unlikely bedfellows

Benjamin has this essay--unpacking his library.

That's kind of what i'm doing right now.

after my father died, i kind of half-assed it. unpacked, sure, but i was interested in failure and chaos at the time (now i just experience them) and so i just let different things brush up against eachother.

you'd think interesting things would come of it. but either it doesn't work that way or i was too stupid at the time (and i kind of doubt the latter explanation).

but alpha-beta, well that just can't be beat. irony of the greeks still living with us. check out these two:

descartes with philip dick--totally makes sense.

weber-weil-weiner--crazy-ass psycho, but there might be something there, if i ever get to pull it together.

and if anyone has a book report due (mine's already mapped out "thing to object"--i've got no idea how i got that one working), go ahead and begin where you will.

Meditations

All this new fame has me wondering--why would anyone want to read this. And I have some ideas:

experience: I have some. Not exactly unique experience, but maybe that's a good thing.

Not totally clueless: I know a few things: been around the block a few times. Know a good romanian place.

Wisdom: I hate it . Think it's psychotic. It's like a horoscope or a fortune cookie. You recognize the truth of it after the fact.

Truth: I guess this is kind of confessional, and as we know from foulault (sp), that's a technology for truth-production.

Not entirely an attension seeker: this is anonymous and that counts for something.

I could go on, but don't want to tire you.