Jason’s Comments (group member since Aug 06, 2012)

Jason’s comments from the Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace group.

Yeah, I made the list "collaborative" so you should be able to drag tracks into it as if it were your own. Click the link and "subscribe" to it and it should dock to your Playlists. (the link is in message 1, above.)

Okay, so apparently I am being overambitious to think I could read this in a month? I read about a book a week, so isn't this like a quadroupley sized book? No? I am underestimating? Is anyone going to read Hamlet?

Okay, but can you add tracks, Moira?

Bird Brian wrote: "The feel of "Sour Times" (Portishead) goes well with how I feel about a lot of Don Gately's scenes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niIcxM..."

Added! (since I know you don't have Spotify)

http://open.spotify.com/user/ancatdub...

No problem!

Here is the link in its entirety:
http://open.spotify.com/user/ancatdubh2/playlist/6oKZOglo7cRvJSKxRPrIPG

All right. I'll provide the link and then maybe Kris can just ammend "message 1" (in the music thread) with the link so others can subscribe & contribute to it.

If people use Spotify, you could create a collaborative playlist of IJ songs. Or I could create it and just provide the link to it if people want me to.

My bad.

Yeah, I'm probably way underestimating the time it'll take. According to my kindle, Atlas Shrugged is even longer than Infinite Jest and I think I read that in a month, or maybe it took me longer but I remember reading other stuff at the same time? Whatever, I guess we'll see.

The video for this song is admittedly and directly inspired by Infinite Jest according to the band themselves.

Decent tune (The Decemberists are usually hit or miss for me, this one is meh): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJpfK7...

oh, we are nerds. this is us considering how to manage the reading commitment of both groups.

Oh, cool group crossover! Welcome, Proustitute. I think a few of us might try to knock off DFW in December so we can be ready for your Proust group in Jan.

I cannot even believe I'm attempting this.

Moira, how long do you expect me to patiently wait for you to ask me to be your friend? It's been a looooooong time.

And fuck Edward Rochester and his middle name.

(Fairfax, though, I think.)

Also, where is Moira's kindle status? I have IJ on the Kindle and it totally includes endnotes.

I was always under the assumption that IJ was meant to be read with the endnotes. Like, it's not optional; it would be akin to skipping a chapter or something.

Congratulations on your sobriety, Moira.

Moira wrote: "No comments at all ever by me? I am guessing."

Ha! Your entire existence is off-topic, Moira!

I'll take a prophylactic shot of that, thank you.

Mary wrote: "For Infinite Jest specific general chat."

This could be dangerous.