Read a bunch more of Franzen's "Freedom". Getting closer to finishing it, having started it on the plane trip here. My opinion of it is hard to summarize. Coming from the last book I was reading, (and still haven't quite finished, since I left it at home with ~40 pages unread) "The Eight", the authorial voice seems altogether more grown-up, but there's the occasional slip and fumble. My suspension-of-disbelief is thwarted when it comes to (some, but mercifully not all) mentions of technology, sex, and fictional bands. The momentum of the characters and the story is huge, though. I'm thinking that I should maybe go back and read Ethan Frome. I read it in high school, and couldn't stand it --- it was just a story of a dude fucking up his life. But "Freedom" is showing me that I can appreciate the stunning arc of a beautifully perfect fuck-up; just as I can enjoy the aesthetic qualities of a slow-motion explosion.
Read a bunch more of Franzen's "Freedom". Getting closer to finishing it, having started it on the plane trip here. My opinion of it is hard to summarize. Coming from the last book I was reading, (and still haven't quite finished, since I left it at home with ~40 pages unread) "The Eight", the authorial voice seems altogether more grown-up, but there's the occasional slip and fumble. My suspension-of-disbelief is thwarted when it comes to (some, but mercifully not all) mentions of technology, sex, and fictional bands. The momentum of the characters and the story is huge, though. I'm thinking that I should maybe go back and read Ethan Frome. I read it in high school, and couldn't stand it --- it was just a story of a dude fucking up his life. But "Freedom" is showing me that I can appreciate the stunning arc of a beautifully perfect fuck-up; just as I can enjoy the aesthetic qualities of a slow-motion explosion.
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"Snowed in" in the sense that the office was preemptively closed, and the subways were still not running in the morning, but we got totally spared.…
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Snowing a bit; last I looked about an inch had settled on the ground. Supposed to get a foot or so overnight. I'm trying to reconcile the general…
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Puttered around the apartment most of the day since it was pretty ugly and cold outside. Read some interesting things about asynchronous circuits and…
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