Friday, February 22, 2008
Chris Farley Fan Club
Hey guys I am coming along on the website www.chrisfarleyfanclub.com. There are a few things that I'm not sold on yet but I wanted to get full feedback from you guys to see what I need to add and subtract. Thanks!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Guilt trip
Of my guilt - I am about one chapter deep thus far. The past two weeks have been busier than expected. However, this weekend I will schedule time to get this done. I write here today to show that I will contribute in any way I can, however limited it is. I think this whole thing is a fantatic idea.
Of Dylan's guilt - I will be flabbergasted if 'white guilt' is not a major theme of this book given its subject matter. Very early on I think the author discussed two possible "insoluble lozenge[s]"of guilt that he swallowed. Possible Guilt lozenge #1 comes in his backyard where he steps on a cat, his parents put it down, and he sort of allows his parents to believe that he did not understand what happened or at least that he forgot what happened. Possible Guilt lozenge #2 comes when he wishes that the white girls on skates had asked him to play rather than the black girl his mother set him up with. Dylan notes the distinction between to two guilts while speaking of the 2nd, "It wasn't like the dead kitten: this time no one would judge whether Dylan had understood in the first place, whether he had forgotten after. Only himself. It was between Dylan and himself to consider forever whether to grasp that he'd felt a yearning preference already then..."
To me, the cat squishing was both harder and easier because of the source of judgment - the parents. With the cat, you have plausible deniability - "i didn't know, it was an accident" but at the same time the effects were tangible and immediate. With the thought, you have no one to judge you so in that sense you are insulated. However, you have no excuses to give yourself and the burden is yours to decide "whether to grasp" the implications of your thoughts.
What do you guys make of the significance of these two events? Given its placement at the forefront of the novel, it's certainly significant. I will be interested in seeing how these two types of guilt emerge as the story develops. Hopefully then, I will have something more poignant to say then, "look at this distinction."
Of Dylan's guilt - I will be flabbergasted if 'white guilt' is not a major theme of this book given its subject matter. Very early on I think the author discussed two possible "insoluble lozenge[s]"of guilt that he swallowed. Possible Guilt lozenge #1 comes in his backyard where he steps on a cat, his parents put it down, and he sort of allows his parents to believe that he did not understand what happened or at least that he forgot what happened. Possible Guilt lozenge #2 comes when he wishes that the white girls on skates had asked him to play rather than the black girl his mother set him up with. Dylan notes the distinction between to two guilts while speaking of the 2nd, "It wasn't like the dead kitten: this time no one would judge whether Dylan had understood in the first place, whether he had forgotten after. Only himself. It was between Dylan and himself to consider forever whether to grasp that he'd felt a yearning preference already then..."
To me, the cat squishing was both harder and easier because of the source of judgment - the parents. With the cat, you have plausible deniability - "i didn't know, it was an accident" but at the same time the effects were tangible and immediate. With the thought, you have no one to judge you so in that sense you are insulated. However, you have no excuses to give yourself and the burden is yours to decide "whether to grasp" the implications of your thoughts.
What do you guys make of the significance of these two events? Given its placement at the forefront of the novel, it's certainly significant. I will be interested in seeing how these two types of guilt emerge as the story develops. Hopefully then, I will have something more poignant to say then, "look at this distinction."
Monday, February 18, 2008
Hillarious video
If you guys want to see a great video of me falling on my face at the beach than check this out! http://www.facebook.com/video/videos.php?of=613950346
By the way I did start the book now but I was falling asleep already so I'll really get going tonight. By the way I was thinking of starting a collection of videos of me falling on my face? What you guys think? I have three really good ones already. I could do a theatre one, thank you Frank! An airport one, thank you Ben, and just try to start a funny collection. Be honest and tell me how funny this one is. Thanks
By the way I did start the book now but I was falling asleep already so I'll really get going tonight. By the way I was thinking of starting a collection of videos of me falling on my face? What you guys think? I have three really good ones already. I could do a theatre one, thank you Frank! An airport one, thank you Ben, and just try to start a funny collection. Be honest and tell me how funny this one is. Thanks
Book for March
Whats up guys!
Hey I have a book that I would like to submit for the month of March if thats cool with everyone. Just let me know what ya think.
Title: Epicenter "why the current rumblings in the middle east will change your future"
Author: Joel C. Rosenberg
This is a book that will give you a little more insight to what is going on in the middle east then what you get on the news. I think this is a great time to read and be informed on current events because a lot of people think they know, but they really have no idea.
This is a pretty short book so dont worry and it does not have any weird homosexual events in it. :)
Hey I have a book that I would like to submit for the month of March if thats cool with everyone. Just let me know what ya think.
Title: Epicenter "why the current rumblings in the middle east will change your future"
Author: Joel C. Rosenberg
This is a book that will give you a little more insight to what is going on in the middle east then what you get on the news. I think this is a great time to read and be informed on current events because a lot of people think they know, but they really have no idea.
This is a pretty short book so dont worry and it does not have any weird homosexual events in it. :)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Done.
So I finished the book on Valentine's. It's a great book and it just gets better as you go along. I have to admit I was a little disappointed after reading the first ten chapters or so, but the end of the book tells a great truth - one that I can share now without ruining the book. It's sort of like what Nick was saying in his post about the real life as a kid. To sum it up, life is really about all the little things we do in between the big steps we take. The major life events that we have are great, but so are all the mundane details we don't think are important along the way. Things that wouldn't particularly matter to other people. Things that you don't tell other people because they are simple and you don't feel like it's worth your time to explain why, of all the things you could remember about your childhood, you remember the exact details of one time you played catch with your dad in the middle of the street. You threw catch with your old man a billion times, but that is the one that you remember, the snapshot you hold in your head.
Of all the things I looked forward to as a kid, as slow as time seemed to move and progress towards high school, then baseball season, or my first real girlfriend, driving, graduation, mission, homecoming, marriage, school, kids... I feel like my whole life has been in some way built on preparing for or recovering from all of those things. Most of the memories I have, even of those major goals, are the weird, banal happenings surrounding them.
Obviously this book was pretty big and filled with lots of details the same way our lives are. It's really interesting to see what sticks with Dylan at the end of the book. I'm glad I read it. In case you haven't happened upon them yet, be fore warned that there are some of the filthiest things I have ever read or imagined in this book! That aside, good call Cam!
Of all the things I looked forward to as a kid, as slow as time seemed to move and progress towards high school, then baseball season, or my first real girlfriend, driving, graduation, mission, homecoming, marriage, school, kids... I feel like my whole life has been in some way built on preparing for or recovering from all of those things. Most of the memories I have, even of those major goals, are the weird, banal happenings surrounding them.
Obviously this book was pretty big and filled with lots of details the same way our lives are. It's really interesting to see what sticks with Dylan at the end of the book. I'm glad I read it. In case you haven't happened upon them yet, be fore warned that there are some of the filthiest things I have ever read or imagined in this book! That aside, good call Cam!
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