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Finding out that the mom is 2 years younger than I am now has thrown me for such a loop. I cannot imagine having a 12-year-old daughter.

Right off the bat this is very non-linear and I keep having to skip backward to answer questions like, "Wait, why are we talking about the Halifax Explosion? I thought we were kissing a boy in the park??"

Well, I guess I'm learning alternate means by which I *could* have consumed Infinite Jest... (And I'm rolling my eyes.)

Looking at the reviews for this gave me psychic damage. Good lord.

"You ever hitchhike?" oh no. Oh no. OH NO.

"The pain that is thrust upon us let no man slow or speed or fix."

"There's grief, and there's impractical obsession."

"There's grief, and there's impractical obsession."

Reading this for my work book club.

Okay, this book slaps so far.

So far, my favorite parts are the bits of Internet ephemera discussing the show.

I didn't intend for this to dovetail so nicely with I'm Glad My Mom Died, but here we are.

I put this on hold to focus on Infinite Jest, but now I'm ready to polish it off in as few sittings as possible. No one talk to me!

I can't believe I'm this close to being done...

This is very good for listening to while I work, except for the fact that it makes me wish I were knitting instead of working.

This is very good for listening to while I work, except for the fact that it makes me wish I were knitting instead of working.

Giving this series a try because I'm craving some brain-candy.

Genuinely loving this chapter on Madame Psychosis, really enjoying the reading, which is a rare thing with this book.

DFW's misogyny and hangups about crossdressing distract from the moments that are genuinely funny, emotional, and well-written. I've been spite-reading for a few days now. And I had to take a day off because I felt exhausted.

Infinite August day 1. Exceeded my page goal. Annoying in a way that I find fun. Delightfully extravagant sentence structure that I like reading aloud. But so far, every single woman mentioned is considered only through her relationships to men. Also, Erdedy reads like one of my exes.