12/5/09

You may not have noticed, but in his film of THE SHINING Stanley Kubrick mocked Stephen King mercilessly by using titles - THURSDAY, 4PM - that are absolutely, completely, utterly without meaning or significance.

If you didn't notice that, then you probably also didn't notice that, centuries before Michelle Obama, Ms. Bonaparte used her bare arms to mesmerize a nation. About this: in high school I had a teacher who would periodically observe that "People don't change - only their toys change." Wow.

If you didn't catch the first two things I mentioned above we're just going to have to skip the discussion of the book LIVING HIGH AND LETTING DIE by Peter Unger. Don't ask.

Along the lines of "don't ask" - what do you know about Paulo Serodio?

For the moment let's put aside the fact that, when unwashed, the tip of my penis begins to give off a smell that could choke rats - what is more important, what is more pressing at the moment, is this: for what possible reason on this Earth would one of Nancy Pelosi's aides go to a briefing on waterboarding other than to report to Pelosi what was discussed? Eh? What reason? Was it for, like, personal enrichment? Slow day at the office, not much else to do? Eh? In HERZOG Bellow wrote: "Invariably the most dangerous people seek the power." Got it?

Pick your major life issues. Mine are literature, the blues, chess, and pussy, in no particular order. We can cover that later if you like. There's something else we must get to now.

Listen up: in both a work of fiction called THE PRIMITIVE and in a volume of his autobiography Chester Himes included the same exact episode. In both books, word for word, verbatim, the story is related identically. If you are not concerned about this you might desire to embark on a steadfast program to get prioritized. Why would Chester Himes go all Derrida on us like that? Speaking of Derrida, doesn't the existence of cell phone cameras kind of blast to shit the conjecture that there is no history and only texts? Doesn't it?

Think: the "text" of your life as opposed to the "history" of your life. Where are the borders? Hmmm? Peter Bonadella famously wrote that, upon the international release of BLOW UP, innumerable hysterical critics wrote as if Antonioni had solved all the outstanding problems of Western metaphysics. Don't let me lose you - this is too important. Look around the corner - your self is following you.

The consequences of our ignorance almost always become the contents of our sorrow. Do you understand me? Yunnerstan?

If you're an Obama voter who considers themself superior to the Palin fan - quick, without Googling, tell me the last five Supreme Court decisions. The last three?