various reacions

[Mike Janson]

solace in the everyday, yeah - i went to the gym today and drowned the tv
sets out with the velvets and pere ubu -- 12th avenue still filled with
police and ambulances, the occasional asshole ninja rider taking the ghost
town opportunity to burn through the streets - believe it or not i was
scheduled to go to the fucking department of labor today to beg for more
unemployment -- it's so sick, 7 world trade is on my goddamn resume -- two
stranded friends that were down there at the time stayed at my place until
the trains started running again, saw the jumping bodies, felt the
heatwave...

every single thing is shit now - new york will never be the same. that image
on the cover of the times says it all, looks like a still from 'caligari' -
well i guess we finally got that summer blockbuster after all eh?

sad, depressed, lonely, speechless, etc.,
mike



From: "cj hurtt" <cj6 at casco.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:23:38 -0700
To: "pynchon list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: various reacions


couldn't take the news anymore and went go get some ice cream last night.
the store had only a few people in it and they were all wandering around
aimlessly. no one was talking, picking up random products and placing them
in their carts. except for one guy who had a cart full of bottled water. it
struck me as a kind of american thing...seeking solace in shopping. i was
there too. 
outside i ate my ice cream and looked at an eerily airplaneless sky. went
home and heard a news story about how some of the victims family had tried
to call them via cell phone. the image of the trade center rubble with all
those cell phones ringing. chilling.
 



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