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has literally anyone else ever referred to Brecht as “Bert Brecht”?

categorizing “Postscript on Societies of Control” as an effort to summarizing Foucault’s disciplinary society makes me think Raunig hasn’t actually read that essay by Deleuze. or even earlier Deleuze like the Bergson book. oh well

Raunig was always at the periphery of my research in my Masters, which is academic inside baseball for “i bought a few of his books and never got around to reading them”

“It’s plain to you that at the time I write this, I’m not dead. But maybe by the time you read it.” brutal

when Johnson is at his best he is unparalleled. loving this

i am predisposed to like any work of fiction set in rehab

this month is all about getting caught up on some Johnson

i should move to Key West

i keep reading Fiskadoro as Fitzcarraldo

Coover should’ve written for Reno 911

few stories in the English language are as movingly beautiful as Romance of the Thin Man and the Fat Lady

never would’ve pegged Houellebecq as a Sherlock Holmes fan. now i’m imaging Michel at home watching Cumberbatch do the mind palace bit from Sherlock and going « incroyable »

it’s crazy how focused this novel is even after 600 pages. sometimes Houellebecq’s ~300 page novels aren’t even this precise

Morris in Chains is so good. Coover turns out some of my favourite sentences

alright. which one of you taught Houellebecq the word “eco-fascist”

reminded me of an excerpt i read of the newest Bifo book re: suicide and autonomy. Bifo’s not really my guy but i gotta respect his “bravery”. anyway the novel is still very good

teachers should be allowed to murder a couple students once in awhile. teachers are heroes and we should grant them some special liberties

“Les Français en général étaient tristes…”

i too harbour contempt for true crime writers

love Houellebecq’s ambivalence towards the Unabomber

the nature of man is ephemeral. stuff like that. back when i used to drink i used to, on occasion but frequently enough to call it a habit, go out and chop wood while near-black out. cut myself pretty good once. but also it’s the most fun i’ve ever had maybe. anyway this doesn’t have much to do with the book

look we all already know i’m going to be giving this five stars. just a matter of when i finish it