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  <date_updated>Tue Dec 11 20:32:07 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book and was completely frustrated by it. Imagine this, boring suburban kid drives around and has musings and thoughts that are as equally engaging. Add some dolphins and maybe a bear. The dolphins are homicidal. The bear is depressed. There might be aliens at the end. The president. It sounds good in the abstract but the execution is lacking. The writing is not engaging. Also, I saw Tao Lin read at The New Yipes in Oakland. I ate one of his grapes when he wasn't looking. I talked to him and told him I liked his blog and his book of poetry. I did like his book of poetry. That was before I had read this book or Bed (which is much better). His fiction is not very good. Tao Lin would probably argue with that and say that I am using an abstraction and using abstractions is contributing to pain and suffering. That's true. Tao Lin's fiction also contributes to pain and suffering, namely, mine. ]]></body>
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