Obsession

[Todd Meigs]

On Wed, 21 May 1997, Henry Musikar wrote:
> Does anyone share both Pynchon and Romance with someone? I'm 
> constantly reading p-l messages to the effect that the lister's 
> s.o./spouse/whatever does NOT share their Pynchon mania. Hmmm... 
> Mutually exclusive?

I used to get really bored when waiting for an ex-girlfriend of mine to get
ready to go out.  She would sit in the sink and put on her makeup, spending
upwards of an hour to get ready.  (She looked great, but, damn, that's a
lot of time...)  Anyways, I decided to pass the time by reading Vineland
out loud to her.  That way she got to see what the hell I was raving about
all of the time and I occupied time which, if left empty, might have led to
resentment.  She got to look forward to my readings and when we broke up a
while later she kept my copy of Vineland.

Torn between asking for my book back or being psyched she's onto Pynchon
now...
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Todd Meigs
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; 
it is easy in solitude to live after our own;
but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd 
keeps with perfect sweetness 
the independence of solitude.--Emerson
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