VLVL(5) Vocabulary

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 11 21:33:12 CDT 2003


> 
> Like so much else with Zoyd, he didn't *intend* to ding the dude's plank, he
> wasn't *aiming* for it or anything, and so he feels like it's not his fault.
> It was just, according to Zoyd's conscience anyway ("what he imagined as
> cold scientific interest" 59.20), an "accident". Something that happened.
> 
> Zoyd's totally self-centred and his "jealousy", as Sasha realises (58.22-7),
> is in fact sexual jealousy. He's not concerned about Frenesi's political
> treachery, the fact that she set up Weed's assassination, that she betrayed
> DL and the others, that she dumped Prairie. He's hurting and angry solely
> because he's lost his fuck.

Yeah, and he's got the hots for D E A T H. He rally wants to run into
the Man with the gun. When he doesn't find Brock he takes a job on the
plane, a gig of death. 

Zoyd does OK when he's got his organ. He's pretty good at entertaining
the crowd playing the theme songs. 

Another goon squad. This one looks kinda like the others. What can we
make of them? 
This plane episode is cool. Who is this Takeshi guy? And like, did he
play with Zoyd up at six rivers or something. Are there six rivers or
seven? Or does Zoyd know him from a movie? Insurance? All sorts of
clues. I guess.



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