Am I blogging...or am I pitching my existence?
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Monday, May 26, 2003 The Pitch: It's like The Matrix Reloaded meets Cremaster 3! So much stuff to write about, so little time.Seriously, the last two weeks or so have just been an inundation of experience. And that's a pretty good thing, I think, even though it's made me spacier than hell. Today, me and the supergirlfriend went and saw Cremaster 3 at the Castro. A good solid chunk of the day--three hours--was spent indoors, staring at what one might believe is the inside of Matthew Barney's head. It's an astonishingly well-made movie, at the least, and there was much to ruminate on, particularly if you have a fondness for creation myths, the struggle of the artists, and a dollop of Masonic imagery. After, Edi and I were sitting eating and she pointed out we saw the Matrix: Reloaded exactly a week ago. That was in Reno, where we also saw RAIN, a tribute band to the Beatles, the night before (simulations and simulacra, indeed). True to form, I did have a big bucketful of oysters, several servings of the bread pudding, all-you-can-eat sushi and even more glorious food (I think my favorite meal was a bowl of rice krispies with bananas somewhere around midnight on Monday). I came back to a newsletter ready to be done, and spent most of my days back either writing or fretting about writing. Now it's early to bed, one more day of work (which I expect to be hellish) and then more days off. I know Brian would like it if I helped him write the Savage Critic this week, but I'm feeling a bit lethargic and I've got a lot to do around the house. I'd also like to work on this blog a bit, because I'd like to give some reviews of the movies I've seen and the books I've read--or things that vaguely resemble that. I'd like to write about Geoffrey Eugenides, for example, and my impressions of him after I read Virgin Suicides and after I read Middlesex. I want to write about my grey hair. I want to write about how Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel blew my brains through the back of my head--until I lost it. Summer's here and I really, really want to spend it writing (no, really, I do). Writing about everything I can. So. You'll hear more from me soon. posted by Jeff Lester | 9:05 PM | |
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