Vote Jennifer Connelly for Frenesi Gates!

[David Kipen]

Nice try, but it's gotta be Catherine Keener...


All finest,

David Kipen
Literature Director, National Reading Initiatives
Blog: www.arts.gov/bigreadblog
National Endowment for the Arts
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P.S. Do me a favor and please get into the habit of sending, or at least cc:ing, your emails to me at kipend at gmail.com. Sorry about this, and thanks.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Richard Ryan
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:39 PM
To: Pynchon-L
Subject: Vote Jennifer Connelly for Frenesi Gates!


I knew that would get at least some listers' attention.  And I do actually have a JC/FG tie-in below!  But first...

...today is World Water Day -

Check out the fun and moving featured video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEnlrE4iMBU

...And then pass it along or send a buck or two to Charity:Water if you feel so moved.

After you've done that, wallow in like a, uh, water buffalo in following stream: a seraphic Jennifer Connelly - a woman for whom I and my imaginary internal Brock would surely go to Hell - all endless legs and miniskirt - in a PSA for this very cause:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AqlLyLeJuQ&feature=channel