
Sk0w, I've only read one of the essays so far. But yeah, good. Supposedly Fun Thing is my favorite book of his (including the fiction).
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, I had acne.
― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost DFW's, not Adam's. I don't know if he writes essays.
― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
now:the divine invasion (philip k. dick)
next:cloud atlas (mitchell)maybe neuromancer
― inert false cat (sleep), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link
personal statements are the worst. it was during the personal-statement-writing process that i decided "fuck grad school" and moved to pennsylvania instead.
i got a 1470 on the GREs and i like to brag about that. so i'll mention it here because it is almost relevant.
― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
http://static.flickr.com/50/108290029_9ffa3ce500.jpg
― Knute Rockne, All American (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
my personal statement (and my letters of recommendation, and maybe my resume) was what got me into grad school. it wasn't my grades, that's for sure! i'm living proof that you can slack off through undergrad and still get into a fancy grad school.
― Knute Rockne, All American (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Q _ _ n n (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Knute Rockne, All American (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail_pf.asp?pf=1&dept_id=1&sku=C5756
― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link
SHHH
― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link
i have: animal man, the mystery play, we3, seaguy, some of his Justice League and I used to have his X-Men stuff, but I think they're still at my cousin's house in RI.
― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
b a b a start select for two player
― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
re other comics, if we're talkin em on this thread: old conan b&w magazine-sized deals. B- fell #4 by warren ellis. B+ cerebus up through melmothish... recently re-readings reveal funnier and funnier joeks. allan moore hasn't really done much worthwhile since League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, has he? i mean, does he still do weird princess lesbicon porn or whatever?
reading:i still haven't finished that lomax book i was reading. i want to read more fiction. i want to read a lot of fiction quickly. how do you guys feel about Iain Pears? he was recommended to me, at some point... also Peter(?) Ackroyd?
― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link