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Wednesday, July 23, 2003

 

Okay, real quick, because I have an assload of writing and laundry to do today:

Last night, I dreamt I was in the upstairs bathroom, getting ready to take a leak, and I looked over at the magazine rack to see what reading material was available. And there was a leatherbound collection of three short novels illustrated by Edward Gorey. And the novel in the middle was titled: Where He Is Eaten.

And then I woke up.

And I'm just recounting this dream very quickly because I'm pretty amused: I don't think my conscious mind would have wed Gorey to Hamlet but now I think it's a perfect match. I can just imagine a Gorey picture book of Hamlet, with Claudius and Gertrude wearing those heavy animal furs, and Hamlet skulking around with a tennis racket in one hand, and Ophelia wandering around half-mad (or perhaps more like this). Jesus. You get the picture. It would have been great.

posted by Jeff Lester | 10:18 AM |
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