Another supposedly fun thing ...

John Bailey sundayjb at gmail.com
Fri Jan 16 18:08:13 CST 2009


"In the opening sequence of Halloween I, 'we' are belatedly revealed
to ourselves, after committing a murder in the cinematic first person,
as a six-year-old boy."

Carol J. Clover: Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film.

Great book.

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Page <page at quesnelbc.com> wrote:
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> "'Course, once he's gone, you soon get your marching orders or she becomes
> so crazy you have to give her the elbow, and you're left high and dry like a
> daft c**t and a rep somewhere a sleazeball and a muppet."
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> "If You Liked School, You'll Love Work ..." (section2, 'CYNTH') short story
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> in "If You Liked School, You'll Love Work"
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> a short story collection by Irvine Welsh
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> Subject: Another supposedly fun thing ...
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>> 1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
>> 2. Turn to page 56.
>> 3. Find the fifth sentence.
>> 4. Post that sentence along with these instructions in your LiveJournal.
>> 5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most
>> intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
>>
>> "Although if the name is linked to pregnancy, it might suggest ectopic
>> pregnancy, a dangerous condition where the fertilized egg is lodged in
>> a fallopian tube, rather than the uterus."
>>
>> --Patrick Hurley, Pynchon Character Names: A Dictionary (Jefferson,
>> NC: McFarland, 2008), "Fallopian, Mike (Lot 49)," p. 56
>>
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