Comments on: Infinite Jests http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278 Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alina http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2609 Alina Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:50:56 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2609 Speaking of DFW <a href="http://www.yankeepotroast.org/archives/2008/02/a_david_foster.html" rel="nofollow">Valentines</a>... Speaking of DFW
Valentines…

]]> By: Reid C http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2608 Reid C Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:52:21 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2608 OK so I had no idea it was Infinite Summer but just finished it LAST NIGHT having started in March. Yeah. I know. I have a young kid and a busy job so it's taken me a while but whatever it was worth it. Anyway I finished it and wanted to talk with other people who recently finished it. At which point I found out it was IS. Awesome. Keep it up. OK so I had no idea it was Infinite Summer but just finished it LAST NIGHT having started in March. Yeah. I know. I have a young kid and a busy job so it’s taken me a while but whatever it was worth it. Anyway I finished it and wanted to talk with other people who recently finished it. At which point I found out it was IS. Awesome. Keep it up.

]]> By: Michael http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2607 Michael Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:16:07 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2607 The Onion is the best, man! DFW's ex-girlfriend being quoted "And then there are all the footnotes. I always felt he overused those in his valentines, too." LOLO. The Onion is the best, man! DFW’s ex-girlfriend being quoted “And then there are all the footnotes. I always felt he overused those in his valentines, too.” LOLO.

]]> By: Mike Miley http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2605 Mike Miley Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:43:52 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2605 I can't find it online, but there's a "Frazz" by Jef Mallett that features the following dialogue. Panel 1 Guy 1: Tease me all you want. Crying over a good book is a sign of intellectual and emotional depth Panel 2 Guy 1: ...Not that some of us would understand. Panel 3 Guy 2: Hey, "Infinite Jest" made me cry! Panel 4 Guy 1: You read "Infinite Jest"? Guy 2: No, I dropped it on my foot. I can’t find it online, but there’s a “Frazz” by Jef Mallett that features the following dialogue.
Panel 1
Guy 1: Tease me all you want. Crying over a good book is a sign of intellectual and emotional depth
Panel 2
Guy 1: …Not that some of us would understand.
Panel 3
Guy 2: Hey, “Infinite Jest” made me cry!
Panel 4
Guy 1: You read “Infinite Jest”?
Guy 2: No, I dropped it on my foot.

]]> By: Infinite Tasks http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2600 Infinite Tasks Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:06:09 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2600 "The ranks of Infinite Summerians are thinning quickly, as participants drop out or finish early." I've noticed the Forum quieting a bit, though there're still some great posts in the DD. But in the IS-blogosphere, there are increasingly great <i>spoiler-free</i> discussions going on via regular lengthy posts and comments. All the links on <a href='http://infinitetasks.wordpress.com/' rel="nofollow">my blog</a> are spoiler-free - even though some of those writers are on their second (or more) read of IJ, they are super careful not to reveal anything. Shout-outs to <a href='http://infinitedetox.wordpress.com/' rel="nofollow">Infinite Detox</a>, <a href='http://infinitezombies.wordpress.com/' rel="nofollow">Daryl the Infinite Zombie</a>, <a href='http://gerrycanavan.blogspot.com/search/label/Infinite%20Summer' rel="nofollow">Gerry Canavan</a>, <a href='http://www.cforster.com/' rel="nofollow">Chris Forster</a>, <a href='http://ijustreadaboutthat.wordpress.com/category/infinite-summer/' rel="nofollow">Paul Debraski</a>, and <a href='http://thatsoundscool.blogspot.com/search/label/Infinite%20Jest' rel="nofollow">Aaron Riccio</a>. “The ranks of Infinite Summerians are thinning quickly, as participants drop out or finish early.”

I’ve noticed the Forum quieting a bit, though there’re still some great posts in the DD. But in the IS-blogosphere, there are increasingly great spoiler-free discussions going on via regular lengthy posts and comments. All the links on my blog are spoiler-free – even though some of those writers are on their second (or more) read of IJ, they are super careful not to reveal anything. Shout-outs to Infinite Detox, Daryl the Infinite Zombie, Gerry Canavan, Chris Forster, Paul Debraski, and Aaron Riccio.

]]> By: naptimewriting http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2599 naptimewriting Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:56:16 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2599 The Onion piece on NASCAR suspending their season following Wallace's suicide was one of the most touching and hilarious and difficult pieces I've ever read. Just as The Onion hit precisely the right tone after 9/11, I found their reverence for Wallace's writing and his obscure but passionate followers beautiful, even as the ode was posited in ludicrous and farcical context. Soon after Wallace's death, the daily Woot blog was offering a pen set and the description was an ode to Wallace. Not all that well done, imho, but still. http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=5849 The Onion piece on NASCAR suspending their season following Wallace’s suicide was one of the most touching and hilarious and difficult pieces I’ve ever read. Just as The Onion hit precisely the right tone after 9/11, I found their reverence for Wallace’s writing and his obscure but passionate followers beautiful, even as the ode was posited in ludicrous and farcical context.
Soon after Wallace’s death, the daily Woot blog was offering a pen set and the description was an ode to Wallace. Not all that well done, imho, but still.
http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=5849

]]> By: Randy http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2598 Randy Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:45:25 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2598 I was at my local county library searching for the Burn's companion and noticed the summary for Infinite Jest on the inter-library website: "A spoof on our culture featuring a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation house near Boston. The center becomes a hotbed of revolutionary activity by Quebec separatists in revolt against the Organization of North American Nations which now rules the continent." Yeah, "spoof" . . . right up there with Naked Gun and Scary Movie. I was at my local county library searching for the Burn’s companion and noticed the summary for Infinite Jest on the inter-library website:

“A spoof on our culture featuring a drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation house near Boston. The center becomes a hotbed of revolutionary activity by Quebec separatists in revolt against the Organization of North American Nations which now rules the continent.”

Yeah, “spoof” . . . right up there with Naked Gun and Scary Movie.

]]> By: Gladis http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2597 Gladis Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:36:04 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2597 Cute comics. Yeah, I finished early (July 21st), but I'm still here because I want to know what everyone thinks! I'm insanely into this book and DFW. Cute comics.

Yeah, I finished early (July 21st), but I’m still here because I want to know what everyone thinks!

I’m insanely into this book and DFW.

]]> By: K http://infinitesummer.org/archives/1278/comment-page-1#comment-2593 K Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:29:52 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/?p=1278#comment-2593 apropos dfw's lecture titled laughing with kafka, almost a footnote to what is laughing if ever you thought laughing is something so simple, this can also be titled laughing with wallace, and we'd all appreciate a moment like that. apropos dfw’s lecture titled laughing with kafka, almost a footnote to what is laughing if ever you thought laughing is something so simple, this can also be titled laughing with wallace, and we’d all appreciate a moment like that.

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